Empowerment Manual, A Guide for Collaborative Groups
| Author/creator | Starhawk Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Gabriola Island : New Society Publishers, Limited Minneapolis : Consortium Book Sales & Distribution [Distributor] |
| Description | 304 p. 09.000 x 07.250 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation A Transition Town group involved in preparations for peak oil and climate change; an intentional community, founded with the highest ideals; a nonprofit dedicated to social change millions of such voluntary groups exist around the world. These collaborative organizations have the unique potential to harness their members ideals, passions, skills, and knowledge if they can succeed in getting along together.The Empowerment Manual is a comprehensive guide for groups seeking to organize with shared power and bottom-up leadership to foster vision, trust, accountability and responsibility. This desperately needed toolkit provides keys to:understanding group dynamicsfacilitating communication and collective decision-makingdealing effectively with difficult people.Drawing on four decades of experience, Starhawk shows how collaborative groups can generate the cooperation, efficacy and commitment critical to success. Her extensive exploration of group process is woven together with the story of RootBound a fictional ecovillage mired in conflict and roundedout with a series of real-life case studies. The included exercises and facilitators toolbox show how to establish the necessary structures, ground rules and healthy norms. The Empowerment Manual is required reading for anyone who wants to help their group avoid disagreement and disillusionment and become a wellspring of creativity and innovation. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780865716971 |
| ISBN | 0865716978 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780865716971 |
| Stock number | 9780865716971 00019076 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |