Community of Practice: facilitators of sociocratic circles

Are you holding the role of the facilitator of a circle in your organization?  Would it help you to reflect with others on what it means to be a facilitator in a sociocratic organization?

This Community Of Practice might be helpful for you!

What is a community of practice?

• It’s a regular group with defined members – so we can build trusted relationships with each other.
• It’s open to people who are in sociocratic circles and hold facilitator roles in them.

We will support each other in all the questions that come up in our role. For example, how do we balance being a circle member and a circle facilitator? How do we navigate heightened emotions? How can I better integrate objections and synthesize proposals? Plus any question that you want to put on the agenda!

What happens at a meeting?

• Check-in
• Building the agenda: gathering topics from the group in a round
• Talking about the topics (in rounds)
• Check-out

Who can join?

• working and supporting SoFA members (membership is $50/year).
• members of organizational members of SoFA

The steps to join are:

1. Join SoFA membership here
2. Fill out the form at the bottom of this event page (you will receive an automated confirmation message when your form is successfully submitted).
3. Check your email! Your Community of Practice coordinator will email you to confirm your SoFA membership or assist you in signing up if you’re not already a member (you can attend one session even if you’re not done with the process).
4. 10 minutes before the session, check your email and click the Zoom Link.

If the time doesn’t work for you, please let us know, we could start another cohort if there is enough interest. 

Facilitation

This Community of Practice is facilitated by Shala Massey.

Meeting time

The first meeting for this group is on Saturday, October 23rd at 18 UTC for 90 minutes.
See your local time zones below.

2021-10-09 18:00 UTC

24h

24h

UTC

Hawaii Time
Alaska – Aleutian Islands – Adak
Alaska Time
Pacific Time – US, Canada, Mexico
US – Arizona; Canada – Yukon; Mexico – Sonora
Mexico – Mazatlan; Chihuahua
Mountain Time – US & Canada
Central Standard Time (Central America)
Canada – Saskatchewan – Regina
Mexico City
Central Time – US & Canada; Mexico – Matamoros
Panama; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Jamaica; Mexico – Cancun
Brazil – Acre (Rio Branco)
Eastern Time – US & Canada
Cuba – Havana
Amazon Time (Brazil)
Atlantic Standard Time (Caribbean)
Bolivia; Venezuela
Chile – Santiago
Canada – Halifax, Moncton; Bermuda
Paraguay – Asunción
Canada – Newfoundland – St Johns
Argentina – Buenos Aires
Brazil – Brasilia; São Paulo
Greenland – Nuuk
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Atlantic Islands – Noronha

Cape Verde Time
Azores Time

Russia – Moscow; Belarus – Minsk
Eastern European Time
Moldova – Chisinau
Central European Time
Western European Time – UK, Ireland, Portugal

East Africa Time
Central Africa Time
West Africa Time
Morocco, Western Sahara
GMT – Abidjan; Accra; Bissau

Russia – Vladivostok
Japan; Korea; Russia – Yakutsk
China; Singapore; Russia – Irkutsk
Indochina; Russia – Krasnoyarsk
Myanmar Standard Time
Bangladesh; Russia – Omsk
Nepal – Kathmandu
India; Sri Lanka
Pakistan; Maldives; Russia – Yekaterinburg
Afghanistan – Kabul
Armenia; Azerbaijan; UAE
Iran – Tehran
Arabia Standard Time
Palestine – Gaza; West Bank
Israel – Jerusalem
Lebanon – Beirut
Syria – Damascus
Jordan – Amman

Australia – Lord_Howe
Australia – Sydney; Melbourne
Australia – Brisbane
Australia – Adelaide
Australia – Darwin
Australia – Eucla
Australia – Perth

Pago Pago; Midway Island
Marquesas
Gambier
Pitcairn Island
Easter Island
Kiritimati
Samoa – Apia
Tonga – Tongatapu
New Zealand – Chatham
New Zealand – Aukland
Fiji
Marshall Islands; Gilbert Islands
Norfolk Island
New Caledonia – Noumea

Sign Up to Attend

Don’t see the signup? You must be a SoFA member.If you are not a SoFA member, find out more about SoFA membership here.