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    Tips for Action Group Meetings

    This tip sheet has been written to help you and your action group work well together and achieve your objectives.

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    The Five Fold Path of Productive Meetings

    Productive meetings allow an organization to move forward, keep members engaged and give them a sense of empowerment and efficacy. There are five aspects of structure and interpersonal dynamics we must pay special attention to if we want our meetings to be truly productive.

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    Ben Knight presented at Progress 2015 about the power of unleashing collective intelligence through better technology. He provides a short introduction to the Loomio platform for discussion and decision-making.

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    Family Friendly Organising

    Here is a list of crowdsourced ideas on how to make meetings and activism more welcoming and inclusive for parents/carers and their families.

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    Consensus Decision Making

    Consensus is a nonviolent decision-making process that aims to create the best possible decision for the group. The input and ideas of all participants are gathered and synthesized to arrive at a final decision that is acceptable to all. Through consensus, we are not only working to achieve better solutions, but also to promote the…

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    On Conflict and Consensus

    Making collective decisions and navigating conflict and are core activist skills. Conflict is usually viewed as an impediment to reaching agreements and disruptive to peaceful relationships. However, it is the underlying thesis of Consensus that nonviolent conflict is necessary and desirable.

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    The Mobilisation Integration Toolkit

    An overview of the tools and tactics Greenpeace offices around the world use to ensure their office teams are working seamlessly together. Explore by Country/Region and Trait to find the successful practices or “bright spots” highlighting ongoing experiments in team integration.

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    Checklist for a Great Facilitator

    Facilitators help a group to get where it needs to go, whether the focus of a gathering is information sharing, discussion, generating creative options, making decisions, team building or planning for action. Here are some tips and tricks for facilitation, to help you get the most out of your next meeting.

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    Conference, Retreat and Meeting Venues in Australia

    Are you looking for venues for conferences, retreats and smaller meetings? Australian Progress knows the challenge well โ€“ we all often spend too much time looking for just the right venue. This crowd-source register of venues is here to help.

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    Tips for Better Activist Meetings

    Here are some simple tips for getting the most out of meetings, relevant to collectives, committees and action groups.

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