When a group has to pick their next project or campaign, and everyone shows up with the thing they care about most, it can feel impossible to make a choice with which everyone is aligned. One person is passionate about a mutual aid project; someone else wants to focus on a policy campaign; a partner org has their own ask; and you're the one trying to help the group actually land somewhere. Instead of a collaborative decision making process, it turns into who makes the strongest case for their thing. There's a key facilitation move that changes this whole dynamic: helping the group set shared criteria before they start evaluating options. Ready to get the skills to support your group in building shared criteria for more easeful and principled decision-making? Join AORTA for a five week intensive on facilitating decision making where we'll pull back the curtain on how to build and practice deep democracy for groups resisting authoritarianism and trying to live into our most liberatory values. Through case studies, discussion, and practice labs, you'll get simple, ready to apply facilitation tools and frameworks for clear, effective decision making processes and structures your group can implement right away. Every week will include a deep dive lesson, small group time to build and learn with other practitioners, and a practice lab for discussion and integration. Topics we'll be covering include: 🍃 the distinct parts of a democratic decision making process and how long each part should take; 🍃 how to determine who makes the ultimate decision, who is consulted, when to bring people into various stages of the decision making process, and most importantly how to engage and manage different power dynamics; 🍃 how to successfully integrate democratic decision making processes into your group's structure and how to avoid common pitfalls; 🍃 how to design a meeting agenda that genuinely and effectively engages people in decision making without getting bogged down in process. Follow the lynx in the biome to learn more and sign up. Image descriptions in alt text.