Crash Course on Facilitating Decision Making

Within the first 100 days of the incoming  administration, movement groups across the Left will be making many strategic decisions that have the potential to significantly impact the trajectory of our campaigns, communities, and ability to build and sustain power for our movements. Join AORTA, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Dissenters, and Amplify Georgia Collaborative for this practical and vital training: Crash Course on Facilitating Decision Making.

When decision making processes are facilitated in commitment to deep democratization, collective governance, and the practice of principled struggle, our formations are more ready to take bolder and more effective action.

This 2 hour online training offers concrete approaches and immediately applicable tools on guiding groups through decision making. This training will be run webinar style, and include:

• a tried and tested framework for how making decisions in a group, especially when moving quickly or doing rapid response work;
• strategies to support deeper power sharing with members without bogging down the process;

• tools for narrowing down options to make a decision; and
• supporting and cultivating principled disagreement in groups.

Access information

• Zoom: We will be meeting via Zoom webinar and using the screen share function. 
• Breaks: In our 2 hour training, we will be taking one 10 minute break.
• Captions: We will be offering CART Captioning during the training.
• Breakout rooms: This training has no breakout room interactions.
• Chat: This training includes use of the chat function in Zoom. Participants will be asked to enter responses in the chat throughout the training.
• Recording: This training will be recorded and shared with registrants for 30 days after the session. The recording will not include the chat transcript.
• Post-training Materials: After the training, you will receive a copy of the slide deck.
• Tech and access support: A tech and access support person will be present throughout the training to attend to any emergent participant needs regarding Zoom, the slide deck, and access.

AORTA offers our public trainings at different rates depending on your individual and organizational access to money and wealth. Our sliding scale is an intentional effort to distribute resources equitably between organizations and organizers we work with.

Please reflect on the self assessment linked below to help you consider what rate to pay to attend this workshop.

https://aorta.coop/public-program-rates

These rates are for you if you are paying for the training without financial support from an organization. The cost listed below is for 1 person attending the full event.

• Solidarity: $20
• Sustain: $40
• Full Cost: $60
• Redistribution: $80

These rates are for you if you are a member of an organization that is paying for your participation in the training. The cost listed below is for 1 person attending the full event.

• Solidarity: $100
• Sustain: $150
• Full Cost: $200
• Redistribution: $250

Please note our refund, transfer, and cancellation policy for virtual trainings:

AORTA is a small business that depends on stable revenue from our trainings and offerings. As such, we are not able to make exceptions to our refund policy.

• All of our training fees are non-refundable.
• All registrants will receive a recording of the training.
• You may request a transfer of your ticket to a different date within the training series (e.g. a training in the Spring of a calendar year) if a spot is available at your selected ticket rate. Requests must be made more than 7 business days prior to the training.
• Additionally, you can transfer your registration to a different participant (their name and email address must be shared at least 3 business days prior to the training).
• If AORTA needs to cancel the training (due to unforeseen circumstances, such as the trainer becoming ill), then we will do our best to reschedule the training for a later date. If you are unable to attend at the rescheduled date, or if AORTA is not able to reschedule the training, then you will have the option to be fully refunded, transfer you registration as outlined in 3 and 4 above, or convert your registration fees to a donation to support AORTA’s ongoing work to strengthen movements and organizations working for social justice.

Event Venue

Online