About SOFAWhy Sociocracy For All (SoFA)? * Learn and evolve - We offer the whole spectrum of training, coaching and consulting: training on all levels, immersion programs, peer learning among and a one-year advanced program. * Membership organization - We are a membership organization with more than 120 members worldwide with several language groups and circles on topics like cooperatives, communities, permaculture etc. * Social change mission - We think that sociocracy is one of the tools that will make our world more beautiful. That’s why we’re committed to spreading it all over the world. * Real people, peer approach - We hold pride in being approachable, genuine and willing to give it all we have. We are also non-competitive and value-oriented.We are striving to contribute to a pluralist, cooperative learning community that embodies the values of sociocracy: helping each other, appreciating differences and finding the both-and in a non-competitive way.Sociocracy For AllSOFA_2fed2962-9215-11ea-aae9-4a142f83ea00Sociocracy For All is a nonprofit social enterprise that provides easy access to resources, training and implementation of sociocracy.Jerry Koch-GonzalezCo-FounderTed J. RauProgram Director SOFA PartnersNext GENNANextGEN is a youth initiative born out of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN). There are NextGEN groups in all 5 regions of GEN – including Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. By hosting educational events and reaching out to student groups, our Sustainability Educators share their extensive knowledge in all aspects of communal regenerative living.New Economy Coalition The New Economy Coalition (NEC) is a network of organizations imagining and building a future where people, communities, and ecosystems thrive. Together, we are creating deep change in our economy and politics—placing power in the hands of people and uprooting legacies of harm—so that a fundamentally new system can take root.Thriving Resilient Communities CollaboratoryThriving Resilient Communities Collaboratory is a U.S.-based network of regional and national leaders who use systemic and collaborative approaches to help communities become more thriving and resilient.Sociocracy CommunityThe Sociocracy Movement -- Sociocracy has been driven by a vision of social change from the beginning, a thread that continues in the present.Gerard EndenburgSince Gerard Endenburg, sociocracy has been merging ideas from the Quakers (everyone’s voice matters), engineering (feedback loops and continuous improvement) as well as natural systems (nesting of semi-autonomous systems).Holacracy CommunitySoFA is well-connected with other players in the field, from some regional centers, related branches, as well as holacracy and other teal practitioners and trainers.Teal PractitionersTeal TrainersA world where people are organized in a Sociocratic way ( = no one is ignored ) to meet needs._2fed2b24-9215-11ea-aae9-4a142f83ea00To make resources for learning and implementing Sociocracy accessible to everyone._2fed2bf6-9215-11ea-aae9-4a142f83ea00ApproachabilityGenuinenessVoiceFeedbackContinuous ImprovementNon-CoercionSince the early days, sociocracy has grown, has been blended with other methods, and yet, the core is still the same: a non-coersive system that is based on trust and empowerment as well as equality.TrustEmpowermentEqualityPluralismCooperativenessLearningMutualityDiversityMaterialsCreate accessible, educational and inspirational materials about Sociocracy _2fed2cbe-9215-11ea-aae9-4a142f83ea00primarily CC–SA-BY licenseLearningOrganize live introductory learning about Sociocracy such as online webinars and in-person presentations_2fed2d7c-9215-11ea-aae9-4a142f83ea001TrainingCreate and deliver comprehensive training on Sociocracy such as multi-day workshops and the Sociocracy Leadership Training (SoLT)_2fed2e30-9215-11ea-aae9-4a142f83ea002ImplementationHelp implement Sociocracy in organizations_2fed2f52-9215-11ea-aae9-4a142f83ea003ConnectionsCreate and enhance connections among the people who are practicing and sharing Sociocracy_2fed3038-9215-11ea-aae9-4a142f83ea0042020-05-09https://www.sociocracyforall.org/sofa/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net