Bellingham IONS and Sustainable Bellingham is pleased to present

Garden Street Family Center
1231 N. Garden Street, (Holly at N.Garden) Bellingham, WA
Saturday, September 8th - 10 AM - 4:00 PM
Suggested Donation $25

What:
The 8-Shields/Acorn Model, based on the cycles of nature, works as an organizational model, checklist for events, flow chart for projects, and more.
It's a way of integrating people's diverse gifts into cohesive teams.
It clarifies many confusing issues regarding consensus decision-making as well as between hierarchical and egalitarian approaches to organizational design.
This model is known for being both highly effective and lots of fun.
This is an opportunity to expand your vision and to put all your tools and skills for creating wise earth community in context.

Please RSVP by emailing lynallen4chg@yahoo.com or phoning 360 714-9305.

Who:
Alan Seid teaches a number of specific sustainable living tools he has found to be powerful. He has been applying the Acorn Model since 2000, when he first learned it from Jon Young, founder of the Wilderness Awareness School (WAS). Alan has attended a total of 14 training days on the Acorn with Jon and WAS staff, including Coyote Mentoring, The Art of Mentoring, The Mind of Mentoring (2005), and a one-day private training. Since 2000 Alan has lived and worked with people applying this model to their personal and work lives. Alan is a founding member of the Whatcom Network for Compassionate Communication (WNCC) which uses the Acorn Model organizationally and in all their trainings.This year Alan joined with the Sustainable Global Leadership Alliance, a leadership program for teens and has trained board, staff and volunteers in this model. His bio is at http://alanseid.com/aboutctm/alanseidsbio.html

Lynnette Allen, MA is a founding member of Whatcom Network for Compassionate Communication, Sustainable Bellingham and of The Open Question Approach. She is a long time member of the Bellingham Institute of Noetic Sciences community group steering team. She has had extensive training in Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication. Lynnette learned the Acorn Model from Alan Seid and after experiencing it's application while serving on the Whatcom Network for Compassionate Communication's steering team, introduced it to Bellingham IONS, Sustainable Bellingham and recently the Bellingham Pachamama Symposium steering team. She has found it a useful tool in envisioning and implementing the collaboration of local organizations for wise earth community. She is attending Art Of Mentoring program this month. For more information about the Acorn Model, see www.lynnallen.net/Acorn.html