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Berkana as a Self-Organizing System
Berkana is reinventing itself, and we’d like to share our new direction
with you.
Since 1992, when Berkana was founded, we have been learning about how
to create the conditions for self-organizing to happen. During this
time, we ourselves have operated in a somewhat traditional form: as a
nonprofit institute with staff, offices and professional leadership.
The gift of today’s challenging economic environment has been to call
us far deeper into the experiment in self-organizing.
For all of us working to create social change, we are confronted with
the paradox that there is less money available but more need than ever
for the kind of work we do. The nonprofit model Berkana has been
working in is proving to be unsustainable, and we believe it is time to
invent a way to do our work that is flexible, resilient and adaptive.
Fortunately, we know a little something about flexible, resilient and
adaptive systems. The organizational model that we plan to experiment
with is a self-organizing system that invites many people throughout
the Berkana community to step forward with the leadership they wish to
offer. It calls for entrepreneurship, creativity and ingenuity. It
requires that many people engage in a whole new level of effort around
the actions they wish to commit to.
We invite you to learn more about how self-organizing can harness our
collective creativity and commitment for building healthy and resilient
communities.
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Announcing the 2008 Annual Report
We
are living in a time of large-scale global instability around our
systems of food, health, climate, energy, economy and politics. What
strategies should we pursue? What actions make a difference?
These are questions that we have engaged with in 2008 at Berkana. Please join us in looking back at this vibrant year.
Read our 2008 Annual Report.
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Art of Hosting: Urgent Questions about Money
From
June 28 to July 1, the Art of Hosting at Gold Lake Retreat Center near
Boulder, CO, is focused on redefining money, wealth, abundance,
sustainability and financial planning. The current financial crisis is
among the most serious challenges humanity is facing. This seminar
invites financial planners, philanthropists, investors, life coaches,
consultants - anyone supporting the growth of multiple perspectives in
the financial community into a rich dialogue.
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Community Opportunities
Join
Meg Wheatley for a seminar at the Cape Cod Institute from July 20-24,
2009 on Renewable Leadership: How to Respond Well to Crisis After
Crisis. Learn more.
Participate in an Art of Hosting, Vancouver Island, BC, October 14-17, 2009. Register now.
Listen to the evocative music and poetry of Tim Merry and Marc Durkee, CD available here. |
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The Berkana Institute works in partnership with a rich diversity of
people around the world who strengthen their communities by working
with the wisdom and wealth already present in their people, traditions
and environment. As pioneers, we do not deny or flee from our global
crisis. We respond by moving courageously into the future now,
experimenting with many different solutions.
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