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Congregating

Methods for bringing many crews together into groups of around 15 to 150 people.
Resources:
​Congregation: How-To — 8 Design Patterns for a Transformative Event. This story documents some lessons from hosting the big annual gathering of the Enspiral congregation.
​How to Run a Sharing Circle - a crucial piece of social technology, explained by Nati Lombardo from TheHum.org.
​Excellent documentation from the Pico Congregation on how they run their community gatherings
Coordinating many crews to form within a congregation - Enspiral's pod formation process​
An example for how to invite people to a gathering to initiate a new congregation​
Notes on how to avoid cults​
Congregations
Unofficial list of congregations and proto-congregations that match some of the microsolidarity patterns:
​Enspiral - by invitation
​Cultural Catalyst Network - occasionally open for new members
​Pico Island Congregation​
​Intentional Society - open for new members (online)
​Starter Cultures​
​Rocky Mountain Mutual Aid Network​
​A New Republic of the Heart - open for new members (online)
​Blivande / Edgeryders - open for new members (in Stockholm)
​Building Belonging - open for new members (online)
​Wild Seed Society​
​Terran Collective​
​Life Itself (formerly known as Art/Earth/Tech)
Regenerate Change: Social Alchemy Pods​
​Alter Ego Network - by invitation
​Liminal Village​
​Emerging Leaders Project - open for new members (online)
​Maastricht Congregation​
​RatPark​
​Future Thinkers​
​P3 Berlin​
​beta.gouv.fr​
​Agile Open France​
If you have more to add, please contribute​
Crewing
How To Run a Practice Program
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