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Also see more details on the *status* of your magazine subscription and membership, plus eNews subscribe, unsubscribe, privacy & mailings info. ________________________________________________________________ 1 FEATURED BOOKSHELF TITLEs at SALE PRICE The first three specials are offered *only* through eNews. by Alline Anderson, Community Bookshelf manager ________________________________________________________________ Legacy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Personal History by Linda Spence 1997, 156 pages Each January, when the craziness of the holidays finally dies down and I have a chance to sit and think, I find myself reflecting on the year gone by. This usually leads to thoughts of experiences that have shaped me, people who have influenced me, lessons learned that brought me down the path I've chosen. Hanging out with my three young nieces, who are always clamoring for stories, continually brings back a flood of memories. And then there are my parents and their siblings -- there's so much I don't know about them yet, and am afraid, as they get older, that I might miss my chance to learn. I'm filled with a desire to leave something of myself for my family, and am filled with a longing for the same from my elders. So this year I gave everyone in my family a gift copy of Legacy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Personal History. Chock full of thought-provoking questions about every phase of life, Legacy can help you create a family heirloom that no amount of money could buy. Through supportive coaching, stimulating questions, shared memories, and evocative photographs, the process of producing a personal history becomes intriguing, engaging and just plain fun. With Legacy the possibilities expand, and our present and future find nourishment and knowledge in the past. You're going to love this one! Regular price $15.00 sale $12.00 (20% off) http://store.ic.org/products/email-spec-offer-jan2004a.html ----------------------- * ----------------------- Special offers on our two CCR Consensus books A Manual for Group Facilitators Building United Judgment The Fellowship for Intentional Community is proud to continue to offer two of the best books ever published on consensus decision making. Written more than 20 years ago by the Center for Conflict Resolution, FIC acquired the rights to these classics and has kept them in print since 1999. In the past 30 years there has been a groundswell of interest in consensus as a decision-making process that brings people together. Today there is a full menu of books offering a formula for cooking up consensus or presenting a smorgasbord of facilitation techniques for inspiring group participation, yet there is no better introduction to the heart of secular consensus than Building United Judgment or to the soul of dynamic facilitation than A Manual for Group Facilitators. Countless intentional communities, worker collectives, housing co-ops, alternative schools, and other social change groups have benefited from the simple wisdom in these two books, which introduce readers to the magic of working with the whole person (instead of only with our best thinking) and of inviting constructive disagreement (instead of battling for the most votes). Your journey to learning effective and up-tempo consensus starts here. ----------------- A Manual for Group Facilitators by Center for Conflict Resolution Reprinted with a new cover, December 2003 89 pages; paperbound A Manual for Group Facilitators is an essential tool for anyone facilitating consensus meetings. The manual is valuable not just as an introduction for those new to facilitation but can be a great refresher for the experienced facilitator. Laird Schaub, nationally recognized group process consultant, says "High quality meeting facilitation is neither a parlor trick, nor the result of mastering techniques. It comes instead from adopting a cooperative and agreement-hungry mind set, where you are open to surprises and ever eager for the creative possibilities of new information. It comes from trusting the process, without knowing ahead where it will lead. It comes from working with energy as well as with content. A Manual for Group Facilitators is the best introduction available for creating the kind of meeting culture where these attitudes can flourish." Regular price $16.00 sale $13.00 http://store.ic.org/products/email-spec-offer-jan2004b.html ----------------- Building United Judgment: A Handbook for Consensus Decision Making edited by Center for Conflict Resolution 124 pages; paperbound Building United Judgment is an amazingly effective introduction to consensus decision making. More than just a "how-to" it's a "handbook on how to be the kind of group, and the kind of group member, that can use decision making well." Rob Sandelin, an experienced consensus teacher from Sharingwood Cohousing, says, "This is THE consensus process manual. If you have only one consensus book in your library, this is the one to have." Regular price $16.00 sale $13.00 http://store.ic.org/products/email-spec-offer-jan2004c.html ----------------------- * ----------------------- We'Moon 2004 Calendar: Gaia Rhythms for Womyn--Power. paperbound, layflat binding We have a few of the gorgeous 2004 We'Moon desk calendars with the lay-flat binding left. These few still on hand are available for the exceptionally low price of $10.00. Offer limited to current stock. Regular price $17.00 Sale $10.00 http://store.ic.org/products/we-moon-2004-calendar.html ----------------------- * ----------------------- Holiday Cards from Syracuse Cultural Workers We also have limited quantities of the beautiful holiday cards from Syracuse Cultural Workers, union printed on recycled paper, Select from 3 designs. 12 to a package. 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