Activity 4.6 Consensus Decision-Making for Unions
By Matt Noyes; the cuento vivo technique on which this is based comes from Alforja, Tomo I.
Summary:
Just like the parliamentary procedure that most unions use, in one form or another, an alternative democratic procedure for making decisions needs to be learned and practiced before it becomes efficient. Using a "Cuento Vivo" (live story) technique, this activity has people act out a scene from a union meeting using consensus instead of voting. The scripted parts help people practice the technique and shows how the procedure is designed to work.
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