Another Workplace is Possible

Visions, Mindsets, and Practices of Democratic Groups

A liberated future requires humane workplaces where people have a say in decisions that impact them, power is shared, members can self-govern, and people can resist replicating patterns of domination within the organization.

We have noticed an important and exciting set of transitions, experiments, and shifts connected to shared leadership and democratic practice, across sectors, geographies, and scales. In this workshop, we will root in an emerging vision for democratic workplaces; build awareness of traits that exemplify a democratic worker or manager; offer storytelling for insight and inspiration rooted in our experience and learnings from others; and name some of the challenges and contradictions in sharing power in our groups.

Please note that due to tax issues, we are unable to work with clients outside of the U.S.

FAQs

Who Is This Training For?

Another Workplace is Possible is for:

  • Organizations and movement groups that are restructuring towards more democratic practice are in need of ideas and support;

  • Horizontally structured organizations and movement groups seeking innovative ideas about role differentiation and democratic management;

  • Conventionally hierarchical organizations and groups seeking innovative ideas about shared leadership and democratic practice.

How long is this training? Who can participate?

This virtual training is 3 hours, including multiple breaks. We invite organizations to participate as a full staff, or staff and board. The training is majority presentation, with many moments of group participation; although no individual will be put on the spot to share, our trainings are always better when there is robust group engagement.

Does the training have captioning or interpretation? What about other access needs?

All of our trainings have automatic Zoom captioning available, and we can arrange live CART captioning and interpretation by request. Please let us know in your inquiry form if there are any other access needs we can attend to.

How much does the training cost?

Please see our sliding scale rates below.

Can we record the training?

You can request to record the training for internal use; it will be available to view online for members of your organization for 30 days.

How do I book this training? What if I have more questions?

To book the training, express interest, or if you have any questions, please fill out this inquiry form and we will get back to you within a week.

Rates

AORTA uses a sliding scale for this training. Please find the appropriate place on the scale for your organization using the information on the right.

$1,500 - Solidarity Rate

For organizations that:

  1. do movement building work and/or work to build a solidarity economy (see our definitions below, in FAQ), 

  2. have an annual budget up to $600,000,

  3. are led by people of color, immigrants, and/or working class and poor people,

  4. pay their highest paid staff member less than $70,000/year (FTE) or there are no staff members.

$2,500 - Sustain Rate

For organizations that:

  1. have an annual budgets between $600,000 and $1.2 million and/or;

  2. pay their highest paid staff member between $70,000-$90,000/year (FTE).

$3,000 - Full Cost Rate

For organizations that:

  1. have an annual budgets between $1.2 million and $5 million and/or;

  2. pay their highest paid staff member between $90,000-$150,000/year (FTE).

$4,500 - Redistribution Rate

For organizations that:

  1. have an annual budgets above $5 million and/or;

  2. pay their highest paid staff member more than $150,000/year (FTE).