This workshop is presented by Urban Roots, Seton Healthcare Family, and Alpinista Consulting.

Liberating Structures Workshop: Reinventing the How

Austin, Texas at Seton Administrative Offices

Liberating Structures Primer August 16+17, Design and Practice Session Friday, September 15

8:30 am to 5:00 pm all three days

Coffee, tea, and lunch will be provided each day.

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Liberating Structures seriously and playfully disrupt conventional patterns in how we work together. A repertoire of 33++ methods make it possible to immediately include, engage, and unleash everyone. In this 3-day workshop, participants will immerse themselves in learning 15++ of the most versatile Liberating Structures and explore how we continue to reinvent the way we work together, more meaningfully including and unleashing everyone to make progress on the most entangled and complex challenges we face. 

During the first two days of the workshop, we will focus on the LS repertoire, how to string methods together in a useful sequence, and the power of meaningful and engaging invitations. The third day of the workshop will provide participants an opportunity to reflect on experiences applying LS in the real world between sessions. Immersion workshops offer opportunities for interesting networking, serious play, and skill building for anyone in an informal or formal leadership position.

This workshop is for you if you want to continue developing your own LS practice or if you are looking to learn the how of LS through direct experience and experimentation. Novices and experienced users are welcome! If you are new to LS, we ask that you participate in the Primer on August 16+17th in order to participate in the design and practice studio on September 15th. 

 Workshop Leaders

Anna Jackson, MSSW, specializes in strategic development, capacity building, person centered approaches, and participatory approaches to leading change. Liberating Structures (LS) are central to Alpinista's offerings, and Anna regularly teaches public and private workshops on the repertoire, helping organizations integrate the methods and imagine new possibilities for their work by using LS.

"Anna is taking Liberating Structures to a new level, skillfully launching LS in organizations of all stripes. She is a fabulous guide to the entire LS repertoire." - Keith McCandless, co-author, The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures

Amanda Bowman, LCSW, does organizational change work with public mental health organizations across Texas. As the Recovery Institute Manager at Via Hope, she routinely uses Liberating Structures both in her internal leadership role and facilitation of program activities. With over a decade of experience in direct clinical and administrative leadership work, she has seen the power of collaborative, person-centered methods both as a way of working with clients/staff and as the desired outcome of the work itself.