ProSocial Action Lab
Groups from around the world will come together to learn, research, play and practice their collaborative skills. This is an opportunity for your team to join others that are dedicated to deepening relationships, finding shared purpose, and enhancing group effectiveness.
Course Details
When is this course offered?
August 28- October 31 2024 | Cohort 1: Wednesdays 4:00 pm EDT /9 pm UK / 6:00 am ACT | Cohort 2: Thursdays 2:00 am EDT / 7:00 am UK / 4:00 pm ACT
Who is this course for?
Groups or members of groups who want to apply ProSocial in their context with personal coaching support and action research tools. Some experience in ProSocial methods and concepts will be helpful but is not necessary. We’re committed to accessibility. If you are from a marginalized group, part of a developing region, or not in a financial position to cover the full tuition, please do not let price be a barrier. Please complete our scholarship application form below.
What is the time commitment?
Weekly 2 hour online meeting + recommended 1 hours of learning and applying ideas in own group and self reflection per week
About the Course
The Action Lab
Over 10 weeks, groups from around the world will be paired with a ProSocial coach, and together, we will learn and share how we can work together more effectively. We will take value-directed and prosocial approaches to achieving what is important personally and collectively. Fieldwork and action learning will be integral to leading real change in your group and, ultimately, your community or workplace. You will also be invited to participate in a global research project to contribute toward a more prosocial world.
This Action Lab will weave together four streams of activity:
1: Orienting, Learning and Connecting
2: Consciously Evolving Oneself
3: Consciously Evolving Your Team
4: Sharing and Celebrating
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See what others have to say about the program!
What will you learn?
This Action Lab will take your team through an in-depth experience into four essential processes. Designed to help you deepen your sense of personal and collective vision, values and needs, Elinor Ostrom’s Nobel prize-winning design principles will enhance your collaborative action.
The aim is for your team to be more successful in your endeavors and able to implement prosociality at larger scales. The ProSocial Action Lab has been designed to enable you to improve:
- Team communication and collaboration
- Goal setting and action plans
- Cooperation with other groups
At the conclusion of the course, all participants will be introduced to our global ProSocial Community of Practice and be invited to learn more and participate in future offerings. Like the ProSocial Action Lab, each of our offerings is focused on an aspect of the question, “How can we build more trust and collaboration in the groups and networks we care about? How can we work together to make the difference we are striving for?”
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
Learning Objectives
At the end of the program, your team will have achieved:
- Greater clarity and integration of personal vision and team mission
- Shared understanding of your team’s unique contribution to the world
- An expanded awareness of everyone’s strengths as a transformational leader within their team
- Strategies towards fulfilling your group's goals and values
- A deeper understanding of the ProSocial organizing framework and how it applies to each aspect of your group
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Time Commitment
We ask you and your team to show up fully throughout the Action Lab. Please prepare to commit 3 hours of time each week, for 10 weeks.
Group Learning: 2 hour workshop/personalized group coaching session, held weekly via Zoom
Self-paced Learning: 1 hour per week of self paced learning, which will blend reading, watching related material, and practicing within your group
Schedule:
August 28- October 31 2024
ProSocial Action Lab will be running two cohorts to serve a variety of schedules and global timezones. Each team can select Cohort 1 or Cohort 2 depending on the dates and times that work best for you. Both cohorts will follow the same course content and curriculum.
Cohort 1: Wednesdays 4:00 pm New York / 9:00 pm London GMT / 6:00 am Sydney*
Aug 28, Oct 23, and Oct 30 will meet at 4:00pm New York / 9:00pm London GMT / 6:00am Sydney - please see full calendar below for the full schedule:
Cohort 2: Thursdays 2:00 am New York / 7:00 am London GMT/ 4:00 pm Sydney
Participant Testimonials
"It was fantastic to learn how other people from around the world saw and adopted ProSocial - I was also introduced to group-development-concepts outside of ProSocial which I really appreciated... got a glimpse of the eco-system where ProSocial exists."
Dr Gustaf Waxegård
Clinical psychologist, Sweden
"The ProSocial course provided practical tools for supporting groups to work more effectively together while emphasizing shared values and providing a model for integration and cohesive success for stakeholders. Very inspiring!"
Karsten Peterson
MSW, LSSW
"I highly recommend this course if you are working with groups of any size to improve outcomes for your clients. It is evidence-based, highly interactive, and Paul is knowledgeable, helpful and incredibly giving."
Kyle McWilliams
Ph.D.
"Connecting with like-minded people throughout the world has been one of my most rewarding and inspiring experiences. The uninhibited sharing of experiences and knowledge, with the sole purpose of wanting others to benefit and succeed, is unforgettable. The utility of Prosocial is extremely powerful"
Duncan Brown
Management Consultant
Meet the Coaches
I initially trained in music and then, in a later chapter of my life, went on to become an academic doing applied research in the field of Contextual Behavioural Science through the Australian National University. Over the last couple of decades, this stream of activity has had me working with communities, organisations, and governments across the Australian, Pacific, African, Asian, European, and American regions. Presently, I am working with ProSocial World, an organisation that has developed a change method based on behavioural and evolutionary sciences that enhances cooperation and collaboration for groups of all types and sizes that is effective at multiple scales. When engaged, for me, this means co-designing behavioural and evolutionary approaches to realising environmental and socio-cultural resilience and wellbeing for those I am working with.
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ProSocial Action Lab
PER GROUP RATES:
Groups of 2-3 = $3,000 USD
Groups of 4-5 = $5,000 USD
Groups of 6-8 = $7,000 USD
Financial Commitment
We ask that you pay wthin your capacity, to give the most that you can without overstretching or resentment. It costs ProSocial World approximately $3,000 per group of 2 to 3 people and $5,000 per group of 4 to 5 people, and $7,000 per group of 6-8 to offer this Action Lab. That means if your group can, we ask you to contribute $3,000-$6,000 USD, or more, to help cover the costs of others who cannot afford the full tuition.
Scholarships
We’re committed to accessibility. If you are from a marginalized group, part of a developing region, or not in a financial position to cover the full tuition, please do not let price be a barrier. Please complete our scholarship application form.
Book a meeting with a team member to learn more about the ProSocial Action Lab