Resources

Places to Retreat

• 30+ Places to retreat along the Pacific Coast
• 85+ Places to retreat in Southern California

Collaboratives 

• 40+ Collaboratives along the Pacific Coast
• 55+ Collaboratives in Southern California
• 35+ Climate change initiatives in Southern California
• 25+ Bicycling organizations in Los Angeles
• 15 Process tools for collaborative meetings

Books

• The Bonfire Collection: A Complete Reference Guide to Facilitation and Change
• 10 Book Recommendations on Facilitation
• 11 Book Recommendations on Organization Development
• 15 Book Recommendations on Understanding and Challenging Systemic Racism

Articles

• 15 Smart Growth California Blog Posts
• Managing Collaborative Change
• Manager Influence on Multi-party Collaborative Change Initiatives
• A Guide to Planning and Implementing Retreats
• Learning and Leading Large-Scale Organizational Change
• 10 Tips For People Who Dominate Your Meetings
• 10 Big Decisions Nonprofits Make

Videos

• Interview with Ron sharing his thoughts on collaboratives (2016)
• Interview with Ron with the International Institute for Facilitation & Change (2014)
• Interview with Ron discussing his master’s thesis on managing collaboration (2014)

One-page Handouts

Facilitating Effective Meetings & Retreats

• Running Good Meetings
• Planning Effective Retreats
• Agenda Planning
• Saving Time at Meetings
• Alternatives to Group Discussion
• Facilitation Fundamentals
• Hiring a Facilitator

Fundraising

• Fundraising Fundamentals
• Fundraising Plan
• Building a Fundraising Board
• Fundraising Events
• Grantwriting

Misc

• Starting a Nonprofit