Annie is perceptive and able to draw out people's emotions, thoughts, and needs that lead to people feeling safe in emotional communication. This is a very helpful and necessary process for community development. One of her strengths is her time spent living within a cohousing community, which enables to bring personal experience to complex or delicate community issues in regards to process and facilitation.
We highly recommend Annie Russell as a facilitator to other cohousing communities as she will be an asset to your community process team.
-Fresno Cohousing Facilitation Team
Services for Communities
Developing a cohousing community provides the opportunity to make lasting friendships, have a voice in the creation of your neighborhood and build an environment you will be proud of for years to come. But it's also fraught with the peril of disagreements, too many meetings, inability to reach consensus and burnout.
Being aware of the terrain to come can help you navigate around pitfalls and time-consuming detours, making the process fulfilling rather than frustrating.
Annie's comprehensive community development package facilitates:
- Creating community bonds early
- Coming to a consensus on vision and values
- Constructive and clear communication
- Marketing your community
- Running productive meetings
- Working with diverse personalities
- Resolving conflict
- Sustaining your environment
- and much more!
Annie creates a road map that spells out tasks, milestones and timelines. She brings to the table effective practices from other cohousing communities, proven templates for different stages of the development process and a decade years of experience taking the kinks out of community development. She also collaborates with Wonderland Hill Development Company and Cohousing Partners to bring a 360-degree approach to building a cohousing community.