Ted Rau
Author, Practitioner, Trainer (Method founders & authors)
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Why they matter for gatherings
Ted Rau is an author, practitioner, and trainer specializing in methods for collaborative decision-making. He works with Sociocracy and related practices to design structured processes for group governance and dialogue.
Facilitators and event designers should know Ted Rau for his clear frameworks on consent-based decision-making and circle structures, which help groups achieve alignment and efficiency. His 17 books and training programs offer practical tools for implementing these methods.
Ted Rau is associated with Sociocracy and the Sociocratic Circle Method, emphasizing consent decision-making and decentralized group coordination.
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Where the methods came from
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Those roots feed the methods below.
The methods, ready to run
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Sociocracy / Sociocratic Circle Method
Sociocratic Consent Decision-Making (Circle / Rounds)
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Where you can see them practiced
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