Initiating a Group
"Existing Groups" or "Register Interest."
Things you can do to initiate a group
Things you can do to initiate a group
From those who have started groups we have learned sharing is guarded when people know each other well—probably because of the pressures to conform; looking good, conforming to shared belief systems, or avoiding truths too intimate to share.
From those who have started groups we have learned sharing is guarded when people know each other well—probably because of the pressures to conform; looking good, conforming to shared belief systems, or avoiding truths too intimate to share.
• First check to see if there is an existing group in your area. If not...
• First check to see if there is an existing group in your area. If not...
• Meet with one or a few you think would be interested in starting a T-S group.
• Meet with one or a few you think would be interested in starting a T-S group.
• Decide if you want the group to be open or closed to others.
• Decide if you want the group to be open or closed to others.
• Pin up posters in places you think appropriate.
• Pin up posters in places you think appropriate.
• Use facebook, twitter, etc. to solicit interested people.
• Use facebook, twitter, etc. to solicit interested people.
• Announce a preliminary meeting at a public location.
• Announce a preliminary meeting at a public location.
• Have hard copies of the "Working Guide" available.
• Have hard copies of the "Working Guide" available.
• Be clear this is not a "singles coupling" group.
• Be clear this is not a "singles coupling" group.
• If the group's issue is specific, be clear about what it is.
• If the group's issue is specific, be clear about what it is.