Art of Hosting Facilitator Training

I have been working lately with friends and fellows Brenda Chaddock, Tennson Wolf and Teresa Posakony to co-create another Art of Hosting training. We will be gathering on Bowen Island here in British Columbia from September 24-28 in a practice retreat to deeply investigate these questions:

• What could my leadership also be?
• What if I would practice using collective intelligence and learning in my organisation and network?
• What could strategic conversations also be if I host them with wisdom and courage?
• How do I create authentic involvement that leads to real implementation?

The practice retreat is structured along the following principles:

• Our learning will grow out of participant contributions and presence – we will support each other as co-learners
• We will learn by observation, experience and practice, using interactive processes to build a safe and inspiring learning environment – we will explore Open Space Technology, Appreciative Inquiry, Circle Council, reflective practices, World Cafe, and other participatory methodologies
• Taking a chance to explore – and experiment with – applying these tools to your own projects-in-progress will help you to apply your skills, as well as develop and continue a new practice that will last well beyond this training

And through a variety of processes and conversations, we will investigate:

• Hosting conversations as a core leadership practice and competence for leading change
• How the Art of Hosting is an organising pattern/culture that invites new ways of living and working
• The conditions needed to create space for meaningful conversations
• Specific interactive processes through which learning and creation can emerge
• Sensing and shaping the conditions and timing for using particular methods and tools
• How the practice of hosting can be applied to key strategic change projects in our lives and work

This is a powerful training, and we invite you to join us. For more information, or to register, visit the Art of Hosting page or contact me by email.

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