Go beyond surviving to thriving
Art of Hosting conversations that matter - Training

We invite you to join us in Denmark on October 23 - 26, 2019 for an international training in collaborative and participatory hosting and practicing the skills of navigating, thriving and standing tall in challenges as they occur.

We invite you to join us and to connect with other practitioners, leaders and innovators seeking to build their capacity.

This training is open for everyone, especially individuals and groups who want to mobilize others to be part of sustainable changes that work for all. It is for those who want to be able to ‘walk-the-talk’ in challenging times. Come and join us for a 3 day training in The Art of Hosting & Harvesting Conversations that Matter, a practice that shows us how to bring the potent collective intelligence into play whenever we are inviting others to a project, meeting, workshop or conference. You will gain a deep insight into the mindset behind hosting participatory gatherings and practice participatory skills while exploring the concept of how to use 'cracks' to create wise and peaceful transformation.

Our calling question is inspired by the Leonard Cohen song “Anthem” where it says: “There’s a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” 
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How do we act wisely on the 'cracks' in systems and relations for new sustainable patterns to emerge?

What did this philosophical poet intend to say with such a powerful analogy as a crack? Is it a reminder of opportunities in the potent interplay of darkness and light in our lives? Is it to remind us of the imperfect and that in every relationship and system lies the opportunity for beauty and change? Is it an encouragement to act on the cues we get to create new paths? What cracks do you experience in your own life and work and on a global scale? We will be investigating these questions in a lively heartful and hands-on atmosphere through our learning journey together. 

This AoH training will help you stand in the ‘cracks’ or even meet the ‘crisis’ with stamina, knowing how to invite, how to host meetings that get results and how to plan the next steps in a collaborative way where all voices are heard.
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Cracks appear in our personal and professional lives all the time - between individuals, in smaller groups and on a systemic, even societal, scale. We don’t always notice them. Sometimes we consciously ignore them. But when we have the courage and power to explore and work with them instead of against them, they can lead to small shifts that hold the seeds for powerful transformations and become an invitation for others to start joining in.

Although, English language is a requirement for participation in the course, then do not hold back if you are not 100% confident in the English language, as our team will be happy to accommodate and support people with Danish, German, Swedish and Dutch assistance and translations.

​Calling Question:

​How do we act wisely on the 'cracks' in systems and relations for new sustainable patterns to emerge?
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What will we learn & Practice?

This 4 day residential training will introduce you to simple yet powerful practices that build community, activate collective intelligence and foster individual and collaborative leadership practices that give us the capacity to navigate the complexity of our world as it is today. Read more about this in 'Resources'.
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During the training we will explore a range of participatory tools, concepts and methods, including:
The Four Fold Practice
Circle practice
World Cafe
Open Space Technology
The Chaordic Path
Flow Game
Appreciative Inquiry
Storytelling
The 8 Breaths of Design
The Art of Harvesting
Designing for Wiser Action
Workshop Design
Who should come?

​Whether you come from the private or public sector, you are self-employed or are coming as an individual, this training is for you. Meeting across a diversity of workplaces, ways of working and focus creates a vibrant learning space, which we can build on in our work. If you work in a team, it is most valuable to come as a the team to the training -- it will be much easier to integrate new ways of working afterwards. We’re inviting:
  • Those interested in creating a more sustainable future for all
  • Managing directors & senior leaders
  • Project Managers & team leaders
  • Changemakers, artists, storytellers and journalists
  • External & internal Consultants
  • Those working in NGOs or community
  • Teachers & school administrators
  • Parents
  • Students and youth leaders, especially those working for a sustainable future
  • Citizens
  • Anyone involved in the green transition movement

We invite you to join us and to connect with other practitioners, leaders and innovators seeking to build their capacity.
Do you recognise these?
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  • Meetings that lead to no action?
  • Conferences that have too many talking heads and not enough real engagement and wisdom?
  • Cross-functional teams that are more loyal to their function than to their team – or vice versa?
  • Silo thinking and political infighting?
  • Decisions made too far away from those impacted by them?
  • NGO’s who work for their own purpose and forget the common good, the whole picture and collaboration with others?
  • Learning situations where both teachers and students are unhappy or unfulfilled?
  • Communities that are marked by consistent lack of dialogue, tension and difference of opinion or fall into apathy or indifference?

If so, then the training is for you

Team
Mary Alice Arthur
Helle Solvang
Jakob Kohlbrenner
Eike Schmidt

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