1. 9am Friday 18th – 5pm Sunday 20th November 2011 in Berlin, Germany
Many of us are leading transformative initiatives in our cities...
We are working in civil society, business,
government, culture and the arts, some of us across
sectors and organizations. We strive to improve the
well-being and sustainability of our communities and
places of work. We are creating and connecting
movements for the common good in new and
collaborative ways.
We are drawn into this space because we feel the
possibility of a different way of living and working
together. We feel the possibility and have had
glimpses of the experience, that a different future is
possible. We are aware that we can make this „Public Hubbing“ (in front of the Reichstag, Berlin/Mitte)
happen in our lives.
Berlin can in many ways be seen as a laboratory for change, providing spaces for a wide range of
experiments in creating urban communities, connecting locally and translocally in order to address
local and global challenges such as climate change, migration or an ageing society. Throughout its
history, the city has undergone a series of remarkable changes, not least the peaceful transformation
in 1989, when it became a crystallization point for a new world order.
Today, people from all over the world move to Berlin, searching for orientation, inspiration and
visions. New manifestations of democracy, civil-participation and cohabitation spread out to world
from here, and contribute to shaping ideas of future cities – may they be metropoles or provincial
towns.
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2. 9am Friday 18th – 4pm Sunday 20th November 2011 in Berlin, Germany
We invite you to join us in conversation
and dialogue to explore:
? What will thriving cities look like in the future?
? How do we want to learn and engage
as changemakers in our local realities?
?
How can we make meaning of our experiences
and connect translocally in order to address global Intercultural urban gardening area “Mauer
challenges?
Garten” (Wall Tree House, Berlin/Kreuzberg)
Entrepreneurs, social innovators, people who
We invite:
* are attracted to change
Business/public sector leaders, facilitators,
* trainers, consultants,teachers, community
and youth workers, coworkers
Learning practitioners who would like to join
* a growing local and global learning
community
All people who want to experience a
*
Social innovators connect during breakfast
at coworking space (Betahaus/ Berlin) different perspective of collaborating and
leading which sets free other people's
creativity and intelligence
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3. 9am Friday 18th – 4pm Sunday 20th November 2011 in Berlin, Germany
Context and background The Art of Hosting
We have discovered that the principles of self- is more than just a training
organisation, participation, ownership and non-linear This is a practice ground for all who aspire
solutions are key to both individual and collective to bring out the best in themselves and
discoveries. others. It is based on the assumption and
experience that human beings have an
We are particularly inspired by what happens in the
enormous untapped potential and
creative tension between chaos and order – the chaordic
resilience.
field – where learning, innovation and harvesting take
place and where wise and sustainable change can be The Art of Hosting is a practice for a world
discovered and grounded into acting wisely. that is becoming increasingly complex and
fragmented, where true solutions and
innovations lie not in one leader or one
viewpoint, but in the bigger picture of our
collective intelligence.
It is a response at a time when institutions
and democracies as we know them are
failing to address the increasing complexity
in our world. It is a testing ground for those
This training is not for spectators! seeking to find new, effective and healthy
patterns for organising, innovating and
Our learning will grow out of everyone’s contributions
interacting to create new structures.
and presence – we will support each other as co-
learners. There is a growing global community of
practitioners, supporting each other to
We will learn by observation, experience and practice,
explore and accomplish what we most care
using our collective experience and wisdom to build a
about. It is a self-convening network of
safe and inspiring learning ecology.
practitioners / hosts. Art of Hosting
The training offers… trainings have been offered in Europe, the
Middle East, Africa, Asia and South and
Exploring hosting as a practice for collaboration North America in the past 10 years. Learn
and participatory leadership more about Art of Hosting at
Conditions for using different facilitation www.artofhosting.org
methods and tools
Entering the network of learners and
practitioners supporting you in using new
skills Grafitti at playground that hosted one of our
calling team meetings (Berlin/Neukölln)
What will you learn?
Design and lead powerful conversations that
result in clearer thinking, intelligent solutions,
and group coherence
Initiate interactive processes to generate fresh
thinking, restore trust, and create shared
commitment to wiser actions
Fundamental organizing patterns that invite
profound shifts in how we can live and work
together
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4. 9am Friday 18th – 5pm Sunday 20th November 2011 in Berlin, Germany
Who is calling for this event? Anonymus arts installation
(Weichselplatz/Berlin)
We are a group of committed and driven individuals coming from different
backgrounds, who strongly believe that meaningful conversations across the
city can transform living and working together in urban environments:
Sascha Altenhoff (Egopreneur), Valentina Catena, Frauke Godat (Learning
Designer), Benjamin Kafka (Social Entrepreneur), Giulia Molinengo, Soledad
Pons Caruso, Eva Ressel, Martina Rudolph (Wellness Coach), Karen Schmidt
(Consultant & Entrepereneur).
Who is hosting this event?
Mary Alice Arthur, SOAR, www.getsoaring.com Ria Baeck, Vitis, www.vitis-tct.be
Mary-Alice is New Zealand’s leading narrative Ria is fascinated by communities-teams-collectives and
practitioner, and at the heart of her work is the practice how we can make them work. She is a long-time self-
of recognising, bringing to light and working with the employed psycho-therapist who combines deep
personal and group stories, conversations and inquiries compassion, bodily awareness and a lust for life. She
.
that hold the keys to collective wisdom and wise action. founded Vitis whose core purpose is to bring deep
She is a well-seasoned and delighted practitioner of all transformation in individuals, organisations and society.
types of participatory practices and a keen participant in Ria is a clinical psychologist and coach with a lot of
the art and practice of transformational conversations experience in individual and group work. She is a
and creating powerful questions. Her current focus is Steward of the global network of Art of Hosting
around conversations on stewardship, eldership, and practitioners. And besides all that: she is dedicated to
collective wise action. create beauty in her garden and in all conversations.
Simone Poutnik, www.natural-innovation.net
Simone studied Communication Systems for
International Relations at the International University
of Perugia in Italy. She is initiator and co-founder of
Frauke Godat, future@ucation the Hub Brussels and Natural Innovation - a social
Frauke was born and raised in northern Germany. She enterprise whose purpose is collaborative learning,
studied political science and international relations in research and experimentation for resilient futures. She
Berlin and at the London School of Economics. She is also a member of FoAM - a research group and
worked with AIESEC in Germany and India, with transdisciplinary laboratory for holistic and speculative
Greenpeace International in Amsterdam, and co- cultures. She has been working with social
created The Hub Berlin. Since 2000, Frauke has been movements, learning networks and communities of
active as a freelance and volunteer trainer for social practice for the past ten years; for the past two years
change, youth leadership, and education for she has been supporting two systemic change projects
sustainable development. She has co-initiated in the Uk ‘The Finance Innovation Lab’ and ‘Tasting
future@ucation in Berlin with the vision to establish an the Future’ (changing the way we work with food).
intergenerational future learning space in the city Simone has been part of the Art of Hosting network
using Art of Hosting as her learning and project since 2006 and has called and co-hosted trainings in
development practice. Belgium, the Uk, Germany and most recently Egypt.
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5. 9am Friday 18th – 5pm Sunday 20th November 2011 in Berlin, Germany
Our Venue
We will be hosted by the Forum of the Evangelische
Schule Berlin Zentrum. A newly built learning space
which is the general assembly hall of the school
between its Eastern German architecture buildings.
The Forum is currently developing into a community
learning center focusing on school innovation
exchange, social responsibility, and sustainable
development education. A part of your fee will go to
support the school's work in the future.
Evangelische Schule Berlin Zentrum
Wallstraße 23, 10179 Berlin
www.ev-schule-zentrum.de
Some Pictures of the venue:
www.bit.ly/aohberlin-venue
Fees
This training is run on a not-for-profit basis. We as a calling team of nine people have been working
since February 2011 to make it happen. One of our goals is to keep costs as low as possible. Taking
this into account, we have calculated a price that we consider fair and appropriate. We do however
realise that the price might be prohibitive for some potential participants. Financial constraints
should not prevent you from participating. If you feel called to this training, please get in
touch with us by e-mail as soon as possible!
Fee for Businesses and Government: EUR 950
Self funded: EUR 650
Fee includes: Training (Friday 9 a.m. till Sunday 5 p.m.), Workbook, Lunch and Coffee Breaks.
Accommodation is not included, we will however provide some recommendations for
accommodation when the training comes closer.
We offer a 10% reduced “Early Bird Rate” for all registrations before September 30th.
Please register online before October 21st:
www.bit.ly/aohberlin
If you have any questions, write to artofhosting@impuls.net
This training is hosted by Impuls, Agentur für angewandte Utopien. It is VAT free according to §4 No 22a UStG.
The Art of Hosting & Harvesting Conversations that Matter