The Art of Hosting and Harvesting conversations that matter is a training that builds our individual and collective capacity to self-organize together, to organize horizontally rather than with vertical hierarchy and to engage with the ways our organizing forms reflect the kinds of paradigms at play in our social structures, organizations, and teams. The Art of Hosting and Harvesting creates conditions for meaningful conversations, effective democratic practices and learning how to work collaboratively in emergence as ways to move into wiser action together.
Art of Hosting and Harvesting can be applied in various settings including:
What will we learn & practice together?
Engage in hands-on practice-based training. This training is an opportunity to step into participatory leadership. We will work on the edge of ‘praxis’ - the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, or realized through direct application. Learners are trained not only in theories of why participatory methods are important, additionally they learn how to facilitate them. Participants will be invited to co-host participatory methods with the support of the Hosting Team.
Taking a holistic approach. Beginning with understanding the underlying purpose of a gathering, the art of invitation, planning and accompanying the conversation, and sharing outputs in a useful manner that supports ideas to move into action. This way of working takes into account the preparations before people come together, what happens while they are working together, and how the results of their conversations – the ‘harvest’ – support next steps that are aligned with a group’s purpose and context. We take a strategic view by asking “Why are we gathering? Is this needed? Who needs to be here?” and moving from a place of usefulness.
During the Art of Hosting training we will explore a range of participatory tools, concepts and methods that may include:
Art of Hosting and Harvesting can be applied in various settings including:
- Team work and Group Work
- Planning and Facilitating Meetings or Events
- Visioning and Strategic Planning
- Community Organizing
- Collaborative Project Planning
- Personal and Group Reflection
- Innovation Labs
- Transdisciplinary work
What will we learn & practice together?
Engage in hands-on practice-based training. This training is an opportunity to step into participatory leadership. We will work on the edge of ‘praxis’ - the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, or realized through direct application. Learners are trained not only in theories of why participatory methods are important, additionally they learn how to facilitate them. Participants will be invited to co-host participatory methods with the support of the Hosting Team.
Taking a holistic approach. Beginning with understanding the underlying purpose of a gathering, the art of invitation, planning and accompanying the conversation, and sharing outputs in a useful manner that supports ideas to move into action. This way of working takes into account the preparations before people come together, what happens while they are working together, and how the results of their conversations – the ‘harvest’ – support next steps that are aligned with a group’s purpose and context. We take a strategic view by asking “Why are we gathering? Is this needed? Who needs to be here?” and moving from a place of usefulness.
During the Art of Hosting training we will explore a range of participatory tools, concepts and methods that may include:
- The 4-fold practise
- The Charodic path
- Open Space Technology
- World Café
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Designing from purpose
- The Art of Harvesting and strategic planning
- Chaordic Stepping Stones
- Check In / Check out
- Collective Story Harvest
- Designing for wiser action
General Art of Hosting resourcesThe Art of Hosting website
http://www.artofhosting.org Stay connected to other practitioners around the world http://www.artofhosting.org/connect/ The AoH Ning - online community, resources and more ... http://artofhosting.ning.com/ 
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Further Sources of inspiration
Chris Corrigan's blog and resource page http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/ Mary-Alice Arthur's resource page http://www.getsoaring.com/resources-2/ New Stories' resource page https://newstories.org/resources/ The Outside's insights page https://www.findtheoutside.com/insights Toke Moeller's resource page https://web.archive.org/web/20170811010304/http://interchange.dk/resources/ Kufunda Learning Village http://kufunda.wordpress.com/ |
