WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW

Many of us in From the Four Directions are celebrating the connections that we have made over the last four years. We have started many conversation circles. We have formed new friendships and working relations -- we continue to do so. We have offered events. We have explored new work and new communities together. We have deepened our commitment to life-affirming leadership and life-affirming leaders.

• How might we support grassroots emergence of new models of leadership and life at this time?
• Given the size of this From the Four Directions network (about 1,800 worldwide), in what ways could we help to strengthen the connections, invite them into community with one another, and continue to support and inspire individuals and groups in the network?
• How might we now harvest the lessons, experiences, and the inspirations in ways that help to shape and create new initiatives or efforts?
• How might we do this work in a way that is self-funded?

Art of Hosting &
Convening Conversations

The Art of Hosting & Convening Conversations is a training for all
who aspire to learn and find new ways for working with others
to create innovative and comprehensive solutions.

We are a growing community of practitioners, supporting each other
to explore and accomplish what we most care about.

The Art of Hosting & Convening Conversations has been offered
in Europe, Africa, and North America.
Please join us at one or more of the following:

October 12-15, 2004
Oceanstone, Indian Harbour
Nova Scotia, Canada
Hosting Team

• Tim Merry (Holland / Canada)
• Jane Masters (USA)
• Toke Moeller (Denmark)
• Teresa Posakony (USA)
• Judi Richardson (Canada)
  

December 5-8, 2004
Rivendell, Bowen Island
British Columbia, Canada
Hosting Team

• Brenda Chaddock (Canada)
• Claudia Chender (Canada)
• Myriam Laberge (Canada)
  
• Toke Moeller (Denmark)
• Tenneson Woolf (Canada / USA)
  

March 3-6, 2005
Marsh House, Whidbey Island
Washington, USA
Hosting Team

• Christina Baldwin (USA)
• Ann Linnea (USA)
• Toke Moeller (Denmark)
• Teresa Posakony (USA)
• Tenneson Woolf (Canada / USA)
  

This training will explore and support…

• Hosting as an art, and as a core leadership practice.
• Conditions needed to create space for meaningful conversation and learning.
• Specific interactive processes through which learning and innovation can emerge - Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology, Circle, Council, and World Café.
• Recommended conditions and timing for using particular methods and tools.
• The practice of hosting in key areas relevant in each of our lives and work.

This training is not for spectators…

• Our learning will grow out of participants' contributions and presence. We will support each other as co-learners.
• We will learn by observation, experience and practice - everyone will have opportunity to step into the fire of hosting.
• We will practice - being present, participating in conversations, hosting conversations, and being a community of practitioners and co-learners.
• We will have opportunity to name projects to which we are committed in the near future, and for which we each intend to apply our new skills.

Please come if...

• You have decided that hosting conversations and processes can enrich the work you are already doing.
• You are willing to take responsibility for your own learning - bring your burning questions and explore your learning edges through the Art of Hosting.
• You are prepared to challenge assumptions of how learning and creation happen.
• You are willing to practice your hosting by designing your specific project /process that will take place in the near future -- we strongly encourage you to come in teams of 2-4 to sustain the learning from this training.

Tuition
$550 USD

Accommodations & Meals
$345-445 USD

For Information or to Register
Teresa Posakony (teresa@berkana.org; 206 372 3405)
Or Tenneson Woolf (tenneson@berkana.org; 801 376 2213)