The Art of Hosting & Harvesting Conversations that Matter
September 15 - 18, 2019
CLOQUET FORESTRY CENTER DULUTH, MN
CLOQUET FORESTRY CENTER DULUTH, MN
PURPOSE, PARADIGMS, & PARADOX:
How do we build our capacity to navigate together
with ease for a thriving future?
“If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far go together.”
-African Proverb
with ease for a thriving future?
“If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far go together.”
-African Proverb
In a time when we are living and holding polarities across race, age, culture, religions and beliefs, there is a need to build our capacity for navigating our way together. We can find our way through our ability to hold paradox - it's not an "either or" but a "both and" that will help us find our way.
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In this 3-day "Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter" training, sometimes called "participatory leadership", you'll learn, lead and practice models, methodologies, and skills designed to enliven the potential of any engagement, whether in a team or across sectors. You'll have the opportunity to lead and practice “hosting conversations” using dialogue-based methodologies that are designed for working with complex challenges. These methods help to access the collective intelligence of a group so that new solutions can be discovered in truly collaborative ways. This practice recognizes strategic dialogue as a driver for collaboration, development, and change.
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Who can participate? Anyone who wants to develop their capacity to hold the paradox of our times through collaboration and participation skills - public service professionals, entrepreneurs, social innovators, NGOs, leaders in business, educators - anyone seeking new ways of coming together in service to something larger than ourselves.
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Groups using the Art of Hosting practice report better decision-making, more efficient and effective capacity building, and greater ability to quickly respond to change. People who experience the Art of Hosting typically say that they walk away feeling more empowered and able to collaborate effectively with more desirable outcomes.
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We'll share our approach to collaborative ways of working, which we call the Four-Fold Practice.
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This approach to collaboration is having a powerful impact around the world: in the European Commission, where thousands have been trained, at Swarowski in Switzerland, at Jyske Bank in Denmark, in every municipality in Sweden, in the healthcare system of Columbus, Ohio, and in countless communities, universities, nonprofits, businesses, and cross-sector initiatives.
