All Conversations Tagged 'engagement' - The Art of Hosting2024-03-29T12:11:34Zhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=engagement&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAoH & The Circle Way in civic politicstag:artofhosting.ning.com,2015-02-09:4134568:Topic:962482015-02-09T10:42:15.490ZRia Baeckhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<p>I am on friendly terms with the front runner in the mayoral race in our city (Winnipeg) and I really want to have a conversation with her that might spark her imagination about how AoH and The Circle Way might transform the way conversations are held in our city. In particular, she has just announced that she wants to create a roundtable to forge a new accord with the First Nations community.<br></br><br></br>Before I initiate a conversation with her, I'd like to pull together some stories of where…</p>
<p>I am on friendly terms with the front runner in the mayoral race in our city (Winnipeg) and I really want to have a conversation with her that might spark her imagination about how AoH and The Circle Way might transform the way conversations are held in our city. In particular, she has just announced that she wants to create a roundtable to forge a new accord with the First Nations community.<br/><br/>Before I initiate a conversation with her, I'd like to pull together some stories of where AoH and The Circle Way have already been used in civic politics (or related environments) and ideas for ways in which it would be applicable.<br/><br/>Any thoughts, stories, ideas, insights, articles, videos, etc.?<br/><br/>Heather Plett</p>
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<p>Hi Heather!</p>
<div>I've thought about responding to your e-mail for a while now, yet I've hesitated, as in the English-speaking world the work we do is not often perceived as being related to "Circle" approaches.</div>
<div>And then today, I received an <a href="http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=0c43e36b-3c57-4615-8816-ec96f008a037&c=071d2280-926c-11e3-9966-d4ae5292c426&ch=07216840-926c-11e3-9966-d4ae5292c426">e-mail newsletter (in German)</a> from Matthias zur Bonsen, announcing two new books, both of which he has helped to birth. The first is his translation of "The Circle Way" into German, and the second is his translation of the Dynamic Facilitation manual, with additional chapters in German written by various European practitioners, including one by Matthias himself.</div>
<div>Two of the new chapters in the German-language book describe in detail the work that has been taking place in Vorarlberg with regard to participatory public policy. In addition to hosting several Art of Hosting trainings, the Office of Future-Related Issues has also been hosting Wisdom Councils (a large-system application of Dynamic Facilitation) to generate high-quality public input into municipal, regional, and state policy issues. Since 2006, they have hosted 35+ of these councils, and this highly cost-effective format has begun to spread in Germany and Switzerland. Here is a link to the English translation of an <a href="https://dk-media.s3.amazonaws.com/AA/AL/diapraxis/downloads/284034/PublicEngagementAustria_pdf.pdf">article that originally appeared in Biorama,</a> an Austrian online magazine on sustainable living, describing this significant body of work. </div>
<div>If you are interested in any additional information, I can send you an English translation of two of the new German chapters, that are specifically focused on how has been applied in the context of civic politics. Also if you are interested there is an evaluation of this work, conducted by Kairos and the European Institute for Public Participation.</div>
<div>with all best wishes,</div>
<div>Rosa</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"/><div><div dir="ltr"><i>Rosa Zubizarreta</i></div>
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</div> AoH and The Circle Way in Civic Politicstag:artofhosting.ning.com,2014-09-17:4134568:Topic:944232014-09-17T11:54:57.772ZRia Baeckhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<p><em><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From the emaillist, Sept.'14:</span></font></span></span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Heather Plett wrote:<br></br> <br></br> <font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I am on friendly terms with the front runner in the mayoral…</span></font></span></font></span></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From the emaillist, Sept.'14:</span></font></span></span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Heather Plett wrote:<br/> <br/> <font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I am on friendly terms with the front runner in the mayoral race in our city (Winnipeg) and I really want to have a conversation with her that might spark her imagination about how AoH and The Circle Way might transform the way conversations are held in our city. In particular, she has just announced that she wants to create a roundtable to forge a new accord with the First Nations community.<br/> <br/> Before I initiate a conversation with her, I'd like to pull together some stories of where AoH and The Circle Way have already been used in civic politics (or related environments) and ideas for ways in which it would be applicable.<br/> <br/> Any thoughts, stories, ideas, insights, articles, videos, etc.?<br/> <br/> Heather Plett<br/></span></font> </span></font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">-----------------------</span></font></span></font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Here are some ideas about applications from a moving train in Denmark:<br/> <br/></span></font></span></span></span></font></span></font></span></span></p>
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<li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tuesday Ryan-Hart’s work using World Café for Obama’s initiative on homelessness</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tim Merry’s work on civic engagement in Nova Scotia</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Phil Cass’s work on healthcare in Franklin County (Columbus area), Ohio — they are now beginning to talk about poverty</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The 1000 tables initiative in Israel</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Marjeta Novak calling the SOS (Strengths of Slovenia) project</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Chris Corrigan & David Stevenson’s work with First Nation people in BC</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Toke & Linda Mitchell’s work with the Scottish Parliament</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lina Cramer & I worked with a Cook County judge on involving people around Restorative Justice in Chicago</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Natasha Dalmia’s regular open Pro-Action cafes in Singapore</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ursula Hillbrand’s community salon sessions in Austria and elsewhere</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Valmae Rose’s invitation to community people to take part in AoH trainings in Queensland</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bob Stilger’s work in Japan, especially after the Triple Disaster<br/></span></font></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br/> I’m sure I could think of more!<br/> <br/> Mary Alice</span></font></span></span></font></span></font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">--------------------</span></font></span></span></font></span></font></span></span></p>
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<div style="font-size: 14px;">Also, Jerry Nagel's work in Minnesota, building bridges across Democratic/Republican party differences to address tough issues, his work with Turtle Mountain Community College and the Tiwahe Foundation as well as numerous other intergovernmental/agency experiences.</div>
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<p>Kathy Jourdain</p>
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<p>And Kajsa Balkfors work with Sweden 3.0, which is even more needed now that the election results are in... :(</p>
<p>Tracy</p>
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<p>Heather, </p>
<div>you might also be interested in the attached document that Helen Titchen-Beeth and Matthieu Kleinschmager have compiled - telling the story how the Art of Participatory Leadership is used in the European institutions. </div>
<div>There is also a wealth of resources here:</div>
<div><a href="http://artofhosting.ning.com/group/art-of-participatory-leadership-eur-commission">artofhosting.ning.com/group/art-of-participatory-leadership-eur-commission</a></div>
<div>Looking forward to hearing how your conversation goes...</div>
<div>warm greetings,</div>
<div>Michaela</div>
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<div><div>Dear Heather and list,</div>
<div>There is beautiful work unfolding with communities of catholic priests striving for a more participatory church. Art of Hosting held by Holger and Wal Heller, Martin Büchele, Marlene Steinbichler and Rainer von Leoprechting (me). It began with Holger meeting the head of the Pfarrerinitiative in Austria, where 400+ priests had signed a call for disobedience. More and more hosting principles came into the working of the association, they are now collaborating on a hosted way across many countries with like-minded initiatives from priests and church staff. Some of them see AoH as a promising model for community work at the parochial level. As the church is short of priests in Europe, the US and other 'old' countries, self-organization of the base communities of church members is an attractive option :-)</div>
<div>Warm regards from Austria,</div>
<div>Rainer</div>
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<div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Hi,</div>
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<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">You can find a batch of civic engagement projects (links, videos, harvests etc), videos of teaching and more on my website at <a href="http://www.timmerry.com/the-work">http://www.timmerry.com/the-work</a></div>
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<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Also some blogs and reflections on civic engagement here:</div>
<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://issuu.com/myrgan/docs/civicengagement">http://issuu.com/myrgan/docs/civicengagement</a></span></div>
<a href="http://www.timmerry.com/blog/a-remarkable-week">http://www.timmerry.com/blog/a-remarkable-week</a></div>
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<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Hope this is helpful,</div>
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<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Tim</div>
</div> Article on civic/public engagement and AoHtag:artofhosting.ning.com,2013-03-25:4134568:Topic:759282013-03-25T05:24:02.599ZAmanda Fentonhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/AmandaFenton
<p>From the email list March 2013...</p>
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<p><span>Hi All,</span></p>
<div><div><div>Attached is an article I was asked to write on my learnings from civic engagement work over the last couple of years. It references the AoH and the engagements in Nova Scotia I have been sharing on this list. Check it out. I welcome any insights, questions, connections and conversations. My first article since about 2003! Re-entering the fray as a fledgling writer :-) .</div>
<div>The article is already…</div>
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<p>From the email list March 2013...</p>
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<p><span>Hi All,</span></p>
<div><div><div>Attached is an article I was asked to write on my learnings from civic engagement work over the last couple of years. It references the AoH and the engagements in Nova Scotia I have been sharing on this list. Check it out. I welcome any insights, questions, connections and conversations. My first article since about 2003! Re-entering the fray as a fledgling writer :-) .</div>
<div>The article is already out in <a href="http://www.amed.org.uk/" target="_blank">O&E</a> and a shorter version is going to be published in the <a href="http://www.iaf-world.org/index.aspx/" target="_blank">IAF</a> (International Association of Facilitators) newsletter.</div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Tim</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="HOEnZb"><span class="HOEnZb"><span>This is a great read Tim. Thank you. My underlining pen was very active and happy as I read it!</span></span></span><div>I recently watched a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3X6YYapemM&list=FLzJVX7zkTZj-HRFCrR2ULSw&index=3" target="_blank">Ted Talk from social entrepreneur Robb Smith</a>. In it he outlines a story of the evolution of the average size of societies. 10,000 years ago, it was 40 people. He offers a narrative of how that shifted over time to become societies of thousands, millions, billions. His main point is that we are one society in one biosphere. What I liked was the obvious that things are a bit more complex now.</div>
<div>I found myself thinking of this as I read your article Tim. </div>
<div>For inspiration.</div>
<div>Greetings from Utah.</div>
<div>Tenneson</div>
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<div><span>Hi Sandy,</span><div>Thanks! I have put the article online here - please use it and share it in any way that is helpful ... <a href="http://www.myrgan.com/Inc/Civic_Engagement_Article.html" target="_blank">http://www.myrgan.com/Inc/Civic_Engagement_Article.html</a></div>
<div>Tim</div>
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</div> Hosting + design + creative engagementtag:artofhosting.ning.com,2012-02-10:4134568:Topic:512752012-02-10T10:28:58.642ZRia Baeckhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<div><em>From TIm Merry:</em></div>
<div>I am excited about it because we are bringing together the hosting, design, creative engagement worlds into an exciting collective. We have done a few projects together now and are ready to share what we've been learning - check it out. This core inquiry into how we best connect those making decisions and those affected by them is a huge part of my life right now.</div>
<div><div><br></br> Registration for the Leading Engagement training is open. Folks can…</div>
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<div><em>From TIm Merry:</em></div>
<div>I am excited about it because we are bringing together the hosting, design, creative engagement worlds into an exciting collective. We have done a few projects together now and are ready to share what we've been learning - check it out. This core inquiry into how we best connect those making decisions and those affected by them is a huge part of my life right now.</div>
<div><div><br/> Registration for the Leading Engagement training is open. Folks can go to this link for further info and also to register:<a href="http://www.thinkhalifax.ca/?page_id=271"> http://www.thinkhalifax.ca/?page_id=271</a><br/> <br/> Also attached is an invitation .pdf which you can also circulate ... please spread this far and wide to anyone you feel would like to join.<br/> <br/> Looking forward,<br/> Tim</div>
<div><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2655752117?profile=original">LeadingEngagementInvite.pdf</a></div>
</div> Can AoH serve as an organizational governance structure?tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2012-01-23:4134568:Topic:504652012-01-23T10:26:54.902ZRia Baeckhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<p>Michelle, <a href="http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/sociocracy-holocracy?xg_source=activity" target="_self">after learning about Holacracy,</a> went further in her quest (22 Jan.2012):</p>
<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<div>We use the AoH philosophy and practices now to act as stewards within the context of meetings. What about an ongoing organizational context? Can an organization be governed effectively in this way, over time? If so, what existing conditions are necessary (for…</div>
<p>Michelle, <a href="http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/sociocracy-holocracy?xg_source=activity" target="_self">after learning about Holacracy,</a> went further in her quest (22 Jan.2012):</p>
<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<div>We use the AoH philosophy and practices now to act as stewards within the context of meetings. What about an ongoing organizational context? Can an organization be governed effectively in this way, over time? If so, what existing conditions are necessary (for example, does everyone need to be at a certain level of maturity/consciousness)? On what occasions would this not make sense (for example, when unilateral decisions are needed, or when speed is more important than emergence and engagement)? What additional support might be needed?<br clear="all"/><div>Helen Titchen Beeth wrote earlier today of the limitations of AoH as a governance system within the EU. In a simpler system, or one starting fresh without deep patterns of disfunction, might the story be different?</div>
<div>What has been the experience of the stewards of the global AoH network? Have you found that you had to draw on other disciplines or practices to be effective stewards of this "organization"?</div>
<div>Thanks for your thoughts on this!</div>
<div>Michelle Holliday</div>
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<br/> Being so heavily involved in the Occupy Movement, I GREATLY look forward to everyone's answers here. I've been wanting to form a database of AoH-like best practices for small governance, but usually find the time and nuance necessary for emergence to be impractical in such fast moving, high stakes, middle of the road maturity-type of situations...<br/> Ben Browner<br/> -----------------<br/>Hi Ben, Everyone.
<div>There is a deck of cards recently created by the Group Pattern Language Project. It includes 91 aspects of working well in groups. I was recently gifted these (thanks Chris Corrigan) and feel excited about them. I see them as a way to see what is underneath method. It is some of the stuff that supports a quality of co-learning on an ongoing basis.</div>
<div><a href="http://groupworksdeck.org/">Check them out here.</a></div>
<div>Thanks for the stirrings this morning.</div>
<div>Tenneson</div>
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<div><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">I love this thread, great getting right to an important point, everybody…</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">It takes courage for a leader to change the place from which they operate. The idea of “less control” being preferred over more control can be un-nerving…</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">I think the means to a core operating system (OS) for many group situations, is through small groups. Several of us here, at <a href="http://asmallgroup.ning.com/">A Small Group,</a> have experimented with numerous local groups using the <a href="http://api.ning.com/files/8xbiEZl05JO*IlQjB6Gzf7gWsqC2kl*a8epKmjY812GJdnuIe0QjTUpzVNwsEoww122SI8r8edIqxTKpVS5j7VIKAWNKdnM*/CES_jan2007.pdf">Civic Engagement Series</a>. We’ve learned that in two 3 hour gatherings, 20-45 people can connect, practice and generate a rich environment for innovation and change.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Leaders who continuously connect group members to each other can then begin connecting associations to associations… This is where scale comes from.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Best Wishes,</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Dan Joyner</font></p>
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</div> Art of Youth Engagement - Youth Work that workstag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-04-01:4134568:Topic:143042011-04-01T13:18:41.243ZCatherine Dyerhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/CatherineDyer
<p>In collaboration with colleagues of mine, Nancy Pereira and Erin Smith as well as a whole Steering Committee of professionals and youth, I created the <strong>Art of Youth Engagement Course for Mental Health Professionals</strong>. This course involves two workshops, each based on the Art of Hosting methodologies and world views.</p>
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<p>Youth Engagement has a rich history of research and articulation. It aims to radically shift youth work toward being collaborative <strong>so that…</strong></p>
<p>In collaboration with colleagues of mine, Nancy Pereira and Erin Smith as well as a whole Steering Committee of professionals and youth, I created the <strong>Art of Youth Engagement Course for Mental Health Professionals</strong>. This course involves two workshops, each based on the Art of Hosting methodologies and world views.</p>
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<p>Youth Engagement has a rich history of research and articulation. It aims to radically shift youth work toward being collaborative <strong>so that services work WITH young people not FOR young people</strong>.</p>
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<p><strong>Youth Engagement is Participatory Leadership.</strong> And when I realised this, I took all that I had learned in both fields and melded them. There is now <strong>a mandate from an Ontario</strong> governmet agency to deliver this teaching for free to any mental health agency in the province who requests it. There is a <strong>community of practice</strong> of mental health professionals and youth who receive or once received mental health services who are committed to support each other and others to deepen our Youth Engagement practice in order to <strong>strengthen our ability to respond to the mental health needs of young people</strong>.</p>
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<p>The three journals below were developed for mental health professionals during courses that took place in January and March 2011. This work is evolving and certain to bring further and further evolutions of materials and journals as more and more courses are delivered.</p>