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Harvest Townsville-Mackay Medicare Local

A wonderful harvest from the recent AoH in far north Queensland, shared on the email list by Stephen Duns.Continue

Tags: medical, harvest, Queensland

Started Mar 26

Luhmann, living systems and Social constructuvism

From the email list March 2013...Friends,Does anyone have any simple and clear answer/differentiation to how Luhman talks about Systems and autophoesis, related to what Maturana talks about, and also…Continue

Tags: Maturana, social, Wittig, Geri, living

Started Mar 25

Articles on collaborative leadership

From the email list...Hello friends…I am involved in a project where we are bringing a very participatory, AoH/learning journey/Theory U approach to a complex set of problems here in BC. The project…Continue

Tags: participatory, emergent, articles, leadership

Started Mar 25

A new World Cafe: World Carfe

From the email list March 2013...Dear Friends,Okay, I have to begin this blog telling you about a new methodology we've just developed in Japan. We call it World Carfe. Here's the story. We're…Continue

Tags: Towns, Japan, Transition, vehicle, Cafe

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Amanda Fenton replied to Magda Barceló's discussion '2 hours AoH taster'

"Hi Madga, There is a thread here with some info on AoH tasters - perhaps something here will be of use? http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/taster-events-experiences Cheers, Amanda "

Apr 27

Amanda Fenton replied to Ursula Hillbrand's discussion 'Collective Story Harvest in the Strategic Programming and Planning CoP' in the group Art of Participatory Leadership - EU Institutions

"So good - your story of it, the photos.... thank you for posting and sharing."

Apr 16

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Art of Participatory Leadership - EU Institutions

After some years of bringing Art of Hosting - Art of Participatory Leadership - into the European Commission, it was spreading into the Commission and other institutions - time to reflect collectively on the learnings so far and look forward on what is the direction and next steps into the future. (started in Nov. 2011)See More

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Amanda Fenton commented on Ria Baeck's group 'Collective Story Harvest'

"Noticing I hadn't cross-posted my Collective Story Harvest story from last year in this group (it was from a two-day management off-site). Voila..."

Apr 15

Amanda Fenton commented on Ria Baeck's group 'Collective Story Harvest'

"Hi Katie - I love the metaphor of turning over the stones, and what a beautiful tool for the process. Let us know how it goes!"

Apr 15

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Hosting from a Deeper Place

From the email list February 2013...Hi friends,Jerry Nagel and I are in Brazil with Narjara Thamiz and Gustavo Prudente preparing for the arrival of 24 Brazilians and Americans tomorrow for Hosting from a Deeper Place: The Art of Hosting the Subtle. The 4 of us have been checking in and in design process for 3 days at this most amazing retreat centre: Espaço Arco-Iris, an hour outside of Sao Paulo.Our purpose for the next 5 days is: joining together in a learning field to deepen individual and…See More

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How did you learn about Art of Hosting (please add the date and place) and what attracted you to it?: I learned about the Art of Hosting in May 2010, but have been exposed to or been working with several of the methods for a couple of years already. Always so much to learn!

Tell us about your experience with Art of Hosting as part of your life and work. What would you say your competence in it is? (new, starting practitioner, experienced practitioner, steward): I'd describe myself somewhere along the continuum of an experienced practitioner. There are many who are more experienced than me, but I am also not inexperienced.

What is the primary field/topic/focus in your hosting work?: I work in two spaces. One as an external consultant with a diverse clientele (not sector specific) and the other inside an organization and most often with some arrangement of our managers (about 500 leaders) and other employees. I'm always excited about opportunities to expand my hosting work to other conversations that matter.

Where do you live/work?: New Westminster, BC

Would you like to share a web address?: http://amandafenton.com

Are there interests/passions that you'd like to share?: Working in small spaces, such as an intimate gathering of women coming together to reflect and renew themselves, or in large spaces such as a 900 person conference event. I love designing and facilitating meetings, gatherings, conferences and more using participatory dialogue processes to create a container for participatory leadership and wise action to emerge.

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Designing a Smarter Conclave

From the email list March 2013...

I don’t know if the woman who wrote this article is part of Art of Hosting. But I found this article from Zocalo Public Square hilarious. What a brilliant way of using a current event to spread awareness of good group process! It’s not about AoH per se. But she does suggest the cardinals start by building relationships and ask new, provocative questions. She has them tell stories and think together in world café. My favorite line is how…

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Posted on March 25, 2013 at 12:59am

Invitation to WOSONOS

As shared on the email list February 2013....

Hello Everyone,

It's been a month since Suzanne sent out the first invitation.

On behalf of the global host team, I would like to again invite all OS participants and practitioners around the world to come to Florida this May to co-create a unique World Open Space on Open Space experience. Yes everyWOSonOS is unique to those who attended it, and so we want to make the…

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Posted on March 24, 2013 at 5:15pm

Laboratories for Societal Innovation

Shared on the email list February 2013

Dear friends and colleagues,

I've started a new collaborative research blog on 'laboratories for societal innovation' to share my ongoing Phd research on the same topic. It is still under development but I wanted to open it up for a broader audience.

The blog aims to bring together together the knowledge that is emerging across a diverse community of practitioners that are engaged in…

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Posted on March 24, 2013 at 4:43pm

What the Business Innovation Factory has in common with AoH

Hello community,

In September I was fortunate to attend the Business Innovation Factory's Story Summit, where 30 innovators gathered to share their stories on innovation from all sectors. I carried with me questions connected to hosting and harvested insights in the scaffold of the 5 Breaths/Chaordic Stepping Stones. My notes are posted on my blog should any nuggets be useful to…

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Posted on October 9, 2011 at 10:17pm

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At 6:48am on February 15, 2012, Ria Baeck said…: Thanks Amanda!

Great that you jump in with this kind of help!!! I will send it out to the wider network when the right timing is there.

With love,

Ria

At 5:43am on February 10, 2012, Ria Baeck said…: Waauw! that was quick!!!

Great! I added a few minor points. see attached. I wonder, it would be good to send around so that people who invite others to a group can use it. Are you willing to send it through the AoH emaillist - maybe with a little news about what is happening in your part of the AoH world (you CoP)? Before sending out I would make it a pdf.

Thanks for the contribution!

Ria

AoHNingGroupHelper.docx

At 12:40pm on February 9, 2012, Ria Baeck said…: Hello Amanda,

You did something good with making the AoH Ning Helper! Could you make it so that it can be useful for everyone joining the Ning?

Then I would add that people will need to wait a little before they get approved (=making sure that no spam robot is entering our system).

Also that they can follow any conversation (without commenting) by clicking the Follow button. This means they will receive an email when a new comment is posted. Of course, you can always unfollow if you want later.

Would you be willing to do that? That would be a great contribution here!

With love,

Ria

At 4:40pm on November 26, 2011, Oonagh O'Connor said…: Very cool. thank you. hope you are well!

At 10:17pm on October 1, 2011, Amy Krymkowski said…: Hey Amanda, so good to connect with you here on this site. I am still learning and discovering this site, woo hoo! Amy

At 8:23pm on November 19, 2010, Ginny Belden-Charles said…: Thanks for your welcome, Amanda. I'm also looking forward to the learning exchange! Ginny

At 4:56pm on November 14, 2010, Silvia Arwen Angel said…: Hej Amanda this is nice to kow :-).

At 8:25am on November 8, 2010, Lisa Ndejuru said…: Thank you Amanda for making me feel welcome :)
it warms me:)

Lisa

At 7:46am on November 8, 2010, Nancy Bragard said…: Thanks for your welcoming message, Amanda!
I see you too are "addictede" to learning ... and you're in the right place. It's amazing to see how fast things move in north America. France is moving now too, the old models are being challenged. Not easy for the Cartesian mental model!
I look forward to virtual exchanges in this community!
Nancy