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Amy Kay Watson
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AoH in churches - making these questions more wicked
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Here's the situation: A good sized church (over 300 in attendance each Sunday) with a strong infrastructure of committees, boards, councils, and short-term common-interest groups is looking for ways…Continue
Tags: church, growth, development, leadership, wicked
Started this conversation. Last reply by Amy Kay Watson Sep 24, 2012.
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Amy Kay Watson replied to Amy Kay Watson's discussion 'AoH in churches - making these questions more wicked'"A great blog post by Tenneson, about working with Teresa with some congregations: Risk boldly the future."
"Here is some harvest from the emaillist that followed...
Many thanks to all who contributed to this discussion! I took your suggestions to our host team for discussion, and we settled on these:
Check-in: What hunger brought you here…"
Amy Kay Watson posted a blog postArt of Developing Meaningful Conversations at 1st UU Columbus
On the evening of May 19, members of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus gathered with friends to encounter "The Art of Developing Meaningful Conversations," the name given to the Art of Hosting at the church. (The name was selected by the first sponsoring body, the Leadership Development Committee, in order to…See More
Amy Kay Watson replied to Amy Kay Watson's discussion 'Would love your input on making these questions more wicked'"Thanks, Amy! I think you are right... this is a question that is probably being asked by more than one church and more than one type of institution!"
Amy Moritz replied to Amy Kay Watson's discussion 'Would love your input on making these questions more wicked'"Hi Amy,
I am really intriqued by your question about questions. My work is at the intersection of church and neighborhood and I am drawn to AoH. I am just re-visiting this site (after some time away) inspired by the thought provoking…"
Amy Kay Watson replied to Amy Kay Watson's discussion 'Would love your input on making these questions more wicked'"Thanks - was curious right along those lines. I appreciate your perspective!
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"Hello Amy, great that you posted your question here; but I would advice you to also send this question through our emaillist, as most people will not read it here (I guess). Although It is really good to have these questions - and answers! - here…"
Amy Kay Watson posted a discussionWould love your input on making these questions more wicked
Here's the situation: A good sized church (over 300 in attendance each Sunday) with a strong infrastructure of committees, boards, councils, and short-term common-interest groups is looking for ways to improve its leadership development process. They've asked me to bring in Art of Hosting for leadership development, and we are starting with a World Cafe focused on the calling question, "How can current church leaders transition minimally involved members into leadership?"The questions we are…See More
Amy Kay Watson commented on Amy Kay Watson's blog post 'Art of Hosting at 1st UU Church in Columbus'"Ria, thank you so much for directing me to Chris's blog post, which is so beautifully and powerfully written. While my church isn't exactly in the vein of the ones he's writing about, that's my history, and I am deeply…"
"Hello! It seems like conversations in churches are going on everywhere. Did you see the latest blogpost of Chris Corrigan, especially on this? Also in the last AoH training that I co-hosted there were 4 people from different churches present!"
Amy Kay Watson commented on Tuesday Ryan-Hart's group 'AoH Columbus'"Introducing AoH to my church environment at 1st UU. A few details here: http://artofhosting.ning.com/profiles/blogs/art-of-hosting-at-1st-uu-church-in-columbus"
Amy Kay Watson posted a blog postBringing AoH into a historically command-and-control organization
I've found a "mate" among my coworkers! *relief*. We had a design meeting today and prepared for a conference call with the rest of our team, which will take place tomorrow. She had said something in a conference call yesterday that made me think that a hosted conversation and attention to harvest would help, so I offered to help her design the meeting. I sent her a handful of pages out of our AOH journal (the Columbus 2011 journal, pages 26-29, 42-45) to look over beforehand, and then we…See More
Amy Kay Watson posted a blog postArt of Hosting at 1st UU Church in Columbus
I've been talking with folks at my church about AoH and the compatibilities I see between it and the church's goals and values. As a result, a couple of things have happened so far.The first and so-far biggest thing is that the leadership development committee asked me to do some leadership training drawing on the Art of Hosting body of knowledge. We formed a small core host team with myself and two others who are close friends of the church (not quite members) and who have been involved in…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?
- Deb Ballam from Ohio State invited me to the Art of Hosting at the Mid-Ohio Food Bank in December 2009. I had no idea what I was walking into! I remember describing the experience as being akin to Jack Skellington's discovery of Christmastown. "What's this?!"
- 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'm a little more experienced than a starting practitioner. I've been weaving AoH practices and principles into my work and apprenticed for the Art of Hosting training at Deer Creek Lodge in February 2010.
- What is the primary field/topic/focus in your hosting work?
- I am focused on promoting deep listening, personal accountability, and organizational effectiveness. I use AoH principles and practices in my work, looking for opportunities to equalize power dynamics in conversations and bring AoH principles in at those times. And, my church's leadership development committee has asked me to put together some workshops for the church based on AoH practices.
- Where do you live/work?
- Columbus, Ohio
- Would you like to share a web address?
- http://amykaywatson.wordpress.com
- Are there interests/passions that you'd like to share?
- I am most energized by the work being done by "religion workers," teachers, and others whose work serves others, including management and customer service.
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Art of Developing Meaningful Conversations at 1st UU Columbus
On the evening of May 19, members of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus gathered with friends to encounter "The Art of Developing Meaningful Conversations," the name given to the Art of Hosting at the church. (The name was selected by the first sponsoring body, the Leadership Development…
ContinuePosted on May 20, 2012 at 5:30am
Art of Hosting at 1st UU Church in Columbus
I've been talking with folks at my church about AoH and the compatibilities I see between it and the church's goals and values. As a result, a couple of things have happened so far.
The first and so-far biggest thing is that the leadership development committee asked me to do some leadership training drawing on the Art of Hosting body of knowledge. We formed a small core host team with myself and two others who are close friends of the church (not quite…
ContinuePosted on February 18, 2012 at 4:54pm — 2 Comments
Bringing AoH into a historically command-and-control organization
I've found a "mate" among my coworkers! *relief*. We had a design meeting today and prepared for a conference call with the rest of our team, which will take place tomorrow.
She had said something in a conference call yesterday that made me think that a hosted conversation and attention to harvest would help, so I offered to help her design the meeting. I sent her a handful of pages out of our AOH journal (the Columbus 2011 journal, pages 26-29, 42-45) to look over…
ContinuePosted on January 5, 2012 at 6:30am
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- At 4:55pm on February 1, 2011,
Rowan said… A very warm welcome Amy
Hope you find this space useful and will help keeping it alive and vibrant.
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