BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anguilla X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anguilla BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:19700101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4134568:Event:86391 DTSTAMP:20260505T133038Z SUMMARY:The Art of Hosting Dojo: Practicing Participatory Leadership DESCRIPTION:\nYou are invited to our first local Practitioners Dojo in the Art of Hosting.'The Art of Hosting: Practicing Participatory Lead ership'with Dana Pearlman, Jeff Aitken, Rachel KaplanSunday, November 2410 am - 5 pmSunflower Center, PetalumaThe Practitioners Dojo is a pl ace to get inspired, hone skills, share new learnings, and generate co llaborations to serve people and planet at wider scales.The Art of Hos ting is a set of methods and designs to foster participatory leadershi p in response to the needs of our time. The Dojo will focus on practic es for participatory leaders: How can we “host ourselves” to play leadership roles in ways that are effective, collaborative, and sustai nable.We will engage each other with Storytelling, Embodiment, Appreci ative Inquiry, World Café, and other potent hosting practices. We wil l deepen our connection to our work and to one another. And we will ho ne the meaningful questions and conversations that will inspire change in ourselves, our organizations, and our communities.The workshop is for people who are learning the Art of Hosting and anyone who would li ke a taste of how the Art of Hosting works.fee: $75 is the recommended cost to cover hosting fees and space rental. We do not want costs to be prohibitive. Please pay what you can plus a little bit more to crea te an economy where everyone who wants to participate can do so. Some may pay more and some less than $75. Lunch from Lydia’s kitchen will be additional (*). Or you can go offsite to eat. Please note that foo d may not be brought into the site.To register, please contact Rachel Kaplan @contact@RachelKaplanMFT.net, or via phone 415-269-2721.* detai ls about the menu options for our event will be sent to folks who regi ster.BiosRachel Kaplan, MFT, has been engaging for over 25 years with individuals and groups crafting embodied and creative strategies for s ocial change. Her work unites the wisdom of the body (somatics) and th e power of the earth (permaculture/deep ecology) as skillful responses to 21st century challenges. She is the author of Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living, and The Probable Site of the G arden of Eden.Dana Pearlman, MA, MSc designs and facilitates action le arning experiences. Her academic background is in clinical psychology and strategic leadership towards sustainability. She uses participator y facilitation processes and powerful questions to enable deeper wisdo m at the individual, team, community and collective levels. Her intent is to steward capacity building in order to manifest a world that is more whole, interconnected and in alignment with our true selves for w iser impact. Her sweet spot is at the intersection of authentic leader ship, tapping into other ways of knowing (beyond cognition) the world, collective healing and community building in order to accelerate the profound transformation that is needed in our world. She also co-autho red The Lotus: a practice guide for authentic leadership towards susta inability. Jeff Aitken hosts inspired conversations, coaches communit y leaders, and cultivates communities of practice around arts of hosti ng, drama therapy, transformative education, and nonviolent social cha nge. His PhD focused on the Open Space meeting method in community con versations toward resilience.\n\n\n\n\nFor more information visit http s://artofhosting.ning.com/events/the-art-of-hosting-dojo-practicing-pa rticipatory-leadership DTSTART;TZID=America/Anguilla:20131114T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anguilla:20131114T190000 CATEGORIES:day, long, dojo LOCATION:1435 N. McDowell Blvd. Ste 100 WEBSITE:https://www.facebook.com/events/732984623383026/ URL:https://www.facebook.com/events/732984623383026/ CONTACT:707-546-5959 ORGANIZER;CN="Dana Pearlman":https://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/Dan aPearlman ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Dana Pea rlman":https://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/DanaPearlman END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR