The Art of Hosting2024-03-29T15:38:35ZRia Baeckhttps://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeckhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2653830320?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://artofhosting.ning.com/group/connectinglocalcops/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=1bzzxbtqeizf9&feed=yes&xn_auth=noInvitation to AoH (Spanish and Portuguese speaker) practioners to join the educational offer for the incubation of sustainable settlementstag:artofhosting.ning.com,2020-05-26:4134568:Topic:1213222020-05-26T20:26:18.654ZRia Baeckhttps://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Invitación a los practicantes de</span><br></br><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Art of Hosting en Latinoamérica y el Caribe</span><br></br><span style="font-size: 14pt;">a sumarse a la iniciativa de Incubadora de Comunidades y Asentamientos Regenerativos de CASA Latina</span><br></br><br></br><br></br><span>¿Cómo la práctica de Liderazgo Participativo</span><br></br><span>puede ayudar a esta iniciativa a entregar su promesa?</span><br></br><br></br><br></br><span>La oferta que se está articulando…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Invitación a los practicantes de</span><br/><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Art of Hosting en Latinoamérica y el Caribe</span><br/><span style="font-size: 14pt;">a sumarse a la iniciativa de Incubadora de Comunidades y Asentamientos Regenerativos de CASA Latina</span><br/><br/><br/><span>¿Cómo la práctica de Liderazgo Participativo</span><br/><span>puede ayudar a esta iniciativa a entregar su promesa?</span><br/><br/><br/><span>La oferta que se está articulando es para diseñar, incubar y desarrollar:</span><br/><span>+ Asentamientos sustentables</span><br/><span>+ Comunidades intencionales</span><br/><span>+ Ecoaldeas</span><br/><span>+ Ecopueblos</span><br/><span>+ Ecobarrios</span><br/><span>+ Proyectos Regenerativos</span><br/><br/><span>Quienes están articulando la oferta son:</span><br/><span>+ CASA Latina</span><br/><span>+ Transition Network</span><br/><span>+ Permaculture Network</span><br/><span>+ GAIA Education</span><br/><span>+ GAIA U Latina</span><br/><br/><span>Se ha invitado al movimiento de Art of Hosting a sumarse a la coalición para entregar y cosechar los contenidos (ofertas educativas) que ya están vivos y que actualmente se ofrecen de manera atomizada. AoH ha sido una pieza clave pero silenciosa y presente desde el equipo que está articulando la oferta educativa. Prácticas, técnicas y paradigmas de AoH ya hacen parte del qué y el cómo de tales ofertas educativas de diseño e incubación.</span><br/><br/><span>¿Cómo apoyamos la iniciativa de CASA Latina para entregar y cosechar las diferentes ofertas de aprendizaje en diseño, incubación y desarrollo de ecoaldeas, comunidades y asentamientos sustentables?</span><br/><br/><span>¿Cómo vinculamos el movimiento del AoH?</span><br/><span>¿Con quién hablar? ¿Quién es AoH, quién hace la oferta?</span><br/><br/><span>¿Cómo desde CASA Latina (en español y portugués principalmente) podemos sumarnos a esta coalición para apoyar iniciativas que quieren emerger? ¿Qué ofrece la red AoH?</span><br/><br/><span> ¿A quién le interesa aprender de Ecoaldeas que ya llevan muchos años</span><br/><span>y pueden aportar a proyectos nuevos?</span><br/><br/><span>A quién estamos convocando:</span><br/><span>+ A Guardianes de la Práctica (stewards en </span><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://artofhosting.org/" target="_blank">artofhosting.org</a><span>).</span><br/><span>+ A los enlaces de los países (en </span><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://artofhosting.org/" target="_blank">artofhosting.org</a><span>)</span><br/><span>+ A otras personas practicantes AoH interesadas en Asentamientos Sustentables.</span><br/><br/><br/><span>A qué les estamos convocando:</span><br/><span>+ A una reunión de exploración de interés e intención de conformación de una comunidad de aprendizaje y práctica de diseño, incubación y desarrollo de asentamientos sustentables y regenerativos (ecoaldeas, comunidades intencionales, proyectos regenerativos...)</span><br/><span>+ A una reunión de cocreación de tejido de anfitriones de AoH con los equipos educativos de CASA en Latinoamérica.</span><br/><br/><br/><span>Si quieres participar en por favor, escríbeme y únete aquí.</span></p>
<p><span><a href="http://artofhosting.ning.com/group/cop-on-sustainable-settlements/">http://artofhosting.ning.com/group/cop-on-sustainable-settlements/</a></span></p> From the great prairies - Minnesota, North and South Dakotatag:artofhosting.ning.com,2013-01-02:4134568:Topic:706162013-01-02T19:36:48.366ZRia Baeckhttps://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<p><em>A message from Jerry Nagel, Sept.'12:</em></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Dear AoH friends and colleagues,</font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">As many of you know, we have been deep into a time of co-learning and co-creating here on the northern prairies. In the past two years 600 people have participated in an Art of Hosting training in our 3-state region of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. We…</font></p>
<p><em>A message from Jerry Nagel, Sept.'12:</em></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Dear AoH friends and colleagues,</font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">As many of you know, we have been deep into a time of co-learning and co-creating here on the northern prairies. In the past two years 600 people have participated in an Art of Hosting training in our 3-state region of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. We expect another 200 to participate in AoH trainings by the end of 2012. We recently checked in with the group and, perhaps no surprise, have found that people are actively using the practices in their work, their personal lives, their churches and schools and wherever an opportunity to change the conversation emerges.</font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">We have also set a goal of significantly increasing the number of people in our region that can participate in an Art of Hosting training in the coming years. To accomplish this we have begun a program of training and coaching and mentoring a cohort of 30 people that, after careful reflection, decided to step into the journey of becoming an AoH trainer in our region. The learning journey for the cohort includes 3-day practicums in World Café, PeerSpirit Circle, Open Space Technology and Appreciative Inquiry. We will also create learning opportunities to explore more deeply ProAction Café and harvesting. September 5-7 Amy Lenzo and Frances Baldwin led the World Café practicum. October 2-4 Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea will lead the PeerSpirit Circle practicum and December 4-6 Diane Gibeault will lead the OST practicum. The AI practicum will be in 2013. We are also creating opportunities for the cohort members to support each other in co-learning, participate as apprentices on AoH training/hosting teams, and deepen their own personal skills and practice through hosting conversations. We will continue to support and possibly grow this learning community in the coming years.</font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">We are also creating learning opportunities for the entire community of practice. Amy and Frances hosted a one-day workshop on World Café on September 8<sup>th</sup>, Christina and Ann will host a one-day PeerSpirit Circle workshop on October 5<sup>th</sup> and a one-day workshop on Story as the Foundation of Community on the 6<sup>th</sup>. Diana will host a one-day OST workshop on December 7<sup>th</sup>. All of these are open to our entire AoH community. We will also look for other opportunities to create learning and practice opportunities for the community.</font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">We have been most fortunate to have AoH stewards Kathy Jourdain, Tuesday Ryan Hart, Chris Corrigan, Toke Møller, Monica Nissen, Stephen Duns and Mary Alice Arthur join us in here in the region to train, coach and support our emergent community.</font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">So, the journey continues. It is a privilege for all of us to be in this field of co-learning, learning into, emergence and hope and possibility. I look forward to continuing to share or learning with you and benefit from your wisdom and counsel as we go forward.</font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">In peace,</font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">jerry</font></p> CoP - organising structure?tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2012-08-06:4134568:Topic:575512012-08-06T19:16:52.955ZRia Baeckhttps://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<p><em>From the emaillist June 2012:</em></p>
<p>We are getting serious about organizing our community of practice at the University of Minnesota. After next week we'll have over 100 people who have been through AofH training in addition to probably 50+ more who have exposure of some kind to the practices/concepts and deep interest in this type of work. </p>
<div>We have a core team of three who have stepped up to lead this effort and we imagine ourselves turning over a new team about once a…</div>
<p><em>From the emaillist June 2012:</em></p>
<p>We are getting serious about organizing our community of practice at the University of Minnesota. After next week we'll have over 100 people who have been through AofH training in addition to probably 50+ more who have exposure of some kind to the practices/concepts and deep interest in this type of work. </p>
<div>We have a core team of three who have stepped up to lead this effort and we imagine ourselves turning over a new team about once a year. In addition, we'd like to invite people to another circle of leadership that will be committed to helping to organize the community and host gatherings and some of whom we hope will be the next core team. </div>
<div><b>Our questions: </b></div>
<div>1. How do we name the core team of three and the other, larger circle of leaders? In our other worlds we know names like "steering committee" or "advance team" but those are so NOT right in this paradigm. We are finding ourselves stuck on language that represents the AofH framework. Suggestions on names for both groups? </div>
<div>2. What kind of descriptive language would you use to explain this organizing structure and the roles of the groups? We want people to feel truly invited to step into this community in different ways, according to their interest and their availability.</div>
<div>Thanks!</div>
<div>--Susan Geller</div>
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<div><div>Susan--</div>
<div>It sounds like you're surfacing some issues similar to ones we've wrestled with in our CoP at Ohio State. How do you introduce participatory leadership in a historically hierarchical environment, keeping alive not just the "techniques" but the spirit and practice of inclusivity? Or, as I've come to think of it, how do you tend the larger patterns rather than just the explicit forms? Is the issue really about the names? Or is it about decision-making and direction?</div>
<div>At one of our early trainings (as I recall), we tried to identify different kinds of responsibility that people could take on (depending on other commitments) and, in a closing ceremony, asked them to situate themselves in a set of circles. Those close to the center became the "core" group, others wanted to be involved in specific projects, others were generally supportive. What was important was to have everyone comfortable with their level of commitment, especially since our CoP has no "official" status or endorsement.</div>
<div>Our original plan was to have regular trainings that would allow people to deepen their understanding and commitment, and gradually move in and out of the nested circles, as circumstances changed. In practice (for various reasons), we haven't managed to keep that going—but not necessarily because the model doesn't work. </div>
<div>My own sense is that the pattern of practice and the emergent relationships count for more than the formal labels: an experience of the work conveys far more than any "explanation" or "description." Not to say that language doesn't matter: we've talked about mates, apprentices, hosts, stewards, pattern-keepers…--but usually in relation to a particular project/field and regularly leading back to specific teachers (thank you, Toke, Monica, Chris, Phil, Tim, Tuesday….)</div>
<div>Hope that helps.</div>
<div>Best</div>
<div>Rick Livingstone</div>
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<div>Hi Susan, <div>Want to second what Rick is saying. We are also using the concentric circle model to help community project teams to invite community member involvement and support. In that case, the inner circle is the "core team", the next ring has been defined as those who participate actively in projects or specific tasks, and the outer ring are those who might sponsor or provide support in the form of resources or "positive press" for the effort. The team defines the expectations of these rings specific to their project and people are invited to "stand" in the circle that matches their interest/availability/level of commitment. </div>
<div>It creates a fluid approach in which people can move between the circles, but everyone is clear what it means to stand in a particular ring. It also helps to think this through in terms of communication and who gets copied on what. I think it is generally useful to communicate broadly and openly, but some upfront guidelines of who gets what can be helpful.</div>
<div>Another approach we use in our community of practice for women is that circles have formed around key aspects of the community functioning. As we are a non-profit with a board, the board is our governance circle that integrates and holds the organizational "point", the program facilitators have a separate circle that focuses on programs to bring new people into the community or deepen specific learning needs identified across the community, and another circle of community members oversees the emergent learning activities for members within the CoP. Having members overlap across the circles helps to integrate across the groups, as does a very active and open harvesting and communication process. </div>
<div>Very exciting to hear how this is growing at the University - let me know if you want to talk further.</div>
<div>Cheers, </div>
<div>Ginny Belden-Charles</div>
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<div>I wanted to circle back to this having gotten great advice from the list and made a decision. We decided on less formality, less layers, less structure. Just enough to hold the container. We sent out a simple message and a simple call which I'm including below in case others ever want to reference it. Of our community of 120, we got 24 responses! We're having an initial gathering of the organizing team in early August and we'll be very organic about it knowing that people will filter themselves into appropriate support roles. Thanks for all your help!<div>Here's what we sent:</div>
<div><span style="background-color: #ffffff;">"</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Do you feel called to support our community of practice at the University? Are you able and interested in investing some of your time, energy, and talent to co-create opportunities for us to learn together, support each other, and foster meaningful conversations on our campuses? That could mean event planning,</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffcc;">hosting</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a gathering, helping with communications, or other things that have not even been dreamed of yet!</span></div>
<div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"><p>The three of us, Leah Lundquist, Jen Mein, and myself, are willing to commit to a year of serving as a core <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">team</span> for our community. We see our role as holding the container for ensuring that the community supports itself as best it can. We would like to extend an invitation for others to join us and be apart of a community of practice <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">organizing</span> <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">team</span> to support our members and our collective work."</p>
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<div>--Susan</div>
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</div> Progress report from the field of Participatory Leadership in the European Commission - June 2012tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2012-08-01:4134568:Topic:575302012-08-01T09:32:04.836ZRia Baeckhttps://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<p>Dear friends,</p>
<div>I'm immersed in some harvesting out of our very busy field of participatory leadership at the European Commission. We sense we're approaching some kind of tipping point, as our practice matures and the readiness to invite participation grows throughout our organisation. There will soon be 1000 colleagues and collaborators (in the best sense!!) who have gone through the 3-day entry-level training, and each new event is heavily over-subscribed. There are still plenty of…</div>
<p>Dear friends,</p>
<div>I'm immersed in some harvesting out of our very busy field of participatory leadership at the European Commission. We sense we're approaching some kind of tipping point, as our practice matures and the readiness to invite participation grows throughout our organisation. There will soon be 1000 colleagues and collaborators (in the best sense!!) who have gone through the 3-day entry-level training, and each new event is heavily over-subscribed. There are still plenty of challenges to face, but I want to share with you a reflection I wrote a few weeks ago about the state of play in our field, which I have now posted over on our group on the Art of Hosting Ning site: </div>
<h1><a href="http://artofhosting.ning.com/group/art-of-participatory-leadership-eur-commission/forum/topics/progress-report-from-the-field-of-participatory-leadership-in-the" style="font-size: 11px;">Progress report from the field of Participatory Leadership in the Commission - June 2012</a></h1>
<div>We've been a bit remiss in keeping the global community informed of what we've been up to in the Commission. Part of that is because we have a few bad habits around 'transparency', and part of it is because this work is still being done on a shoestring when it comes to resources, so finding time to do adequate harvesting is always difficult. However, I am very aware of the value that our learning and experience in such a 'tough' context can have for our mates out there in all the many other contexts where hosting is practiced with such love, courage and dedication, so I, for one, intend to make more of an effort to feed back our experience into the field.</div>
<div>In that spirit, I also attach a piece of harvest from a 3-day practitioners' gathering we carved out for ourselves at the end of last year. May it serve the greater whole. (sorry, too big to attach it here!)</div>
<div>Helen</div> News from AoH CoP Leedstag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-12-23:4134568:Topic:476892011-12-23T13:28:15.066ZRia Baeckhttps://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<p>Please find a beautiful harvest from the Comunity of Practice in Leeds. This one is from autumn 2011.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2655752844?profile=original">111000 Leeds CoP AoH Newsletter.pdf</a></p>
<p>Please find a beautiful harvest from the Comunity of Practice in Leeds. This one is from autumn 2011.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2655752844?profile=original">111000 Leeds CoP AoH Newsletter.pdf</a></p> Reflective Learning in Utah CoPtag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-03-28:4134568:Topic:130082011-03-28T18:14:33.087ZRia Baeckhttps://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<p>Here is a bit of description from a reflective learning group on our CoP in Utah. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Tells a bit of the story of what we have learned in the last year, including a list of principles, practices, and questions on participative leadership, as well as videos of the project stories told by practitioners from the group.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Also includes a background description of how we formed, including links to format and harvests from circles.</p>
<p> …</p>
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<p>Here is a bit of description from a reflective learning group on our CoP in Utah. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Tells a bit of the story of what we have learned in the last year, including a list of principles, practices, and questions on participative leadership, as well as videos of the project stories told by practitioners from the group.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Also includes a background description of how we formed, including links to format and harvests from circles.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://web.me.com/tennesonwoolf/Tenneson_Woolf/Blog/Entries/2011/3/21_Reflective_Learning_on_Participative_Leadership__Principles%2C_Practices_and_Questions_from_a_Place-Based_Utah_Community_of_Practice.html">Reflective Learning in Utah CoP</a></p> Enticing AoHers to use on-line tools to support a community of practicetag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-01-17:4134568:Topic:52982011-01-17T02:02:03.000ZRia Baeckhttps://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<p>Many members of our local CoP are unfamilar with on-line social networking tools. A previous attempt to launch a wiki for our group fizzled - few joined and few except the organizers posted content. We are about to try again, using this platform for our group. Any thoughts or experience on introducing wikis to newbies? We want to help them get excited about the potential of this site, to get comfortable with the tools, and get started contributing to our virtual conversation. </p>
<p>Many members of our local CoP are unfamilar with on-line social networking tools. A previous attempt to launch a wiki for our group fizzled - few joined and few except the organizers posted content. We are about to try again, using this platform for our group. Any thoughts or experience on introducing wikis to newbies? We want to help them get excited about the potential of this site, to get comfortable with the tools, and get started contributing to our virtual conversation. </p> The 'Hour in Question" Co-Learning Practice Prototyped by the NYC CoPtag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-01-14:4134568:Topic:51772011-01-14T23:21:56.000ZRia Baeckhttps://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<p><b>An Hour in Question (otherwise known as the NY Minute)</b></p>
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<p>For the past few years, the NYC Art of Hosting/Participatory Leadership Community of Practice has been co-developing this structure for co-learning.</p>
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<p>Our intention was to co-create a structure that would allow us to draw on the wisdom that is in our trans-local network of colleagues and friends when we have burning and time-sensitive design or other work related questions or…</p>
<p><b>An Hour in Question (otherwise known as the NY Minute)</b></p>
<p> </p>
<p>For the past few years, the NYC Art of Hosting/Participatory Leadership Community of Practice has been co-developing this structure for co-learning.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Our intention was to co-create a structure that would allow us to draw on the wisdom that is in our trans-local network of colleagues and friends when we have burning and time-sensitive design or other work related questions or needs.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The prototyping came out of a community practice gathering in NYC when Martin Siesta hosted the U-Theory 13 questions exercise. During the visioning/being your future part of the exercise, I imagined myself connected with thinking partners with ease, fluidity and depth. Following the visioning, I committed to prototyping a structure that would manifest this vision while working with what is.</p>
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<p>At first I called the prototype 'The New York Minute' because it was addressing a need to convene colleagues in short notice for a pressing learning edge or time-driven design challenge. Lately, we have been calling the practice 'An Hour in Question' because is better describes the process.</p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://web.me.com/tennesonwoolf/Tenneson_Woolf/Home.html">Tenneson Woolf</a> has adapted the bones of the prototype into a 2+ hour in-person circle. You can find a description of this structure on his blog, <a target="_blank" href="http://web.me.com/tennesonwoolf/Tenneson_Woolf/Blog/Entries/2010/7/13_Community_of_Practice_Monthly_Meetings_-_A_Simple_Design_for_Meeting_in_Circle.html">Community of Practice Monthly Meetings -- A Simple Design for Meeting in Circle</a></p>
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<p>The <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2655747566?profile=original">Hour In Question design</a>...</p>
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<li>requires very little preparation</li>
<li>works in a one-hour conference call</li>
<li>puts work/the world in the center of the circle</li>
<li>promotes co-learning</li>
<li>builds connection and community among practitioners</li>
</ul>
<p>[Note: We prototyped the structure with series of questions from my work and, as the caller, I noticed an interesting pattern. I rarely used the actual advice offered by my thinking partners in response to the question! Even so, I was somehow changed energetically. I walked into hosting with a wider sense of possibility in the situation, more courage and stronger knowing that the work is about something bigger than the presenting problem. It feels like moving at the pace of guidance.]</p>
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<p><b>There are roles:</b></p>
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<p>Caller: the caller invites her mates and prepares a question that invites wisdom and co-learning. She can send materials in advance, but this is not necessary. What is necessary is framing the question for co-learning and preparing the lightest amount of context to bring it alive (people, place, situation).</p>
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<p>Host: the host holds the container and guides the group through the flow.</p>
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<p>Harvester: the harvester captures key points and sends them to all participants immediately following the call.</p>
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<p>Thinking Partners: all of us join the caller as co-learners and thinking partners.</p>
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<p><b>There is an invitation:</b></p>
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<p>The caller creates a meeting wizard invitation with the presenting question and sends it to colleagues who they would like to have in the question/learning (I usually invite 8-12).</p>
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<p>As soon as 3-5 colleagues (this range works for a 1-hr call) are available at the same time, the caller confirms that time and asks for a volunteer host and harvester (works best if these are 2 different people).</p>
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<p>If the caller is a first time participant in the pattern, it helps if an experienced person offers to host and helps them form their co-learning question prior to the call.</p>
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<p>Depending on the work or question, the caller might send an email to the confirmed colleagues with the presenting question and brief related materials or links, but the design does not require this. In fact, the intention is for Thinking Partners to be able to participate with only a 1-hour commitment.</p>
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<p><b>There is a flow:</b></p>
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<p>Check-in Round: the host offers a short check-in question that helps everyone sink into being a circle of thinking partners. Starting with a poem, quote or short story can also help set the tone.</p>
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<p>The Question 1.0: the caller puts the co-learning question in the center and gives just enough of the story to ground the question in the world (less is more here).</p>
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<p>Inquiry Round: the thinking partners ask clarifying questions, gathering the additional information that is needed to deeply explore the leading question. The caller responds.</p>
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<p>The Question 2.0: following the inquiry round, the Caller may or may not reframe the original question, depending on the influence of the inquiry questions.</p>
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<p>Wisdom Round: the thinking partners offer their reflections, wisdom and offerings to the question.</p>
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<p>Check-out Round: the host offers a check-out question that helps everyone integrate the experience and return, wiser, to our life/work.</p>
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<p>Harvest: the scribe emails the harvest to the full group.</p>
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<p>We offer this practice to our trans-local colleague for use and on-going co-learning. We look forward to your questions, stories and adaptations.</p>
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<p>Peace, Kelly</p> Looking for connection and co-learning: Conference Call 2011-01-14tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-01-14:4134568:Topic:51682011-01-14T22:32:28.000ZRia Baeckhttps://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<div>Host: Martin</div>
<div>Harvest: Kelly</div>
<div>Other Participants: Judy, Lauren, Liz, Nancy, Lina, Barbara, Elizabeth</div>
<div>Outcome of First call: </div>
<ul>
<li>looking for connection and co-learning, especially for those without developed CoP. </li>
<li>invite each other into each other's work</li>
<li>how can we develop rotating leadership?</li>
<li>we explored our needs and are now wanting to focus our purpose</li>
</ul>
Check-in: Whale bone talking piece from…
<div>Host: Martin</div>
<div>Harvest: Kelly</div>
<div>Other Participants: Judy, Lauren, Liz, Nancy, Lina, Barbara, Elizabeth</div>
<div>Outcome of First call: </div>
<ul>
<li>looking for connection and co-learning, especially for those without developed CoP. </li>
<li>invite each other into each other's work</li>
<li>how can we develop rotating leadership?</li>
<li>we explored our needs and are now wanting to focus our purpose</li>
</ul>
Check-in: Whale bone talking piece from Baha<br />
<div><ul>
<li>Lina (Chicago): 2 very successful AoHs in 2009 & 10. Most of calling team focused on children and families. Focused on how we work more intentionally together w/ youth and families. Retreat scheduled next week. Wanting to build our calling team and broadening our reach and work intentionally w/ gov officials. Toke coming to work w/ group end of March and AoH end of May. Hopefully host Meg & Debbie for book team. Personal goal is get more local colleagues.</li>
<li>Judy (Boston): joined call bc I am curious about what can come of community like this, but have sense that a lot of shifting and changing in world means we will be called. We hold new pattern and model for conversations and consciousness. Continue to work with Ria Beck on Women Holding the Edge. Some of us from Art of Human Being gathering are still coming together.</li>
<li>Elizabeth (Atlanta): join curious about trans-local community. Know only one other person in AoH here. Reaching our and looking for ways to step up and into the work around money and consciousness. What could be loosely held or created that could build bridges? Working with Nancy and Martin on Money conversation in NYC.</li>
<li>Kelly (New York): Thank God it's Friday! Think there is trans-local community learning going on. Cur</li>
<li>Liz (New York): joined the call bc an AoH practitioner and learning from all of you. Joined AoPL. Been working on circle meeting. Oct 23rd hosted with colleagues Social Shift work to try to change delivery of education and juvenile justice. We have a calling team there and we will host a WC there in February. Here to try to get some information in a way that I can start some grassroots people, esp parents really get to work on what needs to happen for lives of children. </li>
<li>Barbara (Boston): I work in large and entrenched bureaucracy, but have been bringing circle and AoH practices w great success. I have found a hunger in people. When people recognize what they have been missing, they tumble into it. I see it as something that is important to do. Have been thinking about CoP and notion of making the web even stronger, making connections in a place where we can do ongoing learning and prototyping. Learning excites me the most with people who take these practices to heart.</li>
<li>Martin (New York/NJ): In work around wealth and money. Also, in a couple of other gatherings, we did work w/ Tuesday with homelessness --- has been wonderful to learn from others in very open way that gets us out of our patterns. This is why I am called to this. Co-learning and prototyping is essential</li>
<li>Nancy (New York/NJ): we have a path set out for ourselves in NYC. We have an intention to support Philly in their growth of CoP. Personally this yr have been able to visit Lina and Laurie Prest in Kingston. Rich experience to be able to even share each other's stories. Like the story telling aspect. </li>
<li>Laurel (Toronto): happy to be on call and grateful to be here. Held Christmas circle w/ group of women about what is important about the holidays, welcoming circle for my niece in the fall for woman in my family. Friend of mine elected to office and has called community meeting next week. Citizens advisory committees have been behind closed doors and she wants something different. Putting a big invitation out there to help with this. Nobody else who I can connect to locally, beside by sister. Trying to design it myself bc friend in office has never been thru this before. Shifting careers to AoH and facilitation.</li>
</ul>
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<div><b>Going Forward</b>:</div>
<div><ul>
<li>What might this look like in practice? </li>
<li>We may not be able to do all of it in the next half hour, but can those of you who have passion around this commit to moving it forward?</li>
<li>How can we rotate leadership and invite people into it?</li>
<li>What more do you see about the specific purpose might be and what it might look like?</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div><ul>
<li>Judy: How might we enter learning together? Apprentice w/ AoH trainings?</li>
<li>Lina: Are there other ways in addition to assisting with AoH that could help us grow our skills? Is there a way could do this separate from geographic AoHs to grow and learn?</li>
<li>Barbara: Makes me think of warriorship - having courage to step into new even if we are uncertain. Being together as group of people instead of in 'apprenticeship' structure. Coming to new knowledge.</li>
<li>Laurel: Hearing that the purpose is for practitioners to support other practitioners. Community to go to when you need it. Specifics could be f-2-f, calls, trainings.</li>
<li>Liz: A purpose could be a source to teach or help us through work we are doing alone.</li>
<li>Kelly: Love the 'open source' culture of AoH and sharing learning. Hearing that we are a circle, with rotating leadership. Bringing our learning needs to the circle is providing leadership as we ask for help.</li>
</ul>
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<div>Story of the Hour in Question (alias, NY Minute) Prototype: See Tenneson's blog on using the bones for an in-person circle practice and my comments about the 1-hr conf call version. Also, the conversation that I started about it and related docs.</div>
<div><a href="http://web.me.com/tennesonwoolf/Tenneson_Woolf/Blog/Entries/2010/7/13_Community_of_Practice_Monthly_Meetings_-_A_Simple_Design_for_Meeting_in_Circle.html">http://web.me.com/tennesonwoolf/Tenneson_Woolf/Blog/Entries/2010/7/13_Community_of_Practice_Monthly_Meetings_-_A_Simple_Design_for_Meeting_in_Circle.html</a></div>
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<li>Laurel: Does it follow the pro-action cafe? sounds like it will help keep my focus and not get swayed. mentoring and guidance piece sounds great. would love to be involved the next day, helping someone else get the help.</li>
<li>Nancy: it works, as a participant, you learn also and experience deeper connection.</li>
<li>Liz: i have been in some of these circles. feels like your input gets person thinking in a different way. before you know it, person who is asking the question is already outlining what they need to do next. </li>
</ul>
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<li>Martin: Also hearing that ability to leverage our co-learning. Sometimes we can work with each other with travel expenses covered so that we can have experience. Picking up additional skills and learning while you are offering your gifts as well.</li>
<li>Elizabeth: hearing about the challenges --- resources, knowledge, etc. To be able to work together thru these things. I love hearing the way you call these calls when there is a need, when we need mates to walk into the fire with us.</li>
</ul>
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<div>Martin: In spirit of rotating leadership, can someone host the next call and take us into the chaotic stepping stones process? </div>
<div><b>Next Call</b></div>
<div>Co-hosts: Barbara & Lina</div>
<div>Date: Wed, Feb 23 @ 4-5:30 pm</div>
<div>Check-out: what Q are we still holding now?</div>
<ul>
<li>Judy: do we continue to invite everyone and see who comes? i welcome that, the more diverse the higher the potential</li>
<li>Liz: can we individually ask other people to join even if they haven't been to the first few calls?</li>
<li>Elizabeth: why not?</li>
<li>Lina: hoping several of my colleagues would join too. Who is going to be at ALIA and might we organize something there?</li>
<li>Martin: what would an actual gathering of translocal CoP look like?</li>
<li>Laurel: If I was to send out a meeting wizard and who might be available for a NY minute?</li>
<li>Barbara: when do i get to get hugs and be in your presence?</li>
<li>Kelly: how do we hold the rim and the container so that it is open and holds the intention strongly? holarchy is different that hierarchy and closed system.</li>
<li>Nancy: what can we learn from each other that we might not be able to learn anywhere else? what is unique about our co-learning relationship and what's possible?</li>
</ul>
Martin: Yes, invite others in and if they haven't been on before, make sure they know what has been going on and the purpose<br />
<div>Kelly: and direct them to AoH Ning, Translocal group for notes from calls.</div>
<div>Nancy: encourage us to be in touch with each other btw now and next call.</div> Developing and Connecting Local Communities of Practice - first conference call Sept.20, 2010.tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2010-12-17:4134568:Topic:47832010-12-17T18:38:33.000ZRia Baeckhttps://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<p>Connecting Communities of Practice 2010-09-20<br></br> Subject/Purpose: connecting communities of practice<br></br> Type/Format: teleconference<br></br> Start Date/Time: Monday September 20, 2010 4:00 PM<br></br> Timezone: Eastern Time<br></br> Duration: approximately 1 hour 30 minutes<br></br> <br></br> Host: Martin<br></br> Participants: Nancy, Jerry, Lauri, Kathy, Lina, Barbara, Rosie, Tuesday<br></br> Harvest: Kelly<br></br> <br></br> A message from the organizer: the call in number is 1 605 475 6333 pin is 420911.…<br></br> <br></br></p>
<p>Connecting Communities of Practice 2010-09-20<br/> Subject/Purpose: connecting communities of practice<br/> Type/Format: teleconference<br/> Start Date/Time: Monday September 20, 2010 4:00 PM<br/> Timezone: Eastern Time<br/> Duration: approximately 1 hour 30 minutes<br/> <br/> Host: Martin<br/> Participants: Nancy, Jerry, Lauri, Kathy, Lina, Barbara, Rosie, Tuesday<br/> Harvest: Kelly<br/> <br/> A message from the organizer: the call in number is 1 605 475 6333 pin is 420911.<br/> <br/> Please give some thought to:<br/> <br/> what you see as need and purpose?<br/> <br/> how we can/will be connected?<br/> <br/> other?<br/> <br/> what are your gifts and contributions?<br/> <br/> <b>CHECK-IN</b>: What brings us here?<br/> <br/> Rosie/Philly: Bringing circle practice to my work. Nice to have community.<br/> Kelly/NYC: Know everyone on the call and love the opportunity to put our practices to work and build co-learning community.<br/> Kathy/Nova Scotia: About to discuss CoP in NS w/ Tim Merry. Excited about what is going on in NY and other places. Opportunity to learn from other CoPs.<br/> Barbara/Boston: Know most of you. Here because of people who are on the call and real learning to be part of community around this work that I don't have here.<br/> Tuesday/Columbus, OH: Love so many of you so great to be w/ really great friends. Deeper than that too and appreciate Martin that you called this. Noticing AoHs here in 05/06 and starting to feel growing pains. How do you protect integrity of practice? Bringing clear Qs about stewarding CoP.<br/> Jerry/Minn: This called to me for 3 reasings... (1) AoH list serve is extraordinarily helpful and the opportunity to be in more of a dialogue to deepen learning is a gift; (2) here in Minn, SD, 50 have gone thru AoH training and will be 100+ soon --- how can we build?<br/> Lauri/Kingston, Ont.: have met or read your names. Drawn to be on call to learn and advance my skills. Helps me and my work in Kingston, Ont. Love to be in deeper CoP ---- sharing stories. Love the sharing and Qs that come from talking together.<br/> Lina/Chicago: Want to think more intentionally about building CoP. Had 2 AoH's and about to have a 3rd. Tremendous interest and excitement. How do I steward this? How do we keep growing, learning and deepening?<br/> Nancy/NYC: This is one of the most beautiful harvests from our work and AoH trainings. CoP is a wonderful gift we can offer each other. Efficient use of resources. Everybody on the call have practical projects and stories that others on call can identify with. So great and joyous!<br/> Martin/NYC-NJ: Feel really blessed since first AoH and ability to sit w/ Kelly and Nancy and others and sit w/ Qs that remain and sit w/ projects. Know that if I did not have that, I would not be where I am. Also knowing all of you are doing incredible things and what if we could learn from ea other. AoH is not only an event, learning and Qs continue. The knowing and not knowing are incredible. Seems to make a lot of sense to call this. As caller and steward, I am a co-creator. Seemed to resonate w/ everyone. Not sure what it looks like going forward... Wondering where we might go w/ this...<br/> <br/> Laurie leaves the call to volunteer at Community Health Center.<br/> <br/> <b>What might this trans-local CoP also be?<br/> How can we stay connected?<br/> How do we sit w/ the work?<br/> How might we deposit it?</b><br/> <br/> Rosie: would be interesting to hear ways people are using circle in communities? Martin mentioned what might come from a conv like this and repository for what is going on, website, etc. Local group is forming website to keep folks together. The voice is limited in virtual forms. For example, the gathering for the Women's Congress was beneficial passing the piece. Really amazes me and I want to hear more. For example, early childhood Head Start programs, the natural way to come together. Thinking about social and emotional well-being, learning skills in a circle, etc. Gets me really excited. Whenever I finish meeting w/ people in circle, it feels like something happens that is lasting and still feel like I have so much to learn.<br/> <br/> Kathy: If we are talking about what the purpose might be, what I am particularly interested in, when Tuesday said growing pains, that tweaked for me. Interested in sharing stories about projects. Locally, what are practices for connecting CoP so that in situation like Rosie is suggesting, 'how do i take myself to the next level'. How do I connect these people and build a network that is self sustaining and self-perpetuating. Know there is really good work other places that would inform what we are doing in NS.<br/> <br/> Tuesday: Thinking about need and purpose. I felt strong kinship w/ NYC folks. Trying to change their community thru conversation. One of our purposes for CoP was 'shifting our dialogue about hard issues thru meaningful conversation' How are you organizing yourselves? In Columbus, there are 3 of us, how do others do it? How do you organize yourselves well? This is a need this group could serve. Open to other things too.<br/> <br/> Lina: When in NY and met many of you, I realized that I needed a way to think about what we are up to in Ill. We organized around healthy youth and families. Came away from NYC wanting a Dojo as Toke would say. We are in many systems and need a place where we can become a CoP and return to our initiatives. Want more capacity here. So far I am raising that hope and don't feel others are into growing the field the same way... may want to grow themselves, but how do we grow the field?<br/> <br/> Barbara: I work w/in large Gov bureacracy and went to first AoH 3-4 yrs ago and decided to change culture of agency. Did leadership series w/ woman and used AoH practices, esp, circle. What I call diversity circles around deeper learning around diversity. On one hand, great success, part of agency plan for next few yrs. On other hand, still difficult (people who go thru it love it and give poz feedback --- changed how i do work and family). We are still strategic about how we talk about it. Still holding Q --- how do I stay in integrity of these practices and carry work forward in way that feels surreptitious.<br/> <br/> Martin: Listening in it seems like part of the need is to be connected in a way in which we can learn from each other on how to develop a CoP and what we can learn from it. Power of story is coming thru. It energizes and shows meaning. In beginnings of some new patterns. Maybe part of it is the Qs we are in and the work we are in. We are so involved in our work, is there a place we can go and speak to this. As I listen in, where is the place or the venue where we can share about ourselves and Qs about the work we are in?<br/> <br/> <b>What would that place be and what might it look like?</b><br/> <br/> Kelly: Already seeing the possibility of rotating leadership. Individuals from this group calling a circle w/ our Qs, hosting it, harvest learning and share it w/ the group.<br/> <br/> Tuesday: Like it bc it follows the passion. Maybe we could share it back to the broader community. What if we started to join each other when we have AoH in our communities? Maybe we don't all need to show up, but wouldn't it be lovely for some of you to be able to come? When we look at the budget, is there a way to have some of us present for each other? Liking virtual circle calls, but also liking us getting together.<br/> <br/> Nancy: love that idea Tuesday. Just at 2-day program on United Global Shift. What was powerful, was the invitation to look beyond a single project and looking at systems change and going to scale. We could also support each other in the next level around some of the practices like Deep Democracy and others that aren't here yet. And gathering locally and deepening into the work.<br/> <br/> Lina: want to echo what Tues and Nancy said. AoH is starting to get into Fed grants and they are getting awareness. We need to strengthen capacity, cause I sense the work will mushroom. I feel that it's time to build level of capacity that reaches beyond and offer something meaningful and valuable to the work.<br/> <br/> Martin: What both Tues said resonates w/ me. Those who can show up and work on a Q the way that we can all work on and learn from. Resonates w/ me. A way we can learn from each other across professions. And Tues Q about how we can bring ea other into our work? It's about the learning that is possible when we are together. Both could be extraordinary for how we can learn. Thank you for both. Wonderful offerings.<br/> <br/> Rosie: Chorus to what others have said. Such great opportunity to keep learning. I am finding that there are circles on top of circles on top of circles. Meeting w community group tonight that needs to go thru cultural change. It goes back to being founded by AA MD in 1920s. They want to get dialogue tog about 'who are we today?' So many groups need to ask Qs like this to get heart. I get scared bc I am convinced that this works bc of what I have seen and read, but to stand up and take the lead on building a CoP I get scared. I get excited and a little afraid that I will need to go deeper than I have. Would be great to have folks to talk to. So much to learn.<br/> <br/> Jerry: Would like to offer something we could explore that I think is taking place in larger AoH community. How is it that these complex living systems work? We offer it in our AoH, including 'they are capable of self-organizing' etc. These are true and have lots of nuance to it... integrity? who steps up when? if no one steps up, what happens to the system? We are creating CoPs in theory of complex living systems --- what is it to be part of it? Could be shared into larger AoH stewarding that is in these Qs around sharing, learning, stewarding.<br/> <br/> 20 minutes left.<br/> <br/> <b>Going forward, who would like to call/design re: next steps from here? Another call? Who else would like to be part of it? How it is we might communicate - email? or something like AoH Ning where we can deposit and share our stuff?</b><br/> <br/> Kelly: Will send out harvest from today's call. Would like one place to deposit, will ask Ria to help me set up a group in AoH Ning.<br/> Martin & Kathy: Like the idea of putting it on AoH Ning.<br/> Tuesday: I could help you do that. If you are member. You can go in and click the (+).<br/> Lina: I like the possibility of getting more clear on wise steps for growing here in Illinois.<br/> <br/> <b>Would anyone like to help call/host the next call?</b><br/> <br/> Barbara, Jerry, Lina, Rosie offer to participate in planning group.<br/> Tuesday: not able to be in planning group, but very interested in being part of the group<br/> Martin: we will put the harvest out there and if you think there are other people who would like to join?<br/> Kelly: would like a Q that holds us together to use in the invitation.<br/> Kathy: may be in the harvest.<br/> Nancy: would like to use the chaordic stepping stones to help us. Invite Janice Rous in Florida too.<br/> <br/> <b>Check-out: what are you leaving with?</b><br/> <br/> Kelly: feels like we are moving quickly w/ ease because we have shared practice and understanding. it's nice, I like it. Thank you Martin and everyone. Look forward to the next time.<br/> Rosie: took notes for my meeting tonight, which has already helped me -- even words. Agree that the pace is moving in a way that feels good.<br/> Kathy: leave feeling connected into community of people I love. Love hearing voices I know and new voices. Leave w/ deeper sense of possibility around connecting CoPs translocally and curiosity about how to do this and build momentum.<br/> Nancy: trying to do research to find this... spider's web can hold much greater weight than the threads can by them selves. Feeling the strength of the web. Where is the point in the geography were we could all be tog in person. Thank you Martin and Kelly for taking notes. Looking together for being together.<br/> Tuesday: I think it's Columbus, OH. Know that several of us may attend the ALIA institute in June. My check out was going to be 'let's hold this lightly'. Would be cool that If you plan to be here in June, we do a day or half day together. I also sense the energy of this call and thrilled to be on. Look forward to what's next.<br/> Lina: Sitting w/ big grin and excitement. Enthusiasm for wisdom on call. New awareness about what I am up to here. Lots to learn together. Excited to be at ALIA in June. I want to bow to all of you and looking forward to learning together.<br/> Barbara: Tues, I thought Boston was equi-distance. Appreciate being on this call. Quite an honor. Leave w/ sense of comfort and relief. Kind of giddy and light feeling. Really wonderful. Thank you Martin.<br/> Jerry: All that I can add is that I leave w/ tremendous gratefulness for co-creation of this community and opp to be a part of it.<br/> Martin: Thank you for being here w/ this. I leave w/ we have co-sensed need and purpose. It grounds me in a way that together we can stand w/ this and learn w/ this. The passion and need for community, holds me in a way that I want to be part of this.<br/> <br/> Closed with the bell @ 5:30 pm EST</p>