Rowan

Male

Bogota

Colombia

Profile Information:

How did you learn about Art of Hosting (please add the date and place) and what attracted you to it?
I attended my first training in 2006 in denmark hosted by Toke, Monica, Sven Ole and Charlotte Mannsted. Since then I have participated in a range of trainings and started to organize, convene and host trainings in Berlin, Hazelwood, UK, Karlskrona SE and Århus, Denmark
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 see myself as a practioner of the art of hosting and harvesting conversations that matter.
What is the primary field/topic/focus in your hosting work?
How to create meaningful and powerful coversations.
How can harvesting help leverage the power and impact of our conversations.
Theory U and the creative process - especially in nature.
Where do you live/work?
Bogota, Colombia
Are there interests/passions that you'd like to share?
Intuition, creativity, collective intelligence, the transforming power of nature and engaging in and hosting meaningful conversations.
Two guiding phrases these days are:
Listen to the Silence and See the Invisible
and
I want to connect to our sense of being indigenous to place and to the inherent knowledge that we all hold about how to be in conversation.

Comment Wall:

  • Amy Lenzo

    Rowan,

    This is fabulous ... so beautiful, my friend. What a great job you've done here! I'll add this site to the World Cafe community links right away!

    Love,

    Amy

    Feb 12, 2010

  • Amy Lenzo

    Rowan,

    Was the Member Map an outside app or one offered internally by Ning?

    Amy

    Feb 12, 2010

  • Judith Jones

    Kia ora Rowan and thanks for your creation of this space

    Jul 18, 2010

  • Mary Alice Arthur

    The site is looking beautiful -- great photo! -- and now the colour scheme makes visual sense to me. Looking forward to the next evolution!

    Jul 26, 2010

  • Mary Alice Arthur

    Rowan, I'm really loving how the design is progressing! Beautiful!

    Aug 22, 2010

  • Linda Joy Mitchell

    Buenos dias mi amigo - y espero que nos veremos pronto, dar iqual donde, sera siempre un delicio - que tengas buen viaje y besos a tu familia xxxxx Linda

    Sep 17, 2010

  • Rose Alba Eleonora Broberg

    Hi Rowan,

    Hope the plane brought you well back to Colombia and that you are now together with your family. Say hi to Zulma and Naira!

    Hugs,
    Tina

    Sep 19, 2010

  • Brigid Morris

    Hi Rowan

    Thanks for friending me, very welcoming. I hope you are well? As a result of working with Sharon M and attending your and Nick's course, I joined the recent AoH training just outside of Brussels. A wonderful experience. Thanks for being part of my journey to get there.

    Brigid

    Sep 28, 2010

  • Jennifer Jones

    Hey Rowan

    Just checking in with this, having been out of the loop a little. It's looking great! Well done you and Ria and whoever else has helped with this. In due course I may send invites to join the UK group to get that buzzing again. It's been a little quiet since that gathering in Birmingham earlier in the year!

    Jennifer x

    Sep 29, 2010

  • Brendan Seale

    Thank you, Rowan - it's good to be back home. I feel so far from Karlskrona now, but it is inspiring to be connected to other practitioners this way. I hope to contribute meaningfully and grow the community with all of you.
    Bests,
    Brendan

    Nov 15, 2010

  • Chris Chapman

    Thank you Rowan - great work to develop this site - looking forward to playing together as it all unfolds around us.

    Nov 16, 2010

  • Augusto Cuginotti

    Hey Rowan! As might have noticed, I've been inviting the active Brazilians to join the network here--- many conversations happening there and I think it'd be nice if they spread around here too. :)
    best,
    A>

    Nov 18, 2010

  • Mark Simon

    Thanks Rowan,
    I'm excited to have landed here. I look forward to moving more deeply into the Art of Hosting over the months to come, gathering wisdom from the community.
    Cheers,
    Mark

    Nov 22, 2010

  • Tom Bley

    Thanks for the welcome message :-)

    Nov 22, 2010

  • Maria Barretto

    Thank you!! : - )

    Nov 24, 2010

  • Juanita Brown

    Hi Rowan...Are you in Colombia? Are you Colombian? I lived in Bogota for a year and studied at the National University there.
    I hope one day to come back to visit as that was SO many years ago--
    Con carino,
    Juanita

    Dec 1, 2010

  • Cecilia Soriano

    Gracias Rowan! es un placer compartir este espacio....
    Gracias por abrirlo y por tu cálida bienvenida!
    Un afectuoso saludo, Ceci desde Argentina!

    Dec 2, 2010

  • Jennifer Lea Burrows

    Thank you for the welcome Rowan!

    Dec 9, 2010

  • Sanja Georgina Stropnik

    Dear Rowan, thank you very much for the welcome! I have a feeling that I'm at the right place :-).

    I appreciate every help I can get and I will contact you soon. Hope we will meet in person some time.

    All the best to everyone in New 2011 - I believe that it will be the year when AoH will be heard and used more than ever and we will have a chance to participate and contribute!
    Sanja

    Dec 28, 2010

  • Sven Ole Schmidt

    Hej Rowan

    Tak for din velkomst!

    Fint at komme i forbindelse med jer. Jeg har det som en sømand der er vendt hjem, når jeg træder ind i disse cirkler. Jeg har pløjet værtskabets farvand tyndt i mange år og er nu vendt hjem til der hvor det hele begyndte for mange år siden sammen med Jan, Toke og Monica. Jeg glæder mig til at lære fra mig og selv lære

    nyt, dels på vores AOH træning i Kalundborg lige om lidt og dels i dette forum fremover.

     

    Varme hilsner Sven Ole

    Dec 31, 2010

  • Paula Butterfield

    Thank you, Rowan. Looking forward to learning more about this site.

    Jan 5, 2011

  • Alexis Eremia

    Hi,

    thank you for the welcome message. All the best from Austria!

    Jan 5, 2011

  • Diana Durham

    thanks for the welcome Rowan, and we'll keep the network informed

    as this develops.

    Jan 6, 2011

  • Rosemary Cairns

    Thanks, Rowan. I am not sure how I originally became subscribed, but am happy to have become connected to the AOH community. After the initial flurry of messages, I went to the site and unsubbed from individual messages and subbed the digest mode. Perhaps you might want to highlight this option for people who may not be aware of it. Looking forward to your email, Rosemary

    Jan 6, 2011

  • Laurel Hubber

    Thank you Rowan. Lovely to receive a warm welcome :)

    Jan 11, 2011

  • Sten Maldonado

    Thank you Rowan,

     

    The Hub in Oaxaca is moving on with lots to do and many good people supporting the venture.

     

    I am looking forwrd to learn and contribute as much as I can!

     

    Best... Sten 

    Jan 11, 2011

  • June Cairns

    Thanks Rowan, I look forward to learning !

    Jan 18, 2011

  • Sharilyn Amy

    Hi Rowan,
    Thanks for the welcome. We just wrapped the Calgary AoH, but a community of practice is launching next week here... And another AoH may be occuring in Fernie shortly. Have Trent connect with me.

    Jan 18, 2011

  • Erika Karman

    Dear Rowan,

     

    Thanks a lot. I much look forward for getting experiences here.:)

    Cheers from Budapest.

    Jan 18, 2011

  • Marjolein de Lange

    Hi Rowan,

    Thank you for the warm welcome.

     

    Jan 18, 2011

  • Dave Pollard

    Done - thanks Rowan.

    Jan 18, 2011

  • Adrijana Strnad

    Thanks for the warm welcome, Rowan :o)

    Jan 19, 2011