How did you learn about Art of Hosting (please add the date and place) and what attracted you to it?
I came into this community thanks to Ria Baeck, Judith Heezen and Lieven Callewaert back in February 2008 when I partook in the second iteration of Women Moving the Edge at Heerlijckyt. That was my first AoH "happening" and it changed my life ... I walked into this free of any expectations or objectives, beyond learning and discovering new paradigms. It is undoubtedly my unmitigated trust in these 3 people and my addiction to adventure that attracted me!
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 have grown with AoH as a "tutor" since March 2008 and it is now an integral part of the work that I do or at least touches the work I do in organisations. I have attended 3 subsequent enquiries and called the first AoH in French in Compiègne France along with my mates, Helga, Laurence and Nad in July 2010. This was a new birth for the French-speaking community which today is vibrant and calling for more! The journey continues...
What is the primary field/topic/focus in your hosting work?
As an interculturalist, I am opening my work as a result of the hosting practices. Rather than addressing the intercultural component as a "service to deliver", I invite participants to take responsibility for their development. I continue to bring my field competence. But my methods are participatory, the learning is co-created, participants take ownership and the changes are sustained. It's amazing what can happen when you turn the keys over to the the learners!
Where do you live/work?
Paris
Are there interests/passions that you'd like to share?
The potential in organisations when the essensial benefits of being happy are grasped.
New leadership paradigms.
Capturing and enhancing talent.
Dear Nancy, thank you for making me feel welcome into this group. Just recently I have been introduced in the Art of Hosting by joining a course of three and a half days. Besides joining this course I have been harvesting the results in drawings which I probably will post later on. For now I am really curious what I can attribute to this group in order to spread the power of collective intelligence and personal development. Kind regards Richard
Thanks for a warm welcome. I feel previleged to be part of this community.I am new to the field of Art of hosting.I have been involved in conducting outdoor as well as indoor training programs for the past ten years for variety of audience. Looking forward to have lots of learning experience in this group.
I am quite keen to participate in an 'The Art Of Hosting' programme at your end. Kindly forward the details about the programme. I am looking forward to get a learning experience and join this movement of hosting fruitful conversations.
merci Nancy pour cet accueil chaleureux , et oui un grand moment que ce séminaire de Sommières Toutes mes amitiés à Helen et à bientôt certainement au moins sur le web.
Thanks for your information. I did not know that the Art of Hosting seminar had offered in Vietnam last year. If another one is organized in Vietnam in the future I will try to participate in.
Art of Hosting is a beautiful project and concept. I always learn from it.
Right now, I am creating a framework for co-creation at http://transformthesystem.net, and I am both following Art of Hosting principles, and wanting to attract Art of hosting practitioners.
I just received a comment on my wall that is obviously fishing spam. Is this person a member here? I am not sure who I should alert about this. Here is the comment:
Good Day, How is everything with you, I picked interest on you after going through your short profile and deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I have something very vital to disclose to you, but I found it difficult to express myself here, since it's a public site.Could you please get back to me on:( mrsstellakhalil5888@gmail.com ) for the full details.
Ciao Nancy and thank you very much for the warm welcome!
I know Jean Philippe and have participated with him to two IAF conferences in Europe. We are also both coordinating respectively the French and Italian IAF chapter helping people and organisations understand the power of (good) facilitation. I will explore the space that I see is thriving and also suggest to establish future collaborations between AoH and IAF, unless they are already set-up as together we can all share more and more ideas and face complex challenges.
Hello Nancy, what a wonderful place I find here. I am happy to be welcomed so warmly by you, and that fact that you are local is even better. I have been Zooming with international folks and the timing is often a struggle.
I am hoping to build out my skills in helping people makes connections. My vision is a bit of a work in progress, but I feel very troubled by all this discord I see in the world, especially in the US.
I have been in variety of sales and marketing roles in my career, and wish to put a point on my efforts by finding/generating meaningful work, and ultimately revenue. Though, I am not certain how that would look. I am a member of the Boston Facilitators' Roundtable, FYI.
Mostly, I seek to improve my own capacities in conflict resolution, curiosity, compassion (for self and others), and would like to help make the world a more loving place. The corporate path has been, shall I say, disappointing.
A book that is now captivating me is "A Course of Love", which is a spiritual treatise, and some regard this as a follow-on to "A Course in Miracles." This stuff is pretty "out there", as it's a "channeled" document, from someone who made a big dent in the universe... no name's mentioned. I am not a religious guy, but this writing speaks to my heart.
And, a man who's work I greatly admire (Otto Scharmer) has beautifully expressed a way forward for humanity. His approach is holistic, and involves us using our heads, hearts, and guts. It's past time for a new way.
That is all for now. I'll LinkIn with you, as well.
Merci pour ton message de bienvenue. Je serais heureuse d'être mise en lien à Nantes avec des personnes expérimentées dans le AoH et de rejoindre une communauté francophone.
Je vais rajouter une photo sur mon profil comme tu me l'as suggéré.
Merci beaucoup! Je me réjouis de ta venue à Nantes et de la possibilité de se recontrer, et si je pouvais assister au séminaire avec le Mouvement Participatif, et apporter une contribution quelconque, ce serait avec grande joie.
Bonjour Nancy, merci pour ton message de bienvenu. Je voudrais organiser un événement AoH dans les Alpes-Maritimes (ou PACA) cette année. Comment tu me conseille de procéder et pour trouver des personnes potentiellement intéressés par co-organisation?
Thank you for the welcome Nancy, I am touched by you taking the time. I would love to participate in co-creating an AoH community here in Johannesburg.
Gracias Nancy. I am excited about all the possibilities this wonderful group of people might bring to the work I do. I hope to be able to share some of my experience as well.
Thank you very much Nancy, so it will be. It is a great pleasure to meet you on this walk. I already attached my photo. A cordial greeting from Colombia.
Thank you so much for the warm welcome. It's a pleasure to be here. I dont know how to post my profile pic so I am including it here. Looking forward to being involved again. px
Marie-Pierre
Thanks Nancy
Happy to be part of this online community.
Nov 18, 2017
Richard Draaijer
Dear Nancy, thank you for making me feel welcome into this group. Just recently I have been introduced in the Art of Hosting by joining a course of three and a half days. Besides joining this course I have been harvesting the results in drawings which I probably will post later on. For now I am really curious what I can attribute to this group in order to spread the power of collective intelligence and personal development. Kind regards Richard
Jan 3, 2018
Major Pardeep Kumar shinh
Nancy Bragard,
Thanks for a warm welcome. I feel previleged to be part of this community.I am new to the field of Art of hosting.I have been involved in conducting outdoor as well as indoor training programs for the past ten years for variety of audience. Looking forward to have lots of learning experience in this group.
Jan 5, 2018
Major Pardeep Kumar shinh
i would like to join a Art Of Hosting program in India or Abroad in the near future. Kindly Inform me about the schedule of such program.
Jan 5, 2018
Major Pardeep Kumar shinh
Hello Nancy,
Thanks for your response.
I am quite keen to participate in an 'The Art Of Hosting' programme at your end. Kindly forward the details about the programme. I am looking forward to get a learning experience and join this movement of hosting fruitful conversations.
Pardeep
Jan 7, 2018
Major Pardeep Kumar shinh
Dear Nancy,
I have filled the registration. I shall appreciate further guidance from your end.
Regards.
Major Pardeep Kumar
Jan 8, 2018
Edith Daudet
merci Nancy pour cet accueil chaleureux , et oui un grand moment que ce séminaire de Sommières Toutes mes amitiés à Helen et à bientôt certainement au moins sur le web.
Feb 5, 2018
Liberto Pereda
Thank you Nancy for your welcoming!
Photo uploaded ;)
Looking forward to keeping in touch.
Much love.
Mar 20, 2018
Liberto Pereda
Thank you!
Mar 22, 2018
Loretta Bellato
Thanks Nancy, will do
Apr 27, 2018
Nguyen Duc Vinh
Dear Nancy,
Thanks for your information. I did not know that the Art of Hosting seminar had offered in Vietnam last year. If another one is organized in Vietnam in the future I will try to participate in.
Have a nice weekend.
Vinh Nguyen
Jul 28, 2018
Josephine Wakeing
Aug 9, 2018
Thomas Broessler
Hi Nancy,
thx for saying hello. I have added some fotos. Now one can "see" more (at least fotos)
regards
Thomas
Aug 28, 2018
Lani Brunn
Thanks Nancy!
Nov 17, 2018
Bruce Schuman
Art of Hosting is a beautiful project and concept. I always learn from it.
Right now, I am creating a framework for co-creation at http://transformthesystem.net, and I am both following Art of Hosting principles, and wanting to attract Art of hosting practitioners.
Thank you!
Nov 20, 2018
Liz Clarke
Thanks for the warm welcome Nancy! looking forward to joining in the conversations
Dec 7, 2018
Lani Brunn
Hi Nancy,
I just received a comment on my wall that is obviously fishing spam. Is this person a member here? I am not sure who I should alert about this. Here is the comment:
t 2:44pm on December 31, 2018,
Ahmed Maris said…
Good Day,
How is everything with you, I picked interest on you after going through your short profile and deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I have something very vital to disclose to you, but I found it difficult to express myself here, since it's a public site.Could you please get back to me on:( mrsstellakhalil5888@gmail.com ) for the full details.
Have a nice day
Thanks God bless.
Stella.
Dec 31, 2018
Paolo Martinez
Ciao Nancy and thank you very much for the warm welcome!
I know Jean Philippe and have participated with him to two IAF conferences in Europe. We are also both coordinating respectively the French and Italian IAF chapter helping people and organisations understand the power of (good) facilitation. I will explore the space that I see is thriving and also suggest to establish future collaborations between AoH and IAF, unless they are already set-up as together we can all share more and more ideas and face complex challenges.
Jul 14, 2019
Brian Dooley
Hello Nancy, what a wonderful place I find here. I am happy to be welcomed so warmly by you, and that fact that you are local is even better. I have been Zooming with international folks and the timing is often a struggle.
I am hoping to build out my skills in helping people makes connections. My vision is a bit of a work in progress, but I feel very troubled by all this discord I see in the world, especially in the US.
I have been in variety of sales and marketing roles in my career, and wish to put a point on my efforts by finding/generating meaningful work, and ultimately revenue. Though, I am not certain how that would look. I am a member of the Boston Facilitators' Roundtable, FYI.
Mostly, I seek to improve my own capacities in conflict resolution, curiosity, compassion (for self and others), and would like to help make the world a more loving place. The corporate path has been, shall I say, disappointing.
A book that is now captivating me is "A Course of Love", which is a spiritual treatise, and some regard this as a follow-on to "A Course in Miracles." This stuff is pretty "out there", as it's a "channeled" document, from someone who made a big dent in the universe... no name's mentioned. I am not a religious guy, but this writing speaks to my heart.
And, a man who's work I greatly admire (Otto Scharmer) has beautifully expressed a way forward for humanity. His approach is holistic, and involves us using our heads, hearts, and guts. It's past time for a new way.
That is all for now. I'll LinkIn with you, as well.
Thanks again for reaching out.
Best,
Brian
Aug 6, 2019
Pamina Haussecker
Hi Nancy! Great to hear from you and happy for my ning-account to finally kick off :-)). Hope to see you again here or there. Warm regards, Pamina
Sep 15, 2019
Hanne Fink Ferdinand
Thank you Nancy, I look forward to diving in :-)
Nov 11, 2019
Laure Delmas
Bonjour Nancy,
Merci pour ton message de bienvenue. Je serais heureuse d'être mise en lien à Nantes avec des personnes expérimentées dans le AoH et de rejoindre une communauté francophone.
Je vais rajouter une photo sur mon profil comme tu me l'as suggéré.
A bientôt!
Laure
Nov 18, 2019
Laure Delmas
Merci beaucoup! Je me réjouis de ta venue à Nantes et de la possibilité de se recontrer, et si je pouvais assister au séminaire avec le Mouvement Participatif, et apporter une contribution quelconque, ce serait avec grande joie.
A très bientôt!
Laure
Nov 18, 2019
Martin Skulec
Bonjour Nancy, merci pour ton message de bienvenu. Je voudrais organiser un événement AoH dans les Alpes-Maritimes (ou PACA) cette année. Comment tu me conseille de procéder et pour trouver des personnes potentiellement intéressés par co-organisation?
Merci, Martin
Jan 22, 2020
Franque Bains
Thank you so much for welcoming me Nancy! I'm looking forward to learning more from this community. All the best,
Franque
Mar 22, 2020
Kirsten Garbini
Thank you for the welcome Nancy, I am touched by you taking the time. I would love to participate in co-creating an AoH community here in Johannesburg.
May 14, 2020
Farley Sawyer
Thank you Nancy! I look forward to being a part of the AoH online community.
May 27, 2020
Kate Lawrence
Hi Nancy, thanks for your welcome. I look forward to joining in with the Srt fo Hosting community. Kate
Sep 20, 2020
Jay Lightsmith
Many thanks Nancy. I'll add a photo now.
Oct 6, 2020
Olivia Fernandes Boretti
Hi Nancy, thanks for your welcome!!
Oi Nancy!! Muito obrigada pela recepção!!
Feb 7, 2021
Chris Sallquist
Thank you for welcoming me into the community Nancy. I am looking forward to exploring and connecting.
Chris
Feb 14, 2021
Judith Vindevogel
Thank you for welcoming me Nancy. Just posted a photo so now you can see me :-) Looking forward to the Belgium connection of 21st of March.
Greets, Judith
Mar 4, 2021
Judith Vindevogel
Hello Nancy, 21st of March will be my first ArtOfHosting-experience with the Flemish sister Organisation (I guess) http://www.artofhosting.be
Mar 7, 2021
Judith Vindevogel
Thanks Nancy!
Mar 7, 2021
Kathryn Lord
thank you very much - that is very helpful!
Apr 6, 2021
Fabienne Freymond Cantone
Merci, Nancy.
Au plaiair, see you soon.
Sep 25, 2021
Tim Weinert
Hello Nancy,
thanks for the nice welcome. Already added my picture so you and everyone else can identify me ;-).
Happy to be here
tim
Oct 19, 2021
Julie Zaruba Fountaine
Thank you, Nancy! I am happy to join the group and look forward to connecting with others. I will update my profile soon!
Nov 15, 2021
Philip Grobler
Hi Nancy - thanks for the message. I am sure I will continue learning. Keep well.
Dec 2, 2021
Lenore Zietsman
Thank you for accepting me into this group. I look forward to connecting and learning with others
Dec 10, 2021
Azraa Maula
Hi Nancy,
Thank you so much for the warm welcome. Looking forward to engaging conversations!
Dec 15, 2021
Valérie Normand
Merci beaucoup Nancy pour ton accueil chaleureux ;-)
Je suis ravie de rejoindre (enfin!) la communauté AOH !
Dec 16, 2021
Reinier Hille Ris Lambers
Thanks Nancy! So great to be part of the community. looking forward to share and learn.
Dec 22, 2021
Dawn Espe
Hi Nancy. Thanks for the add. I am looking forward to learning from this group.
Jan 14, 2022
Joel E Franqui
Gracias Nancy. I am excited about all the possibilities this wonderful group of people might bring to the work I do. I hope to be able to share some of my experience as well.
Jan 30, 2022
Remo Rusca
Thank you Nancy, i will use it
Feb 3, 2022
Johanna Rodríguez Sandoval
Thank you very much Nancy, so it will be. It is a great pleasure to meet you on this walk. I already attached my photo. A cordial greeting from Colombia.
May 19, 2022
Marie Balayer Brasier
Merci Nancy,
Je suis ravie de cet accueil dans le cercle AOH.
Bel été à toute et à tous.
Marie
Jul 9, 2022
Lesley Shuttleworth
Thank you so much for this gracious welcome. Deep appreciation and I very much look forward to being involved
Warmest
Aug 19, 2022
Pam Barmby
Hi nancy,
Thank you so much for the warm welcome. It's a pleasure to be here. I dont know how to post my profile pic so I am including it here. Looking forward to being involved again. px
Aug 31, 2022