Ria Baeck

Female

Kortenaken - Vlaanderen

Belgium

Profile Information:

How did you learn about Art of Hosting (please add the date and place) and what attracted you to it?: I did my first Art of Hosting training in The Netherlands in 2005, and called and organised the first one in Belgium in 2006; followed by a next one in 2008. There was an immediate feeling, that this was what I had to do and connect with.
Since 2009 we are building a Community of Practice in Vlaanderen/Flanders, the Dutch speaking part of Belgium. We did an AoH Training, but are now experimenting with Open Learning Days around a specific theme (Participation, Transition), which are quite succesful.
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): The art of hosting conversations runs through my whole life; and is everywhere present in the work that I do - which has many faces. I'm one of the Stewards of this AoH network, and I'm fascinated by what is the energetic of what we do - what are we doing when we are holding space? This evolved into a circle of stewards which are holding the energetic core of the network; still very new and fresh in this network.
What is the primary field/topic/focus in your hosting work?: I have three fields of passion: supporting the AoH work in Belgium/Flanders; hosting the whole of the network and its knowledge; and connecting research and building research capacity within the network.
Where do you live/work?: I live in Belgium and work wherever I am called.
Would you like to share a web address?: http://www.vitis-tct.be
Are there interests/passions that you'd like to share?: I'm interested and fascinated by everything that is 'on the edge', but always in an embodied way. This has initiated Women Moving the Edge, out of which slowly is a book emerging...

Comment Wall:

madeline snow

Thank you, Ria, for your welcome. Special thanks for your constellation work at the Art of Humans Being last week. It was very powerful. All the best, Madeline

Aug 4, 2010
Linda Joy Mitchell

Hi Ria, nice to meet you here - looking forward to meeting you in person once again who knows where XX Linda

Sep 17, 2010
Wiebke Herding

Hi Ria - I uploaded it to Ning (media > video), but couldn't find a way to add it to the group (apart from mentioning it in a comment). All the best, Wiebke

Oct 5, 2010
Alexis Eremia

Hello Ria,

thank you for your warm welcome. I have no contact to Ursula, Bregenz is about 6 hours away from Vienna. I heard though about her retreat project. Thank you for bringing this to me again.

Best regards from Vienna,

Alexis

Jan 5, 2011
Rosemary Cairns

Hi Ria. Yes, the article was published in the IAF Europe Newsletter and attracted a lot of interest. As we try to reflect the diversity of the facilitative community in Europe, we are delighted when people are willing to share their ideas, knowledge and exploration. Back issues are at http://www.iaf-europe.eu/resources.html

Kind regards from Canada,

Rosemary

Jan 6, 2011
Albéric Augeard

Hi Ria,

Thanks for your welcome. i actually did a Graphic Recording in Paris with Chris Chopyak (both in French & English). Need to practice more though....

Jan 9, 2011
Albéric Augeard

Hi Ria,

No, I didn't follow any AoH training and would like to. Brussels would be an ideal location, but availability might prove an issue. Do you have some dates already? Thanks!

Albéric

Jan 13, 2011
Jasmina Lukacevic

Dear Ria, thank you so much for your welcome - it's great to connect here! I like this web space and I am very grateful for wonderful work you have done! I hope I will find my way to contribute.. I'm very excited about AOH in Budapest and look forward to cohost it for the first time in Hungary!

Take care!! Greetings from Croatia!

Jan 18, 2011
Albéric Augeard

Hello Ria,

Thanks for the information. i did attend Michael's training last year wih Diane; fantatsic!

I have a quick question to you: would you know of any place in Belgium where I could get a haverst map (from graphic recording) digitalised? They come usually in pretty large format (about 1.5 m x 3 or 4 m), so it's not to usual copy centre that can handle that.

Thanks!

Albéric

Jan 21, 2011
Didier Engels

Hello Ria,

Thanks for your warm welcome.

Was great meeting you in Brussels last Friday at the lunch with EC4CI's team.

Looking forward,

Didier

Jan 25, 2011
Frauke Godat

Thanks for the hint, Ria, I have created the Art of Facilitation event here: http://artofhosting.ning.com/events/art-of-facilitation-berlin

Feb 6, 2011
Jan Hein Nielsen

Hi Ria,

Thank you for the welcome. What a great work you all have done - it is actually like coming home...!

Unfortunately I will not be joining the gathering next weekend as I did not manage to reschedule all appointments and make a flight fit. So that will be another time...

Take care,

Jan

Feb 19, 2011
Paul Hemminger

Thanks Ria,

I appreciate the welcome. I'll find my way around. I hope to connect to you soon after I speak with the woman who went to one your workshops. I've been hearing great things.

Thanks,

Paul

Feb 19, 2011
Hala Makarem

Thank you for the welcome, Ria :) - I connected here following your spark with Mike Hohnen's call for action in Tunisia, Egypt and elsewhere ... lets see what will evolve ... looking forward to meeting you in person soon .. with love, hala

Feb 22, 2011
Dominique Weemaes

Dank je Ria!

Eerst en vooral veel een ervaring opdoen in Karlskrona. Eens ervaren en voelen wat dit voor mij betekend. Op deze basis vertrouw ik erop dat er weer een volgende stap komt.

Groetjes,

Dominique

Mar 3, 2011
Jennifer Lea Burrows

Hi Ria

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to my post. I will take your advice and repost it.

Warm wishes, Jennifer

Mar 10, 2011
Ana Milin

Dear Ria,

thank you for the warm welcome, and thank you for hosting this precious online space, for all of us who just jump in when we need it or feel like it. It is really something!

Yes, I enjoyed Borl, and I enjoyed co-creating the Croatian AOH community of practice, together with Toke, Jan, Miljenka and Jasmina, that has been developing more intensely since the AOH training in February 2010.

I am sure I will learn here, I hope I will contribute, too.

Warm regards, Ana

Mar 13, 2011
Antje Berheide

Hi Ria, thank you for your welcome comment and for the hint about the power of places. I am already a member of the initiative portal.

Mar 16, 2011
Piret Jeedas

Thank you Ria, will dig deeper...Best, Piret

Mar 23, 2011
Tracy Meisterheim

Ria, Thanks for adding clarity to my research posting. I hope you have a chance to respond to our survey, as you clearly have the experience we're hoping to learn from. Warmly, Tracy

Mar 28, 2011
Margaret Sanders

Thank you for the welcome, Ria! I am glad to be here.

Mar 30, 2011
elizabeth olson

Thanks for accepting me Ria! I wish I could attend the OH meeting next month but I have other commitments. I look forward to opportunities to work and play together.

May 24, 2011
Jeffer London

Hello Ria, glad to connect with fellow facilitators in Belgium.

I came into contact with AoH doing events with Deloitte back in 1998, and then experimented with it for many years in Thinking Out Loud (a forum I lead for facilitators, trainers and creative people). I now use it for team events and connected with organisational development, change and brainstorming.

Best, Jeffer

May 30, 2011
Martin Buechele

Hi Ria,

Thanks, I hear the invitation to share my learnings during this year - and this invitation has come from many friends and mates recently, not least at a dinner conversation with Ann, Christina and Helen two weeks ago. It is one of my learning edges. I haven't been a writer at all until now in my life, so once I am out of this busy transition phase and "en route" I will sense into this topic and see what wants to emerge ...

Love from Vienna,

Martin

Sep 23, 2011
Simon Cooke

Hey Ria, Many thanks! There's definitely seems to be a growing interest for AoH in the region. I think the concepts are a breath of fresh air. So many people seemed to be dissatisfied with the current command and control approach used by stakeholders and policy makers here. At the moment I am looking for others who are interested in hosting / attending / participating in a "world-cafe" event in Sarajevo on sustainable community initiatives. I'm also doing some prepatory work for an event in Lebanon as well. It's going to be a bumpy ride... ;-)

Agape,

Simon

Oct 2, 2011
Griet Hellinckx

Thank you for the feedback. It makes perfect sense, but somehow the layout of the text gets messed up when I put it into the frame and I don't get it into a proper shape (neither when copying my word-file nor when copying from the pdf). Giving up for today...

Dec 5, 2011
Agota Eva Ruzsa

OK...my skype is agotahungary...

Dec 16, 2011
Marc-Antoine Sammarcelli

Hello Ria,

I Have troubles with my blog and I'll tell you when it works again.

Friendly,

Dec 28, 2011
Marc-Antoine Sammarcelli

Hello Ria,

I had to clean my blog.

That's why I deleted an article talking about Pro Action Café.

But if you want, I can send it to you.

I Still have this article on my blog : http://blog.beesent.com/2011/06/seminaire-art-of-hosting-presentati....

Friendly,

Jan 21, 2012
Amanda Fenton

Hi Ria! Have a look at the attached - let me know if that captured your ideas? And please do post it wherever it would be helpful.

AoH Ning Helper

Cheers,

Amanda

Feb 10, 2012
Amanda Fenton

Looks great! Here is the PDF... please feel free to email it out to the listserv (I would love to let Chris tell the broader community about the CoP; it has been close to his heart for much longer than me).

Hugs,

Amanda

AoHNingGroupHelper.pdf

Feb 15, 2012
Sophie Lijnen

Hallo Ria, Dank je wel voor de groepslinken. En ja, ik probeer me inderdaad uit te drukken in het NL ;-)

Groetjes

Sophie

Jul 20, 2012
Anne Guillaume

Thank you. Good to hear from you - hoping you're doing well !

Have a nice summer.

Anne

Jul 24, 2012