Are you, your team, organization or community in need of inspired, courageous leadership? Are you anticipating more challenging or fractious dynamics when facilitating or convening?

Whatever the questions you are holding, the answer is connection. Connection forms when we gather together in supported spaces, creating community with others who share our interest in learning, growth, skill development and capacity building. We build networks of support when we gather together.

Engaging courageous leadership and conversations in the midst of greater uncertainty, not knowing and the heightened anxiety and stress many are experiencing.

What are the conversations, meetings or situations you are being called to host or facilitate?

What is the courage we need to access to host conversations and meetings in times that feel more challenged and fractured than ever? How can we be the creators of inspired, supported spaces that remind us of the humanity in the world?

What will these two days offer you?

The opportunity to call forth your own purpose and strength in the work of building connections, bridging differences and in addressing interpersonal conflict.  To discover where and how you are able to bring courage to your hosting experiences. To acquire new skills and knowledge to rise to the challenges you and we face.

You will be hosted in a space where you can connect with others who share similar hopes amongst our many differing worldviews and who want to create meeting and community spaces and experiences that are meaningful, generative and productive.

Creating Engaging, Productive Meetings and Events with Courage, Hope and Compassion.

Patterns and practices shared in this 2-day intensive will help you in planning for meetings, events and long-term projects. You will gain an understanding of the human dynamics that show up in our meeting spaces and processes, so you are better equipped to address them. You will tap into your own courage and understand how that inspires the leadership you bring, even in challenging circumstances.

You will learn about and experience the following patterns and practices:

* Worldviews and Worldview Intelligence: An Introduction
* The Four-Fold Practice
* Chaordic Path and Chaordic Stepping Stones
* The Power of the Diamond of Participation – Divergence-Emergence-Convergence
* How High-Performance Teams are created and sustained
* World Café
* Open Space Technology
* Circle Practice
* Crafting Powerful Questions
* And, experience the Responsive Planning Framework to begin planning for your meetings and project

Art of Hosting trainings have had participants from all sectors and backgrounds, individuals who participate on their own and those who arrive with colleagues or teams, from all levels in the organization and with a range of goals for application.

“To me, the most meaningful part of the training is that there are many factors, brain chemistry included, that are behind the way we interpret conflicts or differences. Not everyone who disagrees with us are the enemy!! We can explore other dimensions or people’s worldviews to better understand their perceptions and differences.”  – 2024 Program participant

WHO BENEFITS BY ATTENDING AN ART OF PARTICIPATORY LEADERSHIP TRAINING:

* Organizational Leaders, Managers and Directors
* Community Organizers and Planners
* Team Leaders and Contributors
* Those planning internal or external engagement strategies
* Anyone responsible for leading meetings including facilitators, consultants and meeting and event planners
* People who want to make their meetings more productive, focused and engaging
* Anyone interested in expanding their skills and capacity

“THANK YOU for such a great training! With no prior knowledge or experience about the Art of Participatory Leadership (or Art of Hosting) I attended this training on a recommendation from a friend. It was everything and more I was looking for to enhance my knowledge and skill as a new facilitator. The training was hands-on and engaging. Throughout the whole experience there was back and forth conversation and room to ask specific questions which really allowed me to get even more out of the material. As a facilitator for small groups (and not rooms-full of attendees) I was a bit worried that the material might not be as applicable, but it absolutely is one of the most versatile approaches. Regardless of where my career takes me, I am confident that what I learned in those two days will continue to be woven into every part of my work and life for the better.”  – Amanda Runia, Solopreneur, Brookings, SD

Learning Outcomes

Understand patterns of human dynamics and see their applicability on individual, group and larger scale levels

Learn now to address conflict and tension in groups and interpersonal dynamics

Gain knowledge of effective engagement methods and practices, through experiencing them, followed by tips and techniques for your application

Grow your capacity and skills to lead effective, engaging meetings or processes
Begin applying what you are learning before you leave the training.

“The most impactful part for me is how open and safe the meeting space is and the diversity of people and professions that attend. I love that it is not just people from my field of work, it opens my mind more. Also the safeness of the space is due to the hosting and hosts. It was a good refresher for me on the difference between hosting and facilitating. Hosting feels so much better than facilitating.” – Moriya Rufer, Houston Engineering