We are working in civil society, business,government, culture and the arts, some of us acrosssectors and organizations. We strive to improve thewell-being and sustainability of our communities andplaces of work. We are creating and connectingmovements for the common good in new andcollaborative ways.We are drawn into this space because we feel thepossibility of a different way of living and workingtogether. We feel the possibility and have hadglimpses of the experience, that a different future ispossible. We are aware that we can make thishappen in our lives.

Berlin can in many ways be seen as a laboratory for change, providing spaces for a wide range ofexperiments in creating urban communities, connecting locally and translocally in order to addresslocal and global challenges such as climate change, migration or an ageing society. Throughout itshistory, the city has undergone a series of remarkable changes, not least the peaceful transformationin 1989, when it became a crystallization point for a new world order.Today, people from all over the world move to Berlin, searching for orientation, inspiration andvisions. New manifestations of democracy, civil-participation and cohabitation spread out to worldfrom here, and contribute to shaping ideas of future cities – may they be metropoles or provincialtowns.

9am Friday 18th – 5pm Sunday 20th November 2011 in Berlin, Germany

„Public Hubbing“ (in front of the Reichstag, Berlin/Mitte)

Many of us are leading transformative initiatives in our cities...

The Art of Hosting & Harvesting Conversations that Matter

What will thriving cities look like in the future?

How do we want to learn and engage as changemakers in our local realities?

How can we make meaning of our experiences and connect translocally in order to address global challenges?

Entrepreneurs, social innovators, people who are attracted to change

Business/public sector leaders, facilitators, trainers, consultants,teachers, community and youth workers, coworkers

Learning practitioners who would like to join a growing local and global learning community

All people who want to experience a different perspective of collaborating and leading which sets free other people's creativity and intelligence

Intercultural urban gardening area “Mauer

Garten” (Wall Tree House, Berlin/Kreuzberg)

Social innovators connect during breakfast

at coworking space (Betahaus/ Berlin)

We invite:

We invite you to join us in conversationand dialogue to explore:

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9am Friday 18th – 4pm Sunday 20th November 2011 in Berlin, Germany

The Art of Hosting & Harvesting Conversations that Matter

We have discovered that the principles of self-organisation, participation, ownership and non-linearsolutions are key to both individual and collectivediscoveries.

We are particularly inspired by what happens in thecreative tension between chaos and order – the chaordicfield – where learning, innovation and harvesting takeplace and where wise and sustainable change can bediscovered and grounded into acting wisely.

Our learning will grow out of everyone’s contributionsand presence – we will support each other as co-learners.

We will learn by observation, experience and practice,using our collective experience and wisdom to build asafe and inspiring learning ecology.

Exploring hosting as a practice for collaborationand participatory leadership

Conditions for using different facilitationmethods and tools

Entering the network of learners andpractitioners supporting you in using newskills

Design and lead powerful conversations thatresult in clearer thinking, intelligent solutions,and group coherence

Initiate interactive processes to generate freshthinking, restore trust, and create sharedcommitment to wiser actions

Fundamental organizing patterns that inviteprofound shifts in how we can live and worktogether

This is a practice ground for all who aspireto bring out the best in themselves andothers. It is based on the assumption andexperience that human beings have anenormous untapped potential andresilience.

The Art of Hosting is a practice for a worldthat is becoming increasingly complex andfragmented, where true solutions andinnovations lie not in one leader or oneviewpoint, but in the bigger picture of ourcollective intelligence.

It is a response at a time when institutionsand democracies as we know them arefailing to address the increasing complexityin our world. It is a testing ground for thoseseeking to find new, effective and healthypatterns for organising, innovating andinteracting to create new structures.

There is a growing global community ofpractitioners, supporting each other toexplore and accomplish what we most careabout. It is a self-convening network ofpractitioners / hosts. Art of Hostingtrainings have been offered in Europe, theMiddle East, Africa, Asia and South andNorth America in the past 10 years. Learnmore about Art of Hosting atwww.artofhosting.org

This training is not for spectators!

Context and background The Art of Hosting is more than just a training

The training offers…

Grafitti at playground that hosted one of our

calling team meetings (Berlin/Neukölln)

What will you learn?

9am Friday 18th – 4pm Sunday 20th November 2011 in Berlin, Germany

The Art of Hosting & Harvesting Conversations that Matter

We are a group of committed and driven individuals coming from differentbackgrounds, who strongly believe that meaningful conversations across thecity can transform living and working together in urban environments:

Sascha Altenhoff (Egopreneur), Valentina Catena, Frauke Godat (LearningDesigner), Benjamin Kafka (Social Entrepreneur), Giulia Molinengo, SoledadPons Caruso, Eva Ressel, Martina Rudolph (Wellness Coach), Karen Schmidt(Consultant & Entrepereneur).

Who is calling for this event?

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Ria Baeck, Vitis, www.vitis-tct.beRia is fascinated by communities-teams-collectives and how we can make them work. She is a long-time self-employed psycho-therapist who combines deep compassion, bodily awareness and a lust for life. She founded Vitis whose core purpose is to bring deep transformation in individuals, organisations and society. Ria is a clinical psychologist and coach with a lot of experience in individual and group work. She is a Steward of the global network of Art of Hosting practitioners. And besides all that: she is dedicated to create beauty in her garden and in all conversations.

Mary Alice Arthur, SOAR, www.getsoaring.comMary-Alice is New Zealand’s leading narrativepractitioner, and at the heart of her work is the practiceof recognising, bringing to light and working with thepersonal and group stories, conversations and inquiriesthat hold the keys to collective wisdom and wise action.She is a well-seasoned and delighted practitioner of alltypes of participatory practices and a keen participant inthe art and practice of transformational conversationsand creating powerful questions. Her current focus isaround conversations on stewardship, eldership, andcollective wise action.

Frauke Godat, future@ucationFrauke was born and raised in northern Germany. Shestudied political science and international relations inBerlin and at the London School of Economics. Sheworked with AIESEC in Germany and India, withGreenpeace International in Amsterdam, and co-created The Hub Berlin. Since 2000, Frauke has beenactive as a freelance and volunteer trainer for socialchange, youth leadership, and education forsustainable development. She has co-initiatedfuture@ucation in Berlin with the vision to establish anintergenerational future learning space in the cityusing Art of Hosting as her learning and projectdevelopment practice.

Simone Poutnik, www.natural-innovation.netSimone studied Communication Systems forInternational Relations at the International Universityof Perugia in Italy. She is initiator and co-founder ofthe Hub Brussels and Natural Innovation - a socialenterprise whose purpose is collaborative learning,research and experimentation for resilient futures. Sheis also a member of FoAM - a research group andtransdisciplinary laboratory for holistic and speculativecultures. She has been working with socialmovements, learning networks and communities ofpractice for the past ten years; for the past two yearsshe has been supporting two systemic change projectsin the Uk ‘The Finance Innovation Lab’ and ‘Tastingthe Future’ (changing the way we work with food).Simone has been part of the Art of Hosting networksince 2006 and has called and co-hosted trainings inBelgium, the Uk, Germany and most recently Egypt.

Who is hosting this event?

Anonymus arts installation (Weichselplatz/Berlin)

The Art of Hosting & Harvesting Conversations that Matter

9am Friday 18th – 5pm Sunday 20th November 2011 in Berlin, Germany

Our Venue

We will be hosted by the Forum of the Evangelische

Schule Berlin Zentrum. A newly built learning space

which is the general assembly hall of the school

between its Eastern German architecture buildings.

The Forum is currently developing into a community

learning center focusing on school innovation

exchange, social responsibility, and sustainable

development education. A part of your fee will go to

support the school's work in the future.

9am Friday 18th – 5pm Sunday 20th November 2011 in Berlin, Germany

The Art of Hosting & Harvesting Conversations that Matter

This training is run on a not-for-profit basis. We as a calling team of nine people have been workingsince February 2011 to make it happen. One of our goals is to keep costs as low as possible. Takingthis into account, we have calculated a price that we consider fair and appropriate. We do howeverrealise that the price might be prohibitive for some potential participants. Financial constraintsshould not prevent you from participating. If you feel called to this training, please get intouch with us by e-mail as soon as possible!

Fee for Businesses and Government: EUR 950

Self funded: EUR 650

Fee includes: Training (Friday 9 a.m. till Sunday 5 p.m.), Workbook, Lunch and Coffee Breaks.

Accommodation is not included, we will however provide some recommendations foraccommodation when the training comes closer.

We offer a 10% reduced “Early Bird Rate” for all registrations before September 30th.

Fees

This training is hosted by Impuls, Agentur für angewandte Utopien. It is VAT free according to §4 No 22a UStG.

Evangelische Schule Berlin ZentrumWallstraße 23, 10179 Berlinwww.ev-schule-zentrum.de

Some Pictures of the venue: www.bit.ly/aohberlin-venue

Please register online before October 21st:

www.bit.ly/aohberlin

If you have any questions, write to artofhosting@impuls.net