This training off ers people skills to host meetings and conversations with authentic-ity and meaning. Come learn—

• How to host a circle and create a space for people to be speak truthfully, to heal old wounds, and to take personal responsibility.

• How to speak to the centre space, listen with agreements that keep everyone safe, and discover how diversity can lead to unity.

• How to ask questions that invite the con-tribution of stories, and to use stories to set direction and work together.

4 – 7 July 2013Prvine, Slovenia

Cascadia QuestFinding Strength from the Past to Build our FutureLeading Through Circle & Story

Before there were rows of people there were circles of people who sat around a fi re and spoke so that every voice contributed to decisions and actions.

Before there was data and huge quantities of information, people learned what they needed through story and listened for the common thread that could unite them.

When groups of people in the modern world sit down together in a circle and share stories relevant to why they are together, they discover the strength in their past to map a sustainable future.

Circle is a common lineage found in some form in most societies. For 20 years, Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea have adapted circle to be used in orga-nizations and communities. They have created an infrastructure for circle that has been used across North America, Europe, Africa, and Australia.

Within the circle they integrate the power of stories to create identity and belonging. And they are delighted to join with Slovenian leaders Marjeta Novak and Natalija Vrhunc to create this training.

This three-day training will be in English and is limited to 30 people at the Hotel Utrip, beautifully nestled in the mountains, 50 km east of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION:http://humus.si/en/welcome/35/circle_and_story/

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Please see reverse for information about your hosts for this international experience

with Christina Baldwin, Ann Linnea, Marjeta Novak, and Natalija Vrhunc

Marjeta Novak, has been working since 2003 as a process designer, facilitator and host in the areas of organisational, team and personal development. Prior to that, she had worked for a decade in external and internal communica-tions in diverse settings. She co-leads two circle dialogue exploration groups, one (together with Natalija) based in Slovenia and one based internationally.

Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea are the found-ers of PeerSpirit Circle Process and co-authors of The Circle Way, a Leader in Every Chair. They have traveled widely creating circles and gathering stories. Christina is the author of several books including Storycatcher: making Sense of our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story. Ann is also the author of several books including Keepers of the Trees: a Guide to Re-Greening North America.

Story is a map:the map that gets one person throughmakes a way for the next person to come through.Christina Baldwin, Storycatcher.

Natalija Vrhunc has been working in Slovenia as an envi-ronmental consultant and project leader on various state, municipality and private projects. For the past eight years she has served as secretary and president in the Slovenian Association of facilitators. She is great admirer of nature and people.