How can we nourish connection and collaboration to sustain and evolve our communities?
Our communities are a web of many rich connections and collaborations, with abundant opportunities to grow more. Many of us are looking for new ways to engage and nourish these connections in our work and in our community as we move into the next stage of our growth and development.
The Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations that Matter (also known as the Art of Participatory Leadership and AoH) offers simple and powerful participatory practices, patterns and processes. These approaches have been used effectively in community, business, government and non-government contexts worldwide to enable the inclusion and connection of diverse perspectives for better outcomes.
We warmly invite you to join us for a 3-day training event in the heart of the Hunter Valley - where people are making their voices heard in a changing and diverse environment. Together we will discover how we can create and host spaces for collaborative conversations that generate wise action - in our businesses, organisations, communities and families.
The Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations that Matter (also known as the Art of Participatory Leadership and AoH) offers simple and powerful participatory practices, patterns and processes. These approaches have been used effectively in community, business, government and non-government contexts worldwide to enable the inclusion and connection of diverse perspectives for better outcomes.
We warmly invite you to join us for a 3-day training event in the heart of the Hunter Valley - where people are making their voices heard in a changing and diverse environment. Together we will discover how we can create and host spaces for collaborative conversations that generate wise action - in our businesses, organisations, communities and families.
What will we explore, learn & practise?
- The Art of Hosting Conversations That Matter as a core leadership framework, practice and skill set
- Simple and powerful social tools such as: Circle, World Café, Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology, Designing for Wiser Action, storytelling and more
- Complementary models and frameworks including complexity theory and practice, and self-managed organisations
- Authentic presence and leadership, and working with emergence
- Real world application
Who is it for?
- Anyone and everyone who wants to explore the power of collective creativity, intelligence, and collaboration with each other and within their communities
- Business leaders, social entrepreneurs, community and not for profit leaders, community organisers and their teams
- Next generation leaders and other young activists
- Department leaders, policy officers, and program managers
This training is initiated and supported by Hunter Valley locals, Purpose Partners, Jeder Institute and Transforming Talk, a collaboration committed to nourishing participatory leadership in Australia.
"Header photo credit: Shannon Hartigan Images (Hunter based photographer) "Fig Sunrise"