​ How can the Art of Hosting help us to create and sustain strong, self-organised networks with real purpose and lasting impact?​

WHY NOW?

Many of us experience network  meetings where it feels like very little changes, where conversations feel more like debates, and invitations to participate and take part turn out to be something all together different.  Instead the real conversations take place in the hallways and in the spaces between our meetings.

Individually we are doing great work, but are we harnessing our collective potential?
THE PURPOSE OF THIS TRAINING
​The purpose of this training is to offer tools, models and practices to think through how conversations, networks and organisations can become really participatory, self organising, purpose driven, insightful and effective.
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The Bristol Social Action Hub (with support from Community Organisers Ltd Member Organisers Fund)  also wants to seed the creation of a self-organised network of community organisers, community development practitioners and activists across bristol bringing together those who are aware that the exponentially growing  complexity of our present time invites us to explore new ways of working and collaborating beyond our egos and silos, and the best way to this is by entering into conversation, exploring new and better ways to connect with ourselves, each-other and our challenging environments at a deeper level.

''​WHAT IS THE ART OF HOSTING? ''


The Art of Hosting offers a blend of some of the most powerful methods to create open and meaningful conversation.
Based on the assumption that people give their energy and lend their resources to what matters most to them - in work as in life - the Art of Hosting invites people to step in and take charge of the challenges facing them.
Groups, networks and organisations using the Art of Hosting as a working practice report better decision-making, more efficient and effective capacity building, real collaboration and greater ability to quickly respond to opportunity, challenge and change.
For more info please visit:  ​www.artofhosting.org​

WHAT WILL THIS TRAINING COVER?
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During this two-day participative and highly interactive taster workshop we will explore:

  • How to initiate, design, host and harvest meetings of any size,  gatherings, networks and organizations that are more participatory, inspiring, fresh and creative.​

  • How to improve the quality of conversations by improving the quality of our questions?

 
  • Models for understanding how to work with complexity, emergence and self-organisation
 
  • How to focus on what works not just what’s wrong?
 
  • What’s the relationship between system change and personal change?
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  • The training will include space for participants to explore how to practically apply their learning to actual work situations
We will explore some of the Art of Hosting tools, models and practices, by entering into conversation around how networks are created, what works what doesn’t. What are your questions around this topic that you would like to bring with you to explore together? 
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Whats The Time Commitment?
Day 1 starts at 9:30 and finishes at 5pm, from 5:30-7pm we will coach willing participants to be our hosts for day 2 
Day 2 starts at 9:30 and finishes at 5pm

WHO IS THIS TRAINING FOR?

This is an invitation for anyone interested in practicing new ways of creating highly participatory and meaningful conversations with groups of any size, and wanting to explore how to create/ transform  and sustain networks and organizations by harnessing the power of passion, responsibility and collective intelligence.

We are particularly inviting community organisers, community development practitioners, community leaders, facilitators and activists in Bristol who realise that we need to create a meaningful network which can support our work, where we can learn from each-other, connect at a deeper level, make better use of our resources and achieve more through real collaboration.

THE HOSTING TEAM

LINDA JOY MITCHELL

Linda is a process artist, creating meetings, gatherings, trainings and spaces for personal, collective and whole system transformation.  A steward of the Art of Hosting,  based in the UK but with international experience, Linda is a collaborator at heart, a connector of people and ideas, a teacher of participatory leadership, living systems and citizen engagement. She designs and hosts strategic consultations and large scale public conversations and hosts learning journeys and more personal retreat spaces for deeper dives into the ‘why and the how’ of life and purposeful work. www.lindajoymitchell.org.uk

JOSE AUGUSTO BARCO

A Colombian Community Organiser and Art of Hosting Practitioner, Jose is a social entrepreneur based in Bristol, UK and founder of Community CoLab. He is passionate about people power, social change and social justice and creating spaces for meaningful participation and collaboration at at organisational and grassroots level.
Jose understands the complexity of working with diverse groups and communities, his experience includes working with public and third sector organisations in Colombia, Spain and the UK.
Jose is a Member Organiser for Community Organisers Ltd, organisation which he is a former founding director of.
His work is influenced by his creative practice, musical roots and permaculture principles.
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PAULETTE SINGER
Paulette is a Community Organiser, AoH Practitioner, Community Development research facilitator and Permaculture gardener/trainer. Her frustrations working across the homeless sector led to a desire to connect locally to her community and ultimately to her becoming a Community Organiser.  

Paulette believes most systemic and structural issues can be overcome through the power of truly connected and resilient communities.

​Co-founder of Our Yard and Field to Fork workers co-operative Paulette has a keen interest in innovative social businesses and their role within communities to support individual and collective power.

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JAMIE COLSTON

​Jamie is a Facilitator, Catalyst and Parent. Professionally he has designed & co-facilitated four youth conferences on climate change and species loss and trained young people to be facilitators at those events. He has catalysed and facilitated the creation of community farm (CSA) using open space, created a leadership development programme for a school council, facilitated stakeholder events in schools and local councils, supported young people with Autism in work and set up and managed a successful music and arts marketing business. 
For the last few years he has been hosting his children and himself through a a big change process using the personal practises learnt in Art of Hosting, Systemic Constellation work, Meditation, Yoga, Dance, Non Violent Communication and Playful Parenting/Hand in Hand Parenting. 
Jamie is curious about the act of living life in a sustainable, life affirming way which honours ourselves, each other and all life
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MARCUS PIBWORTH

Marcus is a graphic facilitator and Art of Hosting practitioner with a passion for helping people to talk about the difficult bits in life. His approach to life and work is rooted in a background of system change and he is committed to creating spaces for people to show their vulnerable selves and to have conversations about the trials and tribulations of what it really means to be human.

Marcus also hosts a podcast called Ministry of Change, exploring narratives around mental health, and can he usually be found travelling around the UK in his little red van sharing and collecting stories about mental health and society, and looking for new and innovative ways to end stigma around the subject of mental health and how we are experiencing the world.
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WHERE?


​Locklease Hub
​1 Fedden Buildings, Gainsborough Square, Bristol BS7 9FB

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

Why different prices?
We recognise that our privileges and economic situations may vary and whilst we want to value our practice and our work as trainers, we are also very keen to invite diversity and make sure this training is accessible to all, particularly people who have taken our Intro To Community Organising Training and are Community Organisers Ltd Members.
For this reason we invite you to consider your privileges and consciously choose one of the following options  
​Offer what you can and a little bit more!
  • STANDARD: £250
Choose this fee if you are from an organisation and paid to do your work. This covers the full cost of the training. Please se our budget below to understand the breakdown of the cost of putting this event on.
  • DISCOUNTED FEE: £175
Choose this fee if you can't afford the standard fee and really would benefit from what we are offering. The Bristol Social Action Hub can cover the gap. (you will need to sign up to a free Community Organisers Membership)
  • CONCESSION £100
Choose this fee if you have taken part in our Intro To Community Organising and you are unable to afford the discounted fee and this opportunity would have a massive impact on your work and community. The Bristol Social Action Hub can cover the gap. (you will need to sign up to a free Community Organisers Membership)
EARLY BIRD 10% DISCOUNT
Receive 10% off your chosen fee by registering and paying before the 10th of September

Please remember to fully secure your space you must both sign up via this link and also make your payment using the details provided on the registration form link above.

Once we've received your payment we will send you a confirmation email.


  • Additional economic support: We want to make sure this training is accessible to all people who have taken our Introduction To Community Organising, if your economic situation doesn't allow you to pay the lowest fee, we would like to invite you to consider what you can offer and get in touch so we can discuss your situation and we will do our best to make sure you can attend. Offer what you can and ask for what you need.

Cancellations and reimbursements.
  • 90% reimbursement before August 25th, 2018.
  • 50% reimbursement before Septembre 5th 2017.
  • After the 5th of September we can no longer offer you a reimbursement for you space unless you are able to find someone else to take your place.

OUR BUDGET

In the name of transparency and considering we are taking a collaborative economy approach to the financing of this training, we are making our budget public so you can see how much it costs to put this event together. (The fee taken by the hosts includes at least 2 days of preparation and 2 days of delivery)

HOW TO BOOK?
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We are excited you are ready to sign up and reserve your space at The Art of Hosting and Sustaining Networks.

To sign up, Please follow this link, fill up the questionnaire to tell us more about you so we can get to know you.

After you have finished registering we will send you an email with payment instructions and other logistic details.

Once we've received your payment we will confirm your place

Looking forward to meeting you!
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CONTACT
Have any questions? Contact us: [email protected]
+(44)07739195011

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