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- | === Hosting community Open Space === | + | ==== Hosting community Open Space ==== |
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+ | 7th July 2016 @ FoAM BXL | ||
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+ | Core question: "How can we develop our practice?" | ||
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+ | Framing: In this gathering, rather than talking about how the community could work - we are trying it out - in practice. Anyone who would like to discuss, test, or co-create an activity can host a session, lasting from 30-60 minutes. In Open Space anyone can become a host. If you'd like to host a session, you can design it as you like. It could be a conversation, | ||
+ | * what is the session about? | ||
+ | * what do you aim to get out of the session? | ||
+ | * what will be the format of the session)? | ||
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+ | Resulting schedule for the day (with a check-in and warm up beforehand, and a check-out and meditation afterwards): | ||
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+ | === Re-treat === | ||
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+ | -Hosted by Eva DG | ||
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+ | The re-Treat (16 to 18 September) is to be a treat to ourselves, in which we will be exploring our expertises through action and experiment, thus building a treasure chest to draw from for future retreats which we will offer externally. It is to be a hands-on activity; the meta-level reflection is to be kept for the evaluation session two weeks later. This evaluation will be sculpting the re-treat into a product to sell. | ||
+ | The preparation of the re-treat will happen in an online open space (hosted by Lies), and will be collectively finalized on Friday night, at the start of the retreat. Eva DG and Kathleen are taking care of finding the (physical) space to make the retreat happen. | ||
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+ | === Charnia === | ||
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+ | -Hosted by Stevie | ||
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+ | === Multistakeholders === | ||
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+ | A session to discuss how to frame our [[process_facilitation|facilitation of participatory processes]] for multistakeholder groups and (systemic) transitions, | ||
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+ | -Hosted by Maja | ||
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+ | From the discussion with Kathleen, we agreed that positioning of our work and community will be essential for success. There is quite a bit of competition, | ||
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+ | It's crucial to combine and expand our networks across multiple sectors, aiming to reach new people with every process we host. Infiltrating higher education and training young people in hosting craft could be a way to keep the work and community fresh and evolving. Our community/ | ||
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+ | We have to work on clarifying our goal: why, what, how? We are on the right track, but need to better clarify our unique identity. I we succeed, our work would be recognisable as having a unique hosting culture. Our work would be known and sought for in- and beyond Belgium, and we would see the ' | ||
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+ | Our intuition tells us that there is potential in this work, an interesting niche (hosting by combining approaches from the creative fields, business, science, etc.). To resolve the issues with "time and money" we have to build strong links between our individual work and what the community does, so that they re-enforce each other in positive feedback loops. Personal and professional development of each of the members will feed the development of the community itself. | ||
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+ | Next steps: | ||
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+ | * Until the end of August, Online: Draft a description of our work for internal and external purposes (" | ||
+ | * End of August/ | ||
+ | * Beginning of October: Finalise a pitch document in English and Dutch. Post and share online. Maja to take the document to Yong Global Leaders' | ||
+ | * Autumn (possibly November): Systems mapping for the process facilitation working group. | ||
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+ | === Viriditas choir === | ||
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+ | -Hosted by Stevie | ||
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+ | === Inspirational Dinners === | ||
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+ | - Hosted by Kathleen | ||
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+ | === Nomads Land === | ||
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+ | - Hosted by Lies | ||
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+ | The session starts with summing up some elements (of opportunity): | ||
+ | The session points to the permaculture principle of 'first observe, then interact' | ||
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+ | === Conundrums === | ||
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+ | This session is meant to bring a few conundrums out in the open, without attempting to resolve them. Just let them linger in the back of our heads in the months to come… We began by bringing up a few of my pain points, using [[https:// | ||
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+ | -Maja | ||
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+ | **How do we transform problems into creative challenges? | ||
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+ | For example: | ||
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+ | * How can we, in this community, find a good flow between creative and receptive energies, between collective, goal-driven activities and supporting/ | ||
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+ | * How can we co-create a light and clear community structure to avoid the " | ||
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+ | * How do we balance the drive to hang out together and co-create new activities with the "time & money" pressure the individual members are struggling with? | ||
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+ | * How can we be available, committed, reliable and punctual, so that we can enjoy "being and doing" together? So that the logistics and co-ordination tasks can be evenly and effectively distributed and exchanged, while also having time to socialise, celebrate and relax, i.e. enjoy each others' | ||
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+ | == Guided meditation == | ||
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+ | Begin turning outwards... Look at the difficult situation again, and you in it. What does this situation want to teach you? What can you take from it on your life's path? | ||
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+ | Let's look at this path for a while... Your life... What if you had only a year to live? A month? A day? An hour? Just a few moments? What would really matter? | ||
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+ | Slowly come back to the here-and-now. Look around you. Remind yourself how precious it is to be alive, no matter if it's for a few moments or many decades... How does it feel to be grateful for being alive? Let everything else fade into the background, as sound gradually fades into silence...</ | ||
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