Global Ecovillage Network/Solution Library/Art of hosting

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Many people experience meetings that waste time, conversations that feel more like debates, and invitations to input which turn out to be something different. People want to contribute, but they can’t see how. Groups and leaders want contribution, but they don’t know how to get it. Participation seems sometimes difficult to be effective.

“Hosting is an emerging set of practices for facilitating group conversations of all sizes, supported by principles that: maximize collective intelligence, welcome and listen to diverse viewpoints, maximize participation and civility and transform conflict into creative cooperation”.

By the core team of AoH practitioners, Upper Arlington, Columbus Ohio.

The Art of Hosting is an approach to leadership that scales up from the personal to the systemic using personal practice, dialogue, facilitation and the co­creation of innovation to address complex challenges. Different methods and techniques are framed under this umbrella that understands that the way of hosting is an invitation that makes a meaningful difference in the way that people and groups interact. Practitioners report improved decision making, capacity building and ability to respond to challenge and change.

Those who benefit from the approach typically report increased empowerment and ability to guide meetings and conversations towards effective and desirable outcomes.

• Contextualised Design.

• Diversity & Cohesion.
• Leadership & Governance.
• Trust & Communication.

• Art of Hosting http://www.artofhosting.org/what­is­aoh/.*
• The Art of Hosting Workbook https://aohsuomi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/aohfin.pdf.
• Hosting in a Hurry http://www.berkana.org/pdf/Hosting_in_a_Hurry.pdf.*
• Video: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/10­brilliant­videos­on­the­art­of­hosting/*
• Submitted by Altekio.