Collaborate to Innovate: introduction to Art of Hosting

Collaborate to Innovate (C2I) is a community taking action on the things we care about.

This month we're hosting a special workshop as part of the lead up to CoCreate Adelaide (http://www.cocreateadl.com) - a full day community event in April that we are partnering to organise. (Info below) In preparation, Richard Harmer is coming from Melbourne to share his experience of the Art of Hosting.

Art of Hosting (http://www.artofhosting.org) is a practice of hosting spaces to realise the collective potential of a group. It's about the experiences and the value of participants - not stand-and-deliver content, like a traditional conference. It encompasses a philosophy, and a set of methodologies and approaches. We draw on Art of Hosting when organising C2I, and it's a competency that can help take this community to the next level.

We're really excited to learn from Richard, and to share our passion for the Art of Hosting. Come

discover philosophies for enabling participants, tapping into collective capacity experience and learn about practices of 'hosting' learn how to grow a practice for ourselves, and create spaces for us to thrive Your event ticket includes a complimentary beverage, snacks and a contribution to our hosts. We believe in chipping in to pay our way - so thank you for contributing. : )

We look forward to collaborating and innovating with you!

Cheers,

John, Wade, Eduardo, Michelle and the rest of the C2I family

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CoCreate Adelaide

This event is part of the lead up to CoCreate Adelaide (http://www.cocreateadl.com) - a community-led event for people like us to share our visions of the future, and find ways we can work together to make these visions real.

CoCreate Adelaide is this group's major event for the first half of 2013, that we are running in partnership with a number of other community groups. It is a full-day event on Saturday 13th April.

Visit CoCreateADL.com (http://www.cocreateadl.com) to register your interest and be first in line for tickets when they're released this month.

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Richard Harmer (@richardharmer (http://twitter.com/richardharmer), richardharmer.com (http://richardharmer.com/about/))

Richard brings purpose to life.

His work is leadership and community development and he has more than 10 years experience working with organisations in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Now based in Melbourne, he has a number of clients in Adelaide, and has also worked internationally. He support leaders and groups to act in more purposeful and conscious ways in building enlightened and purpose-driven organisations and communities that inspire those that belong to them to reach their fullest potential.

He applies a keen passion for evolving global consciousness, to work in partnership with individuals, teams, organisations and communities - bringing about profound and transformative change around challenges that matter. He specialises in process facilitation and deep learning experiences, including Circle, The World Cafe, Open Space Technology, Appreciative Inquiry and others.

His initiatives include The Social Innovation Initiative (http://www.tsii.com.au/), Social Entrepreneurs Melbourne (http://www.sem.tsii.com.au/) and his business The Holos Group (http://www.theholosgroup.com/).