ABOUT ART OF HOSTING 2024
What to expect when joining the Art of Hosting Training in 2024?
How will we learn and practice together?
This training is an opportunity to step into participatory leadership. We will work on the edge of ‘praxis’ – the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, or realized through direct application.
Participants will be invited to co-host processes with the support of the Hosting Team. Everyone is free to choose where to step in as a practicing host, a harvester, a participant or an observer.
Joining the Art of Hosting, you will also become part of a global community that practices, steward and co-create these evolving methodologies and philosophies. You can read more about the global Art of Hosting.
Language of the training
The wish of having a localized training with careful translation that consider the nuance of both culture and languages feels important to us too. However, cooking a dish without any tangible memory of how the ingredients taste is not easy.
This first Art of Hosting training in Taiwan is about experiencing a participatory-designed gathering, so we can slowly build capacity for practitioners who will be familiar with the AoH language and culture. Therefore, the primary language of this training will be offered in English.
However, with the desire to bring the practice to more people in Taiwan, the local organizing team will try their best to support those who might need to discuss about certain concepts after the daily program. In the past, participants also help each other out in overcoming the language barriers during the program. We encourage you to use language that feels comfortable for you whenever possible.
We’re dreaming of localized trainings with on-site interpreters and translated materials in the future. AoH Chinese-speaking communities are a dream we’d like to see come true, so we’re inviting more curious souls to join this endeavour! Participating this time also means that you are joining the organizing and the host team in a new experiment, a new step forward for the local Art of Hosting community.
Practical Information about the training
📅 Training Date
Four-day residential training in Hualien （花蓮）
📍Location
（距花蓮航空站車程3分鐘、花蓮火車站及市區車程10分鐘）
Hualien Mustard Seed Mission Vocational Training Center
No. 13-1, Beipu Road, Xincheng Township, Hualien County
(10 mins taxi ride from Hualien Train Station)
▲ Transportation guide in Chinese (detailed English guide will be provided in the info pack)
🎁 Fees
We adopt the tiered-pricing structure for the Art of Training to reflect values and practice that feels both fair and important to us. Please refer to the registration page for more detailed explanations.
🏠 Accommodation
Accommodation will be shared rooms on site; the fee will be based on your choice of room types. 住宿與培訓位於同地點，將依所選房型（二人房～三人房）另收費用，並依繳費順序優先選擇房型。
🥗 Food
How does the daily flow look like?
Overall flow
In general, please allow and reserve enough learning time for yourself to be fully present during the training. We suggest avoiding any social activities, online calls or other meetings between your arrival on the 7th to the departure on the 10th of November.
This training will be co-hosted by 4 experienced trainers. Possible topics may include:
(Please note: time, content and topics are subject to change to dance with the group flow, learning goals and collective needs.)
- Four Fold Practice
- Chaordic Path
- The Circle Way
- Breath Pattern & Powerful Question
- Art of Harvesting
- World Cafe
- Open Space Technology
- Coaching and Practice
DAY 1: Thursday 7th Nov
| 11.30 | Arrival, participants welcome for registration and check-in accommodation |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | 🍍Lunch |
| 13.00 – 16.45 |
Orienting & landing – Welcome & check-in – Prepare our Learning Journey |
| 16.45 | Closing day 1 |
| 17.00 – 18.00 | Coaching (optional) for step into practice/hosting |
| 18.00- 19.30 | 🥗Dinner |
| 19.30 onwards | Rest + self organise preparation time if signed up for coaching |
(Daily evening activities will be coaching guidance and preparation time. You will be learning and practicing about the knowledge, skills and the spirit of facilitating meaningful conversations）
DAY 2: Friday 8th Nov
| Before 9.00 | Self organise time: breakfast, morning practice and prep for stepping into practice/hosting. |
| 9.00 – 12.00 |
Welcome & check – in
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| 12.00 – 14.00 | 🍍Lunch & rest |
| 14.00 – 16.45 | Participatory Practices, Methods and Design, part 2 |
| 16.45 | Closing day 2 |
| 17.00 – 18.00 | Coaching (optional) for step into practice/hosting |
| 18.00- 19.30 | 🥗Dinner |
| 19.30 onwards | Rest +self organise preparation time if signed up for coaching |
DAY 3: Saturday 9th Nov
| Before 9.00 | Self organise time: breakfast, morning practice and prep for stepping into practice/hosting |
| 9.00 – 12.00 | Welcome & check – in Participatory Practices, Methods and Design, part 3 |
| 12.00 – 14.00 | 🍍Lunch & rest |
| 14.00 – 16.45 | Participatory Practices, Methods and Design, part 4 |
| 16.45 | Closing day 3 |
| 17.00 – 18.00 | Coaching (optional) for step into practice/hosting |
| 18.00- 19.30 | 🥗Dinner |
| 19.30 onwards | Rest +self organise preparation time if signed up for coaching |
FINAL DAY: Sunday 10th Nov
| Before 9.00 | Self organise time: breakfast, morning practice and prep for stepping into practice/hosting. *Today is the check-out day – please pack up and be ready for check-out by the morning. |
| 9.00 – 12.00 | Welcome & check – in Capturing our learnings |
| 12.00 – 14.00 | 🍍Communal lunch & network |
| 14.00 – 15.45 | Applying in our contexts |
| 15.45 – 16.30 | Closing day 4 |
| 16.30 onwards | Departure |
Ready to be a part of the community?
The training has limited space,
Sign up as soon as you can to secure your spot.
Questions?
Check out the FAQ page or contact [email protected] to find out more.