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Pia & Anna zeigen uns in einem kostenfreien Workshop die Facilitation-Tools des #artofhosting mit denen du in deinem Kontext Räume gestalten kannst, in denen Menschen sich authentisch begegnen, gemeinsam lernen und ins Handeln kommen.

Bitte rechtzeitig anmelden:
👉 pioneersofchange.org/termine
🗓️ Montag, 14. Juli, 19 Uhr

🌱 Warum? Weil echter Wandel in Begegnung beginnt.
Und weil es Menschen braucht, die den Mut haben, neue Räume zu eröffnen.

Merke immer häufiger, dass #workshops einfach nur Container sind für Dinge, die im Alltag einfach keinen Platz finden. Das ist nicht ideal, aber wenn (am besten) beide Seiten das akzeptieren, plane ich als Facilitatorin ganz anders und kann mit den Kund*innen viel besser die Erwartungen klären. #facilitation

Reading Solidarity by Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix and reflecting on timeframes and scales of change.

When bad things happen at scale, what local good are we doing for each other?

If we can’t immediately end the greatest threats we face, we can immediately engage the challenges of working with those closest to us, setting out to sustain first steps toward long-term solutions.

I wrote a short post on "Turning Ordinary Workshops into Extraordinary Learning Experiences."

Not sure if this is my unique approach, or just a rough description of self-directed learning, but… 🤷‍♂️ Principles I practice!

stephenanderson.medium.com/tur

Medium · Turning Ordinary Workshops into Extraordinary Learning ExperiencesBy Stephen P. Anderson
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Collective adaptive goes virtuous circle:
- sharing information,
- creating opportunities for people to share the "messy details" of their experience,
- inquiring into team member’s ways "to expand what goes well",
- drawing from the capacity across the work collective.

infoq.com/articles/adapt-surpr

InfoQ · Prepare to Be Unprepared: Investing in Capacity to Adapt to Surprises in Software-Reliant BusinessesBy John Allspaw
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a few notes on a Linda Rising's talk

"Realize up front that this is hard".

Cognitive dissonance: contradictory "evidence" causes severe cognitive discomfort.

* We are not rational decision-makers
* but we are good at explaining after-the-fact why we made a decision – a pattern called rationalization.

Two thirds of people will not consider an idea until "somebody they know pretty well, is doing it, is happy with it, talks about it […] so maybe i might think about it".
To convince,
* you must address: "What's in it for me?" – requires empathy;
* you can use the values of your opponent. (Loyalty or fairness?)

A pattern of personal touch: walk a mile in the other's shoes
Another pattern: "Give it a try"
Another pattern: listen
Another pattern: ask for something personal

youtube.com/watch?v=DrCD1wmK9o via @matthew

This week, you can find me:

🏛️ On a panel about advocating for #NHPRC and #NARA as critical infrastructure @ National Humanities Day

✊🏻 Advocating to my legislators on the Hill for NARA appropriations and federal #archives workers

🌹Giving a workshop " #Facilitation and Project Management for All" at the New England Archivist's Spring Meeting

💚 On a panel about the environmental effects of #AI and how archivists can evaluate this aspect of AI tools @ NEA

HMU if you wanna hang! ☺️