How Does Uncertainty Create Possibility for Alberta? How Can Albertans Collective Ingenuity be Unleashed? -

How Can Albertansʼ Collective Ingenuity be Unleashed?

We face a complex web of economic, social, cultural and environmental challenges in our communities. We feel unsettled and overwhelmed yet we are also energized by a sense of possibility and future. Now is the time to cultivate the art of hosting and harvesting conversations that matter.
We recognize the need for personal learning and commitment, for skilful collaboration, for curious exploration of differences, for assigning importance to the whole alongside the urge for immediate action. We gather to discover ingenuity, to see and seek connections that have the capacity to renew and sustain our communities, to move forward with work that we know is ours to do.

Who is invited?

40-60 inventive, resourceful, creative, skillful and clever people who notice what is happening in their communities and seek conversation, personal discovery and support to build communities directed toward purposeful action. We are community members in various sectors (business, government, healthcare, politics, volunteers, education, not-for-profits) who see possibility in working together in ways yet untapped. From Alberta and elsewhere, we are practitioners in a growing global learning community.

Dates and location

We will be gathering at 9:00 am on Wednesday February 10, 2010, and concluding at 5:00 pm on Friday, February 12, 2010. Our gathering place is Providence Centre, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: a peaceful harbour in an ever-changing world.

For more information please go to Berkana website to download the invitation and to register. 

 Costs

• Tuition and materials per person: $1,000 CAD
• Tuition and materials per person for groups of three or more: $800 CAD
• Shared room and board: $350 CAD
  

Payable by check or credit card. All fees are processed in US Dollars

Cancelation Policy

If you cancel with more than 30 days notice, Art of Hosting will keep $100 for processing and return the remainder of your payment. If shorter notice is given, the amount of return depends on our ability to find another participant to take your place. If a replacement is found -$100 only will be kept; if no replacement is found, all funds will be kept. This policy is negotiable in cases of personal emergency.

 Contacts

If the cost of the training is a barrier to your participation, please contact us directly – we are open to a conversation to explore possibility. If you are able to contribute additional funds to support accessibility for others, please also contact us.
For creative tuition conversations: Beth Sanders; Phone : (780) 886-0354; Email: beth@populus.ca 

For additional information about registration: Lizzie Riesenberg; Phone : (509) 835-4228; Email:  lizzie@berkana.org

 

Information about the venue can be found at:http://www.providencerenewal.ca/. For a map and directions, please go to: http://www.providencerenewal.ca/directions.htm