User:Asimong/Art of Hosting

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The "Art of Hosting" is the name given to an approach for meeting together, by a community of practice gathered around this practice of engagement. The name signifies a difference from common approaches to facilitation, where a facilitator designs and runs a meeting as a "dedicated, neutral process guide". The contrasting image is of hosting a party, where a host would invite and provide the setting, and also participate; what happens at the party emerges from all the participants. Thus, rather than pre-set requirements, Art of Hosting practitioners pose questions "that matter" to participants who are invited into conversation. The "art" is created when suitable containers help the ensuing conversations, enabling participants to discover and propose their own solutions through collective intelligence. Simon Grant (talk) 10:14, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Lead as at 2021-01-05
"The Art of Hosting,” is a method of participatory leadership for facilitating group processes, as used by an unstructured community of participants. In their process, people are purposively invited into conversation about matters they are concerned about, while facilitators act as hosts. The members of the group understand "Hosting" as stewarding the collective intelligence or wisdom that people bring with them—they compare it to a party, where the host invites and provides the setting, but it is the guests who shape the direction and outcomes of the party. The practitioners see this methodology of engagement as a way to move complex, social systems into convergence around collective actions, with the participants discovering and proposing their own solutions. Simon Grant (talk) 08:56, 5 January 2021 (UTC)