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7. Mai 2026, 15:00 Uhr – 18:00 Uhr | 8. Mai 2026, 09:30 Uhr – 18:00 Uhr | 9. Mai 2026, 09:30 Uhr – 18:00 Uhr | 10. Mai 2026, 09:30 Uhr – 14:00 Uhr

Art of Hosting & Harvesting Training

Seminars & workshops

Overview

Shaping together - a training course for anyone who wants to support collective processes in a lively, unifying and sustainable way

How do we shape our togetherness in uncertain times and live differences as a source of connection?

Leipzig, May 2026

How can we design spaces in which diversity does not become a test of endurance, but rather a source of connection, insight and joint creation?
How can we succeed in not seeking the lowest common denominator in the midst of complex challenges, but rather the Simultaneity of many perspectives really give space?

This training is an invitation to, Belonging not to be understood as consensus, but as social practice: as the art of listening to one another without immediately judging. As the ability to endure tensions without smoothing them over. And as the courage not only to allow diversity, but to celebrate it.

Because democratic resilience arises where we learn to, to keep complex issues together, instead of rushing to provide simple answers. Where we try out new forms of coexistence in which diversity, intersectionality and questions of power can be visible – without losing the connection.

For whom?

For people who work with groups – whether in organisations, movements, communities, schools or neighbourhoods.
For anyone interested in exploring new avenues of Collaboration, participation and leadership to leave.
For people who wonder how diversity can become connection – and how this can be achieved without losing oneself.

When?

Donnerstag, 7. Mai bis Sonntag, 10. Mai 2026 in Leipzig

Registration until 31 March 2026

How much?

It is important to us that our seminars are widely accessible, and at the same time, it is important to us that the speakers receive an appropriate fee. We are currently still in the application process for funding for the training.

The contributions will probably range between €500.00 and €1,200 for three days. Plus supply costs. You will have to organise your own accommodation.

If you really want to participate but can only afford to pay a smaller contribution, please contact us by email.

The service is exempt from VAT pursuant to Section 4 No. 22 a).

list of interested parties

What can you expect?

In this Art of Hosting training, you will learn how to design collective spaces, where people can participate – fully, with their history, perspective and experience. You experience hosting as responsible, creative practice: listening, structuring, unlearning and enabling. Together we explore:

how affiliation can arise – even without agreement

what it means, Allowing contradictions, differences and ambivalence to coexist

how collective intelligence unfolds when we Don't pre-sort, but linger

how to maintain a balance between structure and openness in group processes

how we use proven hosting formats such as Circle Practice, World Café, Open Space facilitate genuine encounters

how a democratic culture can grow out of selective participation processes

Art of Hosting combines knowledge and experience of how change can be effectively shaped in society, organisations and companies. It describes the art of participative leadership: involving many people in a co-creative process to enable sustainable and future-proof developments. At the same time, Art of Hosting is an attitude. A conscious way of dealing with complexity, diversity and responsibility.

Art of Hosting encompasses a variety of co-creative methods and formats as well as the art of holistic-agile process design and is based on the conviction that better and realisable solutions are created when people cooperate, share responsibility and can contribute their perspectives. Co-intelligence, self-organisation, participation and cooperation form the basis for this.

The ‘Art of Hosting & Harvesting Training’ provides you with tools to effectively organise co-creative processes in small teams and large groups. You will learn practical methods for good dialogue, cooperative collaboration and results-oriented processes. These include formats such as Open Space, Collective Story Harvest, Pro Action Café, Appreciative Inquiry and methods of good decision-making.
Here you will learn how to make conversations productive. And how you can condense and visualise results - we call this the „harvest“ - in such a way that they become effective in practice. Above all, however, you will immerse yourself directly in practice through professionally guided, active self-experimentation. In this way, you not only gain new knowledge, you also test its application.

We - the multidisciplinary hosting team - open up a space for learning, dialogue and reflection for participants from a wide range of areas, such as business, public administration, science and civil society, from subject areas such as the environment, social affairs, education, culture, etc. We develop creative solutions for dealing with current social challenges and tensions through dialogue. Through dialogue, we develop creative solutions for dealing with current social challenges and tensions.

Approaches and models

Viewing organisations, projects and groups as living systems within a larger interdependent “eco” system
Models for navigating complexity and leading in phases of uncertainty and emergence - the golden mean between chaos and order (Chaordic Path)
The four dimensions of the Art of Hosting Practice (4-Fold-Practice) - a model for self-management, self-reflection, participation and joint action.
Process movement in groups (divergence and convergence)

Hosting Team

Julia Hoffmann

Julia has been working for more than 15 years with teams, individuals, employees and volunteers, in organisations and in networks, to drive social change. Her focus is on participative leadership, resilience and visualisation as tools for thinking and dialogue to secure results in processes, workshops and events. A central element of Julia's work is to accompany processes and hold trainings that promote resilience and regenerative cultures, and to develop a healthier relationship between work inside, outside and in the world. She has gained professional experience as a programme manager, in multi-stakeholder management with foundations and non-profit initiatives, in political education work and in the management of a project incubator for civil society engagement in Europe.

Mira Bangel

I support organisations, networks and institutions where collaboration is stalling or wants to develop further. In doing so, I help to build trust and develop solutions that are suitable for everyday use. As an international process facilitator and organisational developer, I have been supporting change processes, participation and knowledge exchange for over 16 years. I work with Art of Hosting (Participatory Leadership), Design Thinking, SCRUM, Theory U, Nonviolent Communication (CNVC-certified) and MBTI, among others.

I have been supporting the Centre for Organisational Transformation of the European Commission in the development of training and strategies for change management, knowledge management and collaboration. I facilitate international dialogues, communities of practice and decision-making processes with the aim of strengthening a culture of cooperation and shared learning.

Sabine Gressel-Soeder

Sabine is a strategically thinking flow architect and lifelong learner. She is curious about people, their stories and the unique strengths they bring to the table. She continuously explores how people come together, connect and develop new and innovative approaches with each other. The growing complexity of our world's challenges calls for new solutions. We find these in jointly developed approaches, in co-creations. This means finding a way to lead together, with a shared, value-orientated approach to co-creation.

Silas Lusias

“If you like to run fast, run alone, but if you like to run far, run with others” - is an African phrase that has shaped me and led me to my background of living in community. My mission is to bring the „WE“ into our everyday lives and interactions. Collective leadership is what I strive for.
My name is Silas Lusias and I am an Art of Hosting host, meditator and permaculture practitioner. My experience enriches me with a true appreciation for diversity and an ability to hold highly reflective spaces for groups.
I played a key role from the founding of the Kufunda Learning Village in 2002 until 2011. The Kufunda Learning Village (www.kufunda.org) is a learning centre that helps villagers build self-reliance at various levels. To empower communities to survive the challenging socio-economic conditions in Zimbabwe, Kufunda demonstrates how to adopt environmentally friendly and economically sustainable practices so that each community can look after itself and not be dependent on the failing system and have its basic needs for food, health and education met. At the moment I live in Bavaria.

Christa Cocciole

At the intersection of embodiment, activism and social innovation, I design participatory processes that involve body, mind and community in equal measure. This gives rise to lively, creative and inclusive cultures of collaboration in which people learn from each other, strengthen each other and shape effective change together.
I am a systemic therapist, trauma therapist and facilitator and accompany individuals, teams and organisations in change processes. I combine communication skills, compassion and resilience methods to create spaces in which trust can grow and people can develop their inner strength.

Nicola Kriesel

Nicola is an organisational developer, lawyer and mediator with over 30 years of professional experience in advising and supporting organisations, teams and individuals. She accompanies organisations on their path to synergetic cooperation, in which the potential of the individual can unfold and trust and responsibility play just as important a role as diversity and commitment. She has been working intensively with sociocracy and dynamic governance for 10 years and has in-depth knowledge of the implementation of various tools for self-organisation, agility and new work. Her passion and experience lie in supporting educational institutions in the areas of inclusion, participation, democracy and digitalisation. She is familiar with evolutionary processes and organisational forms that work together in an agile and practical way. She has many years of experience in supporting teams and managers as well as in processes that focus on the culture, structure and strategy of organisations.

Local Host

Hannah Hummel

Deep, warm, playful - that's how the feedback on my work can be summarised.
Working with groups fills me with purpose. I discovered this passion at the age of 14 and I've been learning ever since. I love learning so much. I have been working at independent alternative schools since 2010 and was able to work as a board member of the federal association (BFAS e.V.) for 9 years. Since then, I have been interested in the question: Why are teams the way they are? The exploration of patterns and dynamics & the development of healthy, appreciative work inspire me. I go on a quest with you and shine an empathic torch to track down causes and sources of resilience.

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