3rd European Salon – Dialogue and Leadership - Action Learning for Emerging Communities

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Comment by Charles M. Savage on November 30, 2009 at 2:00am

Perhaps if we are going to make it through the eco-crises, we'll all need to learn to dance to a new tune and with new movements. Perhaps the next European Salon will be a combination of deep reflection and the dancing of souls. A possibility?

Comment by Hanno Langfelder on November 30, 2009 at 1:48am

And Charles.....what a lovely presentation of the Bangalore groupwork. It immediately grabs my interest and attention! Finally, the future on one piece of paper. Wow!

It seems to me, that pressing questions are being answered by opening new questions!

Thanks for this!

Hanno

Comment by Hanno Langfelder on November 30, 2009 at 1:45am

What a powerful image, Ulrich! Alien, yet familiar. Strange, yet friendly. I would like to meet this being and discover what it is like on the other side...

Thanks for sharing!

Hanno

Comment by Ilona Christl on November 30, 2009 at 1:37am

Have you heard about the Dancing Community activity by Eduard at copenhagen? This is the Guy who made us all Dance in Bilbao. À wonderfull idea, but i can't Be there! I will dancewith them in my Heart

Comment by Ulrich Soeder on November 30, 2009 at 12:55am

Dear Chris,

thank you so much for sharing your reflections on being a guest. After the Salon we have been guests in Venice and during the Biennale we saw a wonderful video installation in the Polish pavillion – on being guests ... the picture is taken from this installation:

Take care, and I'm looking forward being your guest again!

Ulrich

Comment by Charles M. Savage on November 29, 2009 at 1:21pm

The European Salon - Next Steps - Enhanceability Cafes?

Weather Copenhagen is successful or not, we're going to have to radically adjust so much in life on this little planet. Business-as-usual is not an option. Might we use our community and talents to help one another understand at a deeper level the dynamic interrelationships between the Eco-Crises coming our way?

This would be for schools, companies, NGOs and governmental agencies. We need to mobilize a new spirit of appreciate for the opportunity to be on this planet and in so doing, to use the resources so much more wisely.

While teaching in an MBA program in Bangalore, my 50 students, in teams of our, prepared twelve posters on the different eco-crises. We then held an Enhanceability Cafe (so we could begin to value one another and the planet) with a different poster at each table. As people rotated in 20 minute cycles, they began to "grok" the challenge. It was truly amazing.

The enclosed attachment show the Cafe and on the second page you can see the posters in miniature. The posters need updating, but we have a good start. Any interest in helping to develop this further?Reflections on the Multiple-Interrelated Eco-Crises-Nov.5, 2009.pdf

Comment by Charles M. Savage on November 29, 2009 at 1:12pm

Chris, what great lessons you are sharing - and they touch so deeply on our themes of community, leadership and dialogue. Ilona is so right to respond in such an open and warm way and I can only echo this feeling. Even though we are separated by many miles, the distance doesn't really matter. Thanks for being you in such an authentic way! Same for John

Comment by Ilona Christl on November 29, 2009 at 1:00pm

Thank you for sharing your deep insights. You've hosted me already several times, and I loved these times inbetween the gatherings, having breadfeast, cooking together more than the meetings itsself. May be it's a good reminder about the essence of Worldcafe, which is about hosting. You were a perfect host to me: Thank you, I hope sometimes I may host you.

Comment by Chris Chopyak on November 29, 2009 at 12:38pm

Hello to all out in the virtual community - As some of you know I have been and will continue to be "in flux" until we can get back to Colorado and into our home in mid-December. for almost a month now - we have had no real home and we have been staying with and celebrating with some beautiful friends and family in the DC area. these amazing people are allowing us to stay in their homes eat their food and be at home with them.

This is quite exceptional - to always be a guest and I have a new appreciation for those who have been out of home, or displaced as a result of a natural disaster (Katrina comes to mind), or for economic reasons (homeless in our cities). What an interesting thing community is as I leave in this very transient and temporary space(s). First - community is demanding - they expect alot at t ime when my resources are very limited, my intenet connections not so healthy and so much more dirving thean I am used to. This is not a criticism - but an observation - to have community - you need a home so you have a well-spring you can give from - not just take from the community. How hard it is to be a giving member without a home...

Second the dialogue has been rich and beautiful - so even in the transience, I have found intimacy, caring, tears, hugs and big compassion and passion from those whose homes we have , and have not invaded. Dialogue takes time, and in this transience place -becuase we are the perpetual guest - we have good conversation.

Last, it has taken realu humility to ask for help. What a terrific leadership lesson. I need other people and they are willing to be there and they are.

I say to each of you - if you are ever in this same place - my door, beds and kitchen are warmly open to you. The blessings I have received in realtime and virtually over the past month are sustaining me and helping me see the light at the end of my tunnel, and that home and heart - is a product of stability, commitment and some permanence in order to contribute.

for this and for you - I am thankful....Chris

Comment by Ulrich Soeder on October 22, 2009 at 7:18am

Hi all, hello from Venice!

I spend some days with my family here in Venice to relax after a few very rich and intense days in Reichenau an der Rax during the European Salon.

Yesterday we spend the afternoon in Murano. This is where the Venetian glass comes from. Have a close look to these flowers!

The last days are resonating in me. We are going to share experiences and stories from our work soon – I'll have to photograph all of the recordings before posting them here – probably sometimes next week.

The story of the European Salon will continue to unfold in some way or another. If you want to link in and be involved, you're welcome.

Cheers to you all,

Ulrich

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