In October 2011, Presence Institute gathered in Cambridge
MA with fellow change makers from across cultures for
their 1st Global Presencing Forum. The 2nd Forum will
take place June 18-19, 2012 in Berlin, Germany.
Registration will open in January 2012.
Our ongoing goal is to form a global action research community
and platform that uses awareness based social technologies like
presencing and is committed to reflecting and sharing these
experiences with colleagues across sectors and cultures. Our
guiding intention is to pioneer practices and pathways for a
society that is more sustainable, inclusive, and aware (Society
4.0). We believe that we live in a time where emerging global
communities like ours may have a big impact if we can rise to the
occasion.This is our time to act in a more intentional, collective
and conscious way!
Format
The Forum is designed to provide an inspirational learning
environment for all participants as well as an opportunity to
connect to others who are working with similar social technologies
on related issues. The whole event will be conducted in a highly
experimental style. Sessions will allow for individual and shared
reflection time. Arawana Hayashi will lead several embodiment and
Social Presencing Theatre sessions with the entire Forum.
Speakers
At the first Forum, we were fortunate to be joined by numerous
pioneers of societal innovation and change that sparked our
conversations by sharing some of their experiences with us. These
included, among others:
- Alexander Schwedeler, Triodos
Bank, the Netherlands
- Eileen Fisher, Eileen Fisher, USA
- Felia Salim, BNI Bank, Indonesia
- Hal Hamilton, Sustainable
Food Lab
- Kasee Mhoney, Synergos, Namibia
- Marcelo Cardoso, Natura, Brazil
- Michelle Long, Business Alliance for Local
Living Economies, USA
- Nabil Laoudji, MBAStoryteller, Tunisia
- Nicanor Perlas, Center for Alternative
Development Initiatives, Philippines
- Peter Coughlan, IDEO, USA
- Peter Senge, Society for Organizational
Learning, USA
Program included:
- Geographic Mapping
- Frameworks of Presencing/Theory U/Capitalism 4.0
- Global Sensing Journey
- Project: Marketplace
- Projects: Deep Dives
- Social Presencing Theater
- Transforming Capitalism: The Multi-Acupuncturepoint
Challenge
- Crystallizing the seeds of the future
- Integration: Link Society 4.0 to my emerging self
- Prototyping: Working the Seeds
- Prototyping the U.school