ZOOM event

A Narrative Walk with Nora Bateson. In conversation on her new book “Combining”

 

 

A conversation with

Nora Bateson

Independent award-winning film-maker, writer, policy adviser and lecturer.
President of the Stockholm-based International Bateson Institute (IBI)

 

Organized by:

The Institute of Narrative Therapy & Community Work in Greece

and hosted by Yannis Angelis

 

Monday 11 th March, 

18:00 – 20:00 CET (19:00-21:00 Athens time)

 

INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT

It isn’t easy to find the proper words to speak about the beauty, the deeply rewarding wisdom, and all the gifts that spring from Nora Bateson’s new book as it has started its soul-stretching journey to the world.

Every single corner in her book, even if you visit numerous times, offers a new reflection, feeling, discovery, and awe. It feels like holding an open book that keeps you constantly exhilarated and it will never end and close. Along with the bewitching pieces of art that cuddle inside, it invites us to a deeper pure form of rest and slowing down, to also appreciate the calming intimacy of not- knowing, and at the same time gently spiking us to re-appear in full presence and relationship.

A strong full-hearted recommendation for anyone bold who is eager to get themselves on a journey in a “no-path”, which is continuously formed and in-formed by your own learnings as you walk on it.

The event invites a celebration relief, it will be honored by the presence of various artists and it will gift the participants with illuminating pieces of art, poetry, stories, music, theory, and of course it will include reading snippets from the book. As Nora says it in her own words “… reading aloud is an act of love, so tangible and resonant with the hum of life.”

It will be held via ZOOM and the link will be sent some hours before the event to the email you used for your registration.

 

Watch Nora reading one of her most beautiful poems included in her new book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LEWs9gJKhM

 

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Narrative Walks

The Institute for Narrative Therapy and Community Work in Greece, in the context of its social response in a difficult period for each of us personally and also for our society, decided to organize a series of interactive online workshops, lectures, and discussions under the title “Narrative Walks”.

Narrative Walks will try to focus mainly on hot topics that can be addressed through the perspective of a narrative approach in the field of psychotherapy, community practice, organizations, and social responsibility.

We start with the idea that Narrative Walks are short in duration (usually half a day), host excellent professionals in their field from all over the world, are offered regularly with an affordable financial contribution, and will inspire, challenge, and create a field of constructive discussion and learning.

 

In the context of INT’s Narrative Walks

 

An online workshop

Our multi-storied body

Coming back “home”

 

with

Poh Lin Lee

a Chinese Malaysian Australian social worker, narrative therapist, co-researcher of trauma, writer, teacher, film protagonist, and creative consultant

and

Yannis Angelis

A Greek organizational storytelling practitioner, narrative therapist, “Warm Data” host, and narrative artist

 

 

Saturday 18th of June

17:00-20:00 (GMT+3 – Athens, Greece time)

on ZOOM

 

Join us for a narrative walk towards our multi-storied bodies. That’s right, we are not going walking ‘out there’ but rather slowly walking towards our bodies to invite the community of our bodies to express their polyvocal experience – at least the ones that choose to participate in this particular gathering, at this particular time.

Poh and Yannis will guide you on a deeply rewarding journey starting by unscripting ourselves and moving out of the idea of our body as a single entity, by taking up a position with our bodies as multi-storied and experientially co-researching what may emerge through this nuanced, playful and political practice. It is a gentle invitation to slow down and untangle the multiple simultaneous exchanges taking place between the members of our body finding language to articulate stories in a spirit of inclusivity and spaciousness for all voices to be welcomed in conversation.

When we grant full personhood status to the different members of our bodies we have the chance to experience what meaningful participation and democratic process can be within our multistoried bodies – when/why we have consensus and how we might both understand and respond in those times and experiences when consensus is not granted.

 

Bios

Poh is a Chinese Malaysian Australian social worker who brings together a thoughtful and intricate practice based on her experience and knowledge as a narrative therapist, co-researcher of trauma, writer, teacher, film protagonist, and creative consultant. Poh has been engaged in therapeutic co-research with people and communities responding to themes of experience such as family and state violence, displacement (from rights, land, home, body, identity, relationships), liminality, and reclaiming practices of preference and capability. Poh Lin worked alongside people seeking asylum through the film project with Gabrielle Brady, Island of the Hungry Ghosts (2018). Poh Lin works alongside people engaged in creative practices, processes and projects weaving and designing narrative-informed consultations and workshops to make visible possibilities in ethics, authorship, collaborative practice, audience/witness engagement, and socio-political action. Poh is a teacher for the International teaching faculty of Dulwich Centre, an honorary clinical fellow of the school of social work, University of Melbourne, and a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Latin American Journal of Clinical Social Work.

 

 

Yannis is a Greek organizational storytelling practitioner, narrative therapist, “Warm Data” host, and narrative artist. His background lies in Narrative Therapy and Gestalt Organizational Development. His work is also informed by the principles of Theory U, Warm Data, and the Art of Hosting practice.

Yannis Angelis is the co-author of “Transforming Organizations” and “Beyond Storytelling”, two books that elaborate on how to work with story-based approaches for community building and organizational change & transformation. He is a Scientific Coordinator at the Narrative Therapy and Community Practice Institute in Greece. He is a lifelong student of Nora Bateson’s philosophy of life and a certified Warm Data Host by the International Bateson Institute. He has co-founded “Beyond Storytelling”, a global network of Story Practitioners who work with the narrative approach as a transformational catalyst for leadership, learning, change, communication, and community building.

Yannis, as a narrative artist, is currently experimenting with designing web-based interactive therapeutic spaces using “maps” from narrative therapy. Yannis also, along with Tom Garcia, a shaman from Colorado, and Mary Alice Arthur, a narrative activist, are experimenting with combining narrative practices, the circle way, and fire ceremonies in a virtual environment.

 

Registration info:

For the students of the Institute: 20€

For participants from all over the world: 45€  

For all participants after the 12th of June: 60€

 

Methods of payment:

1. You can pay via PayPal using the email narrativetherapygr@gmail.com or
2. you can deposit the respective registration fee to:

IBAN GR54 0172 2280 0052 2806 9522 814

BIC/SWIFT code: PIRBGRAAXXX Piraeus Bank, Greece.

Owner of the bank account: Institute for Narrative Therapy Greece

After registering, please send an email to narrativetherapygr@gmail.com with:

• a screenshot of the confirmation of your payment
• your full name, place of residence, and optionally a phone number just in case of urgent communication.

Your place is reserved once you have paid. After receiving your e-mail we will reply to confirm your attendance at the online workshop.

 

You will get the ZOOM link the day before the workshop takes place.

A Certificate of Attendance will be issued for all participants.

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Narrative Walks The Institute for Narrative Therapy and Community Work in Greece, in the context of its social response in a difficult period for each of us personally and also for our society, decided to organize a series of interactive online workshops, lectures, and discussions under the title “Narrative Walks”. Narrative Walks will try to focus mainly on hot topics that can be addressed through the perspective of a narrative approach in the field of psychotherapy, community practice, organizations, and social responsibility. We start with the idea that Narrative Walks are short in duration (usually half a day), host excellent professionals in their field from all over the world, are offered regularly with an affordable financial contribution, and will inspire, challenge, and create a field of constructive discussion and learning.

 

In the context of INT’s Narrative Walks

 

Interactive Online workshop

on

“Story Activism & Personal Agency in the era of a Pandemic”

 

 

 

with

Mary Alice Arthur

 

Story Activist, international steward of the Art of Hosting,

author of 365 ALIVE! Find your voice. Claim your story. Live your brilliant life.

 

Wednesday 2 June 2021, 

16:00 PM TO 20:00 PM

(Athens Greece Time)

 

Organized by:

the Institute of Narrative Therapy & Community Work – Greece

 

For information: www.narrativetherapy.gr,

6977-186936, 6955-103581, narrativetherapygr@gmail.com

 

FEES (via web)

– Until Friday 28th of May: 45€ 

– After Friday 28th of May: 65€   

For information about the payment method check below (C2)

 

WEB CONNECTION:
The event will be held via ZOOM. Look at the instructions below (C3). Connection link will be given to you the day before the online workshop.

 

See below:

1. INFORMATION ABOUT THE ONLINE INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
2. INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAINERS
3. ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

1. 1. Time
   2. Fees
   3. How to connect for the seminar- workshop
   4. Certification

 

Α. INFORMATION ABOUT THE ONLINE WORKSHOP – EVENT

 

In this very moment a multiplicity of stories are influencing your future. The stories we hold about the world — and especially whether we believe this pandemic time is a time of breakdown or breakthrough — create the reality we experience. They determine whether we see possibilities or problems together and what we will decide to do as a result..

So many of us have that feeling that the current ways we think and act about community, consuming, energy and the future of humanity are leading us into an even more challenging future. Things seem to be changing so fast it’s hard to keep up. In fact, sometimes our toughest conflicts are with people who say they are on the same team!

Our stories can hold us down, or they can lift us up. We live in a story, and that means we can change it. Change your story, change the world. It is as simple – and as challenging – as that.

A Story Activist is someone who works with the stories of people, places and things to discover and activate their greatest potential. Story Activist practices are the building blocks for taking strategic action.

 

Watch here what a story activist is:

 

There are five foundational practices for increasing our range of vision and capacity for engaging, leading to clarity on your own gifts and goals. The second set of five practices focus on creating the team and the deep personal focus at the core to making an impact. Together, these ten practices are a strategic call to vision in action.

In this short session we will work with the some of the practices to create a practical roadmap to a more thriving future.

 

How we will work

This will be a highly participatory and hands on workshop. Please come prepared with an area you want to focus on — a work or community challenge, career, life issue — what is most important to you right now? This will be your focus for the day.

Please also come prepared to share your stories, your questions and your gifts as we support each other to look for new perspectives, opportunities and places to apply what we’re learning.

 

Β. INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAINERS

 

Mary Alice Arthur is a Story Activist, using Story to help make positive systemic shift and for applying collective intelligence to the critical issues of our times. Her art is in creating spaces where people can find the stories that take them to their most flourishing future and building the capacity for participatory practice supports people to take back the power of their stories so they can make wiser choices. She is a sought after process consultant and event host, and an engaging speaker. As an international steward of the Art of Hosting (www.artofhosting.org) she teaches participatory practice around the world. Through THE STORY DOJO (www.thestorydojo.com , she is spreading the meme of Story Activism, supporting people to develop their skills and practice and engaging in leading edge conversations about the power and potential in our world. She is the author of 365 ALIVE! Find your voice. Claim your story. Live your brilliant life. www.365alive.org Mary Alice has lived all over the world and is currently trying to establish a new relationship with her suitcase. www.getsoaring.com .

 

C. ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

 

c1. Time 

Wednesday 2nd June 2021, 16:00 PM TO 20:00 PM

(Athens Greece Time)

 

c2. Fees

– Until Friday 28th of May: 45€ 

– After Friday 28th of May: 65€   

You can pay via PayPal using the email narrativetherapygr@gmail.com.

Or you can deposit the respective registration fee to the IBAN GR54 0172 2280 0052 2806 9522 814 in Piraeus Bank (Greece)[Owner of the bank account is Institute for Narrative Therapy (Greece)]

Your place is reserved once you have paid.
After registering, please send an email to narrativetherapygr@gmail.com with:

• a screenshot of the confirmation of your payment
• your full name, profession, place of living, and a phone number just in case of urgent communication.

Once we receive your e-mail we will reply confirming your attendance at the online workshop.

 

c3. How to connect for the seminar- workshop

 

a)Please make sure that you have downloaded the latest version of zoom from here: https://zoom.us/download

b)Try to secure and join from a place where you have a good internet signal and sufficient bandwidth.

c)Use a laptop or computer if you can, because there are some features that do not work well or not at all if you are using an i-pad or your smartphone.

d)Check in your computer that the camera, microphone, and connected or integrated speakers are working well and test all of them in advance as they are necessary for the interactivity that we are inviting during the workshop.

e)Ensure you have good light conditions in the room from which you will connect, and you may want to avoid having a window behind you. Headphones could help prevent background noise.

You are invited to join 15 minutes prior to the official start of the meeting so that we make sure that everything works well technically.

Plan to come having cared for your needs. Bring something to drink or eat if you like. Close all programs/apps/windows on your PC/laptop, including your browser. It’s very useful to turn off notifications, alarms, cell phone ringers, and any other distractions. This is our precious time to be online together, to connect, share, listen to each other, and learn from and with each other.

You will get the ZOOM link the day before the workshop takes place.

 

c4. Certification

All participants will be given a CERTIFICATE.

 

 

 

 

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