Change Facilitation und das Hub Berlin laden zu den Ersten Berlin Change Days ein, die am 9.-10. November 2009 in Hub Berlin stattfinden. Die Berlin Change Days werden Praktiker, Führungsverantwortliche, und Manager
zusammenbringen, um unterschiedliche Perspektiven und Ansätze der Arbeit in Veränderungsprozessen zu diskutieren. Das Programm besticht durch die Vielfalt von Ansätzen und Sichtweisen. Es ist ausgerichtet auf den Bedarf
derjenigen, die in der täglichen Veränderungsarbeit in Organisationen und gesellschaftlichen Institutionen stecken und eine Orientierungshilfe brauchen, um bessere Ergebnisse aber auch eine langfristige Perspektive für
die Entwicklung von Humanressourcen aber auch von internen Prozessen und Strukturen benötigen. Parallel werden Veranstaltungen in deutscher und englischer Sprache angeboten.
Berlin Change Days
September 18th, 2009 by symoneousLiving Library
October 24th, 2009 by aiesecimagineIn September, we had in The HUB Berlin the event Living Library…
The Living Library works exactly like a normal library – readers come and borrow a ‘book’ for a limited period of time. After reading it they return the book to the library and – if they want – they can borrow another book.
There is only one difference: the books in the Living Library are human beings, and the books and readers enter into a personal dialogue.
First of all, I (our trainee Idoia from the Basque Country) would like to thank the people who came to The HUB Berlin for the event “Living Library”.
There was a big mix of people during those two days and that was wonderful.
I want to share with all of you my personal experience of organizing the Living Library: The idea of The Living Library I got it from Frauke and Viktoria, maybe some of you do not know them, but they are two incredible women from The HUB Berlin.
Then I started to organize, speaking with the people of The HUB, calling people, sending lots of emails, letting flyers in libraries, kiosks, Cafés, Twittering, Facebook,… trying to use all the tools that I know to catch people.
It was a very nice experience that I explored, where I met lots of interesting and incredible people. Before the event I was feeling very excited to see what was going to happen. During the event I was very nervous but finally I saw how it was flowing and people were enjoying, and that was fun for me. It was very also great that Viktoria was supporting me in everything.
The reason for the event flowing as nicely as it did, was not only because of the dialogs between 2 people, but also the circle conversation we made with people from all over the world (China, Japan, Africa, Southamerica, Europeans…)
…and that is not all, in the last moment a professional Storyteller from the HUB Berlin called Johan Toft decided to take part on the last day and last spot of the Living Library and tell his incredible and interesting story “The story of Syncronesia”.
Summarizing the event I can tell that we managed to bring people together for nice talks and I am satisfied. Also that the experience was incredible and I would like to organize more and more!!
Internship with Future@School and The HUB Berlin!
September 16th, 2009 by aiesecimagine
Basic idea for the internship:
You will work 3 days for the project Future@School and 2 days for the Hub Berlin.
Starting date/duration:
as soon as possible, minimum of 2 months
Project Description Future@School:
The project “Future@School” is an international project to establish “Future” as a school subject in schools across the world. History as a subject in school is a tradition. However, the current society is facing important questions for the future that need to be addressed at an early stage (at school!) in order to solve them.
These are questions like: how do we live without oil? What is the work of the future? How do we turn into life entrepreneurs? How can we solve these questions together? What competencies do the citizens of the future need? How can we design the future together?
Your role within Future@School:
You will be a full member of the team and will;
- co-develop the workshops and the implementation process
- facilitate meetings
- research the area of future, education, and sustainability
Your role within The HUB Berlin:
- Hosting (facilitating the space, connecting people, stimulating the community)
- Creating events (if in field of interest)
We offer Future@School and HUB combined:
- A dynamic and inspiring organization and project team to work with
- The HUB as a social innovation working space and access to the international network
- Frauke Godat as a mentor
- Internship support every Wednesday
- Accommodation paid (furnished room)
- Working together with a team on a daily basis.
Download detailed info: internship-offer-pdf-2
IMAGINE für Begeisterte
August 30th, 2009 by aiesecimagineHub Mitglieder engagieren sich oft in mehreren Projekten gleichzeitig. Dennis von Ashoka Youth Venture und Frauke von Zukunft geht zur Schule sind Teil der AIESEC IMAGINE Community, die im Herbst wieder eine Konferenz organisiert. Das Agenda Team traf sich Anfang August zur Planung beim Art of Hosting Training im Hub:
Bist Du…
…an einem Punkt, an dem Du etwas in Deinem Leben – sei es beruflich oder privat – verändern möchtest?
…geleitet von der Frage, was Dich glücklich macht und wie Du leben möchtest?
…offen für inspirierende Menschen und den Austausch von Ideen und Gedanken?
…bereit Klarheit für Deine nächsten Schritte zu gewinnen und loszulegen?
…auf der Suche nach mehr außergewöhnlicher Imagineerfahrung?
… bereit für mehr IMAGINE?
Alte und neue Imaginebegeisterte treffen sich vom 09.- 11.Oktober 2009 am Hoherodskopf im hessischen Vogelsberg zu einem Wochenende voller inspirierender Augenblicke, persönlicher Gespräche, neuer Impulse und Wege an einem wundervollen Ort.
Deine Einladung zur Konferenz findest Du im Anhang, gerne kannst Du sie auch weiterleiten an Menschen, für die Imagine im Moment genau das Richtige sein könnte. Wir freuen uns über jede einzelne Anmeldung unter folgendem Link: http://bit.ly/hlFF0 und auf eine ganz besondere Zeit mit allen Anwesenden!
Christine, Dennis, Eberhard & Nina
Agenda-Team Imagine Herbst 2009
Email: imagine@aiesec.de
Web: www.aiesec.de/imagine
Facebook: www.facebook.com/imaginechange
Creative Producers is Magazine online!!
August 28th, 2009 by symoneousLatest Creative Producers Magazine is now online, created by Hub Member Nils Sautter.
International virtual dialogue with Margaret Wheatley – 19th August
August 12th, 2009 by inigoblanco“The future comes from where we are now. The future won’t change until we look thoroughly at our present. We have sufficient human capacities – to think and reflect together, to care about one another, to act courageously, to reclaim the future.”
Margaret Wheatley
The challenges climate change presents us with are unprecedented in our lifetimes. While the search for technical solutions continues, what does this dynamic and fundamentally unfamiliar situation require of us as individuals, organisations and communities?
What are the human capabilities that will enable us to influence and adapt to the future of climate change?
On August 19th, we will be joining various cities around the world (Copenhagen, Johannesburg, and São Paulo) in a “satellite event” in preparation for the core Survival Academy programme culminating in the COP15 Climate Summit in Copenhagen in December 2009 (http://survivalacademy.ning.com). This event will include a real-time conversation with Margaret Wheatley speaking from her home and linked up by virtual conferencing.
Margaret Wheatley is author of “Leadership and the New Science”, “A Simpler Way”, “Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future”, and “Finding Our Way: Leadership for Uncertain Times”. She has recently been working with people who have survived natural disasters.
She will engage in a dialogue with the participants about how to catalyse change through local, collective actions and how to stay engaged with climate change knowledge and with each other, instead of retreating into denial, fear or ignorance.
Inspiration for this event on “What is our role?” at www.margaretwheatley.com/writing.html
Date: 18:00 to 21:00 19th August 2009
Costs: 20€ in advance www.amiando.com/hubberlin.html – 22€ the day of the event
15€ for HUB Members
We look forward to seeing you there!
OpenHub – 12th of August
August 11th, 2009 by inigoblancoAn Open Space to share, exchange, discuss and inspire – for Hub members, hosts and people who are interested in whats happening in this field…
The goal of an Open Space Technology meeting is to create time and space for people to engage deeply and creatively around issues of concern to them. The agenda is set by people with their power and desire to see it through.
Principles of Open Space:
- Whoever comes are the right people
- Whenever it starts is the right time
- Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened.
- When its over, its over.
The law of the two feet: If you find yourself in a situation where you are not contributing or learning, move somewhere where you can.
The four principles and the law work to create a powerful event motivated by the passion and bounded by the responsibility of the participants.
Please bring some food to contribute to the neverending bufett 
Hope to see you there!
Please, note that we meet in open space technology every second Wednesday of each month.
My holiday in Toronto: a social innovation learning journey
July 23rd, 2009 by aiesecimagineSince last week, I am visiting Toronto. After participating with “Future@School” at the BMW Foundation Young Leaders Forum on Wasan Island, I am back this week in Toronto: sightseeing (discovering green urban spaces in the city), meeting interesting people, and hanging out with the members and team at the Center for Social Innovation.
Meeting with Helmut Burkhardt from the Council on Global Issues, I learn that our current education system is too narrow to deal with today’s wide problems – what are the universal tools that match today’s complex issues? There are three main areas that need to be included in the school curriculum: the reduction of the global average per capita consumption, changes in energy technology towards renewable energy, and scenario thinking in how to manage the vastly growing world population. The latter being neglected in the current sustainability discussion which is a major working area of former Stanford University professor Jack Alpert (I attended a talk with him yesterday at the University of Toronto).
Furthermore, I learned yesterday about how a space for social innovation is run in Toronto. I will be sharing my learnings and their best practices at a HubBerlin Lunch on Friday, July 31 at 12:30 in the Hub Kitchen.