Participants bring their own world-changing projects to develop in an eight-week residential session. Participants will be staying in host homes offered by residents in the local area. We provide food for participants who will be involved in preparing meals together. Our program operates in the gift economy, so there is no tuition.
Focus Areas
- Leadership: Learn to collaborate and work as a team as well as empower teams to fulfill projects and produce outrageous results.
- Projects: Develop implementable projects that produce a positive impact on the local environment or community.
- Service: Help us operate "Community Eats," which is a donation-based community hub for meals and events and is our primary service project this session.
Structures
- Daily Activities: We start our our weekdays with a short stand-up meeting to coordinatate the day's tasks and schedule. We spend our mornings on group work and afternoons on individual projects. We will also have various events and work sessions on random evenings and weekends. (A Typical Day)
- Coaching: Throughout the program, each participant will have a coach to support them in their personal and project development.
- "TED Talks": We will help participants improve their skills at sharing their project and story in an inspiring way. We start with internal "project slams" where participants practice with each other (while being video-recorded), and work up to sharing in open houses and finally give full presentations at our Exhibition event two weeks before the end of the program.
Participants are responsible for their own travel costs, spending money, and any off-site or weekend meals.
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Program Facilitators
The Program Facilitators are on site during the session delivering the special sauce of the Labs: the Human Alchemy of gathing people to produce outrageous results together.
Arthur Brock builds targeted currencies that are at the core of the emerging post-industrial economy. He has created more than a hundred designs for multi-currency systems and his software company has built and deployed dozens of those systems.
Initially, Arthur put his degree in Artificial Intelligence to use at GM, Chrysler & Hughes, but he soon realized he was committed to bringing intelligence to social architectures rather than to computers. He started student-run schools and award-winning, employee-run businesses and discovered that the self-managing feedback loops needed to operate these types of organizations were built on particular patterns of incentives and measurement. He began to unlock the social DNA by which groups operate and uncover the critical role of currencies as carriers of that social DNA.
Arthur’s designs include currency systems for: collaborative scientific research, sustainable fishery management, corporate compensation plans, employee stock options, community-based economic development, business barter and exchange, triple-bottom-line trade credits, open source software development, customer loyalty programs, water rights, recirculating gift certificates, community service, employee performance management, arts & culture development, efficient resource sharing & management, and community & environmental impact assessment.
Based in Denver, Colorado, Arthur Brock consults worldwide with organizations which are actively restructuring themselves for the new economy. He speak at events about the future of money and value and the emergence of the next economy. He has consulted with Citibank and SWIFT about pre-empting disruptions in the financial transaction space and preparing currencies and transaction systems for the evolving future of value and how we relate to it.
Upstate New York
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Eric Harris-Braun designs and builds software infrastructure for the post monetary economy. He is a co-founder of the MetaCurrency project. He works closely with TheTransitioner, a research and development group dedicated to understanding and developing new forms of collective intelligence, where he is the lead developer of the Flowplace.
Eric serves on the board of the New Economics Institute. He is the co-founder of Glass Bead Software, a provider of peer-to-peer networking applications, and of Harris-Braun Enterprises, a free-lance software development shop, which has created, among other things, complex data-collection web-sites for the health-care industry, an Android application for catch-monitoring for the fishing industry, and which built and operates the Online Writers Workshop. In 1994, he published the Internet Directory, with Fawcett Columbine which sold over 100,000 copies, and which went on to a second edition in 1996 before thankfully being made obsolete by Google. Eric received a B.A. in Computer Science from Yale University.
Currently he lives in a straw-bale house in rural New York where he is part of a Quaker Intentional community, plays with his two kids, tends a garden and occasionally feeds the sheep and chickens.
East Chatham, NY
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Source Team
The Source Team is the Jedi Council, or Wisdom Council, or Council of Elders who are at the source of making this session happen. They provide the guidance, perspective, expertise and skills to pull it off. Although they'e not necessarily on site during the session, they also provide the Social Capital necessary to be able to do a project like this without money.
Arthur Brock builds targeted currencies that are at the core of the emerging post-industrial economy. He has created more than a hundred designs for multi-currency systems and his software company has built and deployed dozens of those systems.
Initially, Arthur put his degree in Artificial Intelligence to use at GM, Chrysler & Hughes, but he soon realized he was committed to bringing intelligence to social architectures rather than to computers. He started student-run schools and award-winning, employee-run businesses and discovered that the self-managing feedback loops needed to operate these types of organizations were built on particular patterns of incentives and measurement. He began to unlock the social DNA by which groups operate and uncover the critical role of currencies as carriers of that social DNA.
Arthur’s designs include currency systems for: collaborative scientific research, sustainable fishery management, corporate compensation plans, employee stock options, community-based economic development, business barter and exchange, triple-bottom-line trade credits, open source software development, customer loyalty programs, water rights, recirculating gift certificates, community service, employee performance management, arts & culture development, efficient resource sharing & management, and community & environmental impact assessment.
Based in Denver, Colorado, Arthur Brock consults worldwide with organizations which are actively restructuring themselves for the new economy. He speak at events about the future of money and value and the emergence of the next economy. He has consulted with Citibank and SWIFT about pre-empting disruptions in the financial transaction space and preparing currencies and transaction systems for the evolving future of value and how we relate to it.
Upstate New York
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Eric Harris-Braun designs and builds software infrastructure for the post monetary economy. He is a co-founder of the MetaCurrency project. He works closely with TheTransitioner, a research and development group dedicated to understanding and developing new forms of collective intelligence, where he is the lead developer of the Flowplace.
Eric serves on the board of the New Economics Institute. He is the co-founder of Glass Bead Software, a provider of peer-to-peer networking applications, and of Harris-Braun Enterprises, a free-lance software development shop, which has created, among other things, complex data-collection web-sites for the health-care industry, an Android application for catch-monitoring for the fishing industry, and which built and operates the Online Writers Workshop. In 1994, he published the Internet Directory, with Fawcett Columbine which sold over 100,000 copies, and which went on to a second edition in 1996 before thankfully being made obsolete by Google. Eric received a B.A. in Computer Science from Yale University.
Currently he lives in a straw-bale house in rural New York where he is part of a Quaker Intentional community, plays with his two kids, tends a garden and occasionally feeds the sheep and chickens.
East Chatham, NY
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I live last 4 years a nomadic lifestyle around European Continent. I don't accept any nationality and see myself as free being living on this planet. I specialize in ICT and in last few years focus on distributed systems for networking and economic tools build this way. Among many technologies researching ones related to Linked Data / Semantic Web.
I've quit using money already over 4 years ago and base my relations with others on gifts, myself putting most effort into contributing to common wealth. Please check my homepage for few more links which explain little more what I work on!
European Nomad and Worldwide Elf
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Maia Conty is a certified Accomplishment Life-Coach, a social-change agent, and a committed women’s empowerment activist. Certified as a Life-Coach in 2006, she works primarily with women clients in the Berkshires and nationally. In addition to her private practice, she is the creator, founding partner and facilitator of the highly successful Women’s Financial Empowerment Series. She is the co-creator and facilitator of “Walking Our Talk – A Women’s Creation Circle”, group-coaching circles for women to fulfill on projects and intentions through collective inquiry and connection. Maia is sourcing 'The Renaissance Project' - supporting women's culture in the Berkshires to further give rise to the renaissance that is happening in the region! Through her study and dynamic participation in various human potential technologies, she is deeply engaged in the work of bringing groups of people together to transform culture.
Maia is completely compelled by the Evolution of Money. Understanding money to be one of the key arena's where human beings collectively express Values, Agreements, and Morals she sees the evolution of money from it's current paradigm of aggressive unsustainability, global oppression, and spiritual depletion of humanity into one that liberates higher human potential and intelligence as an instrumental piece to our efforts to create the Splendid Future.
Born in 1969, Maia was raised in an alternative spiritual community, and is a Waldorf School graduate. She has travelled the world extensively. In search of her own empowerment and liberation, she pursues the ongoing 'quest' of busting through her own ‘inner glass ceiling’. Her journey has led to her active work to help catalyze women’s full partnership in co-creating the future – a step she believes will serve everyone’s best interest.
Maia lives in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, with her awesome 6 year-old daughter, Aria.
Great Barrington, MA
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Dave began his career as a Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician, where he swam with sharks, jumped out of helicopters, and stopped bad guys in their tracks. After excelling in one of the most elite and demanding physical and mental training programs in the world, he pursued an entrepreneurial career in the private equity industry.
Emerging Leader Labs and Black Mountain SOLE are Dave’s means for personal self-expression. He serves others by empowering them with the courage, confidence, and skills to realize their dreams.
Black Mountain, NC
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Originally hailing from Southwest Kansas' rural ranching and agriculture community, Mickki has called Colorado home since 1999. Recognizing the need to reclaim our power to envision, create and share community wealth, Mickki co-founded the Mile High Business Alliance in 2007. Currently serving as Executive Director, Mickki combines her passion for healthy communities with her varied experience as a small business owner. Over time, her role at MHBA has evolved to one of advocacy on behalf of small businesses, collaboration-building with local partners, and empowerment of MHBA's small-but-mighty staff. Her leadership supports the fulfillment of the business alliance's mission to build a more resilient, connected and healthy local economy.
Mickki is currently a member of the Denver Seeds Taskforce, serves on the board of the Colorado Doulas Association, and is a BALLE Local Economy Fellow.
Mickki lives in the Baker neighborhood of Denver where she gets to frequent unique local businesses, grow a few vegetables and nurture her other passions, including cooking great dinners, canning delicious pickles, and supporting women as a childbirth educator and doula.
Denver, CO
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Support Team
The Support Team support the daily operations of the program and facility. This involves communications, logistics, housing, sourcing food, transportation, documentation, media production, publishing, public relations, social media, and the general activing of keeping the plates spinning in the air.
I believe that, even though I try, defining myself is something I can not do, change is permanent (paradoxically), . My name is Rubén, was born in México and I'm currently living there. Love to write, photography and steping into "the unknown". Learning is my passion, think life it's the perfect school, from the cradle to the grave.
Believe that evolution, being a natural event, is unstoppable. I want to put my heart, intelect and talents to serve this divine transition into a fairer life.
We need air to live but we do not live to breath, life is waiting for us beyond the current paradigm of interaction. Let's find her, bravely
Thank you for your time and attention.
Love and health.
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I work with kids and dirt and plants. And food.
I'm from South Florida, where I hug trees, play in the ocean and other things.
Clouds are great.
There's projects that I'm working on that I am exited about.
Presently, the left side of my hip is a little bit sore from a great frisbee game, & I can hear a woodpecker outside pecking wood.
I live at Quaker Intentional Village Canaan, where I play with wonderful people on all sorts of projects.
Eric Bear+Participation
I'm helping to make relationships with the local community and set up community eats, which will be a free weekly hub for local farmers to eat, play, and connect with each other, and the people they feed.
Eric Bear+Journal Entries by User
Native of Denver Colorado. World traveller, global citizen. 15 years of Waldorf education that instilled in me a commitment to community and sustainable living. I enjoy the simple patterns of life, whether it be the grain of wood or the human pysche. I have an apetite for growth and expanding my mind. I love conversations with great people about interesting, new ideas. Coming together with people to explore how to fulfill our potential and play with possibilities is awesome. I'm an artist, muscian, jokester and all around easy go with the flow girl. I LOVE recycling materials and repurposing them to make art! I am passionate about public displays of art in particular, a wonderful way to spread a message and bring individuals together to form a community.
Madison Dezelsky+Journal Entries by User
I'm excited by the idea of an emerging ecosystem for social innovation and sustainable peer production!
My personal story leads from outdoorsey childhood in Oregon, through undergrad physics / astronomy education, into media production and ecological design. I am keen on the idea of networked agile ecovillaging, utilizing digital tools to engage large supportive communities in this process as stakeholders.
I am working to develop prototypes and projects around Columbia County, NY, including the Solaqua home base of Emerging Leader Labs. This includes permaculture design, natural building and landscape art, community organizing and outreach, video production, team building, personal growth and learning, open enterprise development, gift exchange, and lots of fun risk and reward.
I am comfortable in roles like ideation, invention, strategy, observation, and push my edge on things like project management, group facilitation, communications, marketing/soliciting, mentorship, and executive action.
I believe, and increasingly act, in accordance with the evident abundance of nature and networks.
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Mahayana Landowne (Theater Director)
Impossible Country (Mudbone Collecive), Medea, Antigone and Tartuffe (Baruch), Fairytale Experiment (Rubulad), MIXED (Baruch), This is Way Beyond My Remote Control (Wild Project), Picasso Project (Luna Stage), The Heiress, (Mint), and Machinal (U. of Rochester). Favorite past productions include The Skriker, Antony and Cleopatra, The Seagull, brass logic, Streetcar Named Desire, Obgynt, King Lear, and Mud. NYU-BFA-acting Yale School of Drama-MFA-directing. She is also currently working on Lush Valley, as collaborator and dramaturg with Kristin Marting. Lush Valley is performance piece about the American Dream and how it shapes and twists our lives.
She leads Workshops in Creativity through Radiant Axis (Radiantaxis.com). For more info: mahayanalandowne.org. As a Director, she is using her skills to do creative grass roots organizing for social issues including Metropolis in Motion, working to overturn the Cabaret Laws, http://www.metropolisinmotion.org, the NYC Dance Parade which brings together over one hundred dance organizations to dance down Broadway. http://www.Danceparade.org, and many art action activities that promote participatory art culture. The next event on June 11th is womenstagetheworld.org.
Mahayana Landowne+Participation
I was able to meet Conner and am very inspired by him and his journey.
We have bonded and I am very excited to help his process.
I was able to go to the lab for 3 days.
Conner picked me up from the train station and we spoke of anticipation and each others life experience. I learned a lot about where he was coming from and we found many connections. I am very interested in his experiences.
Our next conversation was about the first day of the lab and leadership, his living situation, and what has been coming up for him so far in the process.
Next Conner did a presentation about his project, he was very articulate and inspired and it was excellent to get an idea about metamaps and for him to introduce the project to the whole group, people were interested and asked lots of questions. i was able afterwards to see his notebook and thought process.
Next we had a conversation about goals for next week and he shared about his family life. He was able to have a connecting conversation with his housing host, in these three days he has moved from feeling lonly and isolated there to really appreciating the santuary of his home.
Work wise the plan is to have space set up by the end of the first week, take time to relax and play over the weekend. To offer a mapping session to the whole group next thursday to further connect them to the project and to test out ideas.
I feel there is a strong level of trust and connection between us and I am delighted for the opportunity to have met him in person. Our plan is to have our weekly call on wednesday mornings at 10am.
We are an excellent match and I am honored to be working with Conner.
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Program Participants
The Program Participants are what it's all about. They're the ones bringing their heart, soul and visions and running themselves through the ringer to break through the barriers between them and the difference that they want to make on the planet. Not an easy job, but someone's got to do it.
Over the last few years, I've realized, like many others, that if what we want is a new and better human 'operating system' then the best place to start is within myself. To deconstruct my own patterns and assumptions is something which I have not just sat down and done once, but adopted as a process to continually revise and polish my own capacities. My gifts include:
Hosting, making others feel seen and safe.
Empowerment to employ many disciplines of thinking including design, systems, computational, creative, and critical thinking, and the discernment to tell what's needed when.
Pragmatically, my main area of skill is in technology, ranging from video production, to image manipulation, to web development, design, and hosting server knowledge and experience, to web application development using frameworks like Ruby On Rails.
My gratitudes include:
The ongoing support and connection to an intentional learning community of practice, which makes all else more possible.
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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I grew up in Kansas and moved to Oklahoma in 2001 to attend the University of Oklahoma on a National Merit Scholarship. I majored in Physics and East Asian Area Studies, but decided to leave school to pursue my interests in community organizing, cooperative businesses, and sustainability projects. I started the Oklahoma Cooperative Housing Association, put on the Groovefest human rights festival, organized a conference for the Oklahoma Sustainability Network, worked for Earth Elements Farm and Bakery, worked for and sat on the board of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative, owned and operated an organic gourmet mushroom farm, Om Gardens, for four years, wrote and won 5 grants totaling over $35,000, and been involved with many other organizations and projects, helping whenever I can. I am currently in the Master's Degree program at Gaia University studying Regenerative Enterprise Design.
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I just completed my bachelor of science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Waterloo and now I am searching for more purpose. Before University, I worked for a small company in their machine shop and helped design and manufacture automated machines. I also worked for a few companies as part of my co-op program for school. I did mostly 3D modelling and created drawings.
Emerging leader labs offers a huge potential for personal growth to me and I hope to to make the most of my time here. I am excited to learn and create many woderful things with the people I meet, and to dive deeper into areas of interest that I haven't had much time for because of school. These interests include: Social Entrepreneurship, Collective Intelligence, Knowledge Management, Web Developement, Alternative Economies, Gamification, Data/Databases, Makerspaces, Community Building, and Making Games.
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
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I made the leap to New York City four years ago to begin working with Manhattan Free School -- pursuing my passion for building and supporting self-directed learning communities. After three years of growing pains and a year to catch my breath, I am excited about a fresh relaunch for Manhattan Free School, now embodying the emergence of Agile Learning Centers.
Agile Learning Centers seeks to bring various principles from Agile and Lean Management/software design into convergence with what we know about the power of self-directed learning -- inspiring support structures and practices for self-initiated, project-based learning, and an entirely new approach to education.
This summer, at Emerging Leader Labs, I will be working to both prepare for the school year at MFS, while also focusing on developing the practices and structures of an Agile Learning Center. I will be serving as the Community Manager, handling most of the communications and administrative work. As we grow the school's culture and community, we hope to support the expansion of Agile Learning Centers as a concept that can be replicated in other locations and in new contexts.
New York City, NY
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Life for me has always been an interesting ride. Being raised a true Floridian, my days were filled with adventures to the surrounding springs and beaches. Along with these natural excursions, my mother owned a singing telegram/face painting business for about 8 years in which I was fully engaged. We often relocated; as a result I went to many different schools and experienced various social settings. I really believe that this had a huge impact on how I view the world and the way I interact with people today.
Since moving to Brooklyn in late August of 2012 after couch surfing that summer, I've acquired a new level of motivation. The drastic change of pace from Florida to New York sort of "jump-started" my intentions towards furthering my desire for growth and personal development. I find that my new environment seeps creativity and positive influences from all odds and ends.
I currently work in hospitality, volunteer with New York Cares, create art, and engage in a diverse assortment of physical activities. During this program I will be working towards constructing a class that involves learning and utilizing what I believe are necessary methods that will lead to personal fulfillment.
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After spending the first 23 years of my life in suburban Pennsylvania, I was ready for a change and moved to Brooklyn, NY . After a year of "figuring my life out" and still reluctant to enter "the real world," I decided that I had spent enough time in school as a student and that I would try sitting at the front of the classroom, doing more talking and less note-taking. I spent a year at NYU-Steinhardt, studying education and student teaching in pursuit of a masters degree, and emerged with a job at a NYC public high school. My short and disappointing stint there solidified in my mind the hopelessness of trying to be an authentic educator within the public school system, and I decided to accept a staff position at Manhattan Free School where I had previously volunteered. I am excited to begin my journey into free/democratic education, and plan to spend the majority of this summer "unschooling" myself in preparation for the challenges ahead.
Brooklyn, NY
Ryan Shollenberger+Participation
My project at Emerging Leader Labs is focused on developing Manhattan Free School with my friend and fellow staff member, Tomis Parker. My specific focus will be on coordinating student life at the school, but will I really be coordinating the lives of students at a school where the learning is self-directed? The answer is almost certainly not. So perhaps a better way to describe my focus is determining exactly what my role will be and how Tomis and I can work together to set an example of the kind of culture we believe is important for a democratic/free school to be successful.
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Born in Memphis, I make my home in Asheville, North Carolina among the beautiful hills of southern Appalachia. I am passionate about unlocking untapped creativity in individuals, organizations, and communties. I am an avid practitioner of tai chi and a whitewater canoeist and I desire to live with rooted and dynamic energy, listening deeply and observing the currents to flow with a line of grace, power, adventure, and openness to whatever comes.
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Coaches
The Coaches guide the participants through their growth, project development, and personal breakthroughs. Each participant has a coach working with them individually to make sure they get what they need from the program.
Maia Conty is a certified Accomplishment Life-Coach, a social-change agent, and a committed women’s empowerment activist. Certified as a Life-Coach in 2006, she works primarily with women clients in the Berkshires and nationally. In addition to her private practice, she is the creator, founding partner and facilitator of the highly successful Women’s Financial Empowerment Series. She is the co-creator and facilitator of “Walking Our Talk – A Women’s Creation Circle”, group-coaching circles for women to fulfill on projects and intentions through collective inquiry and connection. Maia is sourcing 'The Renaissance Project' - supporting women's culture in the Berkshires to further give rise to the renaissance that is happening in the region! Through her study and dynamic participation in various human potential technologies, she is deeply engaged in the work of bringing groups of people together to transform culture.
Maia is completely compelled by the Evolution of Money. Understanding money to be one of the key arena's where human beings collectively express Values, Agreements, and Morals she sees the evolution of money from it's current paradigm of aggressive unsustainability, global oppression, and spiritual depletion of humanity into one that liberates higher human potential and intelligence as an instrumental piece to our efforts to create the Splendid Future.
Born in 1969, Maia was raised in an alternative spiritual community, and is a Waldorf School graduate. She has travelled the world extensively. In search of her own empowerment and liberation, she pursues the ongoing 'quest' of busting through her own ‘inner glass ceiling’. Her journey has led to her active work to help catalyze women’s full partnership in co-creating the future – a step she believes will serve everyone’s best interest.
Maia lives in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, with her awesome 6 year-old daughter, Aria.
Great Barrington, MA
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I believe that, even though I try, defining myself is something I can not do, change is permanent (paradoxically), . My name is Rubén, was born in México and I'm currently living there. Love to write, photography and steping into "the unknown". Learning is my passion, think life it's the perfect school, from the cradle to the grave.
Believe that evolution, being a natural event, is unstoppable. I want to put my heart, intelect and talents to serve this divine transition into a fairer life.
We need air to live but we do not live to breath, life is waiting for us beyond the current paradigm of interaction. Let's find her, bravely
Thank you for your time and attention.
Love and health.
Rubén Alvarado+Journal Entries by User
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I am a founder and partner in JoyaSolutions, a Denver based marketing and technology consulting firm that works with thriving businesses that are poised for growth. I am a co-creator of JoyaCMS, a highly customizable MVC.NET CMS used by marketers, churches and business. A Social Scientist by education, I write (on my blog) at the intersection of media, culture and religion.
I love leading teams to create things. I am not satisfied with the experience of individual contribution - I want to know that I am contributing to others producing value and results.
For fun, I am taking on outdoor mosaic sculture - I hope to eventually use my home pottery studio to create large, water-flowing pieces creating the structures including tile end-to-end.
Mary Camacho+Journal Entries by User
Grew up in a small town in MI. The day I graduated high school I started traveling the US. I landed in Flagstaff, AZ for college. Graduated with 2 degrees in 3 years. Ad and Psy. Moved to Seattle for the big city experience. After 2 years as an advertising executive, I wanted to follow my dreams and become a pro snowboarder. Moved to Jackson Hole, traveled the world competing in extremes. Lived in NZ for 2 years. Retired and went to grad school for traditional Chinese Med. Which landed well to my passion of Buddhist study. I was recruited by Salomon ski co to do international sports marketing. I worked for them until they moved the Co to Utah. I started my coaching training in 06. I’ve been coaching since 08. My style of coaching is holistic. I work integrate the mind, body, and spirit. My main focus is raising self-esteem to truly know they can create their dream lives. I’ve had offices in Jackson and San Diego. I work with both groups and individuals. I teach a coaching 101 class for new coaches and holistic training for experienced coaches. I host a coaching radio show called Living the Dream. I have a wonderful husband and incredible 3 yr old son. This is my second EEL coaching. Thank you for inviting me back. I am grateful to be part of this globally shifting project.
Christie Watts+Journal Entries by User
I come from a metaphysical / wholly spiritual background, which provides me with a wider perspective, allowing me to see, accept and celebrate different points of view, belief systems and ways of dealing with this material world. While I have been described as an interesting combination of Ekhert Tolle and Abraham Hicks (channeled spirit source of "The Secret") and have had personal quotes attributed by others to "The Course in Miracles", I am a completely original seeker of Truth. I come from a place of unconditional love and direct spiritual connection - each one to each other. Diversity of points of view, culture and belief systems is what makes this world so wonderful and truly interesting. My life is dedicated to seeking Truth and supporting others in finding their own unique path.
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Mahayana Landowne (Theater Director)
Impossible Country (Mudbone Collecive), Medea, Antigone and Tartuffe (Baruch), Fairytale Experiment (Rubulad), MIXED (Baruch), This is Way Beyond My Remote Control (Wild Project), Picasso Project (Luna Stage), The Heiress, (Mint), and Machinal (U. of Rochester). Favorite past productions include The Skriker, Antony and Cleopatra, The Seagull, brass logic, Streetcar Named Desire, Obgynt, King Lear, and Mud. NYU-BFA-acting Yale School of Drama-MFA-directing. She is also currently working on Lush Valley, as collaborator and dramaturg with Kristin Marting. Lush Valley is performance piece about the American Dream and how it shapes and twists our lives.
She leads Workshops in Creativity through Radiant Axis (Radiantaxis.com). For more info: mahayanalandowne.org. As a Director, she is using her skills to do creative grass roots organizing for social issues including Metropolis in Motion, working to overturn the Cabaret Laws, http://www.metropolisinmotion.org, the NYC Dance Parade which brings together over one hundred dance organizations to dance down Broadway. http://www.Danceparade.org, and many art action activities that promote participatory art culture. The next event on June 11th is womenstagetheworld.org.
Mahayana Landowne+Participation
I was able to meet Conner and am very inspired by him and his journey.
We have bonded and I am very excited to help his process.
I was able to go to the lab for 3 days.
Conner picked me up from the train station and we spoke of anticipation and each others life experience. I learned a lot about where he was coming from and we found many connections. I am very interested in his experiences.
Our next conversation was about the first day of the lab and leadership, his living situation, and what has been coming up for him so far in the process.
Next Conner did a presentation about his project, he was very articulate and inspired and it was excellent to get an idea about metamaps and for him to introduce the project to the whole group, people were interested and asked lots of questions. i was able afterwards to see his notebook and thought process.
Next we had a conversation about goals for next week and he shared about his family life. He was able to have a connecting conversation with his housing host, in these three days he has moved from feeling lonly and isolated there to really appreciating the santuary of his home.
Work wise the plan is to have space set up by the end of the first week, take time to relax and play over the weekend. To offer a mapping session to the whole group next thursday to further connect them to the project and to test out ideas.
I feel there is a strong level of trust and connection between us and I am delighted for the opportunity to have met him in person. Our plan is to have our weekly call on wednesday mornings at 10am.
We are an excellent match and I am honored to be working with Conner.
Mahayana Landowne+Journal Entries by User
Felix 'skip' Bivens is an educator, organizer, facilitator and researcher. His areas of interest include education for social change, community-university partnerships, community lead action research and participatory methods. He has a PhD in international development studies and teaches part time on the MA in Applied Community Change with the Future Generations Graduate School. He runs his on research and consulting organization which works with community groups, NGOs, universities, and international development think tanks. When not on the road for work, he lives on his family's farm in middle Tennessee.
Felix Bivens+Journal Entries by User
The daughter of a microbiologist and a psychologist, I have loved science since I first exploded baking soda and vinegar across my mother's kitchen. I was also one of those horse-crazy girls (stick ponies, Breyers, stuffed animals...) and never outgrew it; at 16 I got my beloved red steed instead of a car. My paintings and sketchbooks are all filled with horses. But I've never considered a career with them. I just received my PhD from the University of Cambridge in Veterinary Medicine, and I have my BS from Emory in Biology. I know my work lies in helping people flourish, whether that's physically, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually. I've strongly considered a career in public health, after years of doing health reserach in sub-Saharan Africa, but I am currently exploring careers in education. I've watched the system destroy science education (I survived it only because I'm great at the game and my parents are amazing), and I can taste a future that celebrates creativity, embraces all kinds of intellegences, and nutures us as the compassionate humans we are.
Alexandra Kamins+Journal Entries by User
Dave began his career as a Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician, where he swam with sharks, jumped out of helicopters, and stopped bad guys in their tracks. After excelling in one of the most elite and demanding physical and mental training programs in the world, he pursued an entrepreneurial career in the private equity industry.
Emerging Leader Labs and Black Mountain SOLE are Dave’s means for personal self-expression. He serves others by empowering them with the courage, confidence, and skills to realize their dreams.
Black Mountain, NC
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Born in Argentina and currently living in Spain, Gonzalo brings to his practice an embodied passion for exploring cutting edge social technologies as well as a profound determination to use their power and elegance in service of individual and collective human transformation.
With several degrees in law, business and organizational development his professional experience includes working in areas such as business development, quality management, strategic planning and people development across different sectors from global corporations to local NGO's. As an organizational consultant, he is currently involved in different projects working on evolutionary systems dynamics, integral business and collaborative meshworks.
As a Professional Integral Coach™, Spiral Dynamics Facilitator and Holacracy practitioner he is deeply committed to work with social entrepreneurs, teams and next generation leaders to develop sustainable ways of achieving outcomes that really matters to them, helping them in making of their professional lives their unique and precious “piece of art”.
Gonzalo is founder of the Center for Human Emergence in Spain, co-founder of iMeshworks and Board member at Escuela Internacional de Coaching in Barcelona.
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