E48 How Much Ballast?

A “just right” amount of ballast provides steadiness so people can choose where they want to go—and choose a course to get there.

Work, Social ProximityBeth SandersApril 16, 2024Art of Hosting, Facilitation, Social Habitat, ballast, coaching

E47 Speaking From (vs talking about)

It feels good to fight and argue, but when there’s no pressure to convince others or be convinced, we listen in ways that allow us to improve our communities.

Civic Practice, Social ProximityBeth SandersFebruary 13, 2024Art of Hosting, city making, Social Habitat, Social Proximity, Speaking from, Civic Practice, Connection

E45 It's All in the Cards

City making, the weaving of city building and city caring, only happens when we have a social habitat in which we choose to weave these perspectives together.

Civic Practice, Social ProximityBeth SandersOctober 25, 2023Art of Hosting, Facilitation, city making, Social Habitat, Social Proximity, city caring, city building

E44 Community Learning

We only organize together if we are in the push and pull of conversation, wrestling with the action we feel we need to take. If not, we are being organized, passive participants in the status quo doing others’ bidding.

Art of Hosting, Social ProximityBeth SandersAugust 24, 2023Art of Hosting, Connection, Conversation, Conversation Bypassing, Social Proximity, Social Habitat

E43 Stepping Into Vulnerability

An impromptu check-in invited awe in self, others and a beautiful place.

Civic Practice, Social ProximityBeth SandersJuly 17, 2023Art of Hosting, Social Habitat, Check-in, sacred mountain, Lake O'Hara, Yoho National Park, Backcountry, Mountain

E18 Social Habitat Competencies

In my quest to figure out how planners and everyone else in the city can work better together, I’ve learned the magic of finding the minimal critical structure that enables new possibilities.

Civic PracticeBeth SandersMay 28, 2021Social Habitat, Relationship, APPI

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