We hope you are all well, having a good time and still feeling connected with us! We have begun preparing for u.lab 2018 again. It's the 5th time we will be running the program, and our intention is to make it a wonderful journey again. With old and new participants and hosts, we will broaden and deepen the experience with great awareness of the power of our community and of our collective capacity to create change in the world. And for us, using u.lab again as a vehicle to contribute to making that change. Will you join us?
In this newsletter we share some important information to help you prepare as a Hub Host.
Enjoy!
Simoon and Rachel
Hub Host Support Team
1 How to start
2 Relevant data
3 New Support for Hub Hosts
4 Register or update your Hub
1. How to start
Now might be a good time for you to go through the
90-minute self-paced u.lab0x course (again) for a quick refresh. Or you might like to invite someone else (from your group, Hub, or circle of acquaintances) to this introductory program to get them ready and "warmed up" for September:
click here to enrol in u.lab0x
. Also, we encourage you to communicate to your group or Hub that they can enroll for
u.lab1x as of now, so that they will receive an email reminder when the course is about to begin:
click here to register for u.lab1x on edX.
2. Relevant data
Make sure you have marked your calendar ahead of time for next season's
u.lab1x Live Sessions:
*Co-initiating - Sept.20
*Presencing - Oct.18
*Prototyping - Nov.15
*Movement Building - Dec.13
There will already be the first
Hub Host calls taking place on Zoom (
https://zoom.us/j/896743489)
in August. We will focus on preparing your Hub for u.lab. Here are the dates and topics:
*August 1: Hub Host call 2pm ET (8PM CEST) "How to prepare for a Hub as a Host"
*August 15: Hub Host call
2pm ET (8PM CEST) "How to design/plan the u.lab journey"
*August 29: Hub Host call 2pm ET (8PM CEST) "How to harvest/communicate the u.lab journey"
3. New support for Hub Hosts
We wish to support you in your role as best we can. By hosting calls and sending newsletters again. And we also see how - with your growing experience -- that the needs for support are changing. That is why we offer - next to basic calls as always, also calls for those who are looking for a next step. Also how to approach leading a Hub when you use u.lab as a vehicle for a very concrete challenge or topic you want to address, in cases where applying Theory U becomes even more crucial than when you open the space to learn and practice together. For this, we are still looking to design a format and we will schedule specific calls which are not yet in the guide. Any wishes or ideas are welcome, please send your suggestions to:
ulabhubhosts@presencing.com
Besides that, we will start this season with
monthly Case Clinics for Hub Hosts and
monthly 'Sense making calls' to make sense of what we experience, learn and notice. These are also already scheduled. Check the updated version of the
Hub Host guide,
now available here. You will find all the necessary information to help to support your efforts in organizing your Hub during u.lab: from Hub Host zoom call schedules, to hosting, documenting, and tools and methods. We look forward to your participation, and to supporting you in your journey as a Hub Host!
4. Register or update your Hub
Don't forget to create/update your Hub on the Presencing.org website:
Create a new Hub
Go to
www.presencing.org, click 'Community', click 'Hubs', click 'Hubhosts', scroll down to 'Starting a Hub?' and click 'Create a hub'. Tick the 'u.lab1x2018"-box in the space to categorize your Hub.
Update your existing Hub, by indicating that you are participating in u.lab 2018:
*Go to your Hub, click 'Options/Edit your hub' and tick the 'u.lab1x2018"-box in the space to categorize your Hub
*If you didn't create this Hub in the beginning, please contact the admin of the Hub.
