Enspiral News: May 2023
Enspiral News: May 2023
Two more nodes, and other Enspiral goodness.
Hello Wonderful Being!
What a magnificent day to receive a little snapshot of what's alive in Enspiral, distilled into an email, isn't it? But before that, a moment of pause:
How's your internal weather feeling like today?
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Everything is welcome 🤗.
Network Updates
1 - 2 - 3 🎉 We now have 3 Enspiral nodes! The Board just approved Kumara and DAO - to follow after Europe! You can see the nodes info in our handbook.
With that major announcement out of the way, we’re preparing for our gatherings - in Wellington, Germany and Wellington again. Enspiral Gatherings are one of the core components of our network. You can have a look at some of the patterns we’re using in our handbook.
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Podcast of the Month
This month I invite you to explore peer support pods (or crews), together with Nati Lombardo. We'll explore how pods can support individuals, integrate shared peak experiences, weave meaningful connections in organisations, and increase the sense of trust and belonging.
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Rich is starting a micro insurance scheme to take the financial risk off community event organisers. Info here.
Susan introduces Greaterthan’s video/podcast The HOW. Here's the first episode.
Also - It’s Greaterthan Solstice Jamboree time! This is the third year running that Greaterthan have hosted a month long, non-curated virtual space. Are you looking for a space to test something? To bring your work/gifts/ideas to a different space? For free or not (your choice) It’s like a month long open space.
JV opened enrollments for CodeWithJV - a tailored learning program teaching you how to code.
Other goodness
John shares a podcast on Pleasure as Pathway offering a powerful perspective on the importance of recognising and tending to how life feels.
And here's one more podcast: The Edges in the Middle with Báyò Akómoláfé
Paula shares a treaty online training, happening at the end of June. For context: Tangata Tiriti – Treaty People is an education programme on the Te Tiriti o Waitangi: the Treaty of Waitangi. Its key aim is to build relationships between tangata tiriti – people of the Treaty (non-Māori), and tangata whenua – people of the land (Māori).
OpenAI launched ten $100,000 grants for building prototypes of a democratic process for steering AI. The goal is to fund experimentation with methods for gathering nuanced feedback from everyone on how AI should behave. Apply by June 24, 2023 through here.
Card
When I first read Microsolidarity it lead to creating this card:
A few weeks later I've had my first pods up and running, and it made a huge impact on my life. Who are the people in your pod? Who would you like to have in your pod? There’s no time like today to make an invitation!
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