AET Summit Conference: Creating a Positive Future 

July 9-12, 2009

Marconi Conference Center, San Francisco Bay Area

Assume for a moment that “Creating a  Positive Future” is possible. How would we need to do it? First, we need to cultivate PRESENCE to be present to ourselves, to each other and to our community. Second, we need MODELS to help us understand these things deeply and compassionately. Third, we need a METHODOLOGY that honors our past, appreciates the present, explores what is possible, identifies common ground, creates intention and generates action. Finally, we need PRACTICES that integrate all of this.

We will spend the conference “Creating a Positive Future” for the AET and for our own lives, practices and communities.  Get ready for a new approach that is interactive, engaging and experiential. 

THIS YEAR’S CONFERENCE

Presence – Helen Palmer meditations, Wendy Palmer’s Conscious Embodiment and Aikido, plus additional inner practices 

Ways to access the three centers of Open Mind, Open Heart and Open Will to bring forth a community that meets the needs of a future as it emerges

Models – Integral Psychology’s 4-Quadrants, the 4 As and The Enneagram

Methodology – Future Search! The backbone of the 2009 AET Annual Conference

Practices – Appreciative Inquiry, In and Down, and many more

Experience greater freedom from the confines of your type structure while expanding upon its strengths, a creative presence both for self and community

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

Thursday, July 9

Friday, July 10
Inner Practice
The 4 Quadrants – Leslie Hershberger
AET – Exploring the Present
Special Session – Wendy Palmer
Exploring the Present - Interest Groups
Appreciative Inquiry – Charles Miller

Saturday, July 11
Centering Practice
AET – Exploring the Future
Special Session – Wendy Palmer
AET – Working Groups
Celebration Party, Music, Auction

Sunday, July 12
Future Search Wrap-up
Creating a Positive Future
Closing Panel – David Daniels
12:00pm – Closing Circle

Location: The Marconi Conference Center, is a non-profit meeting facility situated on 62 acres of wooded hills in a California state park overlooking scenic Tomales Bay, just one hour north of San Francisco. Attendees should book accommodations directly through AET Space is limited; be sure to register as early as possible. 

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