{"id":1689,"date":"2025-06-08T10:44:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T09:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civilaction.net\/event\/integralead-immersion-weekend\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T00:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T23:03:25","slug":"integralead-immersion-weekend","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/civilaction.net\/de\/event\/integralead-immersion-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Integralead Immersion Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 3-day in person leadership development deep dive for changemakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 26 \u2013 28 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/EXqaNG62VXn9ehrQ6\">Gliwice, Poland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><s>Applications close September 8.<\/s><\/em> <br><strong>Application period extended to September 15th!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People who take responsibility for their civic initiative often experience immense pressure. Stepping up to shape the direction of a social change initiative can feel exposing \u2013 you\u2019re holding lots of uncertainty so others don\u2019t have to. The Integralead Immersion Weekend is designed to create a space where you can shed the load of your day to day engagement for a while, immerse yourself in a social context of peers from other initiatives, learn from each other aswell as our experienced trainers and experience different leadership styles first hand. You\u2019ll return home with fresh perspectives on leadership, practical tools to try out and a load of new relationships you can lean on when the going gets hard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who is this for?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<figure style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\" class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1920\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1080 \/ 1920;\" width=\"1080\" controls src=\"https:\/\/civilaction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Immersion-Weekend-Recap-Laila-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<p>This training is for you if you recognize yourself in this description:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are part of a civic initiative for the common good. You feel (co-)responsible for the success of your initiative. Often you find yourself reducing the complexity of the experience for others by bringing proposals, helping to structure the work, pointing out risks or asking people to uphold agreements. When your initiative is not doing well you are one of the people who are likely to lose sleep. At the same time you are unsure how much power to claim in your group. Ideally you\u2019d like to work on an eye level with everyone, but it\u2019s not always easy to find ways of doing so that feel good. Sometimes you feel under a lot of pressure to bring clarity because you are one of the ones others tend to look to for orientation when the going gets hard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Leadership is the collective practice of enabling each other to act for a shared purpose in the face of uncertainty.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What you\u2019ll get&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Integralead Immersion Weekend is designed for 3 main purposes:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provide a space for people like you to take a breath, reflect and learn in a relaxed environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support the forming of peer relationships across initiatives and borders, that you can lean on beyond the duration of this training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expose you to useful frameworks around leadership that can inspire your development as someone who takes responsibility for a shared vision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Topics we\u2019ll cover:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Leadership as 5 collective practices: telling stories, cultivating relationships, structuring teams, strategizing, facilitating action.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qualities of leadership: how to show up, to create an empowering environment that supports peoples development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Telling Stories: How to use the power of storytelling to foster a common narrative and align on a direction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Structure and Rhythm: A steady backbone for powerful initiatives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peer Support: How to hold space for each other and open up new perspectives without giving advice or \u201cfixing problems\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meeting well: unlocking the power of the one to one meeting (1on1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<p>If you\u2019ve participated in our online training series \u201cIntegralead Essentials\u201d some of these topics may sound familiar. It\u2019s worth joining the in person training anyway \u2013 we\u2019ll dive deeper in to each of them during the immersion weekend. If you haven\u2019t participated in the online training, don\u2019t worry \u2013 there\u2019s no pre-requisites to joining the immersion weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our participatory and experiential learning approach our main priority is to meet you and all other participants where you\u2019re at and shape the experience together with you. You\u2019ll have a chance to contribute with your own knowledge and experience as well as shape the direction of the training by saying what you are most interested in. While we are certain that the topics named above will come up to some extent, what we dive deeper into depends on what each of the participants bring and therefore the agenda may be subject to change during the weekend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<figure style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1920\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1080 \/ 1920;\" width=\"1080\" controls src=\"https:\/\/civilaction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Immersion-Weekend-Recap-Kubra.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll start on Friday September 26th with a common lunch at 12:00. On Sunday we\u2019ll end at 13:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The team<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trainers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/civilaction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jan.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:263px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Jan Horzela is a community organizer with many years of experience in facilitating group processes. In the years 2007-2015 he worked as an educator in Warsaw in a socio-therapeutic youth center for young people at risk of social exclusion. Since 2016, he has focused on creating spaces for social activation and supporting social movements through various projects using art, pedagogy and other approaches. To combine his knowledge in facilitation and political education, he co-founded the Civil Action Network. Over the years he\u2019s found that challenges in groups often arise around questions of power and leadership. That\u2019s why Jan is excited to share his experience in the frame of Integralead Essentials.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/civilaction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/JONAS.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Jonas Gr\u00f6ner is a professionally trained and certified leadership coach, community-builder, and facilitator strongly committed to the regenerative paradigm. He\u2019s been working in self-organized contexts from permaculture farms to start-ups, co-ops, and non-profits for the past 10 years and is passionate about supporting people with a vision for a world that works for all life, to find ways of putting that vision into action by cultivating resilient relationships, networks and communities. He sees that the world around us is becoming increasingly uncertain and that great leaders are those who can help others to act in the face of that uncertainty. That\u2019s why he cares about supporting more people to develop these capacities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organizational Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/civilaction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/AsiaBioPhoto.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Joanna Spycha\u0142a volunteered in Greece, working with people living in local refugee camps. She is the co-founder of Pozna\u0144ska Gara\u017c\u00f3wka and a member of the informal group Humans of Aleppo. An educator and dedicated volunteer, she completed postgraduate studies in pedagogy, specializing in teacher training and oligophrenopedagogy (education for people with intellectual disabilities). Joanna is actively engaged in pro-migrant initiatives.<br>At Lepszy \u015awiat, she coordinates projects, manages communication with partners, and supports a range of grassroots initiatives. Since January 2024, she has been the president of the Association, previously a member of the board. Currently a member of the Council for Migrants at the Pozna\u0144 City Hall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/civilaction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BioPhotoNatalia.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:287px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Natalia Juszkiewicz-Wrotek is a professionally trained visual artist working across painting, spatial forms, and drawing, with an interdisciplinary approach to art. Since 2015, she has been involved in volunteering and non-formal education initiatives focused on supporting children and youth. Participates in various initiatives to promote culture and art. As an animator, she designs and facilitates both artistic and language-cultural activities. Since 2019, she has been coordinating an educational project in a school in Nepal. As of January 2024, a member of the Board of the Lepszy \u015awiat Association. Currently, she is committed to strengthening child safeguarding practices within the organization and is dedicated to building her leadership capacities to better serve her community and causes she believes in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Money<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Integralead Immersion weekend is part of a project co-funded by the european union. We have some funding to pay for food, accommodation, travel, trainers and organizers salary. However our budget is not huge, so if you can, we ask you to contribute 50-100\u20ac. If it\u2019s not possible for you to contribute financially at this moment, that\u2019s also okay.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have the possibility of supporting some (but not all) participants\u2019 by reimbursing their travel expenses. Please indicate if you need support with covering travel expenses during application. We ask you to check in with yourself, whether you really need the support, as our ability to reimburse travel costs is limited.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HOW to get there<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Vienna:<br><\/strong><br>One convenient way to get there would be to take a train from <strong>Vienna Hbf<\/strong> (6:10) to <strong>Zdzieszowice <\/strong>(11:34), with a 40min transfer in <strong>Rybnik<\/strong> (10:10 &#8211; 10:51).  To our venue (Szkolne Schronisko M\u0142odzie\u017cowe w G\u00f3rze \u015aw. Anny.) one can get either within 10 min with a car pick-up, or taking a walk of 1-1,5h covering the 5,6km distance. This way the travel can take around <strong>6-7 hours depending on your choice<\/strong>.  We are happy to assist you in case you would have more doubts or questions during or after the registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Poznan: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can take a train from Pozna\u0144 G\u0142\u00f3wny (7:31) to Zdzieszowice (11:21) with a 48-minute change in Wroc\u0142aw G\u0142\u00f3wny (8:49 \u2013 9:37).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application Process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re asking you to fill in the short form below to apply. We&#8217;ll get back to you with an answer within a week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        <iframe style=\"overflow: scroll; border: 0; width:100%; height: 100%; min-height: 800px;\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/dandelion.events\/events\/68455ace6d20240077752b40\/?ticket_form_only=1\"><\/iframe>\n        <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would love to join but don\u2019t have time? Sign up for our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/civilaction.net\/de\/newsletter\/\">newsletter<\/a>&nbsp;to get notified when we run this program again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/civilaction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/EN-Co-funded-by-the-EU_BLACK-1024x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1353\" style=\"width:451px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civilaction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/EN-Co-funded-by-the-EU_BLACK-1024x215.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/civilaction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/EN-Co-funded-by-the-EU_BLACK-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/civilaction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/EN-Co-funded-by-the-EU_BLACK-768x161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/civilaction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/EN-Co-funded-by-the-EU_BLACK-1536x322.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/civilaction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/EN-Co-funded-by-the-EU_BLACK-2048x430.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/civilaction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/EN-Co-funded-by-the-EU_BLACK-18x4.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>The project \u201cIntegral Leadership Skills for Civil Society\u201d, is co-funded by the European Union\u2019s Erasmus+ Programme as a Small Scale Partnership (Project Number: Project Number 2024-1-AT01-KA210-ADU-1450D872)<em>. However, the views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the OeAD-GmbH. Neither the European Union nor the OeAD-GmbH can be held responsible.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 3-day in person leadership development deep dive for changemakers. September 26 \u2013 28 2025, Gliwice, Poland Applications close September 8. Application period extended to September 15th! People who take responsibility for their civic initiative often experience immense pressure. 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