Tim Merry
participatory leadership and Art of Hosting practitioner
Why they matter for gatherings
Tim Merry is a participatory leadership and Art of Hosting practitioner. They work within the civic and deliberation practitioner space, applying methods to support inclusive dialogue and decision-making in groups.
Facilitators and event designers should know Tim Merry for their established expertise in participatory leadership and the Art of Hosting approach. Their work provides frameworks for creating deliberative spaces that prioritize equity and collective sensemaking.
Art of Hosting is a core method in Tim Merry's practice, centered on collaborative inquiry and hosting conversations that integrate diverse perspectives.
Here is where those methods trace back to.
Where the methods came from
A qualitative sketch, not a dated history: where the practice started, what it produced, and where it stands today.
Those roots feed the methods below.
The methods, ready to run
Named methods, and the exercises in our library that put them to work.
Art of Hosting
And here is where you can watch them run.
Where you can see them practiced
Gold-set agendas that visibly put these methods to work.
How Public Sector / Policy / Civic gatherings score
Authority profile
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Evidence and receipts
Grounded in: people_merged, console_people.
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