In her presentation on child support, Monika Horna-Cieślak pointed out the significance of leadership vocation. “Vocation is a wrongly forgotten word, and I kept wondering why I had been doing that, what I had been doing for most of my professional life. And then I realized why: because of vocation,” she explained.

Thanks to the initiative of Public Municipal and Communal Library at Jarocin director Agnieszka Borkiewicz, the participants of the meeting had the opportunity to learn about the Live Library method. The Good Conversation workshop conducted by New Community Foundation coaches showed an alternative to the Oxford-style debate, by focusing on listening skill, getting interested in another person, reaching to personal experiences, and appreciating.

The leaders have listened to Professor Bogdan de Barbaro’s lecture on How To Live In The Times Of Chaos, and then in small groups they were looking for answers to questions related to self-understanding and understanding the others, talking, thinking, self-care, looking at the world, avoiding burnout, keeping hope and courage, or predicting the future.

During the PechaKucha presentation, PAFF leaders were sharing their experiences as leaders. At the same time, workshops on planning the development and change.

Next, Marta Modzelewska, the alumni program coordinator, informed about planned study tours and presented the rules of enrollment to them.

And Konrad Sobczyk conducted a special workshop for tutors.

The meeting made an opportunity to discuss on forthcoming elections to local governments and standing as candidates by some of the participants.

As one of the participants Anna Dęboń summed up: “That was a great lesson on how powerful tool of influence and agency are dialogical relationships based on empathy, friendliness, listening (to each other), and staying in touch.”