Fit Associates LLC

01/04/2024

Last call for Creativity Practice x6

“We are what we practice.”

The idea of these sessions is that we can find practices that help us each move toward new patterns for ourselves. We can practice into ways of moving through our days, weeks, and projects that are more like how we want to be as a creative person.

One of our first inputs is the semi-famous piece by Ng’ethe Maina and Stacey Haines, “The transformative power of practice." Here are a couple of quotes.

“Each time we do the practice, we're spending that moment of time interrupting the old habits and living the new pattern that we seek to put into place. Literally as we practice... we're creating new neuronal pathways in the brain and new muscle memory in the body. So we want to ask ourselves, what is it that I want to be practicing? And take this question seriously.”

“Practice is transformative because you begin to embody new ways of being. Through repetition, what was a new practice becomes natural, easy. A new habit. ...We are what we practice.”

Initial announcement and registration
https://marcrettig.me/creativity-practice-x6/

Thoughts about our themes
https://marcrettig.me/creativity-themes/

Frequently-asked questions
https://marcrettig.me/creativity-practice-faq/

12/13/2023

Starting in January, I'm hosting a practice group called "Creativity Practice x6." (x6 because, you know, there are six sessions.)

Conversations about it have turned up enough "huh" for an FAQ.

- Is this a course? If it's not a class, what is it?

- Does that mean no lessons or lectures? What am I getting for my $?

- Is this an art thing? Is it learning to draw or write?

- (Variations) I’m hungry for / afraid of a soulful experience. I seek to be stretched / I avoid discomfort. What can you say about that?

- Geez it kind of feels like a lot of money. Just sayin.

https://marcrettig.me/creativity-practice-faq

09/16/2021

If you work in community/organizational shifts toward equity, belonging, power-shifts, inclusion, social emergence, development,... it can help to have time to pause and learn in the company of peers. Two friends are offering just that:

“[The] future is not just about firefighting and tinkering with the surface of structural change. It’s not just about replacing one mindset that no longer serves us with another. It’s a future that requires us to tap into a deeper level of our humanity, of who we really are and who we want to ...

12/01/2020

Open House! Curious about the Adaptive Space Learning Group? Join us next Tuesday at Noon US Eastern for meet-and-greet. Hear from the organizers, ask questions, meet folks.

https://eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=130979474133

https://adaptivespacelearninggroup.wordpress.com

Consider joining this warm and courageous gathering.

11/18/2020

Announcing the Adaptive Space Learning Group. -centered (open to others) gathering of people who shape & lead social change. Not a class, but mutual grappling with complex questions and beautiful challenges. Application deadline Dec. 15! https://bit.ly/learningGroup

03/28/2020

Tomorrow: second in the Cultivating Grounded Presence series with
Hannah du Plessis and Laurnie Wilson. Conversation and practice in simple, calming, helpful exercises. Details and free registration here: http://bit.ly/groundedPresence.

03/16/2020

Dear friends,
We've been asking ourselves how we can be of service during these times. Might we help you get better at facilitating online meetings?

Many of us are running online meetings for the first time, and feeling the need for new tricks and skills--realizing we'd like to gain some skill in how to engender participation and run an online meeting well.

And that’s the help we’d like to provide.

Training: we can run a 90-minute Zoom-based training on best practices for human-centered meetings.

Consulting: We’ll sit (virtually) beside you as you plan a meeting, sharing resources and good practices with you.

Facilitation: Maybe it would help to have us facilitate so you can focus on participating.

Specific topics might include helping your group come up with good habits for working remotely, finding workable online substitutes for gathering around a whiteboard;
or—why not—hosting a virtual happy hour! You tell us -- what challenges are you facing?

What next? Not sure? Have questions? Want to get started? Use this link to schedule a 15-minute chat or send us an email.
https://fitassociates.youcanbook.me/

Wishing you health and smooth transitions in these times.

Marc and Hannah
Fit Associates

03/10/2020

Newsletter #9 is out! https://ckarchive.com/b/zlughnhp6ope
- An invitation to Pittsburgh social change-makers
- The challenges we engaged in 2019
- du Plessis on community meetings that aren't

Newsletter archive is here, friends: http://fitassociates.com/newsletter/

03/05/2020

Working in social change in ? Let's have lunch, Conversation Cafe style. Meet peers & help set priorities for prototyping efforts starting this Fall. First in a series of three in collaboration with the U.Lab hub at Pitt.

Join us!

Description on our site: http://www.fitassociates.com/blog/listening-series/

Eventbrite -- free registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunch-and-listen-series-part-1-pitts-homewood-cec-tickets-93187860399

09/13/2019

It's been a while...
Newsletter Issue #8 is here!
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Liberated Life course in Pittsburgh

School of Visual Arts features the "Fundamentals of Design for Social Innovation" course on their blog

A raft of articles on medium.com from Marc and Hannah

ALL BACK ISSUES (and subscription): http://www.fitassociates.com/newsletter/

DIRECT LINK TO ISSUE #8
https://ckarchive.com/b/o8ukhqhrowp4