Connecting Communities Through
Arts, Dialogue & Transformation
Welcome To The HIVE!
Our Values embody the ethos of the beehive…
enthusiastic collaboration, continual communication,
flexibility, transformation, respect, empathy and belonging
Our VISION
To facilitate deeper connection, understanding and sense of community between people of all backgrounds, experiences and mindsets
Our MISSION
To deepen community connection and understanding within and between communities, fueled by the arts, dialogue, ideas and transformation
To facilitate this, The HIVE partners with community-driven organizations to deliver programs in 3 areas…
Workshops
Cross-Pollinating
Community Gatherings
A unique program involving 2 different types of community connection-building activities both within and between communities - with many Pollinator Gatherings within communities building to a large, collaborative Cross-Pollination Swarm across all communities
POLLINATOR GATHERINGS
An opportunity for a small, diverse group to meet and share an evening of arts, food, dialogue and ideas around a meaningful theme related to community and being human! Each event includes:
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a shared arts experience
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a shared meal around the table with a single facilitated conversation on the theme
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a lively ideation on how to create deeper, better & more connected communities
Cross-Pollination SwarmS
Once or twice per year, all the attendees of the Pollinator Gatherings come together from different communities to share the varied insights from their gatherings and then re-engage in mixed, cross-community teams to generate ideas and approaches to build greater community understanding and experiences.
Community-Engaging
Arts Immersions
These Arts-driven events and experiences engage and surprise the audience. All Arts Immersions are centered on a meaningful theme around being human - from Stage Performances to Artist Storyshares to “Laying It Down” on the Piano - with each event involving members of the community and engaging the audience in collaboration and dialogue on the theme.
The LID Sessions
The Piano is said to be the most popular instrument to learn and play. Some who learn go on to music careers, some drop piano entirely, and others make piano an important part of their personal lives, just not publicly! Host Frederic Chiu created The LID Sessions to draw out those pianists to come and surprise their community and “Lay It Down” on the piano for an audience. It's always fun to see who shows up on the stage. The music ends with a community conversation further revealing the piano-connection thread!
Workshops to reimagine
innovate and transform
Like for other sectors, the landscape is changing and evolving for many community organizations. There is a need to understand community and their needs in a much deeper way. With EXCITE Transformation workshops, organizations gain skills that allow them to continually evolve, re-imagine, innovate and transform to address the deepest needs and desires of their communities. DPS workshops allow organization leaders to deepen their personal performance using techniques and mindsets of classical pianists.
EXCITE and DPS Workshops
These skills allow organizations, staff and individuals to gain a deep understanding of community/audiences and to reimagine and transform themselves, their organizations and how they serve.
By Learning How To:
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Connect deeply with community/audience needs
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Practice true collaboration internally and externally
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Improve personal focus and performance
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Adopt the process & mindset to expand ideas and engage in purposeful innovation
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Develop programs that inspire, engage and align
EXCITE: Has been used by more than 75 companies & 64 libraries/community orgs
DPS: Has been run for dozens of universities, thousands of individuals
EXCITE Transformation
Watch the 8 minute video to hear Librarians who participated in Innovation Builders' groundbreaking "EXCITE Transformation For Libraries" program to build capacity in the 21st Century Skills of Innovation and Transformation. The pilot was done in partnership with CT State Library and was awarded an IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant that brought the EXCITE Program to Libraries across the US.
BEE Involved!
There are many ways to connect with The HIVE to help us fulfill our Mission!
Be a volunteer, make a donation, sign up to receive our occasional newsletters, participate in our different events and workshops and more. See below for some ideas!
BEE A VOLUNTEER!!
As with all beehives, it takes a lot of teamwork to
create and run The HIVE's community-centered programs, and we can only do it with your help!
The HIVE needs volunteers of all kinds, and we promise we'll have fun together doing the work! Please sign up and let us know how you'd like to be involved.
BEE a Honey and DONATE SOME mONEY To SUPPORT
THE HIVE's MISSION!
The HIVE's Mission is to facilitate deeper community connection within communities and between communities. To do this equitably, we depend on funding from those organizations and individuals that can help us bridge across all communities to facilitate community connection, understanding, collaboration & dialogue fueled by the arts. If you believe in and are inspired by The HIVE's mission, please inspire us in return with your support of any amount!
Join The Golden Honey Club
With Your Donation!
May 1 - July 31
Be part of a special inaugural group of supporters by donating to
The Golden Honey Campaign, designed to help kick-start The HIVE during the first 3 months of our launch. Everyone making a donation of any amount May 1 - July 31 will be honored forever on our website as Golden Honey Donors - individuals who supported our start, a very important time for any community organization doing something new!
Make Your Tax-deductible gift today by filling out the form below!
The HIVE is part of Beechwood Arts and Innovation, a 501(c)3 non-profit.
All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
Donation Form
To make a stock donation, click the CoCatalyst link below!