2nd Annual Thought-Leader gathering What`s Bali Got To Do With It: Transformative Education and Cultural Immersion Learning for the Whole World. Ubud - Bali Jan 2 - 9, 2011

1. YOUR PERSONAL INVITATION
On behalf of Bali Institute for Global Renewal
in collaboration with
Meridian University * Bali Institute Advisors
2nd Annual Bali Institute
Thought-Leaders Gathering
WHAT'S BALI GOT TO DO WITH IT:
Transformative Education and Cultural
Immersion Learning for the Whole World!
January 2-9, 2011*
8 Days/7 Nights
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
We believe the future of transformative education includes immersion experiences into
non-western cultures. We also know that the “power of place”** can allow shifts in our
ability to learn – opening new channels of innovation and deepening dialogue that
weren’t previously available. For more than 7 years Bali Institute has witnessed the
enormous creativity, fresh thinking and new actions that have emerged from participants
in our programs in Bali. Now we want to weave together some of the tools of our
offerings -- cultural immersion, dialogue, indigenous wisdom, experiential learning and
place -- to explore new kinds of curriculum opportunities.

2. WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
1. Educators focused on global studies
2. University professors and high school teachers
3. Administrators
4. Workshop facilitators
5. Leadership developers and coaching trainers
6. Academics and others interested in transformative
work
7. Program facilitators focused on becoming a global
citizen
We will be joined by an extraordinary group of Balinese experts – village leaders, royal
family members, visionaries, architects, government, youth activists, academic leaders,
community / health care experts, others - to help explore the development of new
learning capacities.
This program is by invitation only and number of participants will be limited to allow for
more cultural intimacy.
YOUR 5-DAY PROGRAM
Not a typical workshop, we’ve designed this Thought-Leaders Gathering to enhance our
understanding of cultural learning, engage your innovative thinking, and explore our own
cultural immersion experiences to generate action-oriented conversations and outcomes.
Each day will be designed to broaden and deepen our ability to bring collaborative
intelligence into our inquiry on transformative education. The natural world and
indigenous culture of Bali will play as equal a role as the verbal, more linear scope of our
innovative discussions; we will immerse ourselves into new ways of viewing our very
ability to learn. We will explore curriculum design from an indigenous culture point of
view, with a fascinating opportunity to “live into” the design by personally experiencing
these new learning methodologies in real time.
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?
Our venue for dialogue will be different each day – a magnificent Balinese palace,
a water–garden surrounded by nature, a bamboo-built open space in a remote
mountainous village, and some surprise locations. Evenings will include special
performances, private receptions and dinners hosted at local Balinese compounds. Your
time with us will feel like a lifetime of knowing Bali. Everything about our curriculum is
designed to enhance your senses, stimulate your mind and engage your own creative
juices.
You’ll leave with an abundance of new thinking and new educational ideas. Most
important, you will discover pathways for charting new directions for your own
programs.

3. REGISTRATION INFORMATION and COST
*Price is $1200 and covers Jan 2-9. Arrival on January 2 and program begins on January 4.
Our last night together is January 8th, with January 9th for packing and heading home or
extending your stay. Price includes beautiful deluxe hotels (double) for 7 nights, meeting costs,
all group activities, transport and all program materials. Meals: all breakfasts, 5 lunches, 2
dinners. Single supplement $350. Transport to and from airport valid if you arrive on January 2
and depart on January 9.
Not included in price: Visa entrance ($25), airport exit ($15), some meals, flights, personal items,
tips, optional activities.
Full payment (nonrefundable) is due upon registration, payable by check to Bali Institute for
Global Renewal or thru Paypal. Travel insurance is highly recommended – ask us if you want
help with arranging this.
**Powers of Place website -- www.powersofplace.com
Bali Institute for Global Renewal (BIGR) is a world learning center in Bali that weaves
Balinese culture into transformative experiential learning. BIGR programs include world
dialogues and conferences; multigenerational leadership training; workshops and public forums;
cultural immersion, leadership training, and community service for university and high school
students; and exclusive immersion experiences for everyone. All of the programs focus on
empowering individuals and groups in their quest to make a difference in the world. More
than 2,000 people from over 40 countries have attended these programs over the last seven years.
The foundation of this work is based on the belief that Bali serves as a global leader about
universal values honoring the connection between the natural world, humanity and spirituality.
Visit www.baliinstitute.org.
Bali Institute Advisors are a group of Balinese village leaders, academics, artists, architects,
visionaries, authors, government and university officials, royal family members, youth activists
and others who continue to play a role in design, development and implementation of BIGR
programs. Most have been part of the program planning since the first Quest for Global Healing
Conference in 2004. Many of these advisors will be at the 2011 Thought-Leaders Gathering and
and actively helping to design special components of our cultural immersion experiences. To
meet this team, visit www.baliinstitute.org and click staff/advisors tab.
Meridian University seeks to educate leaders with the capacities, skills, and knowledge essential
for transforming the professions of Psychology, Business, Education, and the Arts. The leadership
capacities of courage, compassion, clarity, conscience, and embodied self-awareness, together
constitute the wisdom and integrity required for transforming the professions and the wider
culture. Founded in 1993, Meridian offers degree programs that provide a cumulative, emergent,
and integrated curriculum empowering the student’s transformation both personally and
professionally. Meridian University’s curriculum takes an integrative approach to both personal
and cultural transformation within organizations, communities, and societies.
www.meridianuniversity.edu.
For more information and to register:
Bali Institute for Global Renewal • 200 Spencer Avenue • Sausalito, CA 94965
Tel: 415-331-7552 • info@baliinstitute.org • http://www.baliinstitute.org