Bastian Bender

About me

I am Bastian. I have been working as a freelancer in green and impactful event management, intercultural training, and consulting with organisations on openness, partnership and participatory work for around 10 years. But I am also the oldest of four brothers, a Tour de France ‘evangelist’, a passionate traveller and connector, an engaged alumni for the common good and a critical political thinker.

From as far back as I can remember, I have been a value-based driver of processes and organisations. My purpose is driven by peace, understanding and professionalising humankind’s potential for tomorrow.

I want to support value-orientated organisations in their work as well as I can by listening, focusing on their needs, challenging them and being a positive companion through my life and work experience as a freelancer working with non-profit profit organisations.

My skills

Facilitation Training Learning Design Graphic Facilitation Process Design Project Management Event Management Alumni Management Intercultural Training & Consultancy Systemic Consultancy

Why you should work with me

For me, an impactful and inclusive event has different steps and levels. It starts with the first contact between the organiser and trainer. It is important to clear up objectives, processes, to define the desired outcome and outreach, to understand the target group, the cultural and organisational aspects – in brief: good planning is key for an event.

Next comes the realisation phase of bringing people together, making them feel like real owners of the event rather than guests, creating the right atmosphere, and making learning easy and adaptable to the target group. It is important to organise different settings for small and big groups, to mix people and create a space for all the diverse and different aspects and expectations.

For me, an inclusive event puts the individual and the group in clear focus. And a good event is followed by a good evaluation, debriefing and feedback, from all sides. It is important to appreciate the lessons learnt to refine the next event and attract participants. As a moderator and facilitator, I navigate through all these steps and include everyone. I am responsible for the process, not (only) for the result.

My work experiences

Facilitator, consultant and project manager for impact projects, Germany

Value-driven independent work for non- profit organisations

Facilitation, training, impact measurement, event and project management

Project control in the accounting department of the Federal Ministry of Education & Research, Berlin, Germany

Moderator for ‘Citizenship Conferences’

Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany

Working in the department for ‘Cooperation with the private sector and CSR in Africa’: mainly responsible for an online learning forum for all expatriates in this field, for the department’s internal and external communication, and for developing and setting up an online practitioners’ network

Working in the human resources and administration department for change management, responsible for workflow development, creation and design of policies and procedures, setting up online training, implementing orientation programme, HR reports and consulting with the department

My education & training

Consultant for Intercultural Opening of Cities | MiGlobe |Engagement Global gGmbH

LEAD | Mercator Capacity Building Center for Leadership & Advocacy (further education scholarship in the ‘Reflective Practitioner’ curriculum

Konsenslotsen | Systemic Consensus Berlin (training as moderator for systemic consensus)

isb – systemic consulting Wiesloch (further education scholarship as systemic coach and consultant)

Coach for intercultural work | Jubi Unterfranken

Successful Discrimination Sensible Organisation | Noah Sow Academy

Train the advanced trainer for intercultural competence & group processes | Neuland Partners GmbH

Train the trainer | Neuland Partners GmbH

Bachelor of Science Business Administration | FernUniversität Hagen

Diploma in Business Engineering | Technical University Kaiserslautern

My references

Social organisations:

QUIFD, Akademie für Ehrenamtlichkeit, German Tanzanian Partnership e.V., partnership for development GbR, Forum der Kulturen e.V., DanChurchAid, EstYES, SYNERGIE social education gGmbH, intercultur, TAREA GmbH, CARE Germany, German UNESCO-Commission, kulturweiter e.V., German association of adult education, VEN

Foundations:

Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Robert Bosch Foundation, Engaged Donors for Global Equity

Governmental organisations:

City of Stuttgart, City of Mannheim, City of Weingarten, City of Ettlingen, Engagement Global gGmbH (ENSA, WinD, ASA, GLEN, BtE, SKEW), Erasmus+/Youth in Action, Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, BaFZa