Author: alex

  • Work-Workshops

    Which workshops would adults benefit from? How can we better understand and shape what is happening around us? We are preparing a series of workshops, taught in a humanistic, effective and fun way: Each workshop takes between 3 hours and multiple days, and will be performed according to European standards.

  • An idea for a modern Hogwarts in Kutaisi

    “This is a living document that serves as a basis of discussion for realising a modern academy of creative technologies. It combines best practices, leverages technologies, and highly ambitious. We believe there could be an innovative, world-class and well-rounded education by smart use of resources.” – Alexander Hartveld (President of Leni Academy 2021-2024) Programs, Projects,…

  • 2024 Productivity Month

    Development of creative thought and action needs an environment oriented at this. We will act as benevolent dictators in optimising productivity and creativity. It’s for people who want to spend a certain amount of time focusing on one or more projects. The costs are kept low in order to allow people to reduce the financial…

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  • German classes for young adults

    We’re offering small group classes to test our German learning methodology. Join our experimental program if you’re interested in preparing your conversational and listening skills with only 30-45 minutes per day. Contact Alex under +995 591 985 917 for questions.

  • Chiatura English Programme

    With a native speaker, two groups of students have enjoyed two classes per week in Khreiti and Mandaiti, villages in the Chiatura municipality. The project is organised by the youth center Multichiatura with a teaching assistant, and a true Schumacher driver. During these three months, the students will gain confidence to speak, interact with the…

  • Why move to Kutaisi?

    I’ve been asked this question in Georgia and in Austria, by friends and family, and by myself repeatedly. And in a way it doesn’t make sense for one guy who can live anywhere in the world, can have a fulfilling tech career, and who has more freedom than most people, to move to a 200.000…

  • What’s a good manager?

    Natia presented at a congress last week, of open spaces for arts and collaboration. People were very impressed that she’s doing this in Kutaisi. They’re gonna call their part Projector, because Leni Academy maybe sounds to lame. Just kidding, I think it’s good to separate the purely educational structures from the artistic and experimental. Also…

  • club meetings weekly

    We want to let young people experience what it’s like to learn and create effectively. We think doing projects is the best way to learn teamwork, project management, and specialized skills. Together with English, these are the skills needed to lead a good life in the 21st century. So how to get this space moving.…

  • First website post

    I have successfully created the Leni.academy website, that runs on 5€ per month, on a small AWS server, with a wordpress installation. What I did involved: Setting up a lightsail instance Logging into the terminal Installing WordPress Setting up the Domain A-records Set up SSL certificates and non-www to www forwarding Done.