Dear Open Space Friends, Claudia and I are very excited to announce our third Open Strategic Conversations workshop to be held immediately prior to the US Open Space on Open Space at the Mercer Hotel in San Antonio. If you know of anyone who might be interested in our workshop, please send this along to them or let us know so that we can send an attachment of the flyer below. Thanks.
We just completed this training with 90 volunteers who will be holding the space for the Girl Scout National Convention in October. We had a blast and got all of our planning done in three days for opening the space for up to 2,000 national delegates and holding hundreds of Strategy Café conversations for thousands of girls and adults who care about the future of Girl Scouting. Christine Whitney Sanchez 480.759.0262 2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85048-8990 Claudia Haack 608.209.6768 606 Orchard Drive Madison, WI 53711 KAIROS Alliance Inc. VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.kairosalliance.com NOW is the time! Kairos Time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Open Strategic Conversations Experiential Learning Workshop November 9 11, 2005 -San Antonio, Texas Open Strategic Conversations is a unique experiential learning workshop being held immediately before the 2005 US Open Space on Open Space in San Antonio Texas. Claudia Haack and Christine Whitney Sanchez invite you to join them on a journey of shared action learning. As you practice two large group methods: Open Space Technology and World Café, you will learn about the theory behind them, their unique strengths, and when and where to apply them. These tools are being used around the world, appreciating the wisdom of each individual while tapping into the intelligence of the whole for superior results. With a combined experience of over two decades and grounded in appreciative approaches, Claudia and Christine have taught and used Open Space Technology and World Cafe in Europe, Latin America and the USA to help organizations and communities open strategic conversations around issues and opportunities that matter. The Methods Open Space Technology quickly enables any group of people, to tap into the collective intelligence of the whole. This method leverages each person s passion while calling forth a corresponding commitment to take responsibility for action. In Open Space gatherings, participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central theme of strategic importance. By the end of an Open Space Technology meeting, what was most important to the participants has been discussed and recorded, next steps have been identified and commitments for action have been made. World Café gathers people at tables to engage in conversations that matter. This easy to use method for fostering collaborative dialogue, particularly in large groups, keeps people moving, thinking, engaging in constructive discourse and building on one anothers ideas as they rotate from table to table. World Café is used to engage people, especially those who dont know one another, in authentic conversation to generate input, share knowledge and conduct in-depth exploration of key strategic challenges or opportunities in a very short period of time. Workshop Objectives a.. Change agents, executives, group leaders, project managers, planners gain tools that support self-organization. b.. Through experiential learning, gain a working knowledge of the World Café and Open Space Technology methods. c.. Engage in a World Café as part of a visioning process. d.. Participate in an Open Space Technology meeting as part of a design and planning process. e.. Design a project to take home that will use these methods. Registration Information REGISTRATION: Please contact Claudia Haack at 608.288.8315 or clau...@kairosalliance.com FEES: Early Bird Registration by September 7, 2005: $850 Regular Registration after September 7, 2005: $1,050 Special Discount Registration for Girl Scouts and La Leche League: $750. La Leche League participants may be able to receive funding to help defray their costs by proposing projects. Please go to www.latchon.org to find out more. DEPOSITS: Deposit Due at Registration: $150, remainder due no later than November 1, 2005 CANCELLATION: Cancellations received by October 7, 2005 will receive a full refund. For cancellations received after October 7, 2005 a processing fee of $150 will be charged. Cancellations after October 25th are non-refundable. HOTEL: The workshop will be held at the Menger Hotel, San Antonio, Texas. Please make your room reservations directly with the hotel. A block of rooms has been reserved under Open Strategic Conversations for the special rate of $ 99 single/double per night. These rates are available until October 7, 2005. Please call reservations at 210-223-4361. For more information about the hotel, see their website at http://www.mengerhotel.com/ . Workshop Faculty Christine Whitney Sanchez from Phoenix, Arizona, has over 25 years of experience as an organizational consultant, facilitator and coach in the US and internationally. Whether it is whole systems change, project driven workshops or experiential learning events, Christines clients appreciate her focus on letting individual wisdom and collective intelligence emerge for passionate action on behalf of the whole. Claudia Haack from Madison, Wisconsin, is an international consultant specializing in process design for broad participation, stakeholder involvement, and collaborative learning events. She draws on her extensive experience as a division manager, city planner and event coordinator to help communities and organizations achieve exceptional results. Open Space Technology, World Café and Appreciative Inquiry are at the heart of Christines and Claudias work together in Opening Strategic Conversations. Specializing in large group methods involving up to 2000 participants, their clients include Motorola, Girl Scouts, La Leche League, United States Postal Service, churches, Arizona Diamondback Baseball Club, universities, Red Cross, hospitals, and city and state governments. * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist