REMINDER: The Early Bird Registration for the December 3-6, 2007 METHODS FOR STRATEGIC COLLABORATION Foundations Workshop ends on October 19, 2007. Participants will learn how to utilize a blend of Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology, World Café and Polarity Management to generate conscious, strategic collaborations. More information is available below and at: http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/methods_for_strategic_collaboration <blocked::http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/methods_for_strategic_colla boration>
_____ Dear Open Space Friends, I would appreciate you passing the attached flyer along to anyone you know (including you!) who might be interested in a workshop that teaches how to facilitate strategic collaboration through a blend of Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology, World Cafe and Polarity Management. The METHODS FOR STRATEGIC COLLABORATION workshop will be held in December 2007 in Arizona and February 2008 in Singapore. Within the change model of Appreciative Inquiry, this workshop teaches AI interviews for the Discovery Phase, World Cafe for the Dream Phase, OST for the Design Phase, and Polarity Management and local project design for the Destiny Phase. December 3-6, 2007 at Rex Ranch, www.rexranch.com <http://www.rexranch.com/> , in Amado, AZ, 40 miles south of Tucson. <http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/methods_for_strategic_collaboration> http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/methods_for_strategic_collaboration. For more information, please refer to the attached flyer, contact Nanci Main at (503) 338-8090 or <mailto:na...@willapabay.org> na...@willapabay.org , or feel free to contact me directly. February 20-22, 2008 in Singapore, sponsored by the Facilitators Network Singapore <http://i.b5z.net/i/u/540396/i/MethodsforStrategicCollaboration_S_pore_20-22 Feb_08.pdf> http://i.b5z.net/i/u/540396/i/MethodsforStrategicCollaboration_S_pore_20-22F eb_08.pdf. You can register online at http://www.fns.sg. Cross-posted on the Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology and World Cafe lists. You can read more about the workshop below. Warm regards from beautiful Arizona, Christine Christine Whitney Sanchez CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy 2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85048-8990 480.759.0262 www.christinewhitneysanchez.co <http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com> m <http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/> _____ Imagine engaging groups of 5 to 2,000 in strategic conversations. Imagine basking in the Arizona sun in December of 2007 while learning four powerful methods that are being used around the world for breakthrough thinking, decision-making and collaborative action. METHODS FOR STRATEGIC COLLABORATION is a unique experiential learning workshop that provides foundational theory and practice to utilize Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology, World Café and Polarity Management. WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES · Through experiential learning, gain a working knowledge of the principles, steps and practices of Appreciative Inquiry, World Café and Open Space Technology. · Practice Appreciate Interviews, small group learning and large group synthesis as part of the Discovery Phase of Appreciative Inquiry. · Engage in a World Café as part of the Dream Phase of Appreciative Inquiry. · Participate in an Open Space Technology meeting as part of Design Phase of Appreciative Inquiry. · Practice Polarity Management as part of the Destiny Phase of Appreciative Inquiry. · Craft appreciative questions and provocative propositions in your own language and for your environment. · Design a large group project to take home. · Participate in two follow-up coaching sessions. _____ PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIALS The high point for me in this workshop was the absolute invitation and safe space to be authentic in the process of learning and growing. It was an intimate embodiment of collective wisdom. The format of learning by doing, to teach methods through the methods allowed for an accelerated, seamless experience. What this workshop has prepared me for is the permission to go forth and experiment. In small, incremental ways I am already integrating Methods for Strategic Collaboration into upcoming workshops and conferences I am helping to shape." Magda Peck, August 2007, University of Nebraska Medical Center "I realized my dreams come true. I will be able to help others serve a worthy purpose. I saw the impact of my heart - I can't wait to live it. Michael Jackson, March 2007, USAA Worldwide Insurance "My greatest learning did NOT come from where I expected it to. If you come to this workshop, be prepared to be surprised. Be prepared for a workshop that gives you MORE than what is advertised. Be prepared to learn as much from the students as you do from the teacher (which is perhaps the highest compliment that I could pay to the skill, wisdom, and vision of Christine Whitney Sanchez). Be prepared to stretch in ways that you did not even anticipate. Be prepared to see the world in whole new ways." Mark W. Hanna, March 2007, Valley Coaching Collaborative, Chandler, AZ "This workshop has built my confidence as a facilitator and enabled me to incorporate particularly Appreciative Inquiry and Open Space Technology into a pilot test of an activity to mobilize sector wide collaboration in order to improve the national response to orphans and vulnerable children throughout sub-Saharan Africa." Jane Begala, March 2007, Constella Futures, Washington D.C. Thank you for showing me a different, more spiritual way of doing Open Space. Andrew Ballance, March 2007, London, England I plan to use some Appreciative Inquiry in my next leadership workshop in Ireland, as a first step in bringing about a change to emphasize the positive in training of our leaders. Participant from Ireland, October 2004 Ive learned and been mentored in methodologies that work that affect my work with others in positive, active ways that encourage me to be congruent with my values and beliefs. Participant, May 2005, Chicago Training Im excited about the click of several concrete AI projects to address challenges that Id been mulling for some time. Participant from Israel, 2004 I discovered sound principles to be used as inner guidance throughout life and rediscovered importance of trusting that voice inside. The workshop gave me a framework for previously scattered projects in my head. Participant, 2004 Paris Training I am anxious to extend this Open Space and World Cafe process to Girl Scouts and other venues/organizations. Each participant has walked away with a bit of understanding of how to hear the voices of the masses. Participant, August 2005, Girl Scouts of the USA I wish to have many more opportunities to attend and participate in this kind of process, but also to be able to share it widely. Participant from South Africa, 2004 * * ========================================================== 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