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Those who may be interested in this might include educators, businesspeople, activists, community leaders, peace-builders, students, facilitators, coaches, consultants, and those who work in organizational development, the creation of conferences, human resources, management, inter-group relations, mediation, civic engagement and more. Sliding scale enables people of all income levels to attend these workshops. ________________________________ Do you convene people for staff meetings, community gatherings, planning sessions, conferences, committees or inter-group understanding? Learn a method for bringing innovation, high productivity, rich communication and collaboration into your work together. Open Space Learning Workshop December 17-19, 2008 -- San Francisco, California USA This workshop is for people of all experience levels. ________________________________ Facilitated by Lisa Heft International consultant, facilitator and educator Fellow, Columbia University Center for International Conflict Resolution Co-Host of the 2008 World Open Space on Open Space ________________________________ Open Space Technology* is an interactive, participant-driven method for convening a meeting, retreat or conference that generates communication, collaboration, innovation, and other solutions to challenges and transitions. Participants co-create an agenda and lead their own discussion and action sessions in a dynamic way that invites interdisciplinary and inter-group thinking. Participants emerge from the process invigorated, refreshed, and proud of their individual and collective accomplishments. The use of Open Space Technology has been effective since the mid-1980's in a diversity of settings, cultures and countries. The method has been used by corporations inviting productivity and teamwork during times of organizational change, chemists designing new polymers, tribal and governmental leaders planning land use, community advocates and local government designing literacy programs, conference organizers holding action conferences, architects designing pavilions for the Olympics, Information Technology departments doing strategic planning, and neighbors helping each other rebuild and heal after times of war. One facilitator can use this process to convene groups of 5 to over 2000 and the dynamics and the results are always the same: input from stakeholders at all levels, new ways of thinking and working, large amounts of work done rapidly, bringing perceived competitors together on issues and projects, organizational flexibility, interdepartmental or intercommunity teamwork, a sense of accomplishment and a feeling of passion and energy for the challenges ahead. ________________________________ The workshops bring together those who are new to the method and those who have experienced it -- an opportunity to share your learning and understanding and to prepare yourselves or further your learning for facilitating your own Open Space. Experience an Open Space and learn all about design, preparation, planning, logistics, themes, invitation, 'what-ifs', 'when not to's', variations and more. For more information about content and pricing and to register, contact workshop facilitator Lisa Heft at <mailto:lisah...@openingspace.net> lisah...@openingspace.net *Read an article describing the method at: http://www.openingspace.net/papers_facilitation_OSCollaborationCommunication .shtml *See a photo-story showing the Open Space process at: http://www.openingspace.net/gallery/agora.cgi?cart_id=7547433.2297*cv4C71 <http://www.openingspace.net/gallery/agora.cgi?cart_id=7547433.2297*cv4C71&x m=on&product=Anatomy_of_an_Open_Space_Event> &xm=on&product=Anatomy_of_an_Open_Space_Event I look forward to hearing from you, Lisa Heft ___________________________ L i s a H e f t Consultant, Facilitator, Educator O p e n i n g S p a c e <mailto:lisah...@openingspace.net> lisah...@openingspace.net <http://www.openingspace.net> www.openingspace.net * * ========================================================== 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