Dear Open Space Friends, I would appreciate you passing this announcement along to anyone you know who might be interested in a workshop that teaches how to blend Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology and World Café. Using the change model of Appreciative Inquiry, this workshop uses AI Interviews for the Discovery Phase, World Cafe for the Dream Phase, OST for the Design Phase and Polarity Mapping and virtual project tools for the Destiny Phase. Thanks for spreading the word and please feel free to contact me directly with any questions. Warm wishes from balmy Phoenix, Christine
Christine Whitney Sanchez CWS Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy 2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85048-8990 480.759.0262 http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com <http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/christinewhitneysanchez> http://www.linkedin.com/in/christinewhitneysanchez <http://christinewhitneysanchez.myplaxo.com/> http://christinewhitneysanchez.myplaxo.com/ Please consider the environment before you print this email <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102424523944&e=001m3QFfcLpxLxhSgK4zrjnOkY-wVXsM07 tAAkQYyXqd8Ih8CUBHlqw1nR1eBKz9eyOuOmmyJJmKsmnlfgPujkRoVZTv-RnlT8fQgcaLPcZwe4 rEggXT9CcOnFjn6nm884w> Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy METHODS FOR STRATEGIC COLLABORATION Foundations Training March 23-26, 2009 Rex Ranch | Amado, AZ About Objectives Faculty Testimonials REGISTER <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102424523944&e=001m3QFfcLpxLxW3pmowFn_Jh2_xaEqPbX -KYdbJXglrc2JDDfMaV5A2VbGRgbcSaOCajkTOnca6OnbaVbgw0m9f2jXQW5jBJrb2dqwkoAOaso R69wziuS2r6dQ0_AkKAyI5xi75TXhwnhQixvCf7GjV03p550nX3NIVEP4613ZqTV23rt7PBLamg= => NOW! Portable | Flexible | Scalable Are you interested in learning how to engage groups of 2 to 10,000 in strategic conversations? Would you like to attend a training that will give you the foundational skills and knowledge you need to blend four powerful methods that are being used around the world for breakthrough thinking, decision-making and collaborative action? Appreciative Inquiry is a positive change method predicated on what's already working and building on that success. Rather than focus on what needs to be fixed, Appreciative Inquiry looks deeply into the root causes of success and leverages and amplifies what is most successful, meaningful and alive to make dreams happen. From one-to-one conversations, incorporating storytelling about values and desires, the process expands to large group process for co-creating the future. Appreciative Inquiry is an ideal planning and management tool because it catalyzes a cascade of affirmative conversations throughout the system. Open Space Technology quickly enables diverse groups of people, as well as those who work together every day, to tap into the collective intelligence of the whole. The principles, practices and self-organizing process of leverage each person's passion into a call for action. In half-day to three-day Open Space gatherings, participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central strategic theme. The outcome includes recorded discussions, next steps and a commitment to action. World Café fosters collaborative dialogue in large groups by rotating participants through a series of small tables. Authentic conversations encourage sharing knowledge, building on each other's ideas, thinking outside of the box and creating connections. This easy to use process quickly generates quality in-depth responses to challenges and opportunities. Polarity Mapping is powerful tool designed by Barry Johnson, Ph.D. that leverages the best of apparent opposites resulting in win-win solutions. Many challenges are not problems that can be solved with either/or solutions. Rather, they are dilemmas or polarities to be managed. Polarity mapping provides a complete picture of the interdependent opposing forces that often create gridlock. Working with the upsides of both poles, predictions can be made for the types of change that will result from any strategy. Workshop Objectives * Through experiential learning, gain a working knowledge of the principles, steps and practices of Appreciative Inquiry, World Café, Open Space Technology and Polarity Mapping. * 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 Mapping 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. Faculty <http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs032/1102418431115/img/2.jpg?a=110242 4523944> Christine Whitney Sanchez consults internationally with organizations and communities to build the capacity for conscious leadership and strategic collaboration. She is an international pioneer in blending Appreciative Inquiry, World Café, Open Space Technology and Polarity Management® to deepen communication through conversations that matter and to liberate self-organization so that people can strategically collaborate by taking responsibility for their passion. Christine is well-known as a large-scale change leader. In 2005 she collaborated with large volunteer teams to host the largest World Café in the world and she facilitated the largest Open Space event in the USA at the 2005 Girl Scout National Convention. In 2008 over 10,000 girls and adults were invited to use their voice, have conversations that matter and create the future for the Girl Scout Movement. Christine brought Methods for Strategic Collaboration to organizations such as Northrop Grumman, United States Postal Service, Arizona Diamondbacks Sales, American Red Cross, City of Aspen, CO, La Liga de La Leche Latinamericano, The Nature Conservancy, Kaos Pilots Business School in Denmark, Facilitators Network Singapore and Girl Scouts of the USA. <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102424523944&e=001m3QFfcLpxLxhSgK4zrjnOkY-wVXsM07 tAAkQYyXqd8Ih8CUBHlqw1nR1eBKz9eyOuOmmyJJmKsmnlfgPujkRoVZTv-RnlT8fQgcaLPcZwe4 rEggXT9CcOnFjn6nm884w> www.christinewhitneysanchez.com 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 "Through relaxed pacing, personal space, safety in the group and Christine's authentic and spirit-filled facilitation I learned about the spirit of facilitation and the holding of ambiguity." Anita Yap, February 2008, Singapore "Thank you for the quality time & exchanges in Singapore, but mostly for the years of courage & dedication to becoming such an embodiment of who you are." Michal Papegaaij, February 2008, Queensland, Australia "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. "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 "Thank you for showing me a different, more spiritual way of doing Open Space." Andrew Ballance, March 2007, London, England "The Provocative Proposition exercise met the various needs of the group, brought in something new and was fun. I got to play with others around the possibility of working towards an 'organizational consciousness' project." Denise Wright, February 2008, Singapore "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 "I've 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 "I'm excited about the "click" of several concrete AI projects to address challenges that I'd 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 "This workshop glowed!" 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