WOSonOS in London is nearly with us and we are all getting excited. Just wanted one little bit of assistance - could anyone translate the fifth principle: Wherever it happens is the right place into French and Spanish for me.
Thank you and looking forward to meeting all of you who are able to make it. Best wishes Sarah-Jane --- Sarah-Jane Rawlings General Manager Improbable 4th Floor 43 The Aldwych London WC2B 4DN 020 7240 4556 sarahj...@improbable.co.uk www.improbable.co.uk IMPROBABLE - What Next? 11 - 14th October 2012: Improbable are hosting the World Open Space on Open Space (WOSonOS) in London. For tickets and information: http://wosonos2012.com/index.php 9 - 11th October 2012: If you have ever been to Devoted & Disgruntled and are interested in using Open Space, come along to our OS Learning Workshop. For tickets and information: http://wosonos2012.com/pre-learning-workshops.php P Help to save paper - do you need to print this email? On 5 Oct 2012, at 19:17, Harrison Owen wrote: > Thank you Chuni for sharing this story. Every so often a dream comes true, > and when it does, isn’t it wonderful! > > Harrison > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > Camden, Maine 20854 > > Phone 301-365-2093 > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST > Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org > [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of > chunili2...@yahoo.com > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 2:01 PM > To: OSLIST > Subject: [OSList] Open Space with Children's System of Care in NJ > > This is an open letter. > Dear Harrison and Suzanne, > > I wanted to drop you a note to tell you that the wish I made in Jan 2011 in > New York (when we first met) had just come true a couple of weeks ago. I > remember saying to myself then: "This open space format would be so > beneficial to the NJ Children's System of Care that I need to figure out a > way to sell it to my agency and the entire System!" > > Well, on 9/20 and 9/21, we held a two-day Children's System of Care Call to > Collaboration convening for Monmouth County. My agency MonmouthCares > sponsored the event, my Executive Director was the host, our partner > Community YMCA donated the camp ground as the venue, and I was the > facilitator. > > Everything went beautifully! 60 system partners came representing the > government, schools, juvenile justice system, behavioral health services, > mobile response system, family support services, youth advocacy, etc. Weather > was great and the open space environment couldn't have been better. > > And the best part of this journey is that it wasn't me who drove the project. > It was one of our supervisors who created a vision from last year's strategic > planning retreat, which I facilitated using Open Space, and took the > initiative to make this happen. I watched the entire leadership team in my > organization doing this without me having to convince anybody. I did little > in the preparation; I just showed up, opened the circle, held the space, and > closed the circle. And for that, they thanked me for my "leadership" and gave > me a pair of Tibetan bells as gift! > > Seriously, now that the word has gone out, my next wish is to take it to the > government and the state level. > > Looking forward to seeing you next week! > > Chuni Li > New Jersey > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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