Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am thrilled to announce that my dear friend and colleague from Israel, Tova Averbuch, will be our special guest at the upcoming Methods for Strategic Collaboration foundations workshop in Dolores, Colorado, August 6 8, 2007. For those of you who have not met her yet, Tova is the pioneer who brought Open Space Technology to three sectors in Israel and has been deeply involved in peace work in her country and the world. You will love hearing Tovas insightful stories about working on the front lines of peace, sustainability, and innovation in the Middle East.
Participants will learn how to utilize Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology, World Café and Polarity Management to generate conscious, strategic collaborations. More information is available below. If you or someone you know is interested, please register by July 15 to be assured of on-site lodging. You may scroll down for the registration form or download it at http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/methods_for_strategic_collaboration. Warmly, Christine Christine Whitney Sanchez CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy 2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85048-8990 480.759.0262 www.christinewhitneysanchez.com <http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/> _____ METHODS FOR STRATEGIC COLLABORATION Foundations Training August 6 9, 2007 Sophia Retreat Center, Dolores, CO _____ Are you interested in learning how to engage groups of 5 to 2,000 in strategic conversations? Would you like to enjoy Colorado mountain breezes as you attend a training that will give you the foundational skills and knowledge you need to utilize 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 whats 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 persons 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 others 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 Management is powerful tool 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 Management. · 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. _____ FACULTY 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 collaborated with Claudia Haack to coordinate the largest World Café in the world and facilitated the largest Open Space event in the USA at the 2005 Girl Scout National Convention. www.christinewhitneysanchez.com <http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/> _____ PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIALS "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 "The high point was that 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 _____ REGISTRATION FORM METHODS FOR STRATEGIC COLLABORATION August 6 9, 2007 Sophia Retreat Center, Dolores, CO _____ Name (as you would like it printed on your nametag) ____________________________________________ Organization________________________________________________________________ ________ Address ___________________________________City/State/Zip _____________________________ Phone _____________________________________Email__________________________________ _ Check enclosed for_____$1175Early Bird Registration & groups of 3 or more______$1375 after 6/6/07. WHEN: Monday August 6 through Thursday August 9. The four-day training will begin each day at 9:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. WHERE: Sophia Retreat & Conference Center in Dolores, CO, which is 61 miles west of Durango. Sophia Lodge and Retreat Center with La Plata's Mountains LODGING: If you would like to stay onsite, please contact Sophia Retreat Center directly to make lodging reservations - <http://www.sophiaretreatcenter.org/> http://www.sophiaretreatcenter.org/ or 877.246.0567 toll-free. LODGE & MESA includes 3 meals: $119pp double occupancy; $149 single occupancy JACUZZI SUITE includes 3 meals: $169pp double occupancy; $249 single occupancy TRANSPORTATION: The Sophia Retreat Center has made special arrangements with a shuttle service for transportation to and from the Durango Airport. They also collaborate with rental car agencies. Talk to the Sophia Retreat Center staff for details. BOOKS: Three books, valued at $65, are included in this program and will be waiting for you onsite. ê Open Space Technology Users Guide by Harrison Owen ê Power of Appreciative Inquiry by Diana Whitney, Amanda Trosten-Bloom & David Cooperrider ê The World Café: Shaping our Futures Through Conversations that Matter by Juanita Brown & David Isaacs _____ TUITION: $1175 - for groups of 3 or more $1375 Single registrations after June 6, 2007 10% discount for participants from Social Sector organizations Please make check payable and send with registration form to: Christine Whitney Sanchez 2717 E Mountain Sky Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85048 _____ FOOD: Morning and afternoon snacks are included in your tuition. Three meals are provided as part of your lodging at the Sophia Retreat Center. If you have any special dietary needs, the staff at the Sophia Retreat Center will be happy to work with you. ATTRACTIONS: Telluride and Mesa Verde National Park are one hour away! 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