World Cafe - an appreciative open space community

[Gabriela Ender]

Dear Christine,

I am reading your lines ... I feel your joy and your conscious thankfulness about all these wonderful experiences ... thank you so much for sharing ... I am happy with you ... what a good start into the day! 

And I am also so happy for you and for all, who will be together for the OSonOS, Maine by the Sea. Oh, I really would love to see you, Harrison and all the other wonderful colleagues there  ... I will be in spirit with you very much this weekend!

Cheers,
Gabriela

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Christine Whitney Sanchez 
  To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU 
  Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 3:46 AM
  Subject: World Cafe - an appreciative open space community


  Dear Open Space and World Cafe Friends,

  Last week I had the great pleasure of attending The World Cafe Stewardship Dialogue along with Peggy Holman, Tree Fitzpatrick, Kenoli Oleari, Tenneson Woolf, Juanita Brown and other OSList friends.  And this weekend, I'll be traveling to Camden, Maine, for the OSonOS by the Sea.  I feel incredibly blessed to be partaking of the many amazing connections in these two communities. 

  During the closing circle at the World Cafe Stewardship Dialogue, I shared how much I was touched by the openness, joy and deep sense of gratitude that permeated our time together.  80 people from 15 countries connected hearts, minds and spirits in deep cafe conversations.  And, to my delight, bodies were well cared for too.  Inspired by the musicians among us and our friends from Brazil, we danced and hiked and climbed the hills around breathtakingly beautiful Tomales Bay, CA.  

  In addition to the many commitments made by the World Cafe Community members for stewarding TWC into the future, I know that several For Benefit initiatives were launched or picked up steam.  I expect the same will be true when a small portion of the OS community meets next week in Maine.

  I'm struck by how beautifully the World Cafe community holds the space open.  And how the Open Space community has, for over twenty years, invited people to host conversations that matter.

  I believe the world is calling for us to work together.  I'm talking about those of us who practice in the field of open, appreciative, strategic conversations and large scale social change.   We can consciously watch for opportunities to work together for large scale impact.  In the near future, we will know which initiatives need and would welcome our help or which projects WE want to initiate.  The Open Space, World Cafe and Appreciative Inquiry communities (among many other communities of practice) are poised and we know how to self-organize.  I can't wait to see what will come calling.  

  Namasté,

  Christine

  Christine Whitney Sanchez
  KAIROS Alliance Inc.
  2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue
  Phoenix, AZ  85048
  480.759.0262
  www.kairosalliance.com


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