Open Space Learning Workshop - December 17-19, 2008 - San Francisco

[Lisa Heft]

Hello dear colleagues, and thank you in advance for sharing this information
with your various colleagues, networks and communities.

 

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.

 

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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.

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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

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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.

 

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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:lisaheft at openingspace.net>
lisaheft at 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

 

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L i s a   H e f t

Consultant, Facilitator, Educator

O p e n i n g  S p a c e

 <mailto:lisaheft at openingspace.net> lisaheft at openingspace.net

 <http://www.openingspace.net> www.openingspace.net 

 

 


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