New York in January

Tue Dec 15 12:39:09 PST 2009

We'd appreciate folks here spreading the word about the January, 2010, event in New York, described below.  The three of us (Harrison, Karen Davis, and I) have been teaming up for many years to offer this chance to learn or deepen one's practice of open space as it applies to peace-making.  This year, we're enriching the offering thanks to Harrison's insights into Wave Riding and high performance.

Please send this along to everyone you think may be interested.  I'm dropping in the flyer (in two pieces) here.  Formatting may be a bit rough...

Direct questions and checks to Karen Davis:
                                         410 West End Avenue, Ste. 7A

                                         New York City 10024-5779

 Contact Karen at 1-212-595-9107 or kdavis at concentric net

Thank you,

Ralph Copleman
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Opening Space for Peace and

High Performance

 15-18 January 2010  New York City

Rarely, if ever, have the peoples of this planet had greater need 

for both Peace and High Performance – 

whether as individuals, organizations, communities or nations.

An opportunity to enhance leadership for High Performance, to deepen your Practice of Peace and to learn about facilitating Open Space Technology.  You are welcome for all four days or only one day on 18 January 2010.

 Hosts:   Harrison Owen, the originator of Open Space Technology,

   with Karen Davis and Ralph Copleman 

Contact:  Karen Davis at 212-595-9107 or kdavis at concentric.net

Opening Space for Peace and High Performance

New York City

January 15-18, 2010

Rarely, if ever, have the peoples of this planet had greater need for both Peace and High Performance.   Peace so that we may freely pursue the fulfillment of our potential.  And High Performance for ourselves, our organizations and our world so that our pursuit may be accomplished with energy and finesse.

 Can we be highly productive and peaceful at the same time?  Can organizations have exhilarating performance in a peaceful environment?  What if we could have it both ways?  That sounds ideal and also impossible.  You can have one or the other, but not both - or so we thought.

 However, as a result of a 25 year natural experiment, it has now become clear that the ideal can become reality, and further that the means are at hand. It is our choice.  We can be hugely productive.  We can be peacefully present.  And best of all we can do both at the same time.

 Our experiment began in 1985, and subsequently has been run well over100,000 times.  One hundred and thirty-six countries and millions of people have been involved, and group sizes have ranged from 5-6 up to 2500.  Specific uses have included everything from community planning to design of complex projects.  The experiment is called Open Space Technology (OST).

 Hugely complex and conflicted issues can be dealt with productively in an environment of respect, hope, trust - and even a degree of intimacy and affection amongst prior sworn enemies.  Some people have viewed the results as counterintuitive, unbelievable, even magic.  The results continue, however, the "magic" is not Open Space Technology.  Rather it is the force that underlies it - the power of self organization.  You are invited to experience and learn to apply the powers of this age old force in enabling High Performance and Peace.

The Program

The Program will take place over 3-4 days.  On Day I anyone who cares to learn the fundamentals of Open Space Technology facilitation is invited to join.  This day will be the essentials for opening space with any group, including core principles, the planning process, when to use Open Space, role and behavior of the facilitator, and action approaches.  Further practice during the following days will increase your proficiency.

 Days II – IV:  The design for each of the following three days is identical.  In the morning, Harrison Owen, the originator of OST, will offer a brief reflection and the balance of the day will be spent working with your peers and colleagues.  We will all be teachers.  We will all be learners.  At the conclusion you will have a compendium of material (online) to remind you of your experience and to support you in your new ventures.

     Reflections by Harrison Owen:

         Day II       Peace and High Performance - A Natural State

         Day III     Griefwork – Keeping Things Moving

         Day IV     Practicalities – Doing High Performance, Peacefully

If you are interested in the facilitation of OST, the first day of the program is essential, as well as having read Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide and Expanding Our Now: An Introduction to Open Space.  Other recommended books of Harrison Owen are The Wave Rider: Leadership for High Performance and The Practice of Peace

 Tuition:

        Corporate    Nonprofit/ Individual

Jan. 15-18 (4 days)       $1000                   $750

Jan. 16-18 (3 days)           750                     550

Jan. 18 (1 day)                           250              150

  Fees include materials, lunches and snacks.

Space limited.  A 20% discount if full payment is received by 12/18/09.

Non-refundable cancellation fee $100.

Note:  A sliding fee scale available by request.  Our desire is to include all who wish to participate.  If your budget does not fit the stated fees, please contact Karen at   1-212-595-9107 or kdavis at concentric.net

Your Hosts

Harrison Owen    Harrison is President of H.H.Owen and Co. His academic background and training centered on the nature and function of myth, ritual and culture. In the middle '60s, he left academe to work with a variety of organizations including small West African villages, urban (American and African) community organizations, Peace Corps, Regional Medical Programs, National Institutes of Health, and Veterans Administration. Along the way he discovered that his study of myth, ritual and culture had direct application to these social systems. In 1979 he created H.H.Owen and Company in order to explore the culture of organizations in transformation as a theorist and practicing consultant. Harrison convened the First International Symposium on Organization Transformation, and is the originator of Open Space Technology. He is the author of Spirit: Transformation and Development in Organizations, Leadership Is, Riding the Tiger, Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide, The Millennium Organization, Tales From Open Space, Expanding Our Now: The Story of Open Space Technology, The Spirit of Leadership: Liberating the Leader in Each of Us, The Power of Spirit: How Organizations Transform, The Practice of Peace and Wave Rider: Leadership for High Performance in a Self-Organizing World.

 Karen J. Davis    Karen, a consultant with organizations globally for over thirty-five years, is committed to enhancing the health, effectiveness, and joy of human systems. She is dedicated to building global community by working and learning with colleagues throughout the world. Karen has been on the faculty of the Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago de Chile. She has been part of the leadership of the Organization Development (OD) Network, and the International OD Association. She is currently part of the organizing group for the 2010 OD World Summit in Budapest. Karen serves on the boards of Open Space Institute of USA, a large healthcare organization, as well as on the boards of various community and cultural organizations. Karen is a co-author in The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook. She has been involved with Open Space since before its naming. When not traveling or working around the world, she lives in New York City, returning regularly to her native Arizona. Summers, she is on her farm in rural Quebec, Canada. Karen describes herself as a gardener and a world citizen.

Ralph Copleman    Ralph is a sustainability activist, poet, frequent open space facilitator, and veteran management consultant. For over 25 years Ralph has served a range of nonprofit organizations, corporations and communities. His consultations focus on helping people and institutions align plans and operations with chosen ideals. In this vein, he has served Russian entrepreneurs, Iraqi Kurdish political parties, corporate executives, and entire communities in American locales as diverse as Michigan, New Jersey, and South Carolina. In 1997 he served as a lead facilitator at the national Volunteer Summit organized by Colin Powell and co- sponsored by President Bill Clinton and all the living former presidents. In 2005, he helped create Sustainable Lawrence, Inc., a nonprofit aimed at transforming his home community of 30,000 New Jersey souls into an Eco-municipality. He now serves as the organization’s executive director. Ralph is the author of The Talk Among Stones, a collection of poems. When not working or writing, he can usually be found on a bicycle.

Registration 

       January 15-18, 2010

                                                          New York City

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Make check payable to    Karen J. Davis and mail with registration to:

                                         410 West End Avenue, Ste. 7A

                                         New York City 10024-5779

Any questions?  Contact Karen at 1-212-595-9107 or kdavis at concentric net

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