Thinking about hosting a future WOSonOS? New to travel? Lessons learned papers

[Lisa Heft]

I will send you that paper with collected wisdom from past WOSonOS  
hosts, Annamarie and Funda.

My recommendation is that anyone who is thinking of hosting for a  
future year read the paper thoroughly because there are some lessons  
learned not just about the easy parts but about the challenging parts  
- much more than I listed in my posting.

For example needing to have a substantial amount of money in advance  
(in some countries) to pay for reserving a site, contract with  
caterers or pay for other services in advance (for one host I know  
that meant losing money on the deal because she expected many more  
international folks to register than were actually able to afford the  
travel expenses).

Or knowing that a full Host Team of several people who love event  
planning would be needed far in advance to share the pre-work tasks,  
which can range from visiting all the hotel sites you will be  
recommending to travelers to going around to see all the potential  
conference sites, to writing visa invitation letters, figuring out  
transport for travelers and more.

And I am guessing in some regions it may have been a bit more  
challenging because there were not Open Space-knowledgeable people yet  
in that region, and it might (in hindsight) have been better to grow a  
community of OS / facilitators first.

So just a fair warning that in my own observation and experience it is  
not just about holding space for fabulous colleagues but a lot of pre- 
work, as you may both know, Ms. Annamarie and Ms. Funda.

I look forward to sharing a lovely beverage with each of you in person  
wherever we may travel in this world - and I shall send you the  
lessons learned papers, indeed. If any others of you are thinking of  
hosting in future years please do contact me directly at lisaheft at openingspace.net 
  (before May 8 or after June 8) and I shall send you this paper with  
wisdom of lessons learned from past Host Teams,

Lisa

Lisa Heft
Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
Opening Space
lisaheft at openingspace.net
www.openingspace.net


On May 2, 2010, at 12:15 AM, funda oral wrote:

> I am not able to participate in Wosonos this year:-(
>
> We would be glad to invite you to Istanbul for next Wosonos.
>
> Regards,
> Funda


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