[OSList] The Power of Pre-Work - August 8-10, San Francisco

[Hege Steinsland]

Dear Lisa:
This sounds so important and interesting. I really need and want to learn more about pre - work.
The distance from Norway to Calefornia is a challenge for me to take the opportunity you offer. 
If you ca recommend any substitute, video, podcast or something like that, it would be great!

Anyway, good luck, and enjoy all of you that are able to gather on this occasion :-)

All the best from Norway
Hege

Den 3. juli 2012 kl. 02:56 skrev Lisa Heft:

> Hello, dear colleagues - 
> 
> This is a message about an upcoming workshop for those of you in or around or visiting California next month: The Power of Pre-Work - August 8-10 in San Francisco.
> 
> I invite you to join me for this learning experience - which is not particular to Open Space but for any face-to-face dialogue approach we may use: Lessons learned and shared about pre-work. 
> Thanks in advance for sharing the word - through email, tweets, other social networks, or face-to-face over a good beverage with your friends, clients and colleagues. 
> I look forward to learning with and from you there - Lisa
> 
> - - - -
> 
> (I reflect upon some of the diverse dialogue events I have facilitated and the elements of pre-work that led to their success - including a multi-language, multi-culture national immigrant and refugee farmer conference, a series of 2000+ participant youth ministry conferences, a national conference which introduced dialogue to help participants name diverse and conflicting points of view in their field, a meeting of international health workers sharing best practices across country and culture, a retreat for a global information technology department generating ideas for their corporate strategic plan, environmental advocates birthing a new global organization, HIV/AIDS educators developing mission, vision and a shared values statement for their non-profit organization, six international agencies collaborating on how to spend a billion dollar budget - and other examples of high productivity, creativity and partnership and meaningful outcomes in meetings based on dialogue methods and processes.  What supported the success of these events?  Not my magic jewel-like words and insights - instead, a thorough analysis to select the appropriate tool, plus ongoing conversations with the client teams about everything from issues and objectives to site, food, documentation, invitation and outreach, follow-up and more - with every one of these elements affecting or supporting dialogue.  To me, the pre-work is essential - and yet, everyone tells me they do not get this sort of training in their academic programs or other facilitation training. So I decided to host a workshop to share best practices and lessons learned about the pre-work.)
> 
> - - - -
> 
> Join us - register now - for
> The Power of Pre-Work
> For people of all levels of experience
> 
> August 8-10, 2012
> 
> San Francisco, California USA
> 
> Facilitated by Lisa Heft
> Fellow, Columbia University's Center for International Conflict Resolution
> Adjunct Faculty, Sonoma State University Organization Development Program
> President Emerita, Open Space Institute US
> 
> - - - -
> 
> Facilitating face-to-face staff meetings, community gatherings, planning sessions, conferences and committees:
> 
> It is not just about showing up and doing some sort of magic facilitation on the day of the event.
> 
> Learn how thoughtful, thorough pre-work can support the success of a dialogue event.
> 
> For people of all levels of experience - although you will be able to retain more of your learning about pre-work if you already do some facilitation work
> 
> Whether you facilitate using Open Space Technology, the World Cafe, Future Search, or other tools, processes and methods with and without names - everything in the full system of your event affects and impacts everything else. Share what you have learned and learn more about all of the elements of Pre-Work. It is all part of an ecology of interrelated elements.
> 
> Pricing - as always - is flexible - custom tailored to what you as an individual can contribute and afford.
> 
> For more information on content, schedule and pricing overview and to register,
> Contact me directly at
> lisaheft at openingspace.net
> 
> I look forward to learning with and from you,
> 
> Lisa
> 
> Lisa Heft
> Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
> Opening Space
> 
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