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

Tue Jul 3 00:28:30 PDT 2012

Dear Hege, if you gather a group interested in stuff to do before and 
after an os-event in Norway, I and I imagine even others would love to 
come to Norway and facilitate such an event.
Greetings from Berlin just waking up after a long and fun-intensive 
Stammtisch with a dozen os-agitated people in Berlin...
mmp

On 03.07.2012 09:06, Hege Steinsland wrote:
> 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* <mailto: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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