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

[Sherri Cannon]

Hello friends,
Although we've not met, your conversations have energized and inspired me
for the past several months and I am quite grateful. I'm in So California,
Lisa, and love that this is the topic you're offering. Incredibly important
and rarely offered like this --- ! I'm unable to attend on those dates due
to client work in Seattle. I join Hege in encouraging you to offer this
content via webcast, or in any time-'unbounded' manner that would allow me
to register and benefit from your experience with pre-work.
Warmly,



I'm thrilled to be co-facilitating the *The Art of Participatory Leadership
and Social Innovation*, August 23-25 at Stillheart Institute in Woodside
CA. This is a 3-day intensive designed to help leaders learn powerful
processes to activate collective intelligence. Learn more and register here:
http://aoplca2012.squarespace.com



*Sherri Dettmer Cannon*
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The Cannon Group
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On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Lisa Heft <lisaheft at openingspace.net> wrote:

> 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* <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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