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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>G’day All<?xml:namespace
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>Harrison’s recent revisiting
of Phoenix Rising prompts me to let you know of </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>a forthcoming event for which
I welcome support. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>I have been invited by Lisa
Kimball to be a guest in a virtual conference called</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>a Chautauqua. Harrison was one
of her previous presenters. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Lisa is </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">well
known internationally </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">as a
pioneer and world leader in getting the</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">best out of groups. She wrote:
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>“Hi Alan! A colleague
shared your paper on "the conversing company" with me</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>which i love! I was
wondering if we might entice you to be a guest in a virtual</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>conversation in our online
Chautauqua? “<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>You can see more about it on
her wondrous website Group Jazz </FONT><A href="http://www.groupjazz.com"><FONT
size=3>http://www.groupjazz.com</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>It is scheduled for mid January. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>Background to Lisa’s
invitation:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>In May of this year I
presented a keynote at the 1<SUP>st</SUP> World Conference for
Systemic</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>Management in Vienna.
</FONT><A href="http://www.isct.net/"><FONT size=3>www.isct.net</FONT></A><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">My paper on what I call “The Conversing
Company” is currently available at</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A
href="http://www.pnc.com.au/~lfell/stewart.html">www.pnc.com.au/~lfell/stewart.html</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>I speak to people who wish, and are ready, to lead organizations in which
everyone has</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>a chance to shine, about:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">.
dividends to be obtained through investment in processes which foster
conversation</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">among
people within and across traditional boundaries.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>. cogent reasons why this way
of being and doing is critical to success in a highly</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>competitive world.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>. an organisational culture in
which people make time to converse in a spirit of “We are</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>here to treat each other well”
and “We’re in this together.” <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>. conversation being the
fundamental means by which knowledge is constructed and</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>learning happens.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>. this culture being created
and sustained when sufficient attention is paid to processes</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>which promote conversing.
These, in my experience, include OST and World Café </FONT><A
href="http://www.theworldcafe.com/"><FONT
size=3>www.theworldcafe.com</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>. how such an organization
functions day to day.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>. the immense power and
potential of this kind of organization to bring out the best
in</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>people – what a great place in
which to work!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>This ‘transforming’ (rather
than transformed; is there such a thing?) organization would</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>have features of what I sense
Harrison would characterise as an ‘InterActive Organization’</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>and of what Birgitt describes
as ‘The Open Space Organization.’ <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>Participating in Lisa’s
Chautauqua could be a great opportunity to alert many people world
</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>wide about the substantial
benefits to be gained from fostering OST and other
conversational</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>processes in business,
government, NGOs, community, educational, aged care and other settings.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>Incidentally you may be
interested to learn that there is a multitude of Café
Conversations</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>happening globally in the
month of January. See <SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A
href="http://www.theworldcafe.com/ComConversation.html">http://www.theworldcafe.com/ComConversation.html</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial></FONT><BR><FONT
size=3>I will keep you informed of developments on the Chautauqua and would
welcome any support</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>you give to make the
most of this remarkable gift.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>With best wishes for whatever
you and your communities bring forth in the new
year.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>Good to converse, with
love<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3>Alan
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
size=3>Adelaide<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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