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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=3>G’day Open Space and World Café Friends</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=3>This is being posted to World Café, OST and genuinecontact
listservs with the thought </FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>that
you may find it of interest and potentially useful. It comes to you from a
lovely spring morning in Australia.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=3>There are periodic indications that some of us are using both OST and
Café processes, sometimes independently and sometimes in combination. In my
experience this can be very effective in contexts in which each is
appropriate. </P></FONT>
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size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=3>A story of how they were used together in a series of community
consultations can be seen at:</FONT></P>
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size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=3>In Conversing Cafes people come out on top downunder. </FONT><A
href="http://www.theworldcafe.com/storyconversing.html"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"
size=3>http://www.theworldcafe.com/storyconversing.html</FONT></A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=3>Many people have commented on how useful they found the
observed correspondence between purpose and process and outcome in this now
well known ‘Marion Story’. Reportedly it played a role in
bringing about a cultural shift to 'all voices being heard' in the Financial
Planning Association in the US. </FONT><A
href="http://www.theworldcafe.com/storyfpa.html"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=3>http://www.theworldcafe.com/storyfpa.html</FONT></A></P>
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size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT
size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">I wonder if you see that we could all
benefit if the power and potential of these two processes was widely recognised
by leaders through their having personal experience of
them?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT
size=3>A remarkable opportunity to do this with both has come my way recently.
In each state in Australia there are leadership programs offered annually in
which young ‘high fliers’ (people who have proven work experience and
capability, vision and commitment) are given a comprehensive set of experiences
to prepare them to assume leadership positions beyond their workplace.
Participants are recruited f<SPAN lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">rom
a wide range of backgrounds, industries and sectors - including business,
government, social, community and the arts. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT
size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
(new) director of this program in South Australia contacted me mid year to
express her concern that the current group were not communicating at anything
beyond superficial levels and that she had heard on the wind that I might be
able to assist. </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT
size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">One
emerging is that, in the two day final retreat in November, the whole
of the first day is to be allocated to: </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: green"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3><SPAN>Conversation Cafe
(morning) </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">‘Reflection on the year’
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: green"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3><SPAN>Open Space
Technology (afternoon) ‘Where to from here ….’
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT
size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">in
order to address the theme:</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: green; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText2 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><STRONG><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"
size=3> How
may we make the most of the experience of being participants in this
program? </FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3>My
intuition is that the intimacy and inclusivity of sitting at small tables in the
Café while reflecting on their shared experience will promote the listening and
questioning through which participants may reach deeper levels of awareness,
understanding and of relating. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3>And
then in the Open Space session the conditions will be right for all to
announce what they feel 'bold and wild' about, and for like passioned
people to link with each other. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3>Whether
it happens like this remains to be seen! <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: green; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>(In next year's course, these processes will be
introduced at the outset).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>I would add that, whichever process I use when
facilitating/hosting, I invariably invoke the principles of OST. And I do not
name an event Open Space unless it is the whole ‘box and dice.’
</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3>Also I use capitalized ‘Café’ when
alluding to the process and when using diverse descriptors such as
‘Conversation’, ‘Passion’, ‘Collective Wisdom’, ‘Knowledge’ Café.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>With love </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Alan</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Adelaide </FONT></SPAN></P>
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