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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Hello, Melinda -</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>How exciting to hear of your April 1 Teaching Peace conference. Are
you using both Open Space and World Café on one day? </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>You asked:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>1. How do
we market the conference to a public who generally does not </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>know who
OS is and who might be looking for the big name/keynote </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>speaker
and workshop leaders? That is, a traditional conference would </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>list
speakers and workshops to draw participants. Last year, we </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>offered 5
workshop tracks. Since we don't know who is coming yet this </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>year, how
can we advertise the conference? Should we plant some </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>conveners
in our participant group who have offered sessions at the </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>previous
conference?</span></font></i></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>You can always invite some amazing people and list them as 'invited
guests include...' Of course you'll want to inform them of the process and
that they are invited to participate in any way they wish, hosting sessions or
not as they feel they will best contribute and share learning. (what I am
saying is don’t ask them to host a session – they’ll know
what they’ll feel like doing as the process unfolds and they may –
on the other hand they may share and learn much more by attending other peoples’
sessions, as everyone will be the ‘expert’ in Open Space). And you'll
want to give them a very good sense that this is more a series of
conversations, not a presentation, and that people will be coming in and out
and sampling different conversations. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>If you need an article describing the process for them you can use mine
if you like:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>"Opening Space for Collaboration and Communication" at</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.openingspace.net/papers_facilitation_OSCollaborationCommunication.shtml">http://www.openingspace.net/papers_facilitation_OSCollaborationCommunication.shtml</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>And you can advertise the conference with enthusiasm, based on what
sorts of people you know will be coming (peacemakers, educators, policy makers,
thought leaders – however you want to describe the mix of people who come
to this conference already).</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Here are some invitations that may spark some ideas:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.openingspace.net/openSpaceTechnology_method_resources_invitations5.shtml">http://www.openingspace.net/openSpaceTechnology_method_resources_invitations5.shtml</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>And you can mention the method or not; if you do, you can say ‘experience
a process used in peace conferences around the world’ because it is.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The key is to craft something so exciting that people will feel like
they don’t want to miss it! And you may want to send out different
approaches to reach different kinds of people – different cultures
(educators, young people, peace builders, business leaders, faith communities)
may respond to different languaging, graphics, and so on.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>They key is to invite…and invite…and keep inviting all the
way up until your event. To get creative, and outreach, and see who else is
not yet coming, and who with a very different viewpoint needs to be there.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>2. How do
we get those "experts" to attend and to see themselves as </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>participants
who both have something to offer and gain from the </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>experience?</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>You’d be amazed at how excited ‘experts’ are when
they get to really engage, when they get to try a new approach, when they are
invited, when they can talk about what they are really passionate about. The
right ones will always come, and love it.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>And what an amazing conference it will be…and such an experience
of peace – rather than talking about it, people will be *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>being</span></b>* peace…</span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Lisa</span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>___________________________</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>L i s a H e f t</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>O p e n i n g S p a c e</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Berkeley, California, USA</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>www.openingspace.net </span></font></p>
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