<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello ~<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'm looking for stories - summaries - of Open Space used in conjunction with conferences involving </DIV><DIV>speakers or presentations. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I've collected and written some of our own experiences, done a a quick search of the archives,</DIV><DIV>and checked out several of the excellent practitioner websites and now I'm asking the list for more...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>What I've about so far is:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">In Asheville, NC, a loose community that was coming together around the 2004 election and a desire for change gathered to hear a speech by Col. Robert Bowman. Out of a 3-hour, 70-person Open Space following the speech the Kindness Campaign - <FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">www.thekindnesscampaign.org</SPAN></FONT> was created and has been sustained to the present.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 13px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1px;"><BR></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">200 highly-motivated professional financial planners joined for 4 days (2 days of presentations and training), 1 1/2 days in Open Space for their annual conference to discuss best practices in their own businesses. These professionals connected so deeply that in the closing circle on the last day there was not a single dry eye as they shared their experiences. The impact and flow of information accessed at this conference was unprecedented in the 15 year history of this particular conference.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 13px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1px;"><BR></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">For 4 days 80 drilling and technology engineers from bp (British Petroleum) representing 15 different countries joined together to share best practices and to focus on the future of their company and industry. The schedule included various presentations followed by Open Space, for the first 3 days and ended on the 4th day with 9 different teams heading up 12 different initiatives to be carried out in the coming year.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 13px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1px;"><BR></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1px;"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">In 2000, 300 business leaders from around the world were gathered together by Fast Company Magazine and met for 3 days of inspiring speeches and Open Space focused on building a community of professionals. Countless partnerships, connections and projects were launched and supported by this amazing conference.</SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Does anyone have any stories they could share?</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>with grace and love,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><B style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; ">Zelle</SPAN></SPAN></B></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Zelle Nelson</DIV><DIV>Know Place Like Home/Engaging the Soul@Work/State of Grace Document</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#008000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); ">www.knowplacelikehome.com</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); ">www.engagingthesoulatwork.com</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#004080"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 128); "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 128); ">www.stateofgracedocument.com</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B style="font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#008000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-weight: bold; "><A href="mailto:zelle@knowplacelikehome.com">zelle@knowplacelikehome.com</A></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>work/home:<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>(001) 828.693.0802</DIV><DIV>mobile:<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>(001) 847.951.7030</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Isle of Skye</DIV><DIV>2021 Greenville Hwy</DIV><DIV>Flat Rock, NC 28731</DIV><DIV>USA</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>*
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