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everyone - here is a brief update on my OS session in Tehran, Iran last
week:</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">On
4th February 2008 some forty producers and managers from the radio division of
the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) converged in one of the studios
that was the venue of an Open Space Technology (OST) session to discuss on the
theme "Radio Management in Iran".<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><BR>The
participants who came to the session - based on open invitations announced on
banners throughout the studios - had a desire to contribute to the future of
Radio in Iran, they came, enjoyed the collegial networking and contributed ideas
and thoughts.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><BR>The
Open Space was facilitated by me. The event was co-sponsored by the
Freidrich Ebert Stiftung and IRIB.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><BR>In
the full day session, six concurrent market place discussions were held over two
time slots of one hour each. There was deep conversations and many ideas
generated on the theme. During the action planning; six key ideas were voted to
be worked on next and six leaders accepted the responsibility to take the ideas
to the next step.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><BR>The
next day on 5th February 2008, a smaller group of ten participants in the
morning and another ten in the afternoon attended a training session on Open
Space so that they will be equipped to conduct Open Space sessions on their own
in the future. These participants had also attended the full day session the day
before. The participants intend to use Open Space to engage their own staff as
well as their listeners in improving their programmes and
services.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The
two-day proceedings were beamed live on the Internet for IRIB staff outside
Tehran to follow.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p>Best
Regards,<BR>Prabu Naidu<BR>IAF Certified Professional Facilitator<BR>Co-Founder,
Facilitators Network Singapore - <A
href="http://www.fns.sg">www.fns.sg</A><BR>Mobile:
(+65)-98333515 Skype Names: prabu.naidu
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