<div>glad to read about ost in Iran,</div> <div>funda <BR><BR><B><I>Michael Herman <michael@michaelherman.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">congrats, prabu! and thanks for sharing this. knowing how far singapore is from iran, i'm surprised by this. knowing you, i'm not! way to go!<BR><BR>best from wintry chicago, m<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Feb 12, 2008 1:49 AM, Prabu Naidu <<A href="mailto:prabu@pacific.net.sg">prabu@pacific.net.sg</A>> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <DIV bgcolor="#ffffff"> <DIV> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Dear everyone - here is a brief update on my OS session in Tehran, Iran last week:</SPAN></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm
0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">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".</SPAN></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><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.</SPAN></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR>The Open Space was facilitated by me. The
event was co-sponsored by the Freidrich Ebert Stiftung and IRIB.</SPAN></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><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.</SPAN></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><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.</SPAN></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The two-day proceedings were beamed live on the Internet for IRIB staff outside Tehran to follow.</SPAN></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Best Regards,<BR>Prabu Naidu<BR>IAF Certified Professional Facilitator<BR>Co-Founder, Facilitators Network Singapore - <A href="http://www.fns.sg/" target=_blank>www.fns.sg</A><BR>Mobile: (+65)-98333515 Skype Names: prabu.naidu </SPAN></div></DIV></DIV>* *
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