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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Good morning Bhav!</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Congratulations! Was
anyone for the World Youth Alliance participating to your event, by any chance?</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It is so nice to read
your message as I, too, will be running an OS in the same context (Millenium
Development Goals). It’ll be in </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Quebec City</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, in French, mid-August.
I’ve been preparing with a group of youth that are really great and eager
to experience OS. We too expect about 150 participants. Some will come from </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Africa</span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>, which is great as we’ll have youth from both the North and
South in the room. I’m really looking forward to it!</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>By the way, everyone, this
event emerges from The Great Declaration project, in which “a</span></font><strong><b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:normal'>group of young people from
Québec and around the world send out a call for commitment.</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></b></strong><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>The Great Declaration proclaims the principles and values
they wish to promote on a global scale. Its aim is to instill the desire for
change and to stimulate involvement among citizens. Although primarily proposed
by young people, its message is addressed to all generations. Original in its
content, the Great Declaration invites each signatory to personally commit to
concrete action with a view to building a world that is more just, more open
and more united.” P</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>lease have a
look at the website <a href="http://www.moijesigne.org/"><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy;text-decoration:none'>www.moijesigne.org</span></font></a> and
spread the word! The Declaration is there, and you can sign it and make a
personal commitment.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Bhav, regarding the
action planning, I like to give the participants a little guide that was
developed by </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Diane Gibeault</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>. It asks the basic questions of an action plan
to help the discussion. For example, what do we want to accomplish, why, how,
whom should we bring on board, when will we meet for next steps, etc. In a
corporate context, Diane and I like to add a question about how to integrate
this action into the current workload – anything that we can let go of,
or put aside for a while, can tasks be reorganized? It helps. But of course,
once people are back in the day-to-day stuff, it takes a lot of discipline and
dedication to keep at what came out of the OS. So I talk a bit about that in
the opening of that action planning portion, insisting on responsibility again.
And then I let go. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Having a communications
consultancy background, I also suggest to the client, during preparations, to
plan for communications after the event - e-mail, internal bulletin, informal
gatherings. Just to bring back that OS event regularly in the minds and hearts of
participants. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hope this helps! </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Esther M.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>De la part de</span></b> Bhavesh P</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>atel<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Envoyé :</span></b> 24 juillet 2008
22:59<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>À :</span></b> </span></font><font
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Objet :</span></b> OST in Indonesia</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
35.4pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hey Friends, just wanted to let u know that I ran a one day open space
for a conference in Indonesia that had a 110 young people from 33 countries
exploring how to share experience and find common action on the MDGs. It was my
biggest so far and a huge circle, see attached.<br>
<br>
One guy from Australia was there who said he had experienced open space before
and that it didn't really work. I asked him a few more questions to find out
his experience was of a pre-set agenda and he had to choose a group ! Anyway at
the end of this open space, he was a changed man, and amazed at how people got
down to it without someone organising everything !<br>
<br>
I am now working on taking open space more into corporates, and have questions
around the action planning part. My approach has been to continue the action
planning in open space. However once people come up with action plans and
steps, how is that then integrated back into the organisation and the decision
making processes, etc. How do others do action planning with corporates ?<br>
<br>
Smiles Bhav.........<br>
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