<div>Lisa,</div>
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<div>Thanks for the heads-up.</div>
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<div>I've listed your workshop here: <a href="http://www.jackmartinleith.com/?page_id=160" target="_blank">www.jackmartinleith.com/?page_id=160</a></div>
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<div>If anyone else is offering Open Space facilitator briefings or trainings, please let me have details and I'll add them to my Open Space public events page.</div>
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<div>Warm wishes,</div>
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<div>Jack</div>
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<div>Jack Martin Leith<br>Creative activist<br>Bristol, United Kingdom<br>Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831 840541)<br>Skype: jackmartinleith<br>email: <a href="mailto:jack@jackmartinleith.com" target="_blank">jack@jackmartinleith.com</a><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2008/11/6 Lisa Heft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net" target="_blank">lisaheft@openingspace.net</a>></span><br>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt"><span><span>Those who may be interested in this might include educators, businesspeople, activists, community leaders, peace-builders, students, facilitators, coaches, consultants, and those who work in organizational development, the creation of conferences, human resources, management, inter-group relations, mediation, civic engagement and more. </span></span><span><span style="COLOR: blue">Sliding scale enables people of all income levels to attend these workshops.</span></span></p>
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<h1 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Do you convene people for staff meetings, community gatherings, planning sessions, conferences, committees or inter-group understanding?</span></h1>
<h1 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Learn a method for bringing innovation, high productivity, rich communication and collaboration into your work together.</span></h1>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: blue">Open Space Learning Workshop</span></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt"><span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: red">December 17-19, 2008 </span></b></span><span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: red">–- </span></span><span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue">San Francisco, California USA</span></b></span><span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue"></span></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt"><span><span>This workshop is </span></span><span><span style="COLOR: windowtext">for people of all experience levels</span></span><span><span>.</span></span><span><span style="COLOR: windowtext"></span></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt"><b><span style="COLOR: blue">Facilitated by Lisa Heft</span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue"></span></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">International consultant, facilitator and educator</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Fellow, Columbia University Center for International Conflict Resolution</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Co-Host of the 2008 World Open Space on Open Space</span></p>
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<h5 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal">Open Space Technology</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-STYLE: normal">*</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal"> is an interactive, participant-driven method for convening a meeting, retreat or conference that generates communication, collaboration, innovation, and other solutions to challenges and transitions. Participants co-create an agenda and lead their own discussion and action sessions in a dynamic way that invites interdisciplinary and inter-group thinking. Participants emerge from the process invigorated, refreshed, and proud of their individual and collective accomplishments. </span></h5>
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<h5 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal">The use of Open Space Technology has been effective since the mid-1980's in a diversity of settings, cultures and countries. The method has been used by corporations inviting productivity and teamwork during times of organizational change, chemists designing new polymers, tribal and governmental leaders planning land use, community advocates and local government designing literacy programs, conference organizers holding action conferences, architects designing pavilions for the Olympics, Information Technology departments doing strategic planning, and neighbors helping each other rebuild and heal after times of war. </span></h5>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt">One facilitator can use this process to convene groups of 5 to over 2000 and the dynamics and the results are always the same: input from stakeholders at all levels, new ways of thinking and working, large amounts of work done rapidly, bringing perceived competitors together on issues and projects, organizational flexibility, interdepartmental or intercommunity teamwork, a sense of accomplishment and a feeling of passion and energy for the challenges ahead.</p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The workshops</span></b> bring together those who are new to the method and those who have experienced it -- an opportunity to share your learning and understanding and to prepare yourselves or further your learning for facilitating your own Open Space. Experience an Open Space and learn all about design, preparation, planning, logistics, themes, invitation, 'what-ifs', 'when not to's', variations and more.</p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt"><span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext">For more information about content and pricing and to register, </span></b></span><span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red">contact workshop facilitator Lisa Heft at <u><a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></a></u> </span></b></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt"><span><span style="COLOR: windowtext"><a href="http://www.openingspace.net/papers_facilitation_OSCollaborationCommunication.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.openingspace.net/papers_facilitation_OSCollaborationCommunication.shtml</a></span></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9.35pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18.05pt"><span><span>I look forward to hearing from you,</span></span><span><span></span></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt"><span lang="PT">Lisa Heft</span><span lang="PT" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></span></p>
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<p><b><span lang="PT" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue">L i s a H e f t</span></b></p>
<p><span lang="PT" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue">Consultant, Facilitator, Educator</span></p>
<p><span lang="PT" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue">O p e n i n g S p a c e</span><span lang="PT" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></span></p>
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