Hi Open Spacers. <br><br>I am one of the people who actually also uses other methods besides open space in their work. I am facilitating (using open space) a conference about a whole class of methods called games....we are doing a whole day event in SF to discuss them and I wanted to invite you all. <br>
<br>Innovation, Design and Serious Games Exchange.<br><a href="http://www.enthiosys.com/news-events/idsge/">http://www.enthiosys.com/news-events/idsge/</a><br><br>Date: Friday, June 26, 2009 in San Francisco.<br><br>I think this is a great low cost way to expand your faciltator horizons. Please contact me if you have any questions about the conference or want to learn more. <a href="mailto:kaliya@mac.com">kaliya@mac.com</a><br>
<br>PLEASE blog about it and forward this on to others you know who might be interested in learning more.<br><br><br>Innovation, Design and Serious Games Exchange.<br><a href="http://www.enthiosys.com/news-events/idsge/">http://www.enthiosys.com/news-events/idsge/</a><br>
Date: Friday, June 26, 2009<br>Time: 9 am – 5 pm<br>Place: Dogpatch Studios, 991 Tennessee Street, San Francisco, CA<br>Cost: $50 per person. <a href="http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=183502">http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=183502</a><br>
Capacity: up to 150 individuals <br><br>No matter what you call these activities, playful interactions with customers and users can lead to breakthrough products and services. Playful interactions within work groups improve team performance by fostering better communications and enabling teams to improve decision-making. Playful interactions in professional development settings enable diverse specialists to overcome differences and create powerful results.<br>
<br>When used as qualitative research techniques, Innovation, Design and Serious Games improve results by enabling participants to express their thoughts and emotions through a variety of in-person and online experiences. The games lead to rich data that help drive decisions about market needs, product requirements, buyer and user profiles and motivations, competitors, opportunities and barriers to success, the evolution of existing products and services, and more.<br>
<br>Innovation, Design, and Serious Games also have serious uses in the public sector. They can be used to better understand issues surrounding complex initiatives, improve participation in the democratic process, and identify unexpected benefits and drawbacks to proposed legislation or other policy decisions.<br>
<br>On June 26, up to 150 of us will gather in San Francisco for the first ever Innovation, Design and Serious Games Exchange. We’ll share techniques, learn from one another, and deepen our knowledge of how to use well-known games in stereotypic and novel situations. We’ll also learn about new and emerging games.<br>
<br>This one-day event is a facilitated unconference. There are no formally defined presentations, no keynotes or plenary sessions, and no carefully orchestrated “panels or experts”. We make the schedule when we are face-to-face the day of the conference. The community that gathers in the morning will create an agenda as participants put forward topics for sessions. We tap into the wisdom of the group to co-create the agenda on site. As people register, we invite suggestions for session topics that all can see on the conference wiki.<br>
<br>Topics – which may be chosen for discussion – include<br><br> * Choosing the right game for the occasion<br> * Recruiting an appropriate group of participants<br> * Briefing or training observers<br> * Tips for facilitating groups<br>
* Preparing or adapting materials for specific games<br> * Remote or distributed play, how to’s and when to’s<br> * Troubleshooting during game play<br> * Presenting findings and recommending next steps<br> * Additional strategic and tactical results for organizations and products<br>
<br><br><br><br>-------------------<br>This is a community-driven event: Half the costs are covered by participant registration fees, the other half by sponsors. For sponsors it is a great opportunity to get your brand in front of leaders in a dynamic, emerging market. You will reach a group of up to 150 individuals who represent the best in qualitative research methods, product innovation strategies, and product management, and who influence many more because of their client lists.<br>
<br>Sponsorships are available starting at $500 per organization.<br><br>Each sponsor gets:<br> * Verbal recognition at the opening and closing plenary sessions<br> * Its logo and a one-sentence description on the program website and any materials distributed onsite<br>
* An opportunity to share print information or offerings of logo’d merchandise on a sponsor table.<br> * Community recognition and admiration for helping lead the next wave of collaboration<br><br>Organizers:<br> * Luke Hohmann, CEO, Enthiosys, Mountain View CA, author of Innovation Games: Creating Breakthrough Products Through Collaborative Play, <a href="mailto:lhohmann@enthiosys.com">lhohmann@enthiosys.com</a><br>
* Nancy Frishberg, User Experience Strategist, MSB Associates, San Mateo CA, <a href="mailto:nancyf@fishbird.com">nancyf@fishbird.com</a>, and Innovation Games Facilitator<br> * Kaliya Hamlin (aka Identity Woman), Process Geeks, Berkeley, CA, <a href="mailto:kaliya@mac.com">kaliya@mac.com</a>, and Innovation Games Facilitator<br>
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