<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi, Bill, and welcome to the nutritious world of using Open Space for conferences and meetings.<div><br></div><div>I know that a lot of people use the word 'unconference' nowadays generically, to mean anything that is not PowerPoint.</div><div>I also know that Kaliya really 'gets' the quality and essence of using Open Space (specifically) for unconferences.<br><div><br></div><div>If you work your behind off to invite fabulous and interesting people (entrepreneurs, 'experts', diverse other kinds of thinkers) - you seed the pool for great conversations, sharing, learning and exploring to happen. Rather than put people together for a great one-on-one date, I would invite you to spend your energy on continuing to invite for diversity, trust the people, and the process - and let everyone post topics, questions, ideas they are passionate about. You might even invite folks to feel free to post in the form of a question if they wish to invite great thinking on some puzzle they are working on.</div><div><br></div><div>I think one of the not-ideal things that can happen in some communities is this feeling that 'experts' hold the information - rather than engaging people in co-learning. It would give the 'experts' the ability to post a topic for a small group discussion if they wish, wander about to sample discussions they get excited about, all things. People would meet each other in rich dialogue, exchange cards, contact each other after the event (especially with your list of participant information which would be part of a Book of Proceedings), collaboration would happen, friendship would happen, learning would happen.</div><div><br></div><div>Your families would enjoy more quality time with you.</div><div>You would be modeling your belief that people are amazing, and you would be modeling sustainability and wellness - no small thing to offer to emerging entrepreneurs.</div><div> </div><div>Some people who experienced it the other way might say 'gee, I loved being the only one that Joe Expert talked to'. And you can say: 'Go ahead: ask for what you want - you'll be amazed at who will come talk with you about this thing you are so passionate about'.</div><div><br></div><div>And everybody will experience co-leadership, feel they have something to offer, and experience how passion bounded by responsibility is an invitation to create and ask for what they need.</div><div>Seems to me to be some basic essential skills for new business leaders in a world where collaboration equals strength and creates even better products and services, no?</div><div><br></div><div>I say: try it...see what you think...and then tell us the story of what you observed and experienced.</div><div><br></div><div>Let's hear it for your continuing to invite and host delicious, dynamic, engaging conferences,</div><div><br></div><div>Lisa</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; 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"><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">Lisa Heft</font></b></span></font></div><div>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">Opening Space</font></b></span></font></div><div><a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net">lisaheft@openingspace.net</a></div><div><a href="http://www.openingspace.net">www.openingspace.net</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></span></div></span><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Join me for the Open Space Learning Workshop</span></font></font></i><div><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">December 9-11, San Francisco</span></font></font></i></div></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br><br></div></div></body></html>*
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