<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#241883">Dear Open Space Friends,</font></font></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#241883">Many thanks for holding the space with me and Collaborative Spark on September 23 as we opened the space for civic engagement in Phoenix Arizona. It was quite a day and, of course, the open space was full of energy and passion!</font></font></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#241883">For those who are interested in the results, please see below my signature for the report. </font></font></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#241883">Warm wishes from a warm Phoenix evening,</font></font></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#241883">Christine</font></font></div><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Candara; font-size: medium; "><div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#241883"><br></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#241883">Christine Whitney Sanchez</font></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#241883">CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy</font></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#241883">2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue</font></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#241883">Phoenix, AZ 85048, USA</font></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#241883">+1.480.759.0262</font></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#241883"><a href="http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com">www.christinewhitneysanchez.com</a></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#241883"><a href="http://www.innovationpartners.com">www.innovationpartners.com</a></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#241883"><a href="http://www.collaborativespark.com">www.collaborativespark.com</a></font></font></div></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Open
Space Strategy Session<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">September 23, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Phoenix, Arizona</span></p><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: center; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">If
anything imaginable were possible, if there were no constraints whatsoever,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: center; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">how
can we participate, collaborate and innovate to stimulate civic action in
Arizona?</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">On September 23,
2010, nearly 150 Arizonans gathered to discuss how to increase civic engagement
in Arizona.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As part of It’s Up to
Me, AZ: A Day of Civic Action, this Open Space strategy session made it
possible for the participants to generate topics and focus on what they most
cared about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>After two hours of
lively discussions, more than 20% of the participants committed to host further
conversations on the most exciting ideas for stimulating civic action.</span></p><p class="jamie"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><a href="http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com">Christine Whitney Sanchez</a> and
Collaborative Spark, a consulting group with expertise in large-group
conversations and deliberations, guided the Open Space meeting. This process is
a non-hierarchical, transparent process that makes it easy for large groups to
build on each other’s ideas and self-organize for action around meaningful
issues and opportunities. It is a fun and dynamic way to release the wisdom of
the many.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Regina Blakely of <a href="http://www.collaborativespark.com">Collaborative
Spark</a> began the session by performing an original <a href="http://collaborativespark.com/projects/open-space-summary/open-space-poem/">open
space poem</a>. Participants then created the agenda and hosted breakout
discussions on topics such as:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.3in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">How
can the arts most effectively stimulate civic action?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.3in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Take
back the media<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.3in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Abolishing
human trafficking (posted by Senior Girl Scouts)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.3in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">A great
education for all children<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.3in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Redistricting
to ensure competitive districts</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Each breakout
group posted their most potent and actionable ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>One fifth of the participants were so passionate about civic
action ideas that they listed their contact information to host another
conversation and explore next steps.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">The chart at </span><a href="http://collaborativespark.com/projects/open-space-summary/">http://collaborativespark.com/projects/open-space-summary/</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "> represents original discussion topics, hosts, action ideas, participants who
committed to host the next conversation and people who have committed to
participate in the next conversation.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; ">If you are interested in joining a conversation, please contact the host
listed in the chart.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">For other
questions about the Open Space session, please contact Christine Whitney
Sanchez at <a href="mailto:cwhitneysanchez@gmail.com">cwhitneysanchez@gmail.com</a>.</span></p></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-family: Candara; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Candara; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D" face="Calibri"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><br></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><br></font></font></div></div></span></div></div> </div><br></body></html>*
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