<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">Hi Everyone,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><br></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">Come join us:<span> <a href="http://globalconversation.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">http://globalconversation.eventbrite.com/</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span><br>
</span></font></p><font size="2"></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">Elaine Hansen and I with a team of nearly 20 had intended to
play it safe. The project is a Virtual Global Conversation that will take place
on November 20, 2011. We had planned it to be in a World Café format, preparing
questions ahead of time and organizing people in small groups. <span> </span>In Chile I happened to mention it to Harrison.
Of course, you can hear his response: Why not in Open Space?<span> <br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span><br></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">Yes why not? <span> </span>We
quickly brainstormed bringing Larry Peterson, also part of our team, into the
conversation. <span> </span>And we decided: let’s go
for it!<span> </span>Let’s invent, create and
experiment with the Maestro Technology, the platform we are using to invite
people to this free event. We know we’ll be pushing the limits of this new technology.
We know it will not honor all of the self-organizing that Open Space invites
but we hope it will be a giant step in that direction.<br><br></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">The theme is about “Letting go who we think we’re supposed
to be to embrace who we are”.<span> </span>An
invitation to just be ourselves in life! It will be around Brené Brown’s work: her
Ted talk “The Power of Vulnerability” and her book <u>The Gifts of Imperfection</u>.
<span> </span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">We invite you to join us by clicking
this link:</font></p><font size="2">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">Much to our amazement, close to 150 people from around the
world have already signed up.<span> <br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span><br></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">We all know magic happens in Open Space.<span> </span>We hear the palpable feel of it in Closing
Circle and what I also know is that days, weeks and months later, people are
still deeply moved and affected by the experience. What I am hoping from this
experiment is that we will see if it would be possible for people to connect virtually
soon after a face-to-face Open Space. It could be an opportunity for participants
to share how they felt after an OS event—a way of deepening their awareness and
anchoring the experience. <br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">Open Space invites us to take responsibility for what
we are passionate about; it invites us to action on things that we care about.
What it also does is invite us to recognize who we are in life. We just don’t
always realize what happened, after it happened. Being able to share soon after
may be a good thing!</font></p>
<br clear="all"><font color="#888888">Suzanne<br></font><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Suzanne Daigle<br>NuFocus Strategic Group<br>7159 Victoria Circle<br>University Park, FL 34201<br>FL <a href="tel:941-359-8877" value="+19413598877" target="_blank">941-359-8877</a>; <br>
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