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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Enjoying everyone's contributions to this list... and congratulations Phelim!<br /><br />For anyone wanting to learn, practice or develop, there are some places left on this workshop I'm co-hosting this Friday... feel free to share if appropriate.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />Looking forward to seeing some of you at WOSonOS London 2012... until then, keep up the good work.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Very warm regards</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Open Space CoLearning Workshop Friday 27 January 2012, Brighton</strong></span></p>
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<li><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a title="DecisionLab" href="http://decisionlab.org.uk/"><img style="float: right;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/q4XAFQ-7qE6w1km37gFZmvTkiL6n8nFVG_bOwmf-6d_haJaP4247-I0E5i4Tlu3k4H_KzmvNQM0onUxN5zUo1qFhjy1UF7JDDMoZoGYLrmMrxe9UVo0" alt="DecisionLabJigsawPiecesLogo" width="200" height="290" /></a></span></strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.051395152557093815" style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Do you want to learn or practice a robust way to run a participant-led 3 hour meeting or a 3 day conference, for 5 to 1000 people, at a moment's notice?</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Do you want a way to rapidly launch new projects, bring participation, engagement, equality and inclusion to your business, project or community? To harness collective ingenuity for problem solving? </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Do you already know how to run Open Space events, but want some feedback and tips from other practitioners?</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"> </span></li>
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<p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Book now at </span><a href="http://openspacetraining.eventbrite.com/"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">http://openspacetraining.eventbrite.com/</span></a><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"> to ensure your place.</span></span><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">On January 27th, come to The Friend's Meeting House in Brighton, where experienced facilitators and teachers Martin Grimshaw and Robin Manuell of </span><a href="http://decisionlab.org.uk/"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">http://DecisionLab.org.uk</span></a><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"> will be holding an Open Space workshop, teaching and learning with participants from a range of professional backgrounds and skill-levels.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"> </span><br /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Please share this with anyone that you feel might benefit from this</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Open Space Co-Learning Workshop</span><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"> - Friday 27th of January 9.00am - 5.00pm</span><span style="color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">, </span><span style="color: #000000; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Brighton</span><span style="color: #000000; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">(at the beautiful <a title="Friends Meeting House" href="http://www.brightonquakers.co.uk/about-the-building-2/map-directions">Friends Meeting House</a>, in the heart of Brighton's famous Laines) £20 - 200: Sliding scale according to your ability to pay [<a title="HowMuchToPay" href="http://decisionlab.org.uk/sliding-scale-fees/">Help! How much should I pay?</a>]</span></span><br /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">This workshop invites those who are new to using Open Space Technology and those who already have some or even extensive experience of using it, to co-learn together, deepen our practice, and share our experiences of using it. </span><br /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">This workshop will be run as an Open Space so that participants can learn experientially, while learning how to design, prepare and facilitate an Open Space event, including tips and tricks, likely issues that may be encountered, follow up and incorporating an event within a wider context or strategy.</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">This will help anyone looking for a method for encouraging participation, engagement, equality and inclusion. Open Space Technology is a format for organising compostable conferences, unconferences, meetings, or stakeholder engagement, with maximum efficiency and minimum time and resources. It is a form of 'crowd sourcing' which can be used to bring together a company or any group or organisation to focus on a specific problem or question; Open Space allows for participants to co-create experience, learning and solutions in a way that unlocks creativity.</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Open Space is used by large companies, local government, community activists, and forward thinking organisations everywhere, from gatherings of 5 to several thousand people, from a couple of hours to several days.</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">To connect with a community of other Open Space practitioners and find out more about Open Space, visit Open Space World </span><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">http://www.openspaceworld.org/</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">The World Open Space on Open Space (WOSONOS) 2012 will be in London, UK for the first time`: </span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://www.wosonos2012.com">http://www.wosonos2012.com</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Martin Grimshaw<br /></span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">07891 571739 / <a href="mailto:martin@DecisionLab.org.uk">martin@DecisionLab.org.uk</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"> </span></strong></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><strong><a title="DecisionLab" href="http://DecisionLab.org.uk">DecisionLab: Tools for a smarter planet <br /></a></strong><strong>Facilitation, training, consultancy - get in touch, or sign up to our occasional newsletter, Collaborative Times</strong></span></p>
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