<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">A deep bow to you and many thanks, Chuni, Tonnie, Andrew and Paul - for your referrals to literature specifically about facilitation as it relates to Action Research.<div>Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with me.</div><div>Your collective interest deepens my learning and my abilities to explain this aspect of Action Research and in doing so, shares this knowledge with more people who would love to learn about it.</div><div><div>If anybody else has any favorite written resources specifically about this - thanks for letting me know.</div></div><div><br></div><div>And Tonnie - I have warm memories of our great experiences and learning at the WOSonOS those few years ago. I smile when I think of it, and of you...</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Lisa<br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; 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; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; 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line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; 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; "><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><a name="_MailEndCompose"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </font></o:p></a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Hi, folks -<o:p></o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I am doing some writing about action research as it specifically applies to facilitation.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">(and thank you Keith and Mike for a stimulating butterfly conversation about that at the WOSonOS.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>Loved</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>it.).<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Action Research might best be described as different approaches to product design, social issues, organizational systems or other change / improvement goals that combine ideas, actions and reflection in a continuous cycle. One example of this is where a group of people in an organization might get together to think up a new way of doing something (reflecting on what is known or learned so far), then roll it out into the organization, gathering data on what works / what does not work so well, then meeting again to review and reflect... and continuing the cycle: putting what they learned into adjusting the way of doing something, rolling it out again in its next version... and so on. <o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">This is done in some organizations, businesses and communities and for everything from health care to community services to education.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Above is my very simplistic way of describing it it but I'm guessing you know what I mean.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I would love to include in my writing some books or articles - online or otherwise - that *specifically* discuss Action Research as it relates to Facilitation. <o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">And my own learning about this is from the School of Life rather than through reading.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">So if there are papers, books or articles that you would like me to include on this 'where to learn more' list - thank you for letting me know at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">lisaheft@openingspace.net</a><o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Lisa<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div></div></body></html>