<div dir="ltr">We did a OST program several years ago for the Fulbright China Scholars program. This was for the annual 1/2 year gathering of the Fulbright Scholars in China. They had previously organized a specific number of break out session based on expected interests. As the program was getting larger and it was becoming less clear what were the appropriate topics, I suggested using an OST process. They were surprised by the number of topics that emerged and the range (from explorations of Confucius philosophy to how to get create friends/relationships in China.) The program was run several years in this format. <div>
<br></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Mark </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Mark Pixley<br><br><div>LEADERSHIP INC<br>86-755-8211 1366</div><div>86-186 8895 0841</div><div>skype: mjpixley</div>
<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:42 AM, doug <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ost@footprintsinthewind.com" target="_blank">ost@footprintsinthewind.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
Friends--<br>
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Have been asked for ideas for an OST or similar segment for a Thursday through Saturday time frame. Could you please help me think through what I might invite them to do? Has anybody done work for this program before and do you have proceedings/reports that might help?<br>
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Those attending are women from either Sub-Sahara Africa or Western Hemisphere (our local group is competing for both groups, and at most one will be assigned), who are completing their studies in the US and heading back to their countries. The purpose of the program is to increase mutual understanding of folks in the US and other countries.<br>
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The US State Department is apparently running the event and has asked for each "workshop" to be 2 hours in length. Their priority areas for skill-building workshops are:<br>
Communication/Networking<br>
Identification of Leadership Styles<br>
Resume writing<br>
Conflict Resolution<br>
Team Building/Leadership<br>
Problem Solving<br>
Goal setting<br>
Grant writing<br>
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These seem custom-made for OS!<br>
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How would you approach this? The proposal must be in to the State Dept by Dec 9, so I am on deadline!<br>
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I am thinking of a parallel full day OS on the last day. Not sure who all is involved (I know they are academics), but I want to suggest the whole conference be in OST!<br>
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My contact thinks we should work on communication/networking or Problem Solving. I'm not so sure. I am thinking of some theme like "Issues and Opportunities for Taking All This Back Home."<br>
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Your suggestions?<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br>
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:- Doug.<br>
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