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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%">I have two queries re
training of<a href="http://www.artofhosting.org/" target="_blank"> Art of Hosting (AoH)</a> and its constituent conversational processes in universities. <br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%">These relate to my
being inspired by how AoH is being used in higher education in the US, particularly
at the <a href="http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/155523" target="_blank">University of </a><a href="http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/155523" target="_blank">Minnesota</a>
(UMN) and at Ohio State University. </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%"></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br><span>See my posts of 26 August 2013 Re: [aoh] Cultivating Change in the Academy - an eBook from the University of Minnesota and of 18 September 2013 on 'The future of universities.' </span></span></font><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></font></p>
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<font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Having been university lecturer for most of my salaried professional life - including being a Senior Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University in the early 80s - I well recognise the wonderful difference this could make to the culture of higher education. <br>
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%">And wish to introduce
this into a particular university in Australia, to begin with. <br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%"><br></span></span></font></p>
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b><span style="line-height:115%">Query 1- The role of the AoH practitioner<br></span></b></span></font></p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%"><br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Do I understand
correctly that it is, <b>in this kind of instance</b> to:<br><br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%">
(a) demonstrate the potential of AoH approaches to the realisation of the
purposes of the institution.</span></span></font></p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%">(b) provide
training for staff and associates in order for them to be able and autonomous
in taking the processes forward.</span></span></font></p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%">(c) provide ongoing
mentoring and coaching where appropriate for 'rolling out.' </span></span></font></p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%">In my experience,
primarily as a practitioner of Open Space Technology (OST) since 1994 and the World Cafe (TWC) since 1998, either
separately or in combination, I have not trained 'clients' in their use.
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b><span style="line-height:115%">Query 2 - Length of training in AoH and in its constituent components<br></span></b></span></font></p>
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Training in OST by
people such as Lisa Heft, eg at the most recent annual<a href="http://wosonos2013.crowdvine.com/" target="_blank"> World Open Space on Open Space (WOS)</a>
took 3 days. Training in <a href="http://www.theworldcafe.com/history.html" target="_blank">the WorldCafe (TWC) </a>as offered by Amy Lenzo and colleagues also takes <span></span>3 days. <br>
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And yet training in AoH which covers how to facilitate these two and more also
is given in 3 days. <br>
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Does it happen that
people who have done the latter feel able and confident to be facilitate any of
the components of AoH? Or do people within an organisation such as UMN adopt
leading roles in, eg facilitating OST events? <br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%"><br></span></span></font></p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Looking forward to
being enlightened. <smile> </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br><span style="line-height:115%"></span></span></font></p>
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="line-height:115%">With good wishes to all for productive and fun enterprising in 2014.</span></span></font></p>
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Facilitator of conversations that matter and participatory fun<br>
Based in Adelaide and </span><span style="font-size:10pt">operating throughout Austral-Asia</span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>
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