Dear friends and colleagues in the Open Space community of this list, Facilitated by Judi Richardson, using Open Space Technology, the International Alliance for Mentoring (IAM) conference this year will be taking place here in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA on Sept 28/29. There will be about 25 people for this second annual conference, with participants from seven countries -Israel, Siberia, New Zealand, Germany, England, Canada, USA, and Sweden . We anticipate exciting discussions. We hope that you will take a few minutes, if you care to, to write a story to us about mentoring to include in our proceedings for the conference. These stories are needed by the conference start on Sept 28th and will be posted at the conference as stories that might stimulate further discussions. We are looking for stories of mentoring by an individual or by an organization. Some of us who work holistically as "consultants" to organizations are very excited about shifting the concept of "consultant" to the concept of "mentor". And some of us are very excited by the concept of organizations mentoring each other so that they all benefit from a mentoring (verb) relationship. Some pre-conference discussions have already taken place by those of us who couldn't wait and are already gathered here. One that stirred my passion, initiated by Terry Gibson from England, was one of creating possibilities of one conscious Open Space Organization in a mentoring relationship with another for mutual support and learning.
Information about the International Alliance for Mentoring is at http://www.openspacetechnology.com/iam.html including an invitation for people to participate by sending their stories of mentoring to us. We are intending to compile these and develop a book when we have enough of them. At http://www.openspacetechnology.com/iam_story.html I have recorded the story of the International Alliance for Mentoring as a story of an intentional conscious Open Space Organization, just forming and with the most minimal number of givens. This is an ongoing experiment to determine how little structure we can have in place and yet support the passion to have this organization grow and thrive. One global project of the IAM is the Harmony Project. Information about this can be found at http://www.openspacetechnology.com/harmony.html and go to the Harmony Project in the menu. Within this project we work with the Open Space of the universe, accessing the magic of an Open Space Technology meeting and moving beyond the Open Space Technology meeting. The theme is "holding space for opportunities for harmony in the world". We invite you to join us in this exciting work that is intended to shift consciousness on this planet, in our desire to work towards more life nurturing options for the future. One chapter of the book will be devoted to "for our children..." as we look to the future to be of influence to create the world that we want for our children. Blessings to you and to all with whom you make Genuine Contact, Birgitt Birgitt Williams of Dalar International Consultancy http://www.dalarinternational.com Mentoring for Organizational Effectiveness view the calendar for upcoming training at http://www.openspacetechnology.com/training.html We invite you to join the list serve at http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/genuinecontact Contact information for Dalar International Consultancy Mailing address: Po Box 19373, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 27619 or for courier 12136 Shooting Club Rd., Raleigh, North Carolina USA 27613 Phone: 919-522-7750 Fax: 919-870-6599 "I believe that Spirit matters and people are precious. I know that organizations incorporating these values have exciting, tangible results including wealth, prosperity, and abundance. Daily, these organizations attend to their health and balance. Participating in the Genuine Contact program takes you on a learning journey of HOW to achieve the healthy and balanced organization (the conscious Open Space Organization). Birgitt Williams, Dalar International Consultancy
