REMINDER: The Early Bird Registration Deadline is June 6 for the METHODS FOR STRATEGIC COLLABORATION Foundations Workshop. The training will be held from August 6-8 in Delores, CO near Durango. Participants will learn how to utilize Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology, World Café and Polarity Management to generate conscious, strategic collaborations. More information is available below and at: http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/methods_for_strategic_collaboration
_____ Imagine engaging groups of 5 to 2,000 in strategic conversations. Imagine relaxing in the Rocky Mountain breezes in August of 2007 while learning four powerful methods that are being used around the world for breakthrough thinking, decision-making and collaborative action. METHODS FOR STRATEGIC COLLABORATION is a unique experiential learning workshop that provides foundational theory and practice to utilize Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology and World Café and Polarity Management. _____ WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES · Through experiential learning, gain a working knowledge of the principles, steps and practices of Appreciative Inquiry, World Café, Open Space Technology and Polarity Management. · Practice Appreciate Interviews, small group learning and large group synthesis as part of the Discovery Phase of Appreciative Inquiry. · Engage in a World Café as part of the Dream Phase of Appreciative Inquiry. · Participate in an Open Space Technology meeting as part of Design Phase of Appreciative Inquiry. · Practice Polarity Management as part of the Destiny Phase of Appreciative Inquiry. · Craft appreciative questions and provocative propositions in your own language and for your environment. · Design a large group project to take home. · Participate in two follow-up coaching sessions. _____ FACULTY Christine Whitney Sanchez consults internationally with organizations and communities to build the capacity for conscious leadership and strategic collaboration. She is an international pioneer in blending Appreciative Inquiry, World Café and Open Space Technology to deepen communication through conversations that matter and to liberate self-organization so that people can strategically collaborate by taking responsibility for their passion. Christine collaborated with Claudia Haack to coordinate the largest World Café in the world and facilitated the largest Open Space event in the USA at the 2005 Girl Scout National Convention. www.christinewhitneysanchez.com <http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/> _____ PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIALS "I realized my dreams come true. I will be able to help others serve a worthy purpose. I saw the impact of my heart - I can't wait to live it. Michael Jackson, March 2007, USAA Worldwide Insurance "The high point was that my greatest learning did NOT come from where I expected it to. If you come to this workshop, be prepared to be surprised. Be prepared for a workshop that gives you MORE than what is advertised. Be prepared to learn as much from the students as you do from the teacher (which is perhaps the highest compliment that I could pay to the skill, wisdom, and vision of Christine Whitney Sanchez). Be prepared to stretch in ways that you did not even anticipate. Be prepared to see the world in whole new ways." Mark W. Hanna, March 2007, Valley Coaching Collaborative, Chandler, AZ "This workshop has built my confidence as a facilitator and enabled me to incorporate particularly Appreciative Inquiry and Open Space Technology into a pilot test of an activity to mobilize sector wide collaboration in order to improve the national response to orphans and vulnerable children throughout sub-Saharan Africa." Jane Begala, March 2007, Constella Futures, Washington D.C. Thank you for showing me a different, more spiritual way of doing Open Space. Andrew Ballance, March 2007, London, England I plan to use some Appreciative Inquiry in my next leadership workshop in Ireland, as a first step in bringing about a change to emphasize the positive in training of our leaders. Participant from Ireland, October 2004 Ive learned and been mentored in methodologies that work that affect my work with others in positive, active ways that encourage me to be congruent with my values and beliefs. Participant, May 2005, Chicago Training Im excited about the click of several concrete AI projects to address challenges that Id been mulling for some time. Participant from Israel, 2004 I discovered sound principles to be used as inner guidance throughout life and rediscovered importance of trusting that voice inside. The workshop gave me a framework for previously scattered projects in my head. Participant, 2004 Paris Training I am anxious to extend this Open Space and World Cafe process to Girl Scouts and other venues/organizations. Each participant has walked away with a bit of understanding of how to hear the voices of the masses. Participant, August 2005, Girl Scouts of the USA I wish to have many more opportunities to attend and participate in this kind of process, but also to be able to share it widely. Participant from South Africa, 2004 _____ The METHODS FOR STRATEGIC COLLABORATION workshop will be held at Sophia Retreat & Conference Center - http://www.sophiaretreatcenter.org/ in Dolores, CO, sixty miles west of Durango. This four day training will take place August 6 - 9, 2007. For more information, please refer to the attached flyer or contact Marcia McConnell Ranch (970) 223-0356 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Thanks for your help in disseminating this information. Warm wishes from toasty Phoenix, Christine Christine Whitney Sanchez CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy 2717 E. 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