[Thanks, Michael P, and hello, Ralph and dear colleagues - Below is some information about our World Open Space (WOSonOS) week in San Francisco, California, USA during the dates of July 21 through July 28. The WOSonOS begins with a casual reception on the evening of July 22 and runs through mid-afternoon on July 26...however there are more activities you may wish to consider. As the WOSonOS is not a training, those of you who are new to the method are invited to come to any of our trainings around the world - and we are including one in San Francisco the week of the conference. Take a look below - there is also a lovely evening with 'the guy in the hat'. When you register you will receive a list of accommodations, complete with distance from the sites (the lovely Fort Mason and the Presidio of San Francisco), bus lines and all, so you can continue your planning. The invitation is below. And soon I will let you know about our website, where you can find out about airports, accommodation, activities in the region, local weather and more. Before that website launch, if any of you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. I look forward to seeing many of you in San Francisco in July! On behalf of the WOSonOS 2008 Host Team - Lisa Heft]
_______________________________________________________________________ The Open Space Institute of the US, Sister Open Space Institutes around the world and international colleagues invite you to the 16th World Open Space on Open Space (WOSonOS) A conference in Open Space, for facilitators, organizations and colleagues who use Open Space in San Francisco, California, USA July 21 through July 28, 2008 * What Can We Learn / Share / Teach / Explore / Discover with Each Other about our Work in Open Space around the World? * We invite you to a week of Open Space events: Monday and Tuesday, July 21 and 22, 2008 Open Space Learning Workshop (separate fee, separate registration - open to the public - for more information contact lisah...@openingspace.net) As the WOSonOS is not a training but rather an invitation to explore OST on deeper levels, we invite all of you who have not yet experienced facilitating and using this method to take the Open Space Learning Workshop, another Open Space workshop or have some actual facilitation experience in Open Space -before- attending this conference. Tuesday, July 22, evening Author Evening with Harrison Owen (a free event, open to the public, donations welcome, please pre-register) Join Harrison Owen, the originator of Open Space Technology, as we celebrate the launch of the Third Edition of the fundamental book on Open Space, "Open Space Technology: A User's Guide" - Berrett-Kohler, Publishers, Inc, San Francisco 2008. Wednesday, July 23, evening Welcome Reception to meet old and new friends and colleagues (included in the WOSonOS registration fee, registered delegates only) Thursday, July 24 through Saturday, July 26, 2008 World Open Space on Open Space for facilitators, organizations and colleagues who use Open Space (included in the WOSonOS registration fee, registered delegates only - conference, Wednesday reception, Thursday through Saturday lunches, and Thursday evening celebration dinner) Monday, July 28, 2008 Fabulous Facilitators lunch and conversation (a free event, open to all facilitators, donations welcome - for more information contact lisah...@openingspace.net) A monthly meeting of facilitators from across the San Francisco Bay Area - come visit colleagues in our local network and join our conversation about group facilitation and group process. This week of Open Space learning, exploration, interchange and celebration will be followed by an OpenSpace-OnlineR event in September 2008 (WOSOonOS 2008). The date and time for our online event will be announced later in 2008. To receive advance notice about this event please go to http://www.openspace-online.com/event/WOSOonOS-2008 To register, visit <http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=150208> http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=150208 ___________________________ L i s a H e f t Consultant, Facilitator, Educator O p e n i n g S p a c e <mailto:lisah...@openingspace.net> lisah...@openingspace.net <http://www.openingspace.net> www.openingspace.net * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
