My Fabulous Lisa, It's pity that I didn't have a time & budget for that precious learning occassion. :-( ;;; Yes, there can be no doubt that the Pre-Work is absolutely prerequisite to maximizing power of self organization before, during, and after any OS event. I would very much appreciate if there a way for us to access the collective wisdom on this subject from the learning event. Thank you! Allreciatively,
S Spark Open Space Institute of Korea, Open Quest Squad 3rd Fl., Samkyung Bldg., 372-10, Seokyo-dong, Mapo-gu, 121-210, Seoul, Korea sp...@openspace.kr Phone: 02-353-6356 Mobile: 010-7247-0636 http://www.openspace.kr <http://www.openspace.kr/> <http://www.seri.org/fr/frIntro.html?fno=217692> http://www.seri.org/fr/frIntro.html?fno=217692 http://www.openspaceworld.org <http://www.openspaceworld.org/> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology http://www.artofhosting.org <http://www.artofhosting.org/> "Liberate the leader in each of us" _____ From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa Heft Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:28 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: The Power of Pre-Work - August 18-20, San Francisco Hello, dear colleagues - I invite you to join me for this learning experience - and thanks in advance for sharing the word - through email, tweets, other social networks, or face-to-face over a good beverage with your friends, clients and colleagues. I look forward to seeing some of you there - Lisa - - - - (As I write this, I reflect upon some of the diverse dialogue events I have facilitated and the elements of pre-work that led to their success - including a multi-language, multi-culture national immigrant and refugee farmer conference, a series of 2000+ participant youth ministry conferences, a national conference which introduced dialogue to help participants name diverse and conflicting points of view in their field, a meeting of international health workers sharing best practices across country and culture, a retreat for a global information technology department generating ideas for their corporate strategic plan, environmental advocates birthing a new global organization, HIV/AIDS educators developing mission, vision and a shared values statement for their non-profit organization, six international agencies collaborating on how to spend a billion dollar budget - and other examples of high productivity, creativity and partnership and meaningful outcomes in meetings based on dialogue methods and processes. What supported the success of these events? Not my magic jewel-like words and insights - instead, a thorough analysis to select the appropriate tool, plus ongoing conversations with the client teams about everything from issues and objectives to site, food, documentation, invitation and outreach, follow-up and more - with every one of these elements affecting or supporting dialogue. To me, the pre-work is essential - and yet, everyone tells me they do not get this sort of training in their academic programs or other facilitation training. So I decided to host a workshop to share best practices and lessons learned about the pre-work.) - - - - Join us - register now - for The Power of Pre-Work For people of all levels of experience August 18-20, 2010 San Francisco, California USA Facilitated by Lisa Heft Fellow, Columbia University's Center for International Conflict Resolution Adjunct Faculty, Sonoma State University Organization Development Program - - - - Facilitating staff meetings, community gatherings, planning sessions, conferences and committees: It is not just about showing up and doing some sort of magic facilitation on the day of the event. Learn how thoughtful, thorough pre-work can support the success of a dialogue event. For people of all levels of experience - although you will be able to retain more of your learning about pre-work if you already do some facilitation work Whether you facilitate using Open Space Technology, the World Cafe, Future Search, or other tools, processes and methods with and without names - everything in the full system of your event affects and impacts everything else. Share what you have learned and learn more about all of the elements of Pre-Work. It is all part of an ecology of interrelated elements. Pricing - as always - is flexible - custom tailored to what you as an individual can contribute and afford. For more information on content, schedule and pricing overview and to register, Contact me directly at <mailto:lisah...@openingspace.net> lisah...@openingspace.net I look forward to learning with and from you, Lisa Lisa Heft Consultant, Facilitator, Educator Opening Space <mailto:lisah...@openingspace.net> lisah...@openingspace.net <http://www.openingspace.net/> www.openingspace.net Ask me about the The Power of Pre-Work workshop for facilitators -August 18-20, 2010 - San Francisco and the Open Space Learning Workshops - October 15-18, 2010 - Medellin, Colombia and December 15-17, 2010 - San Francisco * * ========================================================== 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 * * ========================================================== 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
