Hi Lisa and others... great offering...I have been teaching OST and World Cafe within the Certificate for Dialogue and Civic Engagement at Simon Fraser University in a quick one day session and we spend the morning discussing pre-work. For me, the success of any participatory gathering in terms of energy, engagement and the good use of creative time is directly related to the quality and intensity iof the invitation. Designing the invitation process, as well as all of the other pre-work that goes into detraining and understanding the context of an OST meeting is something like 80% of the work of running a good OST meeting.
In our session at SFU we spend some time in the morning talking about pre-work and design and then engage in a World Cafe around the theme "Invitation is a verb: discuss!" That focuses people on the idea that invitation is a process, not a thing you send out by email. In the afternoon, we then use OST for people to bring their own projects and questions to the group and we invite participants to help co-design pre-work using OST as the learning methodology. Ive run the course the last three years and constantly trying to improve it...not a lot you can do in one day, but if you learn anything new, would love to pick your brain. Chris. -- --- CHRIS CORRIGAN Facilitation - Training - Process Design Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com *Upcoming workshops* * * * Art of Hosting November 12-15, 2012, Bowen Island, BC, Canada. (email me for more information) * * * YET: the improv-based facilitation course you have always wanted to take! 2012, Bowen Island, BC, Canada (email me for more information) * *
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