Hello friends, Although we've not met, your conversations have energized and inspired me for the past several months and I am quite grateful. I'm in So California, Lisa, and love that this is the topic you're offering. Incredibly important and rarely offered like this --- ! I'm unable to attend on those dates due to client work in Seattle. I join Hege in encouraging you to offer this content via webcast, or in any time-'unbounded' manner that would allow me to register and benefit from your experience with pre-work. Warmly,
I'm thrilled to be co-facilitating the *The Art of Participatory Leadership and Social Innovation*, August 23-25 at Stillheart Institute in Woodside CA. This is a 3-day intensive designed to help leaders learn powerful processes to activate collective intelligence. Learn more and register here: http://aoplca2012.squarespace.com *Sherri Dettmer Cannon* Process Facilitator | Coach The Cannon Group +1 310 548 3623 office +1 310 489 1812 mobile [email protected] We are a certified Womens Business Enterprise (WBENC <http://www.wbenc.org> ) [image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/thecannongroup> [image: LinkedIn]<http://www.linkedin.com/in/sherricannon> Contact me: [image: Skype] sherri4871 On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Lisa Heft <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, dear colleagues - > > This is a message about an upcoming workshop for those of you in or around > or visiting California next month: The Power of Pre-Work - August 8-10 in > San Francisco. > > I invite you to join me for this learning experience - which is not > particular to Open Space but for any face-to-face dialogue approach we may > use: Lessons learned and shared about pre-work. > 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 learning with and from you there - Lisa > ** > - - - - > > *(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 8-10, 2012* > > *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 > President Emerita, Open Space Institute US > > - - - - > > Facilitating face-to-face 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 > *[email protected]* <[email protected]> > > I look forward to learning with and from you, > > Lisa > > *Lisa Heft* > Consultant, Facilitator, Educator > *Opening Space* > * > * > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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