You Are Invited To Experience
and Learn
24 June 2000
19 August 2000
2-3 September 2000
Twelve
years ago, Harrison Owen organized a conference for 500 people, but he was
sorely disappointed with the result. He
realized that the highest energy, when people were most productive, was during
the breaks. He decided to create an
effective meeting structure that maintained the energy of the "coffee
break." And so, Open Space
Technology was born.
From
indigenous people around the globe, Harrison discovered common components in
many cultures, for example, meetings happen in a circle where all are given an
opportunity to speak. Through trial and
error he (re)discovered a meeting format that is being used successfully in
companies, governments, and communities around the world.
An
Open Space meeting has two sources of fuel, passion and responsibility. Participants are given full opportunity to
follow their passion, rather than a meeting agenda, to determine what they
contribute and what they learn.
Participants also determine how much responsibility they will take, both
during the meeting, and beyond.
Because
people follow their passion, and determine their own level of responsibility,
commitments made during the meeting have a higher likelihood of being followed
through after the meeting. At the end
of an Open Space event each participant has a complete document of all the
discussions, and clear next actions.
At
a recent Open Space Technology meeting in Taiwan, a participant said,
"When I was invited to this meeting, I thought, ‘Why should I go? I work in product development in this
company, not in service.’ I now
realize that what I do is totally connected to what my colleagues in service
do. In fact, in the future, I am going
to make sure to attend their regular meetings so I can better ensure that the
products we create can be well serviced."
You
now can learn how to facilitate an Open Space Technology meeting. Experience and training, to be conducted in
Taipei, will be from 9 am to 6 pm each day and will be bi-lingual.
THE
PROGRAMS:
Participation
in an Open Space Introductory Meeting for a day.
It
is essential that you experience an Open Space Technology event before you
facilitate an OST meeting. We will be
offering one-day Open Space meetings on the following dates with these topics:
Date Topic
June 24 What Can We Do To Increase Trust
and Openness in Organizations?
July 8 Challenges and Opportunities to
Life-Long Learning
August 19 Organizational Excellence
Two-day
Open Space Technology Training (Pre-requisite is attendance in one of the 1-day
Meetings)
September
2 to 3, at the Farmers Training Center in Tien Mou. We will cover the following:
v When is Open Space the
best choice (and when it isn't)
v Preparing yourself and
the sponsor for an Open Space Event
v Opening the space
v The role of the Open
Space Facilitator
v Following up on the Open
Space event
Cost:
1-Day
OST Introductory Programs NT$ 1,000 per
program (includes lunch)
OST
Training NT$ 5,000 for the 2-day training program
(includes lunch and materials.
If the Introductory Program and Training
Program are paid for at the same time and in advance NT$ 5,000
We
invite you to explore possibilities of releasing the passion and responsibility
in the organizations and communities you care for. The ICA is prepared to create Open Space events in your company,
organization or community. For more
details call 2871-3150, or send email to: icataiw@ficnet.net.
Jim(bo)
Clark, our trainer, has been using Open Space in meetings in Taiwan and Hong
Kong. He was trained in Open Space
Technology by Birgitt Bolton-Williams, one of the world’s foremost trainers and
practitioners in OST. He is passionate about transferring his skills and
releasing the passion of others.