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"How may conversational processes such as the World Cafe, Open Space Technology
and Appreciative Inquiry be used most effectively alone or in combination?"
By Dr Alan Stewart
SESSION THEME: ABUNDANCE
Date: July 31, 2006 (Mon)
Time: 2.30 pm - 6 pm (please arrive by 2.10 pm to facilitate registration)
Venue: New Supreme Building, Basement 1 Atrium Breakout Area
Conversational processes such as Open Space Technology (OST), The World Café (TWC) and
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) make possible for the first time in human history for everyone present in a
meeting to have comparable power to influence the outcome of their interactions.
Central to this happening is that everyone gives each other respect.
Prior to the availability of these conversational approaches has respect ever been accorded
naturally, outside the confines of 'inner circles' such as family or work units and particular 'faith
based' communities, to whoever comes? You would be very welcome to come along to contribute to
a conversation on these questions.
Programme:
2.30 pm Welcome and introductions
2.40 pm Appreciative Inquiry:
3.30 pm Open Space: "What can Facilitators do to create an awareness that life is about
4.20 pm Tea-break and Gallery Walk of proceedings of Open Space breakout groups
4.40 pm World Cafe: "How do you see the three processes we are touching on today being
5.20 pm Large Group Shareout: "Shareout of questions and stories of how the three processes
5.50 pm Sharing of personal experience of the afternoon and closure.
6.00 pm End of session
and Appreciative Inquiry be used most effectively alone or in combination?"
By Dr Alan Stewart
SESSION THEME: ABUNDANCE
Date: July 31, 2006 (Mon)
Time: 2.30 pm - 6 pm (please arrive by 2.10 pm to facilitate registration)
Venue: New Supreme Building, Basement 1 Atrium Breakout Area
- 1 Supreme Court Lane, formerly known as Colombo Court
Conversational processes such as Open Space Technology (OST), The World Café (TWC) and
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) make possible for the first time in human history for everyone present in a
meeting to have comparable power to influence the outcome of their interactions.
Central to this happening is that everyone gives each other respect.
Prior to the availability of these conversational approaches has respect ever been accorded
naturally, outside the confines of 'inner circles' such as family or work units and particular 'faith
based' communities, to whoever comes? You would be very welcome to come along to contribute to
a conversation on these questions.
Programme:
2.30 pm Welcome and introductions
2.40 pm Appreciative Inquiry:
- Who are you?
- What attracted you to be here?
- What contributions do you see you would like to make today?
3.30 pm Open Space: "What can Facilitators do to create an awareness that life is about
- abundance rather than deficit?"
4.20 pm Tea-break and Gallery Walk of proceedings of Open Space breakout groups
4.40 pm World Cafe: "How do you see the three processes we are touching on today being
- applied in the contexts in which you work?"
5.20 pm Large Group Shareout: "Shareout of questions and stories of how the three processes
- may be used productively singly and in combination. What is the potential of the
processes we tried today?" [Click here for a sample of how the three processes may be
used together.]
5.50 pm Sharing of personal experience of the afternoon and closure.
6.00 pm End of session
| Open Space Topics led by the participants: |
| Welcome and Introductions |
Here is a brief record of what
emerged in the event:
Gallery Walk on Open Space Topics:
emerged in the event:
Gallery Walk on Open Space Topics:
 | How do you encourage people | |
| to share knowledge in an environment where knowledge is power? | ||
| As a facilitator how do you | |
| manage different perspectives / opinions? | ||
| How do we consciously and | |
| consistently act out of abundance rather than deficit mentality? | ||
| Promoting life-long learning | |
| culture in an organization? | ||
| How do we measure ROI on | |
| T&D? | ||
| When is life abundant? | |
| Little steps we can take to help | |
| management manage from a point of abundance over scarcity? |
| Discussion Question: By the end of the session, most of us can agree that it is not how much we have but our outlook of life that allows us to feel the abundance. Follow-up Questions: Question #1 "What is happening today that is reinforcing the deficit mentality in us and what might be some things we can do about it?" Question #2 "While the three processes were important, the topic per se was just as, if not, more important. Would you know of any other processes that can support it as well as these three processes did?" Question #3 What more questions that matters open up for you? |
| Participants in conversation during the Open Space on the topic: "Ways we can create awareness on abundance rather than deficit." |
