Deep shift and radical innovation with Open Space
Thurs 29 – Fri 30 October ’15, Brighton, UK:
A 2-day Open Spac e Deep Training Workshop
The art of hosting participant-led unConferences, solving complex problems, ac celerating action, leading change in organisations, and hosting conversatio ns that matter.
An experiential 2 da y co-learning workshop: Brighton, with Martin Grimshaw and Francois Knuchel
#OpenSpaceTech
Why?
Do you want a way to rapidly launch ne
w projects, bring participation, engagement, equality and inclusion to your
organisation or event? To harness collective ingenuity for problem solving
? To lead transformation that is real and lasting? To drive innovation?
What
?
Learn how to organise and facilitate gatherings using Open
Space Technology, a method by which a large group of people can organise t
hemselves into a conference, complete with agenda, break-out sessions, acti
on planning and reports, with almost no preparation before-hand. Open Space
allows each participant to do what they came to do, and can be a very effe
ctive way of launching large-scale change or responding to a looming crisis
.
Who?
This workshop invites those who
are new to using Open Space and those who already have some or even extensi
ve experience of using it, to co-learn together, deepen our practice, and s
hare our experiences of using it. In this 2 day workshop we will have the o
pportunity to experience Open Space as attendees commonly do, with space to
reflect and to go deeper into designing an event as part of a broader prog
ramme.
How?
This workshop will be run
as an Open Space so that participants can learn experientially, while learn
ing how to design, prepare and facilitate an Open Space event, including ti
ps and tricks, likely issues that may be encountered, follow up and incorpo
rating an event within a wider context or strategy.
W
hat is Open Space?
Open Space Technology is a format for org
anising compostable conferences, unconferences, meetings, stakeholder engag
ement, BarCamps and CityCamps, with maximum efficiency and minimum time and
resources. It is a form of ‘crowd sourcing’ which can be used to bring tog
ether a company or any group or organisation to focus on a specific problem
or question. Open Space allows for participants to co-create experience, l
earning and solutions in a way that unlocks creativity.
Open Space is used by large companies, local government, community activists, and forwar d thinking organisations everywhere, from gatherings of 5 to several thousa nd people, from a couple of hours to several days.
Please contact us if you would like to hire us as fa
cilitators, consultants or trainers. Martin and Francois also use
the Open Smart Transformation model at Caterfly to bring about deep and lasting transformation or
problem solving in organisations with Open Space.
< p>Find out more about Open Space here – What is Open Space?
