Open Space Technology Training

The Stakeholder Forum on Sustainable Development, which took part in Brussels on April 15, 2005, was organized along the principles of Open Space Technology. In a press statement, Mr. José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, has confirmed the success of this conference: "I think the open space method has proved very successful as a way to discuss sustainable development."

Change Facilitation s.r.o. offers a four days training course on Open Space Technology Facilitation Bratislava, September 4-7, 2005 with Valerie Morris (South Africa) and Holger Nauheimer (Germany/Slovakia). Participants of this international course, to be delivered in English language, will come from all parts of the world.

Open Space Technology (OST) is a revolutionary workshop approach that supports systems of all sizes in navigating  and adapting to the major changes we all experience. It provides a framework of time and space in which  people self organize their own process and work on issues they feel passionate about and for which they will  take responsibility. Since Harrison Owen discovered this unique and radical workshop technique 20 years ago,  it was successfully applied by tens of thousands of communities and non-profit organizations, as well as by  private companies. An Open Space workshop can last from several hours up to three days, and the number  of participants in such an interactive workshop is virtually unlimited - recently, an Open Space Conferences  with 1,700 street kids and 300 adults was held in Colombia.

In our workshop, participants will learn the essentials of Open Space Facilitation; they will understand why and how self-organization works and how the principles of Open Space can be applied to management of change in complex systems such as communities or organizations. After the training course, participants will be able to organize, manage and facilitate Open Space events.

Download the flyer containing the programme and registration information or visit our website.

Read more about the training program at http://www.change-management-toolbook.com/about/training_2005_ostf.html
A reader with selected case studies on OST application can be downloaded free of charge at http://www.change-management-toolbook.com/media/New_Stories.pdf