Open Space

Open Space facilitation and coaching supports local communities in gaining experience with the discipline of listening and speaking without blame or judgment, and in taking responsibility for what members want to see happen on behalf of the common good. Learn more at the international website for Open Space Technology www.openspaceworld.org Open Space meetings are unlike workshops, trainings, public reviews, or traditional conferences with panels and presenters. In Open Space, participants self-organize around a critical question or problem to solve agreed upon by the stakeholders who show up to do the work. These stakeholders determine their own agenda, engage in dialogue and create the results they are willing to take responsibility for. The discipline of this kind of empowerment is contagious. As people learn to trust it, the work that gets done improves exponentially. Something this simple yet so demanding has never failed to gain results. Taking personal responsibility for the collective good is a cornerstone discipline of the "New Renaissance."