
Next Summit to be held in Sydney
Date: Thursday 25 February 2010
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Download the Summit Calendar for 2010 here
Where else in the world would you get to attend a program where the audience is as stimulating as the presenters?
In the past the only way you could really know this was in the breaks. Those short sessions where you duck to the ‘loo’, grab a muffin, chat to some new people briefly and then almost with regret have to break up the chat to go back into the learning session.
Well what if the whole program was as good as the break? What if you just had a whole event dedicated to the mutual sharing of ideas between some truly great thinkers and subject matter experts? Would it be chaos?
The summits will be built around the phenomenally successful OPEN Spaces format. This structured approach to unstructured meetings has been used in the United Nations assembly discussions and in small regional communities in the outback. It works!
Of course you have to take our word for it the first time. After a few minutes though you too will come to see this as one of the most natural and effective way for people to get together to share, learn and meet.
What is Open Space? Open Space is one way to enable all kinds of people, in any kind of organisation, to create inspired meetings and events. In Open Space meetings, participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central theme of strategic importance.
The Four Principles of Open Space
- Who ever comes is the right people
- Whatever happens is all that could have
- Whenever it starts is the right time
- When it is over, it is over
It breaks the old school one way communication mode that so many gatherings perpetuate.
The Law of Two Feet implies that if, after being part of a session you are no longer interested in, you have permission to leave. The law puts responsibility for your own actions on your own shoulders.
Bumblebees and Butterflies are for those people who wish to use their two feet and 'flit' from meeting to meeting. These people can pollinate and cross-fertilize, lending richness and variety to the discussions.
Three things that could go wrong:
1. The experiences have no structure and therefore achieve nothing with your valuable investment of time and money.
2. The people and issues being discussed don't interest you.
3. You could be exposed to some truly paradigm changing idea and have your mind stretched so far that it never regains its original dimensions.
Not only do we not apologise for the likelihood that you might just think differently when you finish the day - we hope that’s exactly what happens. Indeed thats the role of thought leadership.
Annual Investment: $990.00 inc GST per year
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Next Summit to be held in Sydney
Date: Thursday 25 February 2010
Location: Australian Technology Park, Sydney
Summit Members Register for next Sydney Summit here
Summit Dates and Locations for 2010
Download the Summit Calendar for 2010 here
Sydney
Thursday 25 February 2010 - Register for Sydney February Summit here
Thursday 6 May 2010 - Register for Sydney May Summit here
Thursday 5 August 2010 - Register for Sydney August Summit here
Wednesday 20 October 2010 - Register for Sydney October Summit here
Brisbane
Wednesday 2 June 2010 - Register for Brisbane June Summit here
Wednesday 1 September 2010 - Register for Brisbane September Summit here
Wednesday 1 December 2010 - Register for Brisbane December Summit here
Melbourne
Wednesday 30 June 2010 - Register for Melbourne June Summit here
Wednesday 11 August 2010 - Register for Melbourne August Summit here
Wednesday 27 October 2010 - Register for Melbourne October Summit here
Auckland
Tuesday 18 May 2010 - Register for Auckland May Summit here
Friday 27 August 2010 - Register for Auckland August Summit here
Friday 26 November 2010 - Register for Auckland November Summit here
Investment: $990.00 inc GST per year
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