2007 Annual Conference - Tearing Up The Script

Got and issue? Bring it to the Open Space

Have you ever been to a session where a few minutes into the first speaker you wished you could leave? Or thought that people were fixated on the same old same old instead discussing the real issues? Or realised having attended conference that the most interesting exchanges were in the coffee breaks?

Open Space combines these observations into a simple way to run productive meetings. Everything that people want discussed is discussed and if you're bored or not contributing The Rule of Two Feet allows you to do something better with your time. Open Space has been used with great success recently by Improbable Theatre to run the 'Devoted and Disgruntled' series of meetings on the state of contemporary theatre in the UK. To get an idea of the range and diversity of topics discussed see the Improbable Theatre site . The 'Devoted and Disgruntled' meeting at the Battersea Arts Centre in January spanned two days and it is hoped that this two hour session will demonstrate to delegates the huge potential of Open Space.

In order to hit the ground running at the conference we are inviting conference delegates to propose the first 30 topics for our Open Space sessions online.

If you would like to submit an idea please enter your name and your topic. Remember that you will convene the discussion on your topic and therefore must be in attendance at the conference.
There will be two sessions of an hour each so if you have more than one burning issue please indicate which is for Session One and which for Session Two.

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