Creating Space VIII

April 11 – 13, 2007

 

Annie E. Casey Foundation

501 N. Charles Street

Baltimore, Maryland

 

 

WORKING TOGETHER: EXPLORING THE COLLECTIVE NATURE OF LEADERSHIP

 

 

 

8:00 AM        Breakfast, Registration & Getting Connected

•    Continental breakfast, registration and getting connected

•    Exploring the community commons space: graffiti walls, blogosphere, wiki

 

8:30 AM        Welcome

Donna Stark, Annie E. Casey Foundation and Chair of the LLC Board, and Ashok Regmi, International Youth Foundation and LLC Board member

•    Introduction to Creating Space VIII- Self-organizing, peer learning and how to make the most of this experience, work in the commons, open space, connecting time, logistics and much more

•    Our theme and aspirations- Framing the questions for our learning and themes for each day

 

9:00 - 10:15 AM    Centering, Navigating and Getting to Know Our Space

•    Centering & Reflection

Omisade Burney Scott, Ananse Consulting  

Jennie Trotter, Wholistic Stress Control Institute

•    Navigating Creating Space and Getting to know the Leadership Learning Community

Hop on the LLC Carousel and join the conversation about learning circles, open space, creating space, website, consulting services, and community contributions.  This opportunity will be hosted by LLC Staff and members of the LLC community.

 

10:15 -10:30AM    Break

 

10:30 AM - Noon     Learning from Our Stories

Omisade Burney Scott, Ananse Consulting and Dale Nienow, Center for Ethical Leadership

•    Storytelling – learning from our stories.

•    Co-creating our learning space

 

12:15 - 1:45 PM     Lunch

 

1:45 - 5:30 PM      What Have We Experienced about the Collective Nature of Leadership

1:45 - 2:00 PM      Introduction and Framing for the Afternoon

Dale Nienow, Center for Ethical Leadership

 

2:00- 3:00 PM      Conversation Catalyst:  The Role of Place in Collective Leadership

Learning from the Kellogg Leaders for Community Change program – Mining a community leadership model for lessons on the role of place in collective leadership.

Miguel Guajardo, Education and Community Leadership, Texas State University, San Marcos  

 

3:00- 4:00 PM     Social Web, Social Movements & the Emergence of Collective Leadership

Elissa Perry, Leadership Learning Community; Eugene Eric Kim, Blue Oxen; Allison Fine, author of Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age

 

4:00- 4:15 PM Break

 

4:15- 5:15 PM     Baltimore: Grounding our Learning in History and Place

Donna Stark, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ashok Regmi, International Youth Foundation, and Pamela King, Open Society Institute

•    What can we learn from local leadership about the role of place in collective leadership and the place where we are engaging in our collective learning.

 

5:30 PM          Community Closing Reflections

 

6:30 PM         Reception/Dinner

               Helmand Restaurant, 806 N. Charles Street, Baltimore

 

 

 

DAY TWO: April 12, 2007

 

Going Deeper

 

8:00 AM         Breakfast, Registration & Getting Connected

•    Continental breakfast, registration and getting connected continues

•    Keep exploring community commons: blogosphere, graffiti walls and wiki….

 

8:30 AM        Opening Reflections

 

9:15 - 9:45     Open Space/Community Contributions Introduction

Odin Zackman, Dig In and David Hunt

  

Day Two will be devoted to open space.  Some of the open space sessions have been assigned rooms and posted on the Open Space Scheduling Board to accommodate AV needs.  All of the open space sessions will be announced at the start of Open Space.  You can get a sneak preview of some of the contributions by visting the community contributions abstracts (http://www.leadershiplearning.org/creating_space/2007/learning.html).  Much of what will be offered during open space will emerge spontaneously. Perhaps these early offerings will stimulate your own ideas or help you to think before hand about  when you want to offer in open space to take full advantage of other sessions you would like to attend.

 

9:45 AM - Noon    Open Space/Community Contributions Begins

 

Noon - 1:00 PM    Community Lunch in the Commons

 

1:00 - 4:30 PM    Open Space/Community Contributions Continue    

 

4:30 - 4:45 PM      Break

 

4:45 - 6:30 PM    Community Sharing: Creative Expressions from Open Space Experience

 

6:30 – 6:45 PM       Community Closing Reflections

 

6:45 PM – Until    Dine Around – dining and entertainment in and around the Baltimore area

 

 

 

DAY THREE: April 13, 2007

 

Connections, Convergence and Meaning Making

 

 

8:00 – 8:30 AM        Breakfast – Connecting & Reflecting

•    Continental breakfast, registration and getting connected continues

•    Continue exploring community commons: blogosphere, graffiti walls and wiki….

 

8:30 – 8:45 AM        Opening Reflections

 

8:45 – 9:00 AM    World Café Opening

Alain Gauthier, Core Leadership Development

 

9:00 – 10:45 AM          World Café

 

10:00 – 10:15 AM        Gallery Walk

 

10:15 – 10:45 AM        Large Group Meaning Making

 

10:45 – 11:00 AM              Break  

 

11:00 – 11:30 AM         Collective Evaluation Process

Claire Reinelt, Leadership Learning Community

 

11: 30 – NOON        Creating Space Closing Ceremony

 

12:00 NOON                          Lunch

 

 

 

Thank you for sharing and learning with us!

 

 

 The Creating Space VIII Design Team and Leadership Learning Community Staff

Teri Behrens Omisade Burney-Scott Dale Nienow Karma Ruder Wendy Wheeler Odin Zackman	Bella Celnik Deborah Meehan Elissa Perry Claire Reinelt Pauline Vela

 

 

Creating Space VIII is made possible with the generous support of The Annie E. Casey Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.