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23/02/2010
Open Platform Annual Meeting

We would greatly appreciate the attendance of Open Platform participants at our Annual Meeting. This will provide an opportunity to collectively review the programme, to discuss our current plans for the future and to identify ways of improving it.

With a fresh relaunch in March and new website in progress, Open Platform is set to grow and develop and we want everyone to be part of this. Your participation at this meeting is very important to us. 

Meeting will start at 6pm. Please confirm if you are able to attend.

09/02/2010
Global Neighbours Workshop

This workshop will cover the way that the Institute’s work integrates and feeds into Global Neighbours, it will inquiry into possible ways to develop our ambitions to use systems thinking to help other groups.

The Schumacher Institute has three main arms: research work centred on the concept of Convergence, Open Platform that works with and for people, and Global Neighbours that looks at supporting and learning about other fragile and vulnerable organisations - particularly in developing areas of the world.

Workshop starts at 7:00pm at Bush House

02/02/2010
Endangered T-shirts Workshop

Nick Bartelot will be running another endangered t-shirts workshop, exploring the importance of diversity on the planet and demonstrating it by designing and creating our own Endangered T-shirt.

This is creative, practicle and fun. But, also, this workshop is going to serve to kick-off the Endangered web-site and start the growing diversity of tshirt designs on the web-of-life gallery. This gallery is the message that diversity=strength; so the growing diversity of Endangered design will build a stronger message. It'd be great for those who came to the first workshop to bring their first designs to upload onto the new website and make it presentable.

www.endangeredtshirts.org.uk/

26/01/2010
Culture for Climate Change

Responding to climate change will require a complete change of the prevailing culture involving everyone whatever their interests or expertise.

Richard St.George, a founding member of the Schumacher Institute, in discussion with the participants will explore various tools to employ to be part of that culture change.

19/01/2010
A Leadership Compass

All leadership surely starts with our values -- that is the foundation. But what else is there at the cardinal points of the compass?

On the evening of Tuesday 19th January, Stephen Powell and Emily Nicholson will be leading a discussion on this idea of a leadership compass and then moving into a "processwork" exercise on relationships. This will be an invitation to everyone to get on their feet and explore, in movement with a partner, an important professional relationship. This exercise can lead to breakthrough thinking on how to make the relationship better.