Project management consulting and training for social change organisations.
Web of Change 2004 was fantastic — thanks and congratulations to the convenors for organizing and facilitating such an amazing and inspiring conference (I'm already looking forward to attending again next year). Thanks as well to the outstanding group of participants from Romania, Hungary, Amsterdam, the US and Canada. It was wonderful to meet you all and to learn about and be inspired by the work you're doing.
Highlights of the conference for me were the overview of social network theory provided by Gideon Rosenblatt of ONE/Northwest and Katrin Verclas of Aspiration, the (hilarious) presentation given by Andrew Boyd on the grass-roots street theatre group and media campaign Billionaires for Bush, Rex Weyler's presentation on Greenpeace, culture and the media, and the excellent sessions led by Jeff Balin on values-based leadership.
I felt very privileged, as well, to participate in the Group Council/Board of Directors sessions arranged for us at the end of the conference. In these, groups of six met to discuss our organizational challenges and to provide each other with advice and feedback. This was a really good way to end things off — I left feeling encouraged and energized. Again, thanks to the convenors for putting the conference together and to everyone involved for making it what it was.
Posted by Rob at 10:24 AMAnd on behalf of the organizers, thanks for being there, Rob!
Your experience was an asset to the group and I know I learned a thing or two from the "lightweight project management" session that you led (beginning with what lightweight referred to).
Looking forward to having you there next year.... and make sure you encourage a few more good people to come along.
Posted by: Sarah at November 17, 2004 06:07 PM
