Imagine-Nation Conference Program

Inter-generational Boot Camp for Visionaries
September 27-30, 2007 Dallas, Texas

Inaugural Event • September 27-30, 2007

Get Inspired: What are you passionate about? What would you love to go to work on that would express that passion out in the world?
Get Focused: What are you already good at? What talents do you bring to the table? How can you make them shine?

Get Connected: Who’s already around you? Who can you find with balancing talents to pull off your projects now and in the future?

Get Going: What does it take to get to work? How can you bridge your Imagine Nation experience into the real world? How will you keep going when things don’t look so good?

THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BUT OFFERED HERE FOR YOUR GENERAL INFORMATION.

Thursday night – 7 to 10

An activity about inclusivity in community, meet Bliss. What we’ve learned about working in community. The discourses that are always present in community life. Where we “fit” as visionaries. Who else there is to play with.

Friday Discover
Morning

9 to 11 or 11:30

Activity for ragged start at the retreat center: Vet to work with all on creating their Who I Am boxes. Create AI questions to answer with boxes. Choose a partner and talk about your box and the AI interview. Display the boxes.

Debrief as AI interview process regarding strengths and accomplishments, what each person brings to the party. Add that to a display with sticky paper on walls.

At 11? We have an orientation about the rest of the weekend. Teaching moment about AI. Bliss, MarySue, Kim lead.

Lunch

Lunchtime assignment for all.

Afternoon

1 to 5

Participants in two groups, two rooms – Bliss and Raphael leading. Continue discovery process – What are you passionate about? Groups switch about 3 pm.

5 to 6 or so

Smaller groups – 8 or 10 – work with facilitators – process and harvest the goodies from the day – produce a display from your smaller group to come back and share with entire group. Display (whatever it is) gets mounted on wall.

6 to 7

Dinner. Celebrate. Set up for tomorrow. Renew/review promises, etc.

Saturday

Design

9

Welcome back. Sharing from overnight. Overview of the day. Beginning of set up for Open Space. Living in a chaotic community.

9:30 to 11:30

Bee hive, round 1: Facilitators lead 5 or 6 separate sessions on their passions. Come back together, report on learnings.

11

Lunch with an assignment.

12:30 to 2 Dialogue

Beehive, round 2. Participants lead sessions, Facilitators lead by request. Come back together, report on learnings. Post on the walls, etc.

2 to 4

Action

Beehive, round 3. Student participants meet with their home team. Create person/private action plan, community action plan. Post on the wall and upload info into computer where we’ve created a form to fill out capturing the info. Walls are now covered with project information.

4 to 5:30

Dinner & Recap the weekend – where have we been, what did we learn, where are we going – reference journals, “read the walls, “ invite each team to contribute something to this conversation.

5:30 to 6:30

Guests arrive, dinner set up, show off the walls, introduce friends, social time

Evening Session

6 to 9

Deliver/

Do it Now!

Dessert with guests, followed by evening session, led by Steve. Award for Bliss. Sharing by participants, creating the future. Any guerilla action by participants.

Sunday

9 or 10 to 12 or 1 (participants decide)

Design

Circle sharing with a focus on how we take care of ourselves while we’re taking care of the planet. Planning for 2008. Led by Kim.

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Thursday night – 7 to 10	An activity about inclusivity in community, meet Bliss. What we’ve learned about working in community. The discourses that are always present in community life. Where we “fit” as visionaries. Who else there is to play with.
Friday Discover Morning 9 to 11 or 11:30	Activity for ragged start at the retreat center: Vet to work with all on creating their Who I Am boxes. Create AI questions to answer with boxes. Choose a partner and talk about your box and the AI interview. Display the boxes.
	Debrief as AI interview process regarding strengths and accomplishments, what each person brings to the party. Add that to a display with sticky paper on walls.
	At 11? We have an orientation about the rest of the weekend. Teaching moment about AI. Bliss, MarySue, Kim lead.
Lunch	Lunchtime assignment for all.
Afternoon 1 to 5	Participants in two groups, two rooms – Bliss and Raphael leading. Continue discovery process – What are you passionate about? Groups switch about 3 pm.
5 to 6 or so	Smaller groups – 8 or 10 – work with facilitators – process and harvest the goodies from the day – produce a display from your smaller group to come back and share with entire group. Display (whatever it is) gets mounted on wall.
6 to 7	Dinner. Celebrate. Set up for tomorrow. Renew/review promises, etc.
Saturday Design 9	Welcome back. Sharing from overnight. Overview of the day. Beginning of set up for Open Space. Living in a chaotic community.
9:30 to 11:30	Bee hive, round 1: Facilitators lead 5 or 6 separate sessions on their passions. Come back together, report on learnings.
11	Lunch with an assignment.
12:30 to 2 Dialogue	Beehive, round 2. Participants lead sessions, Facilitators lead by request. Come back together, report on learnings. Post on the walls, etc.
2 to 4 Action	Beehive, round 3. Student participants meet with their home team. Create person/private action plan, community action plan. Post on the wall and upload info into computer where we’ve created a form to fill out capturing the info. Walls are now covered with project information.
4 to 5:30	Dinner & Recap the weekend – where have we been, what did we learn, where are we going – reference journals, “read the walls, “ invite each team to contribute something to this conversation.
5:30 to 6:30	Guests arrive, dinner set up, show off the walls, introduce friends, social time
Evening Session 6 to 9 Deliver/ Do it Now!	Dessert with guests, followed by evening session, led by Steve. Award for Bliss. Sharing by participants, creating the future. Any guerilla action by participants.
Sunday 9 or 10 to 12 or 1 (participants decide) Design	Circle sharing with a focus on how we take care of ourselves while we’re taking care of the planet. Planning for 2008. Led by Kim.