8:30 am 1. Introductions – Whole Group – Gallery

8.50 am 2. Connecting & Framing Discussion – Whole Group / Small Groups / Whole Group - Gallery

Participants invited to introduce themselves to three people they don’t already know
Quick sociogram to share information about who is participating
Participants invited to form groups of three – each person in each group has 3 minutes to share why they believe sustainability is a core issue for New England’s future
At the end of this session participants are invited to move downstairs for the Open Space set-up session

Introduction to Open Space – 2 laws, 4 principles
Participants invited to consider the questions related to the transition to sustainability that they would like to spend the next two hours exploring, then write their question on a sheet of paper and post it on the wall
Whole group reviews the questions, then people chose the one they want to work on
Groups allocated meeting spaces and conveners] move there with their group
Each group has written guidelines to assist their discussion with particular emphasis on how reporting will be done (posters)
20 participants, selected at random to join the Visioning workshop with Tex and Anne remain in the studio

Groups self-organising
20 minutes before the end of the session they are reminded to work on their report
At the end of the session the conveners post the reports on the studio wall during the lunch break

The selected/volunteer group works with Tex and Anne while the Open Space groups are working

Immediately after lunch the convener and/or scribe for each Open Space group is asked to stand beside their group’s poster and participants are invited to review the outcomes, seek any additional information they require, and write their names beside the posters they are interested in further work on

[[[tex skuthorpe|Tex and Anne] ]]and the participants of their visioning workshop present the outcomes of their process

Participants are invited to convene in groups according to their name-tag number or chosen rock
Each group convened by a representative of a pre-forum Working Group
Convenor presents their Working Group’s SWOC in the form of a mind map, then invites participants to consider:
- What’s missing? (Gaps, oversights, emerging issues)
- What should be the top three action priorities for the region in this issue area?
- What would be the best leading initiative to advance these priorities? (Criteria: potential to build strong alliances/partnerships; to involve new stakeholders or sections of the community; to achieve early results – low fruit; to have the greatest or widest impact – knock-on; etc.)
At the end of the discussion period a spokesperson for each group briefly reports:
- Three action priorities
- Best leading initiative
Evolveris mind mapping these report backs in real time

Evolveris presents the mindmap
Facilitated whole group discussion
At the end of the discussion participants are invited to individually reflect on the outcomes, then write on a piece of paper some key words or images that arise for them as expressing the potential of this strategy. If time, some of these reflections are shared at random, but all are collected.

Strategy Co-ordinator draws out some of the key outcomes of the day and outlines the proposed next steps
Thanks to participants and team