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Welcome Page for Registered Participants
of Creating Productive Conversations

We are delighted you will be joining us at Creating Productive Conversations on June 22-27, 2008. We have designed the program with two objectives in mind:

Developing your ability to advance your own and others’ learning while dealing with controversial business issues.
Making the week’s learning as useful to you as possible so that you can bring it home.

As preparation for the workshop, we ask that you write a personal case and attend to the logistics of lodging and travel (see below).

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Writing a Personal Case

As explained in the case writing instructions, we would like you to describe a time when you ran into difficulty while dealing with an important business issue. Prior to the seminar we will group these cases by theme so that we can select several cases for in depth discussion in small groups. If you have questions about writing a case, please call Phil McArthur at (617) 354-6160 or Bob Putnam at 617-965-8103. Because we rely on your cases to make the week useful to you, please fax (617-965-7863) or email your case by Wednesday, June 12, 2008.

Readings

If you are new to the work of Action Design, please look at our suggestions for introductory reading.

Follow-up Coaching

Included as part of your Institute experience will be a telephone coaching session with one of the senior faculty following the conclusion of the program. The content of this session is up to each individual. It is our hope that during your time with us you will collect a number of ideas for how best to use this time.

Lodging and Travel Logistics

During the workshop, you can be reached at:

Babson Executive Conference Center
1 Woodland Hill Drive
Wellesley, MA 02457
Phone: (781) 239-4000
Fax: (781) 239-4026

Messages and faxes will be delivered to our main meeting room as they are received at the front desk.

Overnight guests

Your stay begins with dinner at 6:00 PM on Sunday night, June 22, and ends on Friday June 27 at 3:00 PM. Check-out time is 12:30 PM. Guests are also invited to use the fitness center and other facilities. Bring your sneakers!

Note: Registration and payment for lodging at the Babson Executive Conference Center is handled through Action Design. Payment is due at the time of registration.

If you are arriving on Saturday, June 21, and wish to stay at the Center that night, please contact Action Design to make arrangements. Alternatively you may wish to stay in Boston on Saturday and take a taxi to the Center on Sunday afternoon.

Commuters

Your tuition includes materials, lunches, and breaks but not dinner. You are most welcome to join the overnight guests for dinner, but the Center asks that you pay a fee (about $45) at the time of the meal. Please let on-site Action Design staff know in advance of your request. The seminar will begin at 7:00 PM on June 22.

Attire

Dress will be casual and comfortable. Some people find the rooms a little too cool due to the air conditioning, so please bring a sweater.

Further Questions?

If we can help you with anything related to the seminar, please contact us at info@actiondesign.com. We are very much looking forward to working with you in June.

Link to

Workshop schedule
Directions to Babson

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