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Marquis Bureau

Groupe Courage International Inc.
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC, J0X 2L0|
819-766-2873
marquis@groupecourage.com
http://genuinecontactway.blogspot.com


Marquis Bureau is the President and CEO of MBureau International Inc., a management consulting firm specialized in: organizational, community, and international development; strategic advising, positioning, and planning; and education management, learning technologies, and distance education.  An internationally featured consultant, facilitator, speaker, and trainer, he has a passion for improving the quality of life for those he works with.  Mr. Bureau is a Genuine Contact™ Co-Owner with extensive experience in making use of Genuine Contact Program and Open Space Technology ingredients for organizational transformation and a call to action.


Donna Clark


Emergent Futures Consulting, Inc.
Halifax NS
donna@emergentfutures.ca
www.emergentfutures.ca

Donna Clark
, CMC brings 30 years of workplace innovation to supporting the evolution of life nurturing organizations that sustain people and productivity.  She provides leadership and organizational development, conflict transformation, training and coaching to clients across Canada.  Donna works extensively  with the Genuine Contact ™Program holistic processes and Open Space Technology ingredients to engage and develop the capacity of individuals to connect to each other with courage and compassion and use their collective intelligence to solve complex problems.  Donna is President of Emergent Futures Consulting Inc. and co-owner and senior consultant with Courage Group International. For more information see www.emergentfutures.ca


Michelle Cooper
, RN, MScN

Courage Group International

200 Crestview Ave
Ancaster ON L9G 1E2
Telephone: (905) 648-4633
Fax: (905) 648-1763
Toll Free ( North America ): 1-877-405-9918
michelle@couragegroup.ca
www.integralvisions.com


Michelle Cooper has dedicated her work and learning to promote, improve and sustain the effectiveness and health of organizations and to build capacity to lead change from within. Since 1995, she has facilitated numerous Open Space Technology meetings for large and small groups and organizations, including provincial and national conferences. Michelle also offers facilitation workshops including basic and advanced levels of "Working with Open Space Technology", two components of the Genuine Contact program.


Diane Gibeault


Diane Gibeault & Associé.es/Associates
OTTAWA ON K1K 2T5
613-744-2638
diane.gibeault@rogers.com
www.dianegibeault.com

Diane Gibeault is a bilingual consultant, who specializes in participative and innovative methods that enhance communication and create enthusiasm and commitment. For several years now, she has provided training on the Open Space approach with colleagues and recently with Harrison Owen, OS founder. Using Open Space, she facilitated leadership conferences with several hundred participants, senior management training, work sessions with change management teams, transformation processes involving all members of the organization and team building for successful mergers. Diane is an International Association of Facilitators (IAF) Certified Professional Facilitator.

Carol Loughrey
, O.C., M.B.A., F.C.A. (Ontario)


Fredericton NB
loughrey@nbnet.nb.ca

Carol Loughrey has been working with open space since 1996.  She has been a university professor, a provincial deputy minister, a practising Chartered Accountant and a senior manager and business owner.  She has held senior volunteer positions in the non-profit sector as well as heading local, provincial and national professional and charitable organizations.  Trained by Open Space founder Harrison Owen as well as Larry Peterson and Birgitt Bolton, she continues to be amazed with the results achieved from this incredible process. She finds it exciting to work with organizations to help them plan their future and improve their processes for achieving it.  In 2004 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in the category of Industry/Commerce/Business.


Esther Matte

Communications Esther Matte
Bromont QC J2L 2N3

450-955-1693
ematte@esthermatte.com

www.esthermatte.com

Esther Matte has been in business for over 10 years and established her reputation with creative, enthusiastic, rigorous and transparent consulting. She speaks both English and French and specializes in strategic communications and group facilitation. Esther has worked with federal departments, private companies, non-governmental organizations and unions. Curious and passionate about the world of work and individuals’ contributions to a group she co-authored Vivre au coeur de la tornade, a guide to career transition with a dynamic and positive twist.

She has trained in Open Space Technology (OST) with Diane Gibeault and Larry Peterson, pioneers of OST in Canada, and since facilitated or co-facilitated several events with groups from 5 to 130 people.


Jim Muckle


Managing Director, BrainsInAction Inc.
6152 Ravine Way, Suite 201
OTTAWA ON   K1C 7E9
613-841-4332 / 1-888-384-6666 / (fax) 613-841-4335
jim.muckle@brainsinaction.com
www.brainsinaction.com
http://www.iaf-world.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageid=4134

Obtaining the best from the stakeholder brains in your Open Space process requires designing and delivering that process with those brains in mind. Jim Muckle is professionally certified in Applied Educational Neuroscience. His training with Harrison Owen (OS founder), and as a Certified Professional Facilitator, complement his specialization in human performance.

Jim Muckle’s very brain-friendly and results-oriented OS projects have ranged from facilitating small groups for less than a day to leading five facilitators in the design and delivery of a 6-day OS process involving numerous and diverse national stakeholders. Most of his Open Space work has involved leading teams of 2 to 4 facilitators, using tailored and sometimes multi-lingual 2 to 3-day processes, to meet the specific needs of 60 to 150 participants.


Larry Peterson


Associates in Transformation
Toronto ON
(416) 651-6913
larry@spiritedorg.com
www.spiritedorg.com

Larry brings 30 years of experience in facilitating meetings and transformational change in Canada and the US. He has been facilitating Open Space Technology meetings since 1990. He has led over 150 Open Space events ranging in scale from 600 to 6 participants. He is a founder of the Open Space Institute of Canada. He has led training events, conferences and published numerous articles on Open Space.


Meg Salter

MegaSpace Consulting
(416) 486-6660
meg@megsalter.com
www.megsalter.com

Meg Salter founded MegaSpace Consulting in 1999. She has consulted with private, public, health and non-profit organizations in organizational effectiveness and in setting the conditions to support complex change. During that time, she has used Open Space Technology with clients in diverse situations ranging from community consultations to strategy development. Her content expertise is in the areas of Strategy, Human Resources, Organizational Design, Marketing, Communications and Change Management. She has coached leaders, facilitated groups and consulted with boards, management and staff. Her diverse experience and multiple frameworks yield solutions unique to each client. She publishes and speaks on Open Space, Complexity and Management and teaches mindfulness meditation as a support to mental clarity and health.

Katharine Weinmann, MSW, RSW

Panache Consulting
780.467.9541
panache@interbaun.com

Katharine brings three decades of experience in helping individuals and groups use their energy to gain clarity and direction to achieve outcomes aligned with their values and talents, and organizational priorities and responsibilities.

An alumnus of the Shambhala Institute for Authentic Leadership in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a participant in the inaugural Art of Hosting program, she has studied with some of the world’s most accomplished and innovative people in the leadership development, coaching, and group facilitation fields.  This ongoing mentoring, together with her graduate degree in clinical social work, training as a psychotherapist, personal analytic process work, and yogic practice, manifest in what has been called a deeply vibrant, yet graceful and grounding presence.


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Last updated: January 23, 2012