| What is the FWN Summit's Future Search Conference? |
A Future Search is a gathering of a cross-section of widely diverse people who affect each other, but rarely or never meet. Using many voices, FWN Members, our stakeholder groups, and our own process expertise, we have designed a different kind of conference.
This is a one-time event with everyone in the same room. This is a process that will stimulate the membership and stakeholder groups to come together, to find common ground, to discover strong reasons to build community, make commitments and set a clear direction and actions to grasp opportunities that are available to us.
The conference will be creating a future vision for the Filipina Women's Network that emerges out of our understanding of where we've been, what's happening now, and the direction we want our organization to take. The conference comes at a point in our history when we are ready to explore, as well as reconfirm our basic values, and generate a shared vision among our stakeholders.
Working through a carefully-designed format, we will together generate a comprehensive set of issues and opportunities, analyze data, and forge a common vision of how we want Filipina women to be perceived in the next generation. In small groups, we'll develop and test ideas, examine the trends currently affecting us, and develop action plans for a future we choose -- rather than one to which we react.
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| Why |
The purpose of the Future Search Conference is to bring together the collective energy and resources of the Filipino American Community and the larger community that supports the Filipina Women's Network to:
- Create the realization of Filipina women in leadership positions in the U.S. workplace (nonprofit, government, corporate)
- Envision One Future
- Unify our history (100 years in America)
- Build relationships and network
- Appreciate our diversity
- Have fun!
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| Who Will Attend? Stakeholders & Participants |
For two and a half day, representatives from each of our stakeholder groups - those who have a stake in the success of Filipina women). When you register, please identify your group.
A stakeholder in a Future Search is a person who:
* May be affected by the outcome of the Future Search.
* Might have an impact on the task/issue, be able to move it forward or hold it back.
* Has resources that might be available to support the outcome.
* Has information that will be important to the task/issue that will be undertaken in the Future Search.
FWN has identified the following Stakeholder Groups:
- FWN Members
- Fortune 500 Organizations (that have large Filipino employee populations): Representatitves from the Diversity, Human Resources, Organizational Development Departments
- Nonprofit Associations
- Youth Leaders and Young Filipino Professionals
- Government Leaders and Elected Officials - U. S. and the Philippines
- Filipino Associations - Board Members
- Learning Institutions & School Board Representatives
- Media and Labor Sectors
- Public & Private Funders & Lenders
- Community Leaders
- Business Owners, Chambers & Trade Groups
- Faith-based Organizations
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| Expectations From Stakeholders & Participants |
- Expect to stay for the entire conference. Arrive on time and agree to stay until the conclusion. Do not expect to be able to interrupt your participation at any point. This interferes with the ability of others to work -- and you will not want to miss any parts of this event.
- You'll work very hard at the conference, and you'll enjoy yourself immensely!
- Wear casual, comfortable clothes during the conference.
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| When, Where & Other Logistics For Your Planning |
- Friday, October 27 thru Sunday, October 29, 2006
- The Philippine Center, 447 Sutter St. (corner Stockton St.) in San Francisco
- Summit Fees:
- American Airlines Travel Discounts:
- Low-rate "Zone Fares"
- 5% off the lowest applicable fare or 10% off the full coach fare
- For reservations, call 1-800-433-1790 and reference STARfile # 18968
- You can earn AAdvantage miles for your trip. Enroll online at www.aa.com
- Avis Car Rental Special Rates:
- To reserve a car, contact Avis at 1-800-331-1600 and use FWN's Avis Worldwide Discount (AWD) number J995209.
Or click to reserve online.
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| FWN Summit - Future Seach Schedule (Oct. 27 - 29, 2006) |
OUR TASK:
Coming Together As A Community Around Advancing Filipina Women in the U.S.: A Search For Our Future
- Day 1, Afternoon (Friday, Oct. 27, 1pm-6pm)
Focus on the Past
PAST: Milestones in society, self, and the Filipino Americans over three decades
Purpose: Experience similarities, share facts of each others' worlds
Format: Mixed groups, individual work, group analysis, reports
Participants make time lines of key events in the world, their own lives, and in the history of Filipino Americans from their personal perspectives. Small groups tell stories about each time line and the implications of their stories for the work they have come to do.
Focus on Present, External Trends
PRESENT: External-forces shaping our lives and institutions right now
Purpose: Talk about the same world, find common ground; confront chaos; take responsibility.
Format: Total Group "mind-map" - Stakeholder groups reframe and report current and desired actions
The whole group makes a "mind map" of trends affecting them now and identifies those trends most important for the task. Stakeholder groups describe what they are doing now about key trends and what they want to do in the future.
- Day 2, Morning (Saturday, Oct. 28, 8:30am-12:30pm)
Focus on Present, External Trends
Stakeholder groups describe what they are doing now about key trends and what they want to do in the future.
Focus on Present, Stakeholders list "Prouds" (keep) / "Sorries" (leave behind)
Stakeholder groups report what they are proud of and sorry about in the way they are dealing with the future search topic.
Day 2, Afternoon (Saturday, Oct. 28, 1:30pm-5:30pm)
FUTURE: Ideal Scenarios and Common Ground
Purpose: Translates dialogue into aspirations, discover common ground
Format: Mixed groups, concrete visions, 10 years out, looking back
Ideal Future Scenarios
Diverse groups put themselves into the future and describe their preferred future as if it has already been accomplished.
Identify Common Ground
Diverse Groups post themes they believe are common ground for everyone.
- Day 3, Afternoon (Sunday, Oct. 29, 12:30pm-5pm)
ACTION PLANNING
Purpose: Increase probability of aligned actions
Format: Individual, stakeholder, and voluntary groups
Confirm Common Ground
Whole group dialogues to agree on common ground.
Action Planning
Volunteers sign up to implement action plans.
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