A For-Benefit Organization

We create our means together. We find, use and develop the resources, the network of relationships and the wisdom needed to put this event together. We use abundance thinking and strive for much more than what we need to be together for a few days. At the same time we create our own ethical norms and adhere to them. We state our objectives clearly and create total transparency. We do not intend to make profit. Instead we generate further possibilities to help us move forward towards our clearly set and jointly clarified goals. Meanwhile we create our own governance structure and make decisions together on what to do with the extra resources, the access capacity and the freedom we created for ourselves during the process. www.fourthsector.net, www.socialenterprise.org.uk

Organization

Up to 6-800 professionals on site and many more on-line, Managers, leaders, internal and external consultants, facilitators, trainers and educators united in a truly open, relaxing and at the same time stimulating physical and virtual space, using the best of soft and hard technologies and methodologies to facilitate learning and dialogue. Participants coming together after an enjoyable and interactive preparatory process ever, having the time of their lives celebrating togetherness and the feeling of community. Thus, opening a new era, a truly global chapter in the history of our field of activity. During this extraordinary event we will provide the space and the facilities for emerging conversations and real dialogue. Some of the possible venues for the plenary, sub-group and the cultural sessions of the event are: www.syma.hu, www.muveszetekpalotaja.hu, www.bcc.hu

The participants

We target everybody who is working with change, learning and development. We invite:

• representatives of the academic world,
• representatives of the consulting and development industry,
• representatives of all sorts of organizations developing individuals, teams, systems, other organizations, systems and communities, even societies.
• representatives of associations and institutions spreading the word and supporting the development of human systems.

The administration

The administrative, legal and financial background of the project will be a social enterprise, a non-profit / for-benefit organization – the 2010 World Summit Foundation - set up by the Hungarian OD Society for the purpose of fulfilling the aims and objectives outlined above. Last but not least, the whole preparatory process, the summit itself and the follow up activities will be supported by an open, active and creative on-line dialogue backed up and facilitated by using the latest available internet based communication facilities and technology. Building a virtual community of everybody who wants to be part of and can contribute to the success of the summit is of utmost importance, so we will provide the scope and up-to-date information at all times to let everybody follow progress real-time.