Our August Program Giveaway Each program meeting, we have a drawing for members for a free seminar or similar prize. Sometimes these are worth more than a year's dues! For our August 21 "Four Models for Conflict Resolution" program, we are giving away Otto Scharmer's new book, Theory U. (Cash value: $38.00)  Otto Scharmer is a Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the founding chair of ELIAS (Emerging Leaders for Innovation Across Sectors), an initiative focused on developing profound system innovations for a more sustainable world. Otto is also a highly popular Learning Group presenter. His September 2004 "Presence" and December 2005 "Theory U" programs set out attendance record for those years. We are pleased to have him present on "Learning From the Future" at our September 19 meeting. Concerning Theory U, Ed Schein has written, "Readers will be impressed not only by the depth of theory in this volume but also by the very practical approach that Scharmer provides us for enlarging our human capacity for growth. This will be an important book." Ken Wilbur notes that "Otto Scharmer has given us a brilliant, provocative, and important book on the leading-edge of the 'next big thing': integral thought." The prize is open to all Learning Group members attending October 10, including those who join at the meeting. The winner must comply with the following conditions: 1. Your dues must be paid up if they are overdue! 2. You must be enrolled in our Member Directory or have sent in your enrollment by August 28. 3. You must be enrolled with our blog or be enrolled by August 31. 4. You must make a post to our blog about presencing, Theory U, or deep change no later than September 5. 5. You will then receive the prize and will make a second post on some learning from it no later than September 30. 6. You must agree to reimburse the Learning Group for all costs incurred if you fail to live up to your agreement. Note: Presence and Theory U, as well as the Society for Organizational Learning DVD Presence in Action, are available in the Learning Group Library. For reports by previous prize winners, see our blog: http://mbodlg.blogspot.com/