<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hello Event Design Strategists,<div><br></div><div>Followinjg up on Sarah’s announcement. We decided to add an additional date to accommodate a diversity of time zones better, so our next sessions will be: </div><div><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-f7d8dbdc-7fff-1cd7-9b9b-b531cceeeb54" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><ul class="MailOutline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li><font size="1"><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/JXLlXkFmQ6m-DRu51MV6UA" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">REGISTER FOR Call 1</span></a><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: rgb(45, 43, 30); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: March 5th - 90 Minutes starting at 10am cet/12pm eat/ 2:30pm ist</span></font></li><li><font size="1"><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/89xZP4tRTSyeV8i9M56myw" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: rgb(45, 43, 30); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">REGISTER FOR Call 2</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: rgb(45, 43, 30); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">: March 6th - 90 Minutes starting at 8am pst/11am et/4pm utc</span></font></li></ul><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font color="#2d2b1e" face="Montserrat, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><font color="#2d2b1e" face="Montserrat, sans-serif" size="1"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;">We’ve also come up with a handy card for sharing via social media, so if you’d like to invite others, please use:</span></b></font></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-9d40798d-7fff-30c0-5ef0-7985dd8d95ea" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: medium; display: inline-block; overflow: hidden; width: 336px; height: 336px;"><img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXd_omkoO1wRQYeehF1LGgO0L4cW-1idRM60mjyUoei5jnnI46WdfWglnr6lH-DpeybmMKn-gr8iRVTX4IG0ZBG-Zmlu0Tz8SCmBPgg2g_1XL74af7umeXHA3pfQgVqbVQDKem6nLA?key=tAuIH6445o5yo3b6oEf8URmG" width="336" height="336" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></div><div><font face="Montserrat, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The image isn’t URL friendly so also be sure to include:</span></font></div></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-5b007d16-7fff-c4be-50aa-664a1cef33c3" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/JXLlXkFmQ6m-DRu51MV6UA" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">REGISTER FOR Call 1</span></a><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: rgb(45, 43, 30); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: March 5th - 90 Minutes starting at 10am cet/12pm eat/ 2:30pm ist</span></span></p><div><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/89xZP4tRTSyeV8i9M56myw" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: rgb(45, 43, 30); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">REGISTER FOR Call 2</span></a><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: rgb(45, 43, 30); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: March 6th - 90 Minutes starting at 8am pst/11am et/4pm utc</span></span></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: rgb(45, 43, 30); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Learn more about</span><a href="https://www.fabriders.net/event-design-strategies-network/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: none; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: rgb(45, 43, 30); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: rgb(45, 43, 30); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Event Design Strategies Network</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Looking forward to seeing you then!</p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 4 Feb 2025, at 13:45, Sarah Allen <hello@sallen.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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</span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Huge thanks to everyone who joined us on December 12th for a discussion on “</span><span style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Empower Key Stakeholders Through the Co-Design Process”</span><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. During that session, a participant asked, “How do we create a safe space?” This sparked a more significant conversation for which an hour was just not enough as we collectively shared our own experiences and further questions in response.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dirk and I have continued to chat about “safe spaces” since then, experiencing firsthand how important it is to build trust with participants early on in both the planning phases and the event itself, as trust facilitates the feeling of being “safe.” Especially with what is happening, the federal grants freeze, in the US has created so much uncertainty for people and their work, and there is an ever-growing need to convene in solidarity and support.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We know continuing this conversation for our next Event Strategies session will be hugely valuable. We welcome you to bring your own experiences of designing for safe spaces, interacting with safe spaces, and what happens when trust breaks down in these spaces.</span></div><p><br>
</p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: rgb(90, 90, 90); background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Join us. Thursday, March 6th, for 90 minutes from 16:00 to 17:30 UTC for “How do we foster safe space?” – </span><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/89xZP4tRTSyeV8i9M56myw" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: rgb(129, 131, 216); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Register</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br>
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