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28/01/2025

Need some design inspiration in 2025? Want some tips for moving your mission-driven team forward? Sign up to receive the monthly Open Space Notes e-newsletter! Click here: https://buff.ly/4ekH5cv

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23/01/2025

I am asking the question and I am looking for honest answers...
Is there such a thing as a fun icebreaker? 🤔
Have you experienced a fun icebreaker that helped you learn more about your colleagues? Or strengthen your ability to work together? Share in the comments your icebreaker recommendations!

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14/01/2025

What is the role of a facilitator? 🤔 A facilitator is many things including...

Your Trail Guide - You pick the destination. I work with you using my creative facilitation tools to plan your experience, navigate unexpected curves, and help everyone on your team make it to the end.

Your Cheerleader - You need someone to encourage, affirm, and energize the room throughout the retreat. I provide tips and tricks for getting your group to the finish line feeling motivated and accomplished.

Your Referee - You and your team are here to play the game, so let me take care of the timekeeping and ensure a level playing field. I’m equipped to keep the group on track so you all come out feeling like winners.

Take a look at my facilitation flier at this link and contact me to discuss your group needs!
https://buff.ly/40zJ49r

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09/01/2025

Hello 2025! 🌟 Open Space Creative started the new year jumping right into the work of empowering mission-driven groups to envision their future!

On January 4th, Anna facilitated a retreat for Belle Fourche Area Community Theater ( ) to kick off their strategic planning process. This is the first time the organization is taking on this endeavor. It was a day of productive sessions and group-strengthening exercises. Read more about it in the latest e-newsletter at this link: https://buff.ly/42bu3M5

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02/01/2025

Happy New Year! 🌟OSC is starting 2025 with facilitating a retreat for .act kicking off their strategic planning process. We are putting the last of the materials together for an energizing and focused day of planning for the future. What a great way to start a new year!

31/12/2024

As 2024 comes to a close, I want to know--what is your win of the year? 🌟
Share in the comments, and let's celebrate each other's wins! 🙌

#2024

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24/12/2024

OSC is on break! Anna will be back in the office January 6th.
Happy Holidays, everyone!

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17/12/2024

Whether it's the start of a new day, a new week, or a new year, we could always use a reminder like this one from producer Shonda Rhimes: "Yearning for a life of passion and purpose? Start doing things that ignite your excitement.”

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10/12/2024

The OSC e-newsletter just went out, and this month's Featured Font is Niccone! You can read why each font is picked and get many more tips when you receive OSC Notes. Sign up to receive the next edition: https://buff.ly/4ekH5cv

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04/12/2024

Giving doesn't have to end with ! There are many ways to give and any support you offer makes a difference any time of year. Let's keep on giving!

🫶 Give your time!
Volunteering with an organization can be a big help whether it's for an afternoon, a day, or a long-term project.

🫶 Share your support!
When your favorite organization posts about their programs, fundraisers, and announcements, help spread the word by sharing with your circles.

🫶 Donate items!
Gently used extra toys, extra clothing, extra food, and even extra household items like kitchenware and handy tools can be used by someone else.

What other ideas do you have to "give?"

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03/12/2024

It's ! 🫶
There are many organizations out there with great ideas and doing good work. Your donation today helps those great ideas and good work happen! Give some love and support to your favorite nonprofit, or two! Come on, South Dakota—let's show how it's done!

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26/11/2024

The December newsletter is just around the corner! Sign-up to receive tips, inspo, and updates at the link: https://buff.ly/4ekH5cv

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21/11/2024

You know that moment when you just need a little boost or some comfort to get through the week? Sometimes, that go-to beverage is needed to address those unavoidable work tasks that makes our eyes roll. Coffee? Tea? Soda? Or something else? What is your go-to work beverage?

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19/11/2024

Last winter, I enjoyed working with Belle Fourche Area Community Theater as the facilitator for their board retreat! It was a day of big ideas, team building, and goal setting. I feel grateful to be in the room for these exchanges. Whether you are an organization looking to make a small local impact or a large systemic change, it starts with relationships and open conversation. Let me bring some fun, creativity, and efficiency tricks to make it a great group experience!

Booking in-person and virtual group sessions for 2025! Contact me at [email protected] or visit this link to review my services: https://buff.ly/40zJ49r

15/11/2024

What does your weekend look like? 🍂 This time of year can feel so busy and overwhelming. Whether you are headed into the weekend after a long week or are just starting your shift, take some time for yourself in the coming days! Rest, rejuvenation, and fun are so important. Take a short nap. Dance to your favorite song. Take your lunch to the park. Call a friend. Any other ideas? 🤔

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13/11/2024

Meet your new facilitator, creative, and consultant! 👋

Hi, my name is Anna! I want to empower your mission-driven work through group facilitation and impactful, creative project services. I bring over 12 years of experience in combining the arts with work culture, and I look forward to sharing my out-of-the-whiteboard approach with you. Let's make the work worthwhile and chat!

Learn more at my website: buff.ly/3UG9UsD

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12/11/2024

Project RAY-diant + Collaborative Data Visuals 🌟 Let me tell you how an informal poll turned into a live, collaborative, and creative display.

At a recent women-in-business conference, I wanted to demonstrate how data gathering and using simple, creative collaboration could result in a community project and an appealing display of information. Since this was an event for female entrepreneurs, I thought I would ask, "What is your strength?" - strengths in business and/or life! I wanted to base it on Gallup's CliftonStrengths' four categories, so I assigned each category a color. I then used Adobe Illustrator to figure out the best puzzle-piece shapes. The sun center was created in Adobe InDesign and printed with some stencil references for the parallelograms. I spent the night before the conference cutting out hundreds of parallelograms in the four colors.

At the conference, I set out a key reference sheet and displayed the collaborative board in front of my booth. As the attendees passed by the booth, I posed them the question and invited them to write their strength on one of the correlating, cut-out shapes to stick it on the board. Some examples of strengths were written on the key sheet, but attendees also had the option to come up with their own, and we'd figure out what category it seemed to best fall under. Writing their name on the shape was also an option, and some proudly signed their strength for all to see.

At the end of the day, we had a completed Project RAY-diate! Not only could we see the individual strengths of attendees, but we had an idea of what types of strengths were most represented in the room. More participants identified as relationship-builders! Influencing and executing strengths were the least represented. This information could be used to inform decisions around workshops and speakers at future women-in-business events.

I enjoyed talking with attendees about their strengths and watching their faces light up as they stuck their papers on the board. This is the kind of creative collaboration I can bring to your group work! Send me an email with your questions, and I'll send you my flier. [email protected]

09/11/2024

The first OSC newsletter just went out! Did you get it? 😄
When you sign up to receive Open Space Notes, you can look forward to blog posts, case studies, updates, new offerings, and the featured font, among other things. This month's featured font was Comfortaa! It was chosen for its fun but professional style and its readability when it comes to accessible content. Curious what the next font will be? Sign up today at this link: https://buff.ly/4ekH5cv

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Arts at the Rec - 2/9/22 Check in

Anna & Derek talk about what's coming up for Arts at the Rec programs including At Home challenges. 💜

We had a great time making lanterns yesterday at the @bfreccenter. If you want to try this at home, check out our Pinterest board for lantern inspiration! 🔥 Link here: https://pin.it/YxHUEYU . #getcreative #art #activity #artactivity #artsattherec #pinterest #pinspiration #openspacesd #openspacecreative #southdakota #sodak

A Chat with Artist Jess Lamworth

Anna from OSC had a chat with the amazingly talent artist, Jess Lamworth, as she was passing through South Dakota! ☀️ Originally from Maryland, you might recognize her from the latest season of Making It! Jess is a multidisciplinary artist with experience in painting, illustration, animation, sculpture and food art. We had a chat at the Green Bean Coffeehouse Spearfish and talked about her favorite stops in South Dakota, Making It, the arts, Halloween, and her roadtrip playlist. Have a watch and follow her on instagram --> @jamworth. Excuse the shakiness of the camera. It was a windy day.

"Moon Friend" Premier & Q&A

Filmmaker/Songwriter Anna Robins shows her micro-short animation "Moon Friend" and explains the process in creating the film and music.

Happy Halloween!! 🎃👻💀🤡 Have a fun and safe weekend! . #halloween #allhallowseve #halloween2020 #halloweekend #holiday #holidayseason #october #spooky #ghost #openspace #openspacecreative #openspacesd #southdakota #sodak

Q&A With Charlie Buhler

Derek is in the studio today working on a custom illustration for someone! ✏️

The great northern lights reveal!

Anna with OSC is helping Cary from CAT Scratch Studios with an art installation that will go up at the Belle Fourche Area Community Center! Today we spray painted the northern lights on the piece. #art #artinstallation #artinprogress #southdakota #sodak #sodakart #smallbusiness #osc #openspace #openspacesd #openspacecreative

#studiocheckin Anna with OSC is working on an art project with Cary of Catch Scratch Studios that will go up at the rec center in Belle Fourche!

Anna & Derek talk coloring contest... while coloring!

We will be coloring our new pages while discussing Derek's interest and skills in drawing. There is still time to enter out coloring contest! Ask us about it!

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What is Open Space Creative? Open Space Creative (OSC) is a working art and media studio producing products and services that inspire, entertain, and build community, while also fostering creative minds through collaborative and educational initiatives.

Who is OSC? Anna and Derek are a dynamic, married team with over 15 years of experience in arts, digital marketing, and arts organizing/events. After meeting at a coffee shop in the summer of 2017, they have since been creating and dreaming together.

Anna graduated with a degree in Communication Arts with a minor in Music Composition from Cardinal Stritch University. She has over 7 years of digital arts experience, is an award-winning songwriter/filmmaker, and the co-founder and organizer of Singing Doe, women-in-music event.

Derek graduated with a degree in Animation from the Arts Institute of Denver. He has worked as a digital artist at TDG in Deadwood for over twelve years and as the director of the Belle Fourche High School Theatre program for over ten years. He is now also the executive director of Belle Fourche Area Community Theatre.