Open Space in Cyber Space

[Birgitt Bolton]

Hi Joe,
I've not used an on-line meeting prior to an Open Space face to face
meeting---only after to do follow ups and build from what has
happened---and that works exceedingly well.

It seems to me that if you do your on-line pre-conference meeting in Open
Space, it would not take away from the great stuff that happens once you
are there. That would be like saying that when we do more than one Open
Space meeting in a row (separated out by a few weeks maybe) that the
creativity/synergy/chemistry of the second would be less because of the
first. In fact, the second is heightened and goes deeper, in my experience.


Please let us know what you do and how it goes.
Birgitt

Birgitt Bolton
Dalar Associates/Change Team Canada
55 Ravina Cres., Ancaster, Ontario, Canada L9G 2E8
phone: 905-648-5775    fax: 905-648-2262



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> From: FamilyFirm at aol.com
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.IDBSU.EDU
> Subject: Re: Open Space in Cyber Space
> Date: June 22, 1998 8:03 PM
>
> I would greatly appreciate any words of wisdom any of you may have in
> combining Open Space and CyberSpace.  I am co-chair of an international
> conference for an organization.  It is our annual conference and the
> association's members are advisors and consultants from many disciplines
who
> serve family owned businesses.  The theme is "Continuity and Change:
Expanding
> the Possibilities."  We have engaged Harrison Owen to facilitate the last
> three days of the four day event.
>
> We have also engaged an academic host to create an online conference that
will
> continue the face to face conference in an asynchronous environment.  The
> first stage of online information about the conference is posted at
> <A HREF="http://ffi.org/2_New/fall98conf.htm">Conferences</A>  (or, if
you
> can't use that link try: http://ffi.org/2_New/fall98conf.htm.)  But my
> question to you has to do with utilizing online resources prior to the
> conference itself.   I have been asked to moderate an online discussion
area
> at the association's web site to answer questions about OS.  I am also
> thinking of creating a bulliten board where people could begin to share
ideas
> they have for breakout sessions.
>
> I am hesitant, though, about anything that would take away from the
chemistry
> of OS am wondering if any of you have experimented with this application
of
> online technology with "the marketplace" prior to the face-to-face
gathering.
> I have been in a couple of online OS events and things worked out well,
and
> have lead a few OS events of various lenghts. I am wondering though about
> mixing the two.
>
> Thank you for your thoughts.
>
> Joe Paul