Laptop free OST?

Wed Feb 23 14:56:29 PST 2000

This evening I completed a loptop free OS at a private pre-K -- eight middle
school for 60 staff members. We did this in two, two hour sessions. The
first was in December and the second was tonight. At the first session the
group generated eleven topics with the proceedings going on chart paper.
Each convener wrote up the proceedings and turned them into the school
administration for email distribution and photocopying in the week
following.

This evening we began with the proceedings in the market place. Groups then
refined the topics on chart paper. After that we prioritized the topics with
"dot" voting. Each participant had three dots. The group prioritized the top
five issues and then did a gallery walk to add action steps. The conveners
of the five groups will write up the proceedings. We will move ahead to
formal project statements with tasks and deadlines.

The group was very happy with the experience. The whole community
participated. This was an experiment to see what we could do with OS within
very short time constraints and over a period of time. To this point I am
excited and very pleased. At the next school in-service day we will move
ahead with project meetings based on the proceedings. --no laptops.

I have really been benefiting from reading the list these past months.
Thanks to everyone.

Don Horrigan
1273 Kincaid Ln
Bowie, MD
301-464-0931
horrigan at mindspring.com

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> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Chris
> Corrigan
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> Anybody done an OS without laptops?  How did you handle the
> proceedings?  Handwritten or what?
>
> Chris -- having fun with Birgitt in Vanouver...Yippee!
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> CHRIS CORRIGAN
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>From  Fri Feb 25 06:41:21 2000
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I ran a half day workshop with blue collar metal workers at
Tubemakers Australia. Half day on 'Dying for customer and company"

The manager was worried about health and safety. However once it
started there were a number of issues that came up but the most
important one was about cutting the metal and storing the offcut and
where they could find it next time they needed it.

As they say in Open Space Technology be prepared to be surprised.
This decision probably saved them over 100K over the year. Solved
because they had the opportunity to raise an issue of concern to
themselves and solve it their way. Mind you they had a manual saying
how they should do it.

These were pretty tough guys with low education but they excelled
using this process and then went on to tell visiting US consultants
and senior managers that this was the best day's training they had
ever been involved in. They learned as many do in OS that if
something has to be done they have to take the responsibility to
make it happen.

Hope this helps
Nigel Rawlins
mailto:nigel at 13thbeach.com.au

>From  Fri Feb 25 06:53:47 2000
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Hi everyone.
Nancie you'll be very welcome to shadow me, I'll be running a one
day OST event in Daylesford Victoria on the 7 March. It will take
you a while to get to Australia but I'm sure the trip will be worth it.
cheers
Nigel Rawlins
mailto:nigel at 13thbeach.com.au

>From  Thu Feb 24 12:58:33 2000
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nuran yigit schrieb:.....

.......all around the world,......

>  I am studying Pedagogy in Bielefeld, Germany, .... made me very
> curious to know more about OST.
> Unfortunately OST is in Germany not very known. For this reason I
> decided to write my thesis in pedagogy about OST, to spread out this
> idea in Germany and to practise it after my studies.
>
>
> hi nuran,
> welcome to spread out in germany open!space.
> come to berlin to meet me
> and at least my friend michael m. pannwitz
> to get already a lot of german experience in open!space.
> and come to the osonos (open!space on open!space)
> 20.-23.october this year at berlin. there you´ll meet nearly
> all the listserve from all around the world.
> willkommen !
> florian fischer
>
>

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.......all around the world,......
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am studying Pedagogy in Bielefeld, Germany, .... made me very curious to
know more about OST.
 Unfortunately OST is
in Germany not very known. For this reason I decided to write my thesis
in pedagogy about OST, to spread out this idea in Germany and to practise
it after my studies. 
 
 
hi nuran, 
welcome to spread out in germany open!space. 
come to berlin to meet me  
and at least my friend michael m. pannwitz 
to get already a lot of german experience in open!space. 
and come to the osonos (open!space on open!space) 
20.-23.october this year at berlin. there you´ll meet nearly 
all the listserve from all around the world. 
willkommen ! 
florian fischer 
  
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