Elevator Speeches?

[Peggy Holman]

My version of an elevator speech:

Open Space is based in the belief that organizations and communities run on
passion and responsibility.  It allows groups of any size to self-organize
around what they really care about to get things done.


Peggy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Aitken" <ja at svn.net>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 11:52 AM
Subject: Elevator Speeches?


> How many times have you stood next to someone in an elevator, with the
> fleeting opportunity to make a statement which would introduce that person
> to the delightful complexity of Open Space? Well, it has never happened to
> me; the only elevators within thirty miles are for dairy cattle.
>
> But still I find the need for an Elevator Speech. What can I say which
will
> intrigue that potential client of Open Space who has my attention for
> twenty seconds as we stand in line at the market, the sporting event, the
> reception?
>
> So I turn to you. This is not a contest, but I ask for your fervent
> creativity just as tho you would win such honor as the two Chris-poets on
> this list.
>
> Twenty five words or so, to be uttered into the ear of a person who would
> just love Open Space if they only knew about it. They say to you: "What is
> Open Space?" You say to them:
>
>
>
>
> -
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