Elevator Speeches?

[Patrick McAuley]

"Open Space Technology is a natural communication process that recognizes that people take responsibility to pursue what they are passionate about, and it ensures that what is important to each participant will be discussed."

- developed by a small group during Birgitt Williams' Open Space training workshop in Halifax May 15-18.

Patrick McAuley

PTM Consulting                   Tel:  (519) 827-9396
20 Magnolia Lane                Fax:  (519) 827-0956
Guelph, ON  N1G 4X7         patrick.mcauley at sympatico.ca

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeff Aitken 
  To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU 
  Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 2:52 PM
  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:




  -
  PLEASE NOTE - my new phone:
  Jeff Aitken
  PO Box 1092
  Inverness CA 94937
  415-663-8789 (ending May 30)
  415-669-1924 (beginning May 30)
  ja at svn.net

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