Any experience/success with OS .... in 3 separate rooms!!!

Fri Aug 30 14:24:26 PDT 2002

Thanks for all of the helpful stories that are coming through about OS in an
auditorium... I just came back from visiting the facility and feel a little
encouraged -- between the stories of managing despite the obstacle and
seeing that this particular auditorium is relatively cozy and has lots of
natural light/windows...

Now there is another possible challenge... If we exceept the 250 people
capacity, the overflow will go in to one to three separate rooms!  So my
next question:  Have any of you managed to open the space with groups in
separate rooms???!!!  One thought I had was to link us so that we can hear
each other and thus have the topics audible to all... Or perhas we could ask
each topic convenor to make the rounds of each room to announce their
topic... then post them all out in the common hall way.  I am trying to stay
open to 'whatever happens' ......

Appreciatively -- to this amazingly helpful and supportive and wise and
seasoned group,
Susan in Seattle on behalf of the Earth Charter Community Summit

Susan Partnow
Partnow Communications
4425 Baker NW
Seattle, WA 98107
Susan at PartnowCom.com
voice 206-789-8697
fax    206-782-7786

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."   -- Gandhi

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> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Chris
> Corrigan
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> Subject: Re: Any experience/success with OS in an auditorium?
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>
> I once had a job in a stunning new facility in downtown
> Vancouver which is set up with rows of seats in a round, with
> microphones at each seat, and all the technological bells and
> whistles one could muster.  TH facility resembles a mini
> United Nations, and as such is architectural eye candy, but
> useless in a lot of other ways.
>
> You can see it here: http://www.sfu.ca/dialogue/ It looks
> like a circle to the untrained eye, although to me it looked
> like a theatre that just wrapped itself tightly up.  My
> client was intent on using both it and OST.  He wanted to
> have the agenda set on a wall that would be made from a
> laptop projecting the grid on a huge screen. I expressed my
> doubts, but said that if he wanted to see what would happen,
> and treat it as an experiment, I would be willing to try it.
> He was game.
>
> So we did it, with me wandering around the middle of this
> room, and no one lifting so much as a finger to propose
> topics.  Everything that was said found its way on to the
> grid, and although a lot of time was taken up negotiating the
> agenda, it basically seemed to work.  Once people got out and
> into break out rooms the discussions went well.  Lots of
> people left though and the closing circle was small.
>
> It just did not have the same energy, although as I was
> sitting in the six story glass topped foyer praying to God
> that it WOULD work, an eagle flew over head, making for
> another strange bird event and somehow confirming my
> suspicions that in the heart of even the most predetermined
> structures and places, spirit still shows up.
>
> Chris
>
>
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> CHRIS CORRIGAN
> Consultation - Facilitation
> Open Space Technology
>
> Bowen Island, BC, Canada
> http://www.chriscorrigan.com
> chris at chriscorrigan.com
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>From  Fri Aug 30 18:40:37 2002
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From: Heidi and Dan Chay <chay at alaska.com>
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Hi,

FYI, I just shared the following message and invitation to the
learning-org list.

>>
Of all the group processes that facilitate group learning that I've
worked with in the last dozen years, currently I'm most enthusiastic
about "Open Space" gatherings, what the originator, Harrison Owen, calls
"Open Space Technology."  I just call it "Open Space."

It hews closely to ideas associated with the self-organization of
complex adaptive systems; in particular, the idea of generating complex
activity from a few simple rules.  Open Space seems ideal, to me, for
cultivating the 7E's and for responding appropriately to entropy
production dynamics.

Open Space gatherings open and close in a circle. As many of you
probably know, there are four principles:

"Whoever comes are the right people.
Whatever happens is the only thing that could have.
Whenever it starts is the right time.
When it's over, it's over."

And there is the "Law of Two Feet:

If you're not learning something, or contributing something, please feel
welcome to use your two feet and move on."

And there is the admonition: "Be prepared to be surprised."

One of the beauties of Open Space, is that it invites spontaneous
activity and taking responsibility for issues about which one feels
passion.  Wonderfully complex agendas are emerged quickly, and dealt
with effectively and efficiently. Gatherings are easily convened and
easily scaleable from just a few people to more than a thousand.

We're hosting several "Becoming a Peacemaker" Open Space Conferences in
Alaska during the week of September 11, including one in Soldotna near
where I live on the Kenai Peninsula for which I will "hold the space" as
the facilitator.

Hah!  You're invited, too. <grin>  Our invitation follows.
<<

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DATE:  Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 7 & 8, 2002
TIME:  8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
LOCATION:  Skyview High School Commons, Soldotna
COST: Free
FOOD: Participants are asked to bring their own sack lunches, and, if
convenient, a potluck/snack to share with others.

The week of September 11 will be a time to compare our interactions
globally with what happens in our homes, work places, and communities.
It will be a time to interact creatively within and across the
boundaries that normally define our days, and a time to instigate new
courses of action.

INVITATION
We are inviting you and other people who have interests about which they
feel passion and responsibility: school administrators, teachers, youth,
parents, business persons, agency people, government leaders, political
candidates, professionals, and non-professionals.

Open Space conferences are organized to facilitate productive, fruitful,
and creative conversations of the sort typically one might expect to
happen spontaneously during a coffee break.  The overarching theme is
"Becoming a Peacemaker" - and any issue may be brought to the fore. Be
prepared to be surprised.  Open Space conferences are fertile places.

MORE INFORMATION
This conference is being co-sponsored by the Center for Mediation and
Community Dialogue and the Alaska Dispute Settlement Association.
Similar gatherings are being organized in Anchorage and Fairbanks during
the same week. For more information about Open Space process, or the
"Becoming a Peacemaker" gatherings in Kenai, Anchorage, and Fairbanks,
see: http://www.adsa.ws .

KENAI PENINSULA CONTACT INFO
Phone: 283-9227
Email: chay at alaska.com

We hope to see you there. Also, if you are comfortable doing so, will
you please forward this invitation to others you think might enjoy this?

Grins and best wishes,

Dan Chay
http://www.learning-communities.com

The Open Space Law of Two Feet:
"If you're not learning something, or contributing something, please
feel welcome to use your two feet and move on."

Open Space Principles:
Whoever comes are the right people. Whatever happens is the only thing
that could have. Whenever it starts is the right time. When it's over,
it's over.

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