OSI Sweden using OS-OnLine

[Thomas Herrmann]

Dear friends in Open Space
This morning the Swedish Open Space Institute arranged the first ever
OS-OnLine in Sweden. We had a grand time together. The meeting was a
pre-meeting for a larger OS-OnLine event we will have the 25th of November.
8 persons participated and we already have 15 registred for the main event.
We decided that the conference in November will focus on the development of
OST in Sweden and I think quite a few of us are eager to spend a large part
of it on how to develop cooperation between facilitators, partly through the
OSI Sweden.

Everybody experienced the software as very stimulating to use (and lots of
fun!). We had great discussions although I think that we will be able to get
even more out of it next time. The program is really easy to use once you
have managed to download it to your computor, which worked for everyone who
tried although it was new territory for some of us. We do have a few
suggestions which I will discuss with Gabriela, but the overall feeling is
very positive for all of us after this first try!

Our meeting lasted for 2,5 hours and included an opening, sessions were
posted, sessions convened (3 times 25 minutes), proceedings written and time
for commenting them. We also spent every minute available off session in the
café, continuing our discussions. Finally a closing circle where a lot of
complements were shared to each other and to Gabriela and her team for
developing the software. In total we made almost 400 postings! 5 issues were
discussed and reported on.

After closing we all received a complete report when logging out!
Increadible! Sitting all over Sweden we worked intensly for 2,5 hours and
all of a sudden had each a "book"! We decided to continue our ongoing
dialogue in another virtual space, which is open and running already.

I see lots of possibilities to use this software with my customers. I view
it as a compliment to physical meetings before and after OST conferences.
When there is a missing link and it is hard to find time to meet again this
could be a very interesting and inspiring way to work out issues together. I
also view it as very interesting for some of the organizations I work with,
especially those that are spread out all over our country.

I have a few more reports to share from other exciting happenings lately and
will try to do so when I manage to.
Best regards
Thomas Herrmann         Phone +46 (0)709-98 97 81
Open Space Consulting   Fax   +46 (0)300-713 89
Pensévägen 4
434 46 Kungsbacka, Sweden
Email: thomas at openspaceconsulting.com
www.openspaceconsulting.com

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