OST with less than 25 words

[Michael Herman]

silly me, i just wrote one of these for the website sidebar...

Open Space Technology
...is a simple way to run productive meetings, with five to 2000+
people, and a powerful way to lead any kind of organization, in
everyday practice and ongoing change.


...and of course christopher is right again!

...and if you/anybody cares enough about this thread to gather up the
little 25-word quotes into on small pile, i would post, or you/i could
post them in the osw weblog in the 'what is ost' category.

michael






On 12/14/05, Nancy McPhee <nancymcphee at cablelan.net> wrote:
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> Ah, this is a good one! I am really enjoying reading all these.
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> Nancy on Galiano Island
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> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of John Rapp
>  Sent: 14 December 2005 21:05
>  To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>  Subject: Re: OST with less than 25 words
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> Open Space combines the rigor of a great board meeting with the energy of
> conversation around a coffee pot.
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> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Peggy
> Holman
>  Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:52 PM
>  To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>  Subject: Re: OST with less than 25 words
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> My elevator speech:
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> Open Space enables groups of any size to organize themselves to deal with
> complex, important issues and accomplish something meaningful by inviting
> people to take repsonsibility for what they love.
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> from frosty Seattle,
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> Peggy
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: Mikk Sarv
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> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 1:24 PM
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> Subject: [OSLIST] OST with less than 25 words
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> After attending Harrison's workshop in Helsinki we continued at the workshop
> in Estonia wrestling with short definition of OST - how to respond with less
> than 25 words, if you are asked, what is OST.
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> We resulted in 13 words, pursuing the new dimension of High Performance
> System:
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> Open Space Technology is surprisingly simple high performance system,
> bounding passion with responsibility.
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> Please help, if doesn't sound English/American ;-)
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> Mikk Sarv,
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> Estonia
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