SV: Research on Those OST Events

Tue Feb 8 01:35:00 PST 2005

I agree, great!
I will take some time to look through the material more thoroughly soon. I
would love to take part in this. Right now a person who just took the OST
training with me is starting a masters where she wants to look at effects
from OST. She was very happy to learn about this, so she might get in touch
with you.
Kind regards
Thomas HErrmann

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> Larry, Peggy, Chris, Michael, Viv:
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> bravo! thank you for this initiative! what a great contribution to our
> growing and evolving community.
>
> with much appreciation,
>
> john
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> >From: Larry Peterson <larry at spiritedorg.com>
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> >Subject: Research on Those OST Events
> >Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:04:44 -0500
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> >
> >Please join us in a World Wide Inquiry into
> >The Effects of Open Space Technology
> >
> >We have developed research questions and materials.  The web site and
> >the web log (blog) for gathering data are now up
> >(http://www.openspaceworld.org/network/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceResearch_). We
> >will start gathering in English (other language sites may emerge).  All
> >of us can access the information.
> >
> >Our overall purpose is to increase the effectiveness of Open Space by
> >deepening our understanding of it: how it is used, what it accomplishes,
> >who is affected and how, as well as the underlying patterns that it
> >teaches us.
> >
> >Many great stories have been told and gathered on the OS list over the
> >years.  We want to complement those stories with some more explicit
> >questions to gather information.
> >
> >This particular research initiative is rooted in the Toronto September
> >2003 Research Conference and the Goa OSonOS in October 2004.  An ongoing
> >group from the Toronto Conference developed some "Descriptive" questions
> >focused on getting our clients' language and view.  At Goa an
> >Appreciative Inquiry process was used to generate another protocol for
> >research, and a quick version was developed as well.  We decided to try
> >both kinds of questions at OSonOS and we have been working on it since.
> >
> >We now invite your participation.  At
> >http://www.openspaceworld.org/network/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceResearch you can
> >find the instructions.  We encourage you to go there to learn about the
> >initiative and to download the materials that will help you do the
> >interviews with your clients:
> >
> >--Informed Consent Form; You will need to get your client to sign this
> >so that we are sure the information she/he gives can be used in the
> >research project.
> >--Context Questions:  No matter what interview approach you use, we want
> >you to answer the same questions about the organization and the event.
> >--Interview Questions:  You have three choices of research questions.
> >You will need to choose one for your interview with your client.  Both
> >the Descriptive Questions and the Appreciative Inquiry Questions have
> >their own blog stream for posting information.
> >
> >All are provided on the web site as MS Word documents so you can
> >download them for your use.  You can cut and past the responses to
> >questions from your MS Word file into the blog.
> >
> >We believe we can gather world-wide information that can later be
> >analyzed to suggest patterns or relationships between the context
> >information and the perceptions and results of OST events.  For example,
> >people from different sectors may use different language to describe the
> >impact of Open Space.  There may be a relationship between the length of
> >the event and its ongoing impact in the organization.
> >
> >The initial interviews we have conducted have been fun and informative.
> >We look forward to reading the information that you gather and a number
> >of approaches to finding patterns.
> >
> >We hope you will join us in this venture.  If you have any questions
> >that the site does not answer, then e-mail us.
> >
> >Larry Peterson larry at spiritedorg.com
> >Peggy Holman peggy at opencirclecompany.com
> >Chris Corrigan chris at chriscorrigan.com
> >Michael Pannwitz mmpanne at berlin.snafu.de
> >Viv McWaters  viv at thereef.com.au
> >
> >
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