Research on Those OST Events

john engle englejohn at hotmail.com
Mon Jan 31 06:10:48 PST 2005


Larry, Peggy, Chris, Michael, Viv:

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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