new for old conferences connecting all professions worth sustaining

[Tree Fitzpatrick]

Spirited Work, which has been a seven year experiment in an open space
community-of-practice has met for a three day open space each season
all these years.

Doctors, lawyers, chefs, artists, teachers, psychics, preachers,
Brahma Kumari nuns, Buddhist master, computer geeks, executives,
writers, consultants, lit professors, entrepreneurs. . . the list goes
on.

Many, MANY, projects have unfolded in the 'real' world because of the
cross-pollination that took place because of this open space practice.
 Is this the kind of thing you are wondering about, Chris Macrae?

On 7/28/05, Harrison Owen <hhowen at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Chris -- Sounds like they are already in Open Space, so they might as well
> do it intentionally. As for other examples -- I suppose you could say that
> every time Open Space is used for a collection of professionals gathered for
> a common purpose that would be an example. If so the number is probably in
> the 1000's. 
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> Harrison 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: chris macrae 
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:17 AM 
> Subject: new for old conferences connecting all professions worth sustaining
> 
> Has there ever been an open space type of a conference gathering where
> people of a profession can meet people of all professions who have come
> to believe that professionals should be better at connecting knowhow
> than separating their own business case? If so where was it? How large
> did it get? Is it still annually convening?
> 
>  Here's a different version of this query that has started doing the
> rounds. The background in Europe being after 5 years of two
> organizations -commercial conference producer and European Union large
> virtual community - enabling an annual free to participate congress of
> 1000+ people paid for exhibitors and the opportunity to join pay for
> expert sessions, this year the conference producer says it will cost
> about 1000 dollars to join the main event and the virtual community says
> it will host a fringe networking event for about 75 dollars a head, and
> nobody yet knows if these will be organized in the same place and week,
> though  initial promises had been they would (Amsterdam November)
> 
> From: Bala Pillai] 
> Sent: 26 July 2005 01:04
> To: erumbugal at yahoogroups.com; act-km at yahoogroups.com
> Cc: 'sangkancil'; minciu_sodas_en at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Evolution of KM Events & The Dinosauring of Under-adaptive
> Academics/Specialists?
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> What's your imminent view on how adaptiveness-rich, or lack thereof,
> corporate-nexus KM conferences are, as compared to (a) what emerging
> epistemology expectations are and (b) what these events could be? If you
> were such an events strategist how would you facilitate your blend of
> priorities?
> 
> Here's fodder for thought:-
> 
> "(Upcoming Amsterdam KM Event) Nobody yet knows what will happen. Will
> the
> combined event still attract people numbering in their thousands and if
> so
> will the Fringe be the majority? If so will this be the largest
> non-academic event where people come to network around a discipline and
> themes chosen by those who come (as opposed to a conference producer or
> speakers)?"  Chris Macrae
> 
> Chris Macrae wcbn007 at easynet.co.uk 
> http://economicstimes.blogspot.com 
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Warmly,
Tree Fitzpatrick
"It is never too late to be who you might have been."  George Elliot

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