OST for public awareness

[Jaime Pedreros]

Hi Claudia!

Yor suggestion is motivating and estimulating!. I think this will
satisfy both sides of the "initial space" i.e stakeholders used to
have a lot of presentations and few minutes of discussion/productive
work as well as journalists who know a little of this theme, despite
its huge importance. Will keep you informed; this afternoon I received
an acknowledgment from the organization that would act as stakeholder.

Thanks and have my best regards

2005/6/6, claudiahb at juno.com <claudiahb at juno.com>:
> Jaime,
>
> A while back we organized an OS for a group of students that also needed
> to get information fast.  We did two things:  We included an "option" for
> the participants to invite a "resource" to their sessions and we told the
> "resources" i.e. people who had specific content knowledge,  that they
> were participants in the OS just as anybody else. So, the "resources"
> could choose to host a session (some did, some didn't), choose to wait
> for an invite (some were some were not), or just do what everybody else
> did anyways.  We made sure they didn't have the expectation that they
> would lecture, that there was any kind of guaranteed attendance, or that
> their hand-outs would be wanted/needed.  I'm thinking of them as slightly
> modified bumblebees.
> It all worked out great.
>
> Hope this is useful. Good luck with your event.
>
> Claudia
>
> On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 11:07:19 -0400 Jaime Pedreros <jpedrerosf at gmail.com>
> writes:
> > Hello List!
> >
> > Yesterday I participated in a forum that assessed the present
> > situation and new challenges faced by the way environmental issues
> > are
> > presently managed in Bolivia (one of the 25 most nature-gifted
> > countries in the world). One of the conclusions was that general
> > public do not participate nor are conscious about these issues. I
> > suggested that one of the possible ways of raising awareness is to
> > get
> > mass-media involved (press caimpaigns, tv shows, even soap-opera as
> > Brazil does, campaingns/contests involving school teachers, students
> > and parents etc.).
> >
> > One of the possible stakeholders for an OS gathering suggested "a
> > training seminar" for journalists or a press conference. All of us
> > (here in Bolivia as well as in the List) already know that this
> > would
> > not work. So we are to try OS. At this time I am wondering about the
> > best way of promoting and organizing this meeting. Because
> > journalists
> > are busy people, the gathering should be arranged for a half-day
> > meeting. What about presentations or "story telling" and printed
> > hand-outs? Do you think they would help?
> >
> > Thanks and warm regards from La Paz (a city that is not in peace for
> > the time being).
> >
> > Jaime
> >
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