Need examples

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Ralph,
good to see you back on the list.
I have been working with the German Youth Agency for the last 5 years 
(they are the link between Youth Programs in Germany and the Bureaucracy 
in Brussels where the European funds come from).
Originally, they had what they called a "retreat", just the 25 employess 
in the agency, to check on what they had done in the past year and what 
they planned for the next.
This evolved into a planning exercise (half a day structured reporting 
followed by one day in open space and half a day action planning) which 
now includes people from their whole system, about 60 folks (agencies 
that they work with, people from Brussels and the German government, 
members of their Board, consulting firms they contract with, etc.).
This December will be their third annual planning meeting run in this 
fashion and it seems that they are expanding into a full 16 hours, two 
nighs open space which I experienced as giving much more robust action 
plans.
There is also, which I consider fairly prerequisite for action, a 
planning meeting (similar to fs with people from all stake holder 
groups)about 10 weeks before the event.
The action plans are produced on paper and become part of the book of 
proceedings (with a fairly small group of 60  they can be produced 
during closing circle and handed out before people leave).
Also, they are posted on the agency's intranet, a seperate place for 
each action that is planned where people can post steps taken, etc. 
(This is very similar to the process ho describes in The Power of Spirit 
pages 148 through 151).
The documents etc collected here are the basis review and evaluation.
(I am not sure how they do that in an ongoing mode...a follow up meeting 
in the traditional sense seems not possible and I imagine it might also 
be a problem with a  national netword in the US...so it has become part 
of the structured half day at next years event to get a hold on what 
happened to the actions planned).
Working on the German Language turf the links might not be all that 
useful but you might want to be in touch with the sponsor, the fellow 
who is in charge of the Agency.
For contact data go to the world map
www.openspaceworldmap.org
click on Germany and then choose Wicke, Hans-Georg.

See you in Berlin for PracticePeaceBerlin with ho Nov 30 through Dec 2.
Greetings
mmp





Ralph Copleman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need examples of annual conferences run as OS meetings.  Here are details.
> 
> An organization to which I belong has an annual meeting of about 300-500 
> people.  It's the same every year, speaker after speaker after speaker. 
>  I've stopped going.
> 
> Now they're asking me about OS and if it will work for the annual event. 
>  They want specific examples of annual gatherings where members come 
> from all over (the US, in this case) and, you know, do what we do. 
>  Specifically, they want to learn of cases where action agendas were 
> produced and acted upon subsequently.
> 
> Examples of this sort from my own consulting practice are way in the 
> past, with no one available to vouch for their success.  I can make the 
> case, but I need a little back-up.  I want to pass along some links 
> where they can see for themselves what happened.  Please keep in mind, 
> this is a network of small businesses all over the country, not one 
> single, large organization.
> 
> Send your suggestions to me privately or to the list.  I appreciate your 
> help.  
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Ralph
> 
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