Need examples

[Kate Armstrong]

Just a humorous note here, Michael. I was told by one group that they 
called their gatherings away from the work site "advances" rather than 
"retreats."  ;-)

Greetings from (today) gorgeous Northern California,
Kate

"The best way to predict the future is to create it now, together,"


On Sep 18, 2005, at 8:18 AM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote:

> 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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