Building Lynchburg's Living Economy

Thu Feb 2 15:31:54 PST 2006

Greetings.

I want to share something I'm excited about and invite anyone interested to 
join us.

Some of you are familiar with BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living 
Economies, you can learn more at http://livingeconomies.org ). Our own Ralph 
Copleman was involved in getting it started.

That work is rippling nicely. Colleagues and I applying their values and 
ideas to frame community conversation. Learn about a community wide open 
space we're organizing at http://lynchburglivingeconomy.com

Thanks Ralph! (and any others among you involved).

John

http://circlesofchange.com participatory learning & leadership in Haiti
http://johnengle.net Open Space facilitation

email: john at johnengle.net
telephone: 202-236-6532

P.O. Box 337
Hershey, PA 17033

>From: Bea Kisszolosi <beahun at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
>To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>Subject: Re: Some facts and voices from last Saturday
>Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 14:34:28 +0000
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>Dear Gabriela,
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>Unfortunately I couldnt't participate, but I am very interested the topics 
>were raised and the book of proceedings (if it exist in online OS).
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>Best wishes
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>Bea
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>From:  Gabriela Ender <gabriela.ender at OpenSpace-Online.com>
>Reply-To:  OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
>To:  OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>Subject:  Some facts and voices from last Saturday
>Date:  Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:38:24 +0100
> >Dear friends and colleagues,
> >
> >last Saturday we had our 5th International Change Facilitator
> >OpenSpace-Online Conference with the title: "Change Facilitation:
> >Issues and Opportunities of Economic Globalization, Ecological
> >Challenges and other worldwide Change Processes". I would love to
> >share a few facts with you:
> >
> >32 Change Facilitators from Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech
> >Republic, Germany, India,  Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway,
>
> >Philippines, Turkey and USA participated in this event. The duration
> >was almost 4 hours. The group worked on 15 Topics / in 15 Sessions.
> >The book of proceedings shows 1343 Session Comments in total and 220
> >Café Comments. The following testimonials (with permission to
> >publish) reached us right after the conference:
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> >"As a first time participant, I felt amazed at the power of 'meeting
> >of minds' for borderless collaboration. It is a potent tool to
> >support change..in mindset as well as knowledge and skills even in
> >encouraging peoples of warring nations to create purposeful dialogue
> >and move towards global peace!" (India)
> >
> >"I have found the OpenSpace-Online process to be an effective way to
> >address various perspectives about complex topics.  It is
>effective
> >because I can sit at my own computer and participate both by typing
> >responses and by reading the ideas of others.  There must be some
> >very special people who are attracted to this approach...indeed I
> >believe the comments reflect a range of professional experiences and
> >a willingness to share." (USA)
> >
> >"This is impressive software that extends Open Space Technology
> >beyond location limitations.  I look forward to future opportunities
> >to use it, for myself and for my clients." (Alaska)
> >
> >"OpenSpace-Online was an eye-opener for me. The feeling of real-time
> >contact with colleagues from over the world was special. At first I
> >thought: 3 hours is too long. Afterword I thought: if only we had
> >more time for our discussions and to get to know each other better."
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> >(Netherlands)
> >
> >"I think OpenSpace-Online is a new and very effective tool for
> >humanity to come together. I want to thank to Gabriela Ender and
> >Team for their continuous work and efforts to improve this tool."
> >(Turkey)
> >
> >"Tech heads all over the world are looking for good online
> >conference software as if they are seeking a holy grail.  Such
> >seekers need look no further:  this is the best online conference
> >software." (USA)
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> >Thanks for reading!
> >Cheers from Berlin,
> >Gabriela
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> >OpenSpace-Online GmbH - The Power of People!
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> >eMail:
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> >website: http://www.OpenSpace-Online.com
> >phone: +49-(0)30-772 31 69
> >fax: +49-(0)30-77 39 20 21
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> >online
> >activities and carry on the work across distances. Put the human
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> >the center, enable genuine dialogues about issues, that matter.
> >Support
> >participation and result-oriented collaboration regardless of
> >whether it is
> >in politics, society, economics, or education. The future has
> >already begun!
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