Action marketplace

[Nancy McPhee]

        Yikes, a movie??? I know there is a book out there by someone with
the same name (darn, not my book unfortunately) and now... a movie? This may
be worth a trip to Seattle!!
        Thanks for the head's up - my moment could be nigh!
        -----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Tree
Fitzpatrick
Sent: 25 January 2006 15:50
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: Action marketplace
        
        Nancy McPhee:  are you ready for the new movie "Nanny McPhee" which
is
        opening this week in Seattle?!
        
        Sorry to distract the list but gosh, this could be big for you,
Nancy.
        
        On 1/25/06, Thomas Herrmann <thomas at openspaceconsulting.com> wrote:
        >
        > Dear Chris
        > Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I´ve used a similair approach on
occasions
        > lately. But I´ve used flipcharts with headers (Issue I will move
forward.
        > Name. Who will join?) actually learnt this from Birgitt years ago
but didn´t
        > use it so much until recently. Lately I put these flipcharts up at
the start
        > so whenever an action item appears is the right time and
action-space is
        > ready. Your email sparked an idea that I may try soon. First to
make it more
        > like a market place and to put a small table at the action market
place with
        > papers and different coloured pens and maybe prepare the space in
some more
        > creative way to look really inviting.
        >
        > Anyway it´s time to sleep, tomorrow I will go skiing in the
morning - we
        > have great winter days with lots of snow over here in west Sweden
which is
        > not that usual.
        > But Frölunda Indians are a disaster right now, although still in
second
        > place;-) (hockey talk)
        > Warmest regards
        > Thomas
        >
        > -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
        > Från: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]För Chris
Corrigan
        > Skickat: den 25 januari 2006 21:41
        > Till: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
        > Ämne: Action marketplace
        >
        > In my continuing quest to find ways to support action coming out
of OST
        > events, I put together a little thought for a client today which I
thought
        > I'd share with you folks...
        >
        > The conference we are doing is two days of talk and networking on
Fetal
        > Alcohol Syndrome.  A couple of hundred people will be coming
together to
        > discuss what they are doing and to find others interested in their
work.  It
        > is a learning conference with no expectation for anything
concrete, like a
        > strategy opr a statement, but rather the importance is on
maximizing face
        > time between practitioners.  Something like an OSonOS.
        >
        > Some of the folks on the planning committee though want to support
action
        > that does flow from the conference and they have asked for the
container to
        > hold some energy and intention for this without the conference
becoming
        > about 200 people trying to come up with one action plan.  No need
for
        > prioritising or even a non-convergence type reopening of the
space.  I think
        > this is a very real need and a very realistic expectation.
        >
        > So today we started playing with two ideas, one new and one old.
The old
        > one is to simply add to the small group summaries form a place for
people to
        > record next steps.  The new idea is to create an action market
place next to
        > the news wall.  This is no more complicated than a community
bulletin board,
        > in that people can feel free to post any bits and pieces of action
that they
        > want to invite others to join.  The advantage of this system is
that it
        > allows a finer grain of action to come forward, so for example,
while there
        > may be some conversations that emerge in the event about what to
do next,
        > the action market place could hold much smaller pieces that would
otherwise
        > be lost.  Action around a follow up conference would stand
alongside an
        > invitation to join one or two people in writing a new brochure, or
meeting
        > for coffee next week to continue a conversation.
        >
        > I think this approach could work in all OST gatherings, and might
even be
        > especially useful in gatherings where action planning is a part of
the
        > process.  Then you end up with action planning taking the group in
one large
        > general direction, but the individual passion and responsibility
for little
        > things also in play.
        >
        > Cheers,
        >
        > Chris
        >
        > --
        >
        > CHRIS CORRIGAN
        > Consultation - Facilitation
        > Open Space Technology
        >
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