Action marketplace and action planning

[Chris Corrigan]

I agree with you on the non-linearity of action arising.  I'll be curious to
see the results of this experiment...

Cheers,

Chris

On 1/27/06, Michael M Pannwitz <mmpanne at boscop.de> wrote:
>
> Dear Chris,
> for some time I have been wondering how I ever felt got stuck on the
> notion that there is a linear sequence such as first we talk and then we
> plan in the context of OST gatherings (what sometimes has been described
> as divergence followed by convergence).
> Theory but more so experience in some 200 OST events (and more
> importantly in zillions of everyday life experiences) I have been
> involved in seems to indicate that its not a linear sequence but
> productively chaotic with action and action planning and discussion and
> story telling and whatever else we are engaged in happening
> simultaneously throughout the process.
> Having discussed this with colleagues and clients over the last weeks we
> will try the following in a one day event with  130 participants this
> coming Monday in Berlin (participants from various agencies connected in
> a network with a focus on counselling immigrants searching for a job),
> an event where I would not have suggested or suggest a separate action
> planning:
> Parallel to the design with 4 timeslots and 9 breakout spaces (time and
> space for at least 36 issues)and the usual report sheets posted at the
> newswall a "Next Step" sheets will be available from the very beginning
> (usually employed in a seperate action planning phase at the end of the
> event).
> The "Next Step" sheet has the following structure:
> -Vorhaben (which is the german for "something that I want to do" and a
> broader term then project, close to "intention" but a bit more towards
> something that actually will be done)
> -people taking part (participants can enter their names)
> -Next Step (who,what,when,where, how)
> -Contact person
> During the introduction to the process I will point out that the Next
> Step sheets are available on a separate section of the newswall, so that
> everyone will be able to see the emerging Next Step sheets with the
> possibility of adding ones name or other Next Steps on the sheet. These
> sheets will simply become part of the Book of Proceedings (high speed
> copying machines making it possible to hand out the Book after the
> closing circle even in a one day event).
>
> Will let you know how this went.
> Greetings from Berlin
> mmp
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> Chris Corrigan wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > --
> >
> Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg
> Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
> ++49-30-772 8000
> www.boscop.de   www.michaelmpannwitz.de
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