Action marketplace and action planning

Mon Jan 30 11:03:03 PST 2006

There's another piece to this, amplifying what Michael and Robyn are saying
about connections.  It's committment and connection and belonging that is
required and then there is something to do with accountability that springs
out of all that.  It's not the kind of accountability that is about sigining
a pledge or being held to a contract.  Rather it is the kind of
accountability to oneself that emerges from spending two days taking
responsibility for what one loves.

I think OST fosters this kind of accountability at a very deep level.  In
fact it may be one of the deeper benefits of the process that rarely gets
talked about, but connecting it to action seems to be a very valuable way of
talking about it.

Chris

On 1/30/06, Robyn S Berkessel <robyn at litglobal.com> wrote:
>
> Building on MH's idea - in a setting where the participants are connected
> by
> virtue of belonging  (working or otherwise) to one organization  -
> corporation, institution and the like, I would propose that all the
> proceedings from the open space be posted on the intranet site so they can
> stay connected that way.   They can  update all that happens post open
> space
> - something that people can keep as an ongoing record of their actions,
> successes, learnings, impacts, next steps etc.  All sorts of other
> possible
> connections could emerge.
>
>
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> Subject: Re: Action marketplace and action planning
>
> i'll be curious about this, too, michael.  wondering what will be done
> with
> these next step sheets, assuming they are to be returned to some central
> place, posted on the wall, included in the report.
>
> as i did a smallish, 60 people, open space these last two days on region
> food security, i was contemplating this whole question of action.  what i
> think i've concluded for the moment is that inviting attention is
> important,
> and action is ultimately required, but the way to get action is to support
> connections.
>
> it's easy enough to identify and even capture and write down a short list
> of
> specific actions in these ways.  i love this way you're going to do this.
> and... more than specific actions, i'm interested in ongoing action, and
> so
> i think this takes ongoing support for connections.  this is why i'm
> asking
> about what will be done with the actions.
>
> and more, i wonder what will be done with those "things i want to do"
> that don't pop up until two days later.
>
> in this food security summit over the weekend, we created the usual
> document, but we also posted all of the proceedings to a weblog at
> http://www.foodsummit.org.  we then invited people from the group to
> volunteer to be stewards of this.  we invited everyone to go back to their
> organizations and get webmasters to link to the new site, reciprocally.  i
> will be having a short orientation call with 8 volunteers who will each be
> keeping eyes and ears open for new invitations and other news items.
> everyone will be invited to join a mail list, so that they can receive
> posts
> by email if that's their preference.  in this way, the "wall" can stay
> open,
> and whenever anybody comes up with "things i want to do" then they'll be
> able to post to the ongoing record (through one of the volunteer
> webmasters)
> and alert the rest of the community.   they've chosen dates for
> another summit next year and everyone can be inviting people to join that,
> by inviting them to check out the website, and join the email list to
> receive news that way if they like.
>
> in this way, we're focusing on supporting connections more than
> identifying
> actions.  i'm wondering what others are doing to support connections after
> the event, in some ongoing ways that can support ongoing conversation (and
> the actions that automatically arise), especially in diverse
> community-wide
> sorts of groups.
>
> michaelh
>
>
>
> On 1/28/06, Chris Corrigan <chris at chriscorrigan.com> wrote:
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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
> > > >
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