co-located open space events

Thu Mar 9 15:04:31 PST 2006

Just want to reflect back that I seem to be hearing that one group may have
slightly different needs around this event.  If this is true and one group
has the generation of a sense of community cohesion as one of the goals for
the meeting, then this need may need to be honoured and addressed before the
obvious benefit of putting the two groups together can be realized.  

One thing that I have done in a group that wanted Open Space, but also felt
a strong need to experience a sense of themselves as group and get to know
each other better first, was to begin with a couple of rounds of Circle
focused on appreciative questions like, "When did you first know you were
called to be a part of ...?" This uncovered the depth and resource present
and allowed people to get to know each other in a uniquely intimate way
relatively quickly.  We took a break and then Opened Space the usual way.  
The feedback on this process was that it allowed them to move into the open
space feeling like a committed group focused on exploring diverse ways of
achieving a vision.  Maybe your group could do something like this as an
evening before event--bit of a twist on the usual meet and greet? 

And a personal aside--considering the times and all--I feel that the sooner
we can open space for each person to experience themselves as one member of
a room full of living treasures, the better.

Cheers,
Wendy 

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Subject: Re: co-located open space events

one thing ted left out of the opening query here is that one
organization might be feeling skittish about being lumped into
something else.  it's new enough that it wants to find its own shape
before it dissolves or connects with other structures.  fair enough. 
my thought was that we could write two or three or however many *very
short* inviting statements of purpose, one per group, and then add the
additional layer/question of "...and how do these groups all inform
and support each other?"

also, i do think that one event can have only one invitation.  first
because it's too much work to write more than one.  more importantly,
thought, it seems that all ppts should show up for the same thing. 
if, like in this case, there isn't common language for writing an
single invitation, then that just becomes part of the task/purpose for
the meeting itself.  having various groups come for different
invites/purposes seems like real trouble.

m

On 3/9/06, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
> Jimmy -- Simultaneous, multi-site OS events work very well. Same theme,
> different spaces with electronic inter-connect. You need a little
"backroom"
> operation to insure that each site is aware of issues raised at the other
> site -- and should discussion on a single issue break out on both sites --
> that there is an effective interchange of "reports." A little extra work,
> but also lots of fun.
>
> Harrison
>
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> Pryor
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 10:29 AM
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>
> When I read the subject line I imagined an event happening in two
> locations rather than two events happening in one location.
>
> The former might be a solution to a situation I find myself in
> now.  The Friends General Conference annual Gathering has unexpectely
> sold out in 5 days, four months before the event (July
> 1-7).  Expecting only 1000 or so participants, Pacific Lutheran
> College in Tacoma, WA was selected for the site.  They cannot
> accommodate more than the 1200 already booked.  There are probably
> several hundred more that were planning on attending.  It occurred to
> me that one option would be to book a separate location in the
> vicinity and make it an Open Space event.  Any thoughts on how this
> might or might not work?
>
> Jimmy Pryor
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Life.

harrison

Harrison Owen
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Subject: Longest OS Event?

What is the longest OS event you know of?

What is the longest successful OS event you know of?

Jimmy Pryor

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