Fw: [OSLIST] Question - using a wiki to post OS topics before Opening the Space

[Chris Corrigan]

Yeah...that sounds about right...

:-)

Chris

On 1/16/07, Ted Ernst <ted at chicagohumanist.org> wrote:
>
> Chris,
> It sounds as if you're suggesting that perhaps OST be not thought of
> as an event without context, but to simply be another variation on how
> people get things done.  The work shouldn't stop between the time the
> invitation comes out and the day of the event, it seems. :-)
> peace,
> ted
>
> On 1/16/07, Chris Corrigan <chris at chriscorrigan.com> wrote:
> > My thought is that as long as you actually really Open Space, with a
> real
> > marketplace and agenda setting session to invite what is alive and
> present
> > to fall under the spell of the group's attention, then the preliminaries
> are
> > all good.  Whether you set up a wiki, create questions and have people
> start
> > investigative blogs to dop some "pre-learning", host some Skype
> > conversations, play games with photo collections at flickr...all of
> these
> > web 2.0 technologies help us to connect and we find that when we
> eventually
> > come together in meatspace, the conversations are that much deeper.
> >
> > Surround Open Space with love, excitment, passion and responsibility and
> > ithelps a group of people positively GLOW.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > On 1/7/07, Loretta Donovan <loretta.donovan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I am so pleased with the texture and variety of responses to this
> > question.
> > > With Web 2.0 and wikis being relatively new to many people who have
> been
> > > engaged in community and facilitation practice, we're all explorers
> and
> > our
> > > annecdotes are starting to tell the story of "what happens".
> > >
> > > Peggy and Michael have hit on where my preference lies for the moment
> as I
> > > integrate wikis into engagements. There are social information needs
> that
> > > wikis can support, but before people are face to face the former is
> where
> > > you will find the low hanging fruit. For years I had surveyed program
> > > participants to find out what their needs, interest and background
> were.
> > Now
> > > I set up a wiki with the participants listed and invite them to
> introduce
> > > themselves and post a photo. In groups that are composed of newcomers
> or a
> > > hybrid of new and existing relationships, this can create a level of
> > comfort
> > > as each person says what they choose.
> > >
> > > At the same time, the democratic and participatory principles of OS
> are
> > > supported by every member being able to post and edit within the wiki.
> > > During the OS there is ample time to capture (I often use digital
> photos)
> > > the information shared, and later on the wiki can promote ongoing
> > > conversation. I would caution, however, that the culture and climate
> of
> > the
> > > group has far more influence over the motivation to collaborate online
> > than
> > > any particular tool that is offered.
> > >
> > > Loretta L. Donovan
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> > >
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> > >
> > > The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
> > > ~~ Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)
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