Sort of kind of Open Spaces for Microsoft

[fergal barr]

I suggest World Cafe as a very effective method....
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Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:09:00 -0700From: doc at anotherthought.comSubject: Sort of kind of Open Spaces for MicrosoftTo: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDUI'm working with Microsoft on a series of events called MSDN Developer Conference (MDC - http://www.msdndevcon.com). They are one day events around the country over the next few months.

They want to hold some kind of community-driven discussions in parallel to the scheduled presentations.

I've convinced them NOT to call these things "Open Space" because of the mental/emotional attachment those words have for so many people.  We're toying with names like "The Conversation Realm" or some such.

With that background, I have two questions for this community:



Do you have suggestions for creating a hybrid thing that will facilitate community-driven discussions, and that will run in parallel with the organized, eyes-front sessions? I'm exploring basic tools like fishbowls, approaches like World Cafe, and others. 
If you live in or near one of these cities (see the website), would you be interested in doing a non-paid gig for the Microsoft office in your region, based on whatever framework/approach we come up with?

Just for clarity, I will be facilitating a number of these, depending on my schedule, client commitments, and such.

I'm looking forward to whatever comes of this.

Thanks,

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