SV: [OSLIST] would you do it?

Thu Jun 25 09:45:52 PDT 2009

Hi Christine, Hi Michael

Great questions
J - thanks for asking!!

So far I only know that it’s about 800 participants from an European
organization -  they are working with similar issues in the European
countries. This is their annual conference and one of the sponsors in Sweden
attended an OST meeting with the Swedish “organisation” here in February I
think and she thought it was a great process J and she has more or less
convinced the “head sponsor” from Brussels that OST is a great idea.

I have not had the meeting pre-meeting yet – Michael – I also always do that
– so far it’s an inquiry whether or not it’s possible with OS in this time
frame. As far as I know right now -this is one part of an more traditional
conference with key-notes speakers etc. But also some efforts to let people
get to know each other better – they talked about “speed-dating” and
match-making – but with OST – they could skip match-making because that will
be a natural result from the OS-meeting, (says I ) And via the telephone I
have right now “got” about 2hours
 I doubt that there is more to come.

So far I know that they want a process that makes it possible for the
participants to raise their voices and have a chance to talk about what is
important for them (that was not the usual way I understood) and give
examples for the organizations future and coming work . I also understood
from the brief conversation we had that they want to include some of the
topics/results/conversation in the closing of the conference.

I must admit that it gets me going – having an OS meeting with so many
people – the best would of course be if there was more time – but it is
still very exciting to investigate if it’s possible or not. It’s mostly the
logistics that worries me. I have done “taster” in 1,5h with 100 people and
that worked beautiful. But I think the logistic part is the main question
here – how to solve all that

Soo, what do you’all think

Hugs from a warm and sunny Sweden right now on the train from the east coast
(Stockholm) to the west (Gothenburg)

:o)

Eva

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Från: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] För Christine Whitney
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Skickat: den 25 juni 2009 15:51
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Ämne: Re: [OSLIST] would you do it?

Hi dear Eva,

I'm full of questions this morning...

*	What is the purpose of the gathering?  What are the desired
outcomes?
*	What kind of a group is it?  Are they an intact group with a future
together or are they conference participants who don't all work together?  
*	What else is happening, if anything, for the 800 - are there
speakers, panels, other types of "breakouts"?  Where does the potential Open
Space fit in with the rest of the activities?
*	What are your personal hopes and intentions if you were to do this
as Open Space?  What is it that draws you to the possibility of a 1.5 hour
Open Space with 800 people?

Big hug from cloudy, warm Phoenix,

Christine

Christine Whitney Sanchez

Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy
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On Jun 25, 2009, at 3:49 AM, Eva P Svensson wrote:

Hello!
I have been asked to do an Open Space with about 800 people. That’s great –
BUT as it’s looks right now – there will only be 1,5 hours timeframe for the
entire thing

What do you think about that? Would you recommend to go for it – what would
you do????

I know I have done a taster on OS in 1,5 hour with 100 people and it went
well – but 800

What would you do?

Sunny warm greetings from Sweden

:o)

Eva

Bästa hälsningar

Eva P Svensson

EPS Human Invest AB

Member of Beyond Performance Group

"Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt välmående företag
och organisationer"

Anåsbergsvägen 22, 439 34 ONSALA

Besöksadress; Norra Allégatan 8, Göteborg

Tfn: 0300-615 05, Mobil; 0706- 89 85 50

 <http://www.epshumaninvest.se/> www.epshumaninvest.se

Skype: eva.p.svensson

Besök gärna min blogg;www.epshumaninvest.blogspot.com/

"Jag kan inte lära dig något. Allt jag kan göra är att ställa frågor till
dig, och låta dig själv finna svaren." Sokrates

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