twittering, an invitation to a virtual collaboration workshop and news from ESTONIA

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Holger,
2 to 3 hours a day twittering, Wow!
I spent decades with a multitude of tools, approaches, principles, 
techniques...to help "change unfold" in all kinds of settings. A while 
back I realized that change does very well unfolding all by itself. In 
addition, I did not see much outcome with approaches to manage change 
(lets see what will come of all the change management efforts that are 
presently being tried in this seemingly awesome world economic crisis).
What I did see happening in the last few years (more or less around the 
clock) in the 200 or so os-events I was involved in is that 
selforganisation unfolds very nicely under certain conditions. The major 
one being very simple, albeit not easy: stepping back.
Just received a note from Estonia that they are on the verge of running 
400 os events on the first of May, presently training 400 os 
facilitators for that job.
Now, that gets me pretty excited and maybe I can get my aging bones 
there to get a glimpse of selforganisation unfolding and, with the 
amazing availability of the internet in Estonia (all citizens have free 
access to the internet)there will be loads of twitteres, I am sure.
Here a link, click something in the upper right hand corner to see some 
of the stuff in English (being translated by the mom of one of the 
active open space workers in Estonia).
Greetings from Berlin Lichterfelde
mmp


Holger Nauheimer wrote:
> I have been excited to discover John on Twitter recently, and I have
> encouraged him to find more OST folks who are already twittering. So, thanks
> for this initiative, John. I have been twittering up to 2-3 hours a day for
> the last 3 months in order to learn more about this fascinating platform
> which will become a standard communication tool such as SMS, telephone,
> email etc. (if you don’t believe me, check again in a year’s time– didn’t
> you say 12 years ago that you would never buy a mobile phone, or 15 years
> ago, that you don’t need a website?). If you want to know more about the
> what and why of Twitter, you can check in my blog at
> http://www.change-management-blog.com where I have written a couple of
> postings on Twitter and other social media. My Twitter ID is @hnauheimer
> <http://twitter.com/hnauheimer> . I twitter about change management (of
> course!), job opportunities, Web 2.0 and I keep in touch with friends around
> the world. So, please say hello when you follow, I promise to respond. From
> tomorrow onwards, I will be in San Francisco for the annual Web 2.0 Expo and
> of course I will be blogging and twittering live from there. Anybody in the
> Bay area who’s up for a beer?
> 
>  
> 
> As I have reported before, I have also used Twitter and other social media
> as tools to prepare and document workshops and to create sustainable
> communities. Some or you might remember my reports from Thailand earlier
> this year. The community (based on Ning) that we created back then, is very
> alive and growing. Here is an opportunity to increase the sustainability of
> initiatives that emerge during an OST, as long as there is passion and
> responsibility. But it also the people who are on this journey: what  I love
> about the Web 2.0 community is their closeness to Open Space principles and
> values – come from abundance, you are what you share.
> 
> Here is an invitation to a big Twitter event, in which we want to apply the
> Open Space and World Café principles – having meaningful conversations
> around the globe and go where our passion is: On May 9, I am hosting the
> (hopefully) largest Real Time Virtual Cooperation Workshop, using Twitter
> but also other tools and we might even talk to each other on Skype in small
> groups.  
> 
> Our topic will be: 
> What tools and what principles do we need to help change to unfold? Social
> and technological development as means for better organizations, and a
> better world.
> 
> During the Real Time Virtual Collaboration Workshop,  the Change Management
> Toolbook website will be the central place where the agenda will be created
> and from which participants will disperse into smaller groups. The breakout
> rooms will be all over the web. Also, the website will be the place for
> documentation. Please register here: 
> http://www.change-management-toolbook.com/course/view.php?id=115   and
> please spread the word. You don’t need to be a techie to participate.
> 
> For those of you who are just making their first steps into the world of
> social media, here is another offer: Starting April 30, I am hosting a four
> modules webinar series on the topic Web 2.0 for Business. We have prepared a
> 20 minutes free video presentation which serves as the introduction to the
> topic. Have a look at the video at:
> 
>  <http://www.change-management-toolbook.com/blog/index.php?postid=79>
> http://www.change-management-toolbook.com/blog/index.php?postid=79 
> 
> In this beginners' webinar series, you will learn how to use all the new
> social media that have now matured for the benefit of your business and for
> that of your clients. We will talk about blogging, Wikis, online
> communities, Twitter and much more. All very practice oriented and
> interactive.
> 
> I am looking forward to meeting you all in the real and in the virtual
> world.
> 
> Holger
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