Open Space and political parties

[Lisa Heft]

Hi, all -

(Carol said she was approached by a political party to use OS in their  
policy development process both inside the party and with the general  
public)

As I recall the San Francisco Green Party used OS some years ago, and  
our dear colleague Kerry Napuk mentioned that OS was used for a  
subgroup of the Scottish Parliament, if I'm not mistaken.  And I  
consulted on an Open Space the President of Timor-Leste (East Timor)  
convened to bring together government agencies and NGOs (non-profit /  
civil society) agencies.

To my mind, there is nothing that is different, no matter who are the  
participants (politicians, educators, mothers, young people) - do the  
same good, thoughtful complete Open Space, explaining the principles  
and law in the same, thoughtful ways, doing your pre-work and  
planning, designing and providing for a useful participant  
documentation element, and ensuring a long enough meeting time is  
available for the specific outcomes / deliverables you hope for (not  
squishing it into too short a space).

They are lucky to have you, Carol,
Lisa

Lisa Heft
Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
Opening Space
lisaheft at openingspace.net
www.openingspace.net

Ask me about the Open Space Learning Workshops - April 21-23 and  
December 15-17, 2010 - San Francisco
October 15-17, 2010 - Medellin, Colombia

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> 2010/4/21 Carol Loughrey <loughrey at nbnet.nb.ca>
> I have been approached by a political party to use open space in  
> their policy development process both inside the party and with the  
> general public.  If anyone has any experience with this and any  
> wisdom to share it would be appreciated.  I have always wanted to  
> use OS in this kind of environment.  Has anyone done work of this  
> nature and if so is there any advice?
>


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