Paper and Pencil

Sat Jun 12 01:28:29 PDT 2010

Dear HO and all of us other techies,
to me, OST is the best way I have encountered in my 4 decades of working 
with groups, organisations and systems to expand the NOW in the 
"real-life" situation itself.
That keeps intriguing me...especially because of what I see happen under 
conditions of self organisation unfolding unhampered: productive fun, 
unheard of ideas, instant solutions...you know the rest.
So, every thing or process that infringes on focusing on the NOW, 
including all kinds of technology and even paper and pencil (look at the 
story John Engle told of OST in Haiti)reduces the effect of everything 
that can happen in the expanded NOW.
If, and I have seen this happen regularly, there is passion and 
initiative leading to action, it will show up. I yet have to see the 
effect of "planned" documentation or "technology" on action after an 
Open Space event.
When I leave my house in Berlin to enter a bus or a subway to go 
shopping or to meet friends or go to a restaurant or to a gathering or 
to a church service or to a party...I always, yes always, run into 
someone that I either know or am approached by with something like "do 
you remember...xyz...os event?" In the ensuing minutes I always hear 
stories about what happened after an event of which nothing is found in 
the documentation and which is lost in the mysterious jungle of 
selforganisation that we seem to somehow want to control...often these 
contacts occur years after the event.
Have fun at your next OST event!
Enjoy keeping it simple.
Greetings from Berlin
mmp

Harrison Owen schrieb:
> Artur – Doubtless we have made mega-progress with things technical – but somehow, flies do land in the ointment. (“Maybe I should have done that before, but I was busy preparing the session I convened in that "Unconference", with a lot of last minute problems, like my local network, dying some minutes before the event...”). 
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> I am reminded of my good friends at Microsoft who brought together several hundred of their senior folks to redesign their data centers. Needless to say I left the electronic support to them, and they assured me that it would be “state-of-the-art. I am sure it was (SOTA) – but there was a small problem. Didn’t work. Back to paper and pencils! – but eventually I suggested that we might just try WORD templates with finger drives. Worked like a charm, as always.
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> I am definitely in favor of charting new courses and trying new stuff, indeed the first Open Space was documented on the predecessor to the Internet in 1985 (DARPANET). And lord knows there is wonderful new stuff out there. So have fun, but don’t throw away the pencils and paper. Could be useful in emergency (smile).
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> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Artur Silva
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> Subject: Radical Real-Time Annual Unconference "Making the Most of Collaborative Worlds” - Saturd ay, June 5, 2010 from 2pm to 5:30pm
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> Maybe I have missed it but, if I saw correctly, I could not find in this list any post concerning this event that took place last Saturday. I could not see it previously advertised here, nor commented afterwards, even if I saw there a lot of people that are in this list.
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> So I am resending to the list the initial advertisement, that was posted in the events section of the OST NING (http://openspaceworld.ning.com/) and some comments to it. (Maybe I should have done that before, but I was busy preparing the session I convened in that "Unconference", with a lot of last minute problems, like my local network, dying some minutes before the event...). 
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> Any how the unconference was very interesting with a lot of sessions offered and a lot of conferencing products tested. Anyone can still see the sessions offered, many summaries of the session and even some full recorded sessions. 
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> Here is the content of the event announcement at NING (sorry, the photos are not included): 
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> ·          <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/event/listUpcoming> All Events
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> ·          <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/event/new?cancelTarget=http%3A%2F%2Fopenspaceworld.ning.com%2Fevents%2Fradical-realtime-annual> Add an Event
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> Radical Real-Time Annual Unconference "Making the Most of Collaborative Worlds”
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> ·         Added by  <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/profile/JulianeNeumann199> Juliane Neumann
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> ·          <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/profiles/message/newFromProfile?screenName=17l8p0tiwdbbe&target=http%3A%2F%2Fopenspaceworld.ning.com%2Fevents%2Fradical-realtime-annual> Send Message    <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/event/listUserEvents?user=17l8p0tiwdbbe> View Events
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> Time:  <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/event/listByDate?date=2010-06-05> June 5, 2010 from 2pm to 5:30pm
> Location:  <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/event/listByLocation?location=virtual> virtual
> Website or Map:  <http://rtvc10.ning.com> http://rtvc10.ning.com
> Event Type:  <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/event/listByType?type=virtual> virtual,  <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/event/listByType?type=unconference> unconference
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> You are cordially invited to take part in the second annual Radical Real-Time Conference on Saturday, June 5, 2010.
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> Radical Inclusion is once again pleased to provide the platform for this self-organized virtual unconference. In our last year’s unconference participants felt that the burning issues of the 21st century could only be solved by using new collaborative methods, changing the ways we work together, and finding novel approaches to co-operation. Thus, this year’s conference, titled “Making the Most of Collaborative Worlds – Physical, Virtual and Blended Collaboration”, focuses on understanding the changes that are required at individual, team, and organizational levels to deal with these issues.
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> We are also announcing a new name for the conference, Radical Real-Time. It reflects our radically different approach to collaborative engagement. Thank you Christina Jordan for coming up with the name! We feel that “Real-Time Virtual Collaboration (RTVC)” taught us much during its first year and has deserved this new forward-looking name.
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> The purpose of the Radical Real-Time unconference is to provide a global forum where we all can come together, explore topics of common interest, learn, and create sustainable actions. Our unconference structure is loosely based on the principles of Open Space Technology, which has revolutionized large group gatherings by allowing the passion and responsibility of relevant stakeholders to drive the conference agenda. Radical Real-Time participants will be able to explore topics most important to them, and convene breakout sessions using a variety of virtual tools. Besides proposing a topic of interest, session conveners may also choose the collaboration platform of their choice. If you are a newbie to the use of virtual tools, the Radical Inclusion team will be on hand to provide technical support. Radical Real-Time conference is free of charge.
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> This was the feedback of Harrison Owen, the inventor of Open Sace Technology on our last year's event: "That was a great tour of a marvelous adventure! Cyberspace IS Open Space. And the Internet works exactly the same way as every Open Space — totally self-organizing. I think what you are doing is identifying various aspects of the Internet that make the whole experience more useful. Sort of like finding new rooms in the venue, Temple Bells, Talking Sticks, etc."
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> Read more about the conference, propose a session, or register for the event at <http://rtvc10.ning.com> http://rtvc10.ning.com
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> Comment by  <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/profile/KathieWallace> Kathie Wallace on June 5, 2010 at 6:24pm
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>  <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/radical-realtime-annual> Delete CommentRadical Real-Time Virtual UnConference was amazing <http://rtvc10.ning.com> http://rtvc10.ning.com #rrt10 Many thanks to the organizers!
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> Comment by  <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/profile/ArturSilva> Artur Silva on June 3, 2010 at 7:54pm
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>  <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/radical-realtime-annual> Delete CommentI will attend the event and convene an Open Space like event, from 4-5 pm TMG, using Flash Meeting, with the following Title: RADICAL (TRANSFORMATIONAL) CHANGE AT THE LEVELS OF THE PERSON, COMMUNITY, ORGANIZATION AND SOCIETY AT LARGE
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> Anyone interested can see the description here: <http://rtvc10.ning.com/events/radical-transformational> http://rtvc10.ning.com/events/radical-transformational
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> Key Words radical change, transformational change, paradigm shift, metanoia, web 2.0, organization 2.0, emergence
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