Paper and Pencil

Sat Jun 12 09:45:44 PDT 2010

i love it.  the ppts list and the clip.  i think that's exactly right!  lol
m

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On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Michael M Pannwitz <mmpanne at boscop.org>wrote:

> in fact, people tell me that that is the only part which they keep,
> eventually...the list of participants
> and
> of course
> the foldback clip
> to hang up the towel with the torn towel hanger
> mmp
>
> Michael Herman schrieb:
>
>  yes, yes!  this is a great reminder, michael:  even the pencil and paper
>> are
>> extra.
>>
>> i think it's important for people to have a chance to process what's
>> happened.  their work on their notes, i think, is one way to help sort
>> things out for later storytelling.  i've always been a big fan of the
>> simple
>> 'one sheet of posterboard summary' gallery approach that i think you
>> discovered.
>>
>> sometimes when trying to decide how much tech and documenting we really
>> need, i tell clients that the simplest possible proceedings is just a list
>> of the issues raised.  the point is only to have something of a stake in
>> the
>> ground, on the paper, for informing the next round(s) of invitation, if it
>> wants to go on and on.
>>
>> your comments here remind me that the simplest possible proceedings
>> document
>> is probably a list of the participants!
>>
>> m
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Michael Herman
>> Michael Herman Associates
>>
>> http://MichaelHerman.com
>> http://RonanParkTrail.com
>> http://ManorNeighbors.com
>> http://ChicagoConservationCorps.org
>> http://OpenSpaceWorld.org
>>
>> 312-280-7838 (mobile)
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Michael M Pannwitz <mmpanne at boscop.org
>> >wrote:
>>
>>  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...”).
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Harrison
>>>>
>>>> Harrison Owen
>>>>
>>>> 7808 River Falls Dr.
>>>>
>>>> Potomac, MD 20854
>>>>
>>>> USA
>>>>
>>>> Phone 301-365-2093
>>>>
>>>> www.openspaceworld.com
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Artur
>>>> Silva
>>>> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 9:56 AM
>>>> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>>>> Subject: Radical Real-Time Annual Unconference "Making the Most of
>>>> Collaborative Worlds” - Saturd ay, June 5, 2010 from 2pm to 5:30pm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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...).
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Here is the content of the event announcement at NING (sorry, the photos
>>>> are not included):
>>>>
>>>> ·          <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/event/listUpcoming>
>>>> All
>>>> Events
>>>>
>>>> ·          <
>>>>
>>>> http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/event/listUserEvents?user=3m5cgnkqlftmg
>>>> >
>>>> My Events
>>>>
>>>> ·          <
>>>>
>>>> http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/event/new?cancelTarget=http%3A%2F%2Fopenspaceworld.ning.com%2Fevents%2Fradical-realtime-annual
>>>> >
>>>> Add an Event
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Radical Real-Time Annual Unconference "Making the Most of Collaborative
>>>> Worlds”
>>>>
>>>> ·         Added by  <
>>>> http://openspaceworld.ning.com/profile/JulianeNeumann199> Juliane
>>>> Neumann
>>>>
>>>> ·          <
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> Event Details
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>> Organized By: Radical Inlcusion
>>>> Latest Activity: Jun 5
>>>>
>>>>  <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/radical-realtime-annual/export>
>>>> Export to Outlook or iCal (.ics)
>>>>  <
>>>>
>>>> http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/invitation/new?eventId=4285704%3AEvent%3A6237
>>>> >
>>>> Invite More People
>>>>
>>>> Share  <
>>>>
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>>>> >
>>>> Twitter  <
>>>>
>>>> http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fopenspaceworld.ning.com%2Fevents%2Fradical-realtime-annual%3Fxg_source%3Dfacebookshare&t=
>>>> >
>>>> Facebook
>>>>
>>>> Event Description
>>>>
>>>> You are cordially invited to take part in the second annual Radical
>>>> Real-Time Conference on Saturday, June 5, 2010.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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."
>>>>
>>>> Read more about the conference, propose a session, or register for the
>>>> event at <http://rtvc10.ning.com> http://rtvc10.ning.com
>>>>
>>>> §   <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/wosonos-2010-berlin> <
>>>> Previous Event
>>>>
>>>> §   <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/events/odws-cocreating-a-new-world>
>>>> Next Event >
>>>>
>>>> Comment Wall
>>>>
>>>> Comment
>>>>
>>>> Parte superior do formulário
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Parte inferior do formulário
>>>>
>>>> Comment by  <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/profile/KathieWallace>
>>>> Kathie
>>>> Wallace on June 5, 2010 at 6:24pm
>>>>
>>>>  <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!
>>>>
>>>> Comment by  <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/profile/ArturSilva> Artur
>>>> Silva on June 3, 2010 at 7:54pm
>>>>
>>>>  <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
>>>>
>>>> Anyone interested can see the description here: <
>>>> http://rtvc10.ning.com/events/radical-transformational>
>>>> http://rtvc10.ning.com/events/radical-transformational
>>>>
>>>> Key Words radical change, transformational change, paradigm shift,
>>>> metanoia, web 2.0, organization 2.0, emergence
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Artur
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wordwide OST NING: http://openspaceworld.ning.com/
>>>>
>>>>
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