OS at May 2011 Local OpenGov Innovation Summits

Lisa Heft lisaheft at openingspace.net
Sun Jan 9 08:19:34 PST 2011


Hi, Lucas -

Sounds like a marvelous opportunity.

Can you give us a little more information please, such as...

- how long are these summits (how much time for Open Space)
- does any other business have to happen on that day / those days
- how many people expected
- why was Open Space selected as the tool (what are the objectives and  
desired outcomes of the meeting)
- what is the documentation design / has it been designed yet
- can all the potential sites accommodate Open Space (that is, at  
least twice as large in capacity as the number of people expected)
- is there capacity for follow-up
- do any decisions have to be made? actions or next steps identified?  
(during that event - including sometimes groups do that virtually or  
in-person post-event and sometimes the event is about idea generation,  
relationship building, resource sharing and more where the dialogue  
*is* the action and next steps are not part of the design
- is there funding for bringing facilitators to areas outside their  
home towns

Thanks for sharing this and any other questions that come to mind for  
you Lucas or my OS colleagues,

Lisa

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









On Jan 9, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Lucas Cioffi wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm looking for dozens of OS facilitators interested in bringing  
> Open Space to their city or state government.  I'm part of the  
> central planning team that is coordinating 50+ local events focused  
> on open government (transparency, public participation, and inter- 
> agency collaboration).
>
> This will be a paid gig, depending on the level of local and  
> national sponsorship.  This event is not limited to the United  
> States, and since we put the call out three days ago, we already  
> have 19 local teams forming across three countries.
>
> Full details are at the bottom of this email.  If you're interested,  
> please sign up here as a facilitator, local team leader, or even a  
> member of the central planning team.  The "we" that is organizing  
> this event is not a single organization, but the broader open  
> government community.  We're building off the success of the  
> previous eight OpenGov Community Summits at the federal level, co- 
> hosted by the US Department of Transportation, NASA, USDA, GSA, EPA,  
> and Treasury.
>
> Also, has anything like this (50+ open space events in one week)  
> ever been done?  It would be great to hear your advice and learn  
> from previous events!
>
> Lucas Cioffi
> OnlineTownhalls Inc
> Washington, DC
> 917-528-1831
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> (Note: This is an open call for co-planners. Sign up here and shape  
> how this event is implemented in your city!) About the Local OpenGov  
> Innovation Summits
> This is an exciting time as city, state, and municipal governments  
> are looking to solve increasingly complex problems on tight budgets.  
> The purpose of this national summit series is to empower local  
> officials with opengov principles, practices, and tools to drive  
> innovation at the local level.  These summits will explore the  
> following questions: • How can public engagement improve the quality  
> and efficiency of government decisions? • What are effective  
> practices in breaking down silos and fostering inter-agency  
> collaboration to maximize available resources? • How can open data  
> be harnessed to further agency missions? • How does transparency  
> actually benefit government? The target is 50+ local summits across  
> the US and internationally during a single week in May 2011.   
> Summits will be affordable and organized by local teams on the  
> ground.  Given the very large number of distributed events, we must  
> mobilize ourselves-- the open government community-- to make this  
> event a success.  The planning and organizing of this public-private  
> collaboration will itself be a case study in opengov transparency  
> and participation.
> Background In 2010, there were eight successful OpenGov Community  
> Summits in Washington, DC to support the Open Government Directive  
> at the federal level (co-hosted by the US Department of  
> Transportation, NASA, USDA, GSA, EPA, and Treasury).  There were 750  
> participants from over 90 federal agencies and bureaus and from the  
> private sector. In 2011, the frontier is local.  Building on the  
> lessons learned in organizing the federal summits, the key will be  
> creating a vibrant network of local organizers to share knowledge  
> and support each other every step of the way. This is just the first  
> step in what will be an open planning process; updates will be  
> posted on the wiki at http://www.opengovplaybook.org.  If you have  
> any questions, please contact Lucas Cioffi at lucas at onlinetownhalls.com 
>  or 917-528-1831. If you have any colleagues that are emerging  
> leaders in the fields of transparency, participation, or  
> collaboration, please be sure to invite them so they can join the  
> organizing team.  Organizers can expect an average of 2-3 hours of  
> work per week between February and May.  Monetary compensation will  
> depend on local and national sponsors.
>
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