[OSList] Effective use of Large Scale Interventions: Book with research findings, training workshop

[Alan Stewart]

Congratulations on your great achievement Dr Tonnie. And good wishes for
bringing your
hard-earned experience, skills and unique insights to widespread attention.

Please send me your article.

Go well

Alan
Adelaide


On 5 June 2011 08:23, Thomas Herrmann <thomas at openspaceconsulting.com>wrote:

> WOnderful news Tonnie
>
> Congratulations!
>
> I’ll for sure spread the word to some interested people in my network – and
> look forward to reading more in your book
>
> I’d appreciate your sending me the article you mention.
>
> Warm regards
>
> Thomas Herrmann
>



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> oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *För *Tonnie van der Zouwen
> *Skickat:* den 3 juni 2011 10:59
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> *Ämne:* [OSList] Effective use of Large Scale Interventions: Book with
> research findings, training workshop
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>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> After being very quiet in this community for the last year, it is with
> great pleasure to inform you that after six years I finally finished my PhD
> research on effective use of Large Scale Interventions (which I see as an
> approach for whole system change,  including the large group intervention
> methods such as Future Search, Open Space Technology, World Café, Whole
> Scale Change/Real Time Strategic Change). So you may call me ‘doctor Tonnie’
> now :). The Open Space world community  contributed substantially to this
> research, I want to thank everyone who shared experiences and ideas with me,
> on this list, in the WOS on OS in Berlin, or otherwise.
>
>
>
> All findings are wrapped up in a book with the title ‘*Building an
> evidence based practical guide to Large Scale Interventions. Towards
> sustainable organisational change with the whole system’*. It is published
> by Eburon Academic Publishers and available as paperback and as eBook (only
> $ 13.79) on amazon.com<http://www.amazon.com/Building-evidence-based-practical-Interventions/dp/9059725034/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1306913486&sr=8-3>
>  and eburon.nl<http://www.eburon.nl/building_an_evidence_based_practical_guide_to_large_scale_interventions_ebook?language_code=en>.
> The book offers a practical guide with guidelines for effective use of LSI
> to assess conditions before the process, enhance performance during the
> process, and an evaluation instrument to evaluate effectiveness after the
> process.  The first parts of the book tell the story of my inquiry in the
> practice of LSI worldwide, including Open Space Technology practice,
> resulting in an overview of ‘What is LSI?’, which might be a handy chapter
> for students or starting facilitators. I hope to develop the practical guide
> in more popular versions for divers user groups, in open source. Reactions
> are very welcome on  www.largescaleinterventions.ning.com
>
>
>
> This book benefited enormously from the work and stimulating responses of
> founders such as Harrison Owen,  Juanita Brown, David Isaacs, Marvin
> Weisbord and Sandra Janoff, Barbara Bunker and Billie Alban. I am grateful
> for their wise words and for their inspiration. Thanks!
>
>
>
> As spin off from my research and book, *an international training workshop
> on* *effective use of Large Scale Interventions * is scheduled *17 – 19
> November 2011 in Noordwijk, Netherlands. *The workshop focuses on the
> principles and conditions for success and on how to embed large group
> meetings in a larger change process. It is not about specific recipes for
> Large Group Methods. The workshop is meant for facilitators working with LSI
> who want to improve their practice, an interactive master class.  For
> details and registration see www.LargeScaleInterventions.com<http://www.largescaleinterventions.com/>
>
>
>
> During my research I used large group methods for two research conferences,
> as member check. An online Open Space and a life Search Conference.
> Participants recognized the conferences as an innovation in action research,
> so I wrote an article about it. The title is ‘Practice what you preach.
> Large group conferences as member check’.  It has been published in Profile,
>  International Journal for Change, Learning, Dialogue (October 2011). If you
> are interested, let me know and I will send you a digital copy.
>
> Best wishes from a sunny Holland,
>
>
>
> Tonnie
>
>
>
>
>
> *Dr. Tonnie van der Zouwen MCM
>
> *Beneluxlaan 66
> 5251 LE Vlijmen
> The Netherlands
>
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> www.largescaleinterventions.com
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