[OSList] Poke the Open Space Box

[Harold Shinsato]

I just read this in Seth Godin's latest tract - "Poke the Box". I've 
heard occasionally that some folks are having trouble making ends meet 
as Open Space Technology facilitators. Yet others seem to be doing ok. 
I've been wishing I could do this full time - go out - get clients - and 
facilitatre OST conferences full time - but Seth's quote kind of threw 
that back at me.


"My friend Jessica wants to be a conference organizer. You can hire her 
and she'll sweat every single detail of your event. Give her the 
attendee list, the venue, and the agenda, and the conference will go off 
without a hitch.

"The problem with this plan is that it involves being picked by the 
event promoter. If she gets picked often, it's a fine living. If she can 
negotiate a fair payday, it's a fine living. But Jessica must pitch the 
promoter, hat in hand.

"So... why not be the promoter, the initiator, the one in charge and 
responsible?"

    - Seth Godin, Poke the Box, p. 25


This sounds a lot more like the spirit of OST than going out looking for 
clients who want to do OST events. This is very personal for me as 
Missoula BarCamp's OST event happens on Saturday. I went out and just 
got it started - but it's not exactly a money maker at this point. But 
what Seth says, just initiating cool OST events, sounds a lot more juicy 
than trying to pitch OST facilitation.

Any enlightenment anyone? What's the path to abundant full time Open 
Space living?

-- 
Harold Shinsato
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