[OSList] Fwd: Global OS via the phone

Tue Nov 22 06:44:13 PST 2011

This really is quite thrilling - an OST 'Moon Shot' landmark in my mind...
Congratulations to all

Steve Cochran
(Asheville NC)

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:

>  Suzanne – Quite a journey and a wonderful story! The 5th Principle Lives
> – “Wherever it happens is the right place,” even if there is no where
> there. Or something J****
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> *From:* oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:
> oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Suzanne Daigle
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:23 AM
> *To:* Diane Gibeault; World wide Open Space Technology email list
> *Subject:* [OSList] Fwd: Global OS via the phone****
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> Thank you Diane for your wonderful feedback.  The event was indeed magical
> and as a pioneering event in the direction of opening space, providing
> people an opportunity to hear each other's voices in a virtual
> conversation, it was a step in the right direction. In the end, there were
> a little less than 200 who actually participated (from the initial 590
> who registered) and that seems typical of free virtual events especially
> that many were from around the world having to figure out phones and
> connections.  The interest in these Global Conversations however attracted
> thousands of people globally judging from the hits and visits we received
> to our site, to our facebook, etc. All of these elements were part of the
> experimentation in social media to see how we can create awareness and
> deepen connections between us.
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> Thank you Alan Stewart, Open Space colleague and dear friend, for waking
> up in the wee hours of the morning to participate and then calling me
> personally from Australia to say congratulations later that day; to Larry
> Peterson, who wrote me a lengthy note and who was such a wise and
> supportive counsel throughout, and to Elaine Hansen, my co-lead who I met
> in Seattle when I went to my first big Open Space event a few years ago. As
> happens often in Open Space, Elaine and I became dear friends through this
> volunteer project.  Elaine, (with her husband Eric), are passionate about small
> group virtual conversation <http://hansen-rd.com/> and were also the
> geniuses who made the technology happen with Maestro Conference along with
> a few other wonderful volunteers.
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> Important things happened in the planning of this project not the least of
> which the enthusiasm of a wonderful team with all the "open space" type of
> discussions between us that happened as we each activated our unique
> talents and gifts.There was laughter, there was learning, and so much
> generosity.  Perhaps the most powerful thing of all in this entire project
> is the deeper understanding in the doing of work amongst a team who was
> living the power of self-organizing, sharing and opening ourselves to each
> other, living intensely in the present moment, feeling the risk of what we
> were inviting.  ****
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> And then there was Brené Brown whose message and invitation through her
> video Power of Vulnerability<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvmsMzlF7o&noredirect=1>and book The Gifts of Imperfection touch people and awaken them in the same
> way that happens experientially during an Open Space. Her message to let go
> who we think we are supposed to be to embrace who we are, resonates with
> the deep intention of freedom and choice, passion and responsibility that
> Open Space invites -- a coming home to who we are inside. Brené attended
> our event and emailed Elaine and I saying this: ****
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> *"Just watching how y'all cultivated and nurtured this opportunity taught
> me so much about the power of conversation, intention, and community. I
> would love to highlight some of the art that emerged from the conversations
> and the artists. If there's anything I can share on my blog, let me know
> and I will.* *Thank you again for bringing this like-spirited tribe
> together - it's exactly what the world needs right now.”*****
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> So in the spirit of Open Space, I felt us making some inroads and the seed
> of aha moments towards the types of conversation we have in Open Space is
> starting to spread. I feel the possibility of new technology emerging with
> things like Skype, Maestro and other tools. I want to continue
> participating in the evolution of those tools, wanting them to do all that
> Open Space invites, identifying topics, shopping the Marketplace wall, the
> small group discussions, bumble bees and butterflies, book of proceeding,
> leading to action. Sunday was a beginning!  ****
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> I apologize for writing and repeating in multiple posts the hopes,
> intentions and dreams associated with this project. I just wanted all of
> you to somehow be part of this knowing there is a world who is hungry to go
> beyond the surface conversations in cyber space to something deeper.  I
> still have tears in my eyes because on Sunday, people in their small
> groups discovered each other; many had very intimate conversations and are
> now continuing to converse through email and in other ways. The "whenever
> it starts, it starts; when it's over, it's over" has a different meaning
> when people meet in conversations like these in the virtual world.  The
> conversations do not stop; they continue immediately and into the next day
> and beyond. I was copied on some of these emails and blogs, catching a
> glimpse of the intimate conversations between people and felt moved by the
> depth of their passion and the power of their connection. I know the deep
> relations I have developed through Open Space and how through these I have
> been activated to greater courage. As it is in Open Space, we do not always
> know what happens after an event. All is not contained in a book of
> proceedings. I have become more acutely aware of this now.  ****
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> Ben Roberts who also assisted us as a volunteer, one of the founders of Occupy
> Café <http://www.occupycafe.org/>, speaks also of the power of Open Space
> and seeing it into the future of what they are doing in the ever expanding
> weekly calls*."**I see a big place for Open Space in Occupy Café’s future,
> **"* is what he said.****
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> And finally I want to honor Gerry Kirk and Chuni Li who contributed so
> very much and Julie Gieske, Juliane Neumann and Susanne Hoogwater, the
> graphic recorders, such great friends of Open Space, who not only created
> the most incredible art<http://global-conversation.posterous.com/wwwmapthemindorg-makes-a-visual-capture-of-th>but who also inspired others, regular folks, to do the same.
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> As an experiment, of course we can see things that could have been done
> better, where we worked too hard with perhaps little participation (i.e.
> not enough summary reports for example) but in the space of 2 hours and the
> 2 months of dedicated work we put into this, I feel we accomplished a lot.We invited deep dialogue between men, women, young and old from different
> parts of the  (many mainstream people who had never done anything like this
> before). It was a act of courage for them to even be there. ****
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> I close now, wanting you to see my own vulnerability through all of this,
> the moments when I battled with myself watching so much dedicated work on
> our team and wondering if this was really important to do in the whole
> scheme of things, in the sense of “ a real job and real work, with so much
> real pain in the world to heal and so many problems to fix". As I watch
> others in this community making such important contributions, working on
> the ground, inviting democracy, helping build countries, working with
> schools and the media, doing big and small events that seem to be more
> action-oriented and results-focused than endeavors like this one, I
> wondered. And then in the moments when I saw people from around the world
> *creating their topics and creating their own conversation*, *not
> listening to experts,  leaders or facilitators*, seeing them open up to
> each other, reading their comments as to why they wanted to participate in
> our Global Conversations, reading between the words the loneliness, the
> isolation, the fear, the longing to connect and do something, I realized
> that wherever and however we are opening space, it is important.
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> We had a deep intention of invitation Elaine and I and in the end, we know
> that this invitation is what resonated to create this event "from nothing"
> less than 2 months ago to what happened on Sunday. ****
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> On that note I *invite you* to come visit us here: Global Conversation<http://global-conversation.posterous.com/>
> and Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Conversation-The-Gifts-of-Imperfection/181146155298478> to
> see a sprinkling of the magic. ****
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> Thank you for being there lurkers, doers and wise advisers in this
> wonderful community; thank you for giving me a place to speak my dreams of
> Open Space.
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> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Diane Gibeault <diane.gibeault at rogers.com>
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>    Suzanne congratulations ****
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> I was one of the 500 people who participated today to the 2-hour Gobal OS
> by telephone that you and your colleagues organized. Congratulations !!
> Very inspiring experience and great model for future use of virtual OS.***
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> You integrated very well both the spirit and the process of the OST method
> to create conditions for participants to open space.  In this experience,
> the medium of the telephone allowed for hearing the voice of the speaker
> instead of reading comments on an internet chat list type of medium. This
> is a very conducive and real time way for "feeling the conversation" when
> face to face is not possible.****
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> Birgitt you said that all we can do is to "create containers so that the
> Open Space of infinite possibilities can be formed and shaped by the humans
> that engage with it."****
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> Suzanne, Elaine and everyone else of the hosts and organizers of this
> virtual gathering OST style, I feel you did just that!.****
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> Thank you again for being pioneers and leading the way to more
> possibilities.****
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> Cheers to you!****
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