[OSList] Fwd: Global OS via the phone

Tue Nov 22 14:06:57 PST 2011

It's me again.  Short and sweet this time based on such helpful feedback
from OS colleagues.

Knowing that we were not in physical space, needing to invent and be brief
in our oral instructions, materials were prepared ahead of time tied to the
welcome, project background and materials related to the actual call.

For those interested in the learning journey portion with prepared
materials, see tabs  "Today's Call";  "Our Story" and "Welcome Video" on
the Global Conversation <http://global-conversation.posterous.com/>website.

Respectfully submitted, Suzanne

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Steve Cochran <scochran305 at gmail.com>wrote:

> This really is quite thrilling - an OST 'Moon Shot' landmark in my mind...
> Congratulations to all
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> Steve Cochran
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> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>  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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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: ****
>>
>> *"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.”*****
>>
>> 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!  ****
>>
>> 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.****
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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. ****
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Suzanne****
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>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Diane Gibeault <
>> diane.gibeault at rogers.com> wrote:****
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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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>> Diane****
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