[OSList] Comparison of OS and unconferencing

Jeff Aitken r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com
Mon Apr 30 12:45:02 PDT 2012


The Meta Network! http://community.tmn.com! And apparently it's still
going ("celebrating 25 years of conversations that matter" tho that
would have been 2008.) Home of early conversations about OS that
morphed into the OSLIST. Just to repeat Harrison in slightly different
words.

Jeff

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
> Only thing I would add/change is about the "continuation of the conversation
> -- you are certainly right, it is over when it's over... but when's that?
> Meaning that in many OS's the conversation can go on for years online and
> howsomever. In the very first OS (1985) a number of the participants
> happened to be a part of something called TMN -- which was one of the very
> first (maybe the first) non-military access to the Internet. As the
> gathering progressed we were online with friends and colleagues around the
> world ... and it went on and on and on...
>
> Harrison
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> Dear all
>
> A couple of weeks ago I attended my first unconference. I was interested to
> see how it would be different to the Open Space process that I know so well.
> What follows is my comparison - and it is after only one unconference. But
> here are my reflections - please add your thoughts too:
>
> History
> OS: Harrison Owen book 1993 (born 1985)
> Unc: Bloggercon 1998
>
> Principle
> OS: Participants shape the agenda
> Unc: Participants shape the agenda
>
> Tradition
> OS: Native American
> Unc: Sci Fi Geek
>
> Guidelines
> OS: 4 principles + 1 law: worked / explained
> Unc: 4 principles + 1 law: mentioned / minimally explained
>
> Social media
> OS: Peripheral
> Unc: Central
>
> Assumption
> OS: People can read paper easily - put agenda on the wall
> Unc: Everyone has a twitter account and knows how to use it - put agenda on
> twitter/social media
>
> Topics / agenda
> OS: Written in first hand by person suggesting the idea
> Unc: Interpreted onto a spreadsheet by facilitator
>
> Discussions
> OS: From the floor of the event
> Unc: Both from the floor and predetermined (perhaps via social media)
>
> Agenda scehdule
> OS: Negotiated by individual sponsor / whole group
> Unc: Set by facilitator
>
> Follow up
> OS: Whatever happens... and when its over....
> Unc: Debates continue via social media
>
> Have I been fair to unconferencing - indeed is my description of OS one that
> you would recognise?
>
> Hope all are well
>
> Jon
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