[OSList] [OSLIST}; The OST Theme...frame as a question?

[Eva P Svensson]

Hi Daniel,
I use to use  both - sometimes a question, sometimes more like a statement. For example on friday i will facilitate an OS around the topic (in Swedish) "Så förverkligar vi Sveriges spårvägsplaner - Möjligheter och Utmaningar" In English it would be approx " In this way we realize Swedish tramway plans  - Issues and Opportunities" i.e more like a way to get the fantasy going on different way to come up with ideas.
I think that it's not so much if its a question or a statement - more that the theme shall be challenging to the participants.
my 2 cents
:o)
Eva

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24 mar 2014 kl. 12.05 skrev Daniel Mezick:

> Is the OST theme always defined as a question? Is it ever offered as a statement? I'm not sure.
> 
> I'm not sure because in the USERS GUIDE TO OPEN SPACE book from Harrison, the story about the theme "Fixing Arizona" is not a question. So, I'm guessing a non-question is OK. For the record, I prefer a question. And I tell clients to frame it as a question, on the hypothesis that questions tend open space and statements tend to close space...
> 
> THE BRIEF USERS GUIDE (http://www.openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm) is silent on the issue:
> <BEGIN>
> THE THEME -- Creation of a powerful theme statement is critical, for it will be the central mechanism for focusing discussion and inspiring participation. The theme statement, however, cannot be a lengthy, dry, recitation of goals and objectives. It must have the capacity to inspire         participation by being specific enough to indicate the direction, while possessing sufficient openness to allow for the imagination of the group to take over.
> 
> There is no pat formulation for doing this, for what inspires one group will totally turn off another. One way of thinking about the theme statement is as the opening paragraph of a truly exciting story. The reader should have enough detail to know where the tale is headed and what some of the possible adventures are likely to be. But "telling all" in the beginning will make it quite unlikely that the reader will proceed. After all, who would read a story they already know?
> 
> <END>
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