[OSList] Time challenge - multiple short OSTs? (x-posted OS/GC-lists)

[Bhavesh Patel via OSList]

How long does it take "
​
to travel across the community"? What supports the "
unwillingness"?​ If the fourth event was geographically in the middle of
the other three, and transport was provided, would that help, and maybe
dinner as well?

If it is clear that the data from the first three OSTs will be carried
forward to the fourth, and that the fourth is more a sense-making
next-steps-making, would that support people to decide what they want to do
with the "
​
unwillingness"?

OR maybe the fourth meeting where "
​
all are invited for convergence/action planning" is an assumption that can
be dropped? What if each OST was for the people who attend to take action
locally and that's it? Why does there need to be convergence and some kind
of meta-plan or central strategy? It is a usual myth we hold about doing
things here and there and then bringing them together!

What if the fourth meeting is in 6 months or one year for the three other
OSTs to come together and share what happened?

Just playing with ideas and it might be a bit late for that...





On 24 September 2016 at 21:53, Thomas Herrmann <thomas at openspaceconsulting
.com> wrote:

> Thanks Bhavesh, I like your idea to keep it open to adjustments depending
> on what happens in the meetings and also inbetween.
>
> One small challenge is also that the reason for having three occasions is
> that there is an
> ​​
> unwillingness
>
> ​​
> to travel across the community. So where are we going to have the fourth?
>
> Cheers
>
> Thomas (doing some final preps for an OST training, starting on Monday
> morning)
>
>
>
> *Från:* Bhavesh Patel [mailto:bhavmail at gmail.com]
> *Skickat:* den 24 september 2016 18:56
> *Till:* Thomas Herrmann <thomas at openspaceconsulting.com>; World wide Open
> Space Technology email list <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> *Kopia:* GC list <genuine-contact at googlegroups.com>
> *Ämne:* Re: [OSList] Time challenge - multiple short OSTs? (x-posted
> OS/GC-lists)
>
>
>
> Hey Thomas,
>
> I like the 3 'openings' and my only suggestion would be to hold off on the
> shape of the fourth meeting. It is definitely about converging, but exactly
> how might reveal itself along the way.
>
> I love the idea that all the meetings are open and some may even come only
> to the fourth meeting.
>
>
>
> Smiles Bhav...
>
>
>
> On 16 September 2016 at 10:36, Thomas Herrmann via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> Dear friends in Open Space
>
> I write to share about an exciting project and to ask to have
> feedback/ideas/experiences assisting me to refine/decide on the design I am
> working on.
>
>
>
> The project is in a neighbouring town of about 35 000 inhabitants. They
> are inviting everyone living there to explore ways to contribute to enhance
> the learning amongst children/youth complementing/supporting what is
> happening in the school. The top politician in the town, responsible for
> education/schools is my sponsor. During the spring I had a couple of
> meetings with the top politicians and managers for the school system. Then
> we widened the circles and had some meetings with other interest parties ,
> to invite more engagement for this idea.
>
>
>
> We have a plan that includes follow up, to support what is emerging,
> decide on next steps and make sure there is report back to what is
> happening and not.
>
>
>
> A couple of  days ago we had our “final” planning meeting getting the
> theme etc. Still working on wording but something like “For the future of
> our children. How do we create conditions for enhanced learning for pupils
> in our community?” Of practical reasons evenings are considered the best
> options. Parents, pupils, teachers, business people, public workers etc etc
> are all busy daytime and weekends are not considered a good option.
> “Everyone” will be invited but it’s hard to say how many will come to each
> meeting. I guess between 10-200 J
>
> Now the plan is to have three 3-hour meetings in three different parts of
> the small community. I have suggested a fourth meeting where
> ​​
> all are invited for convergence/action planning. There are of course
> several challenges. I am not even sure I will suggest we use OST even
> though I’d love to. I think a 3-hour meeting is the bare minimum for the
> simplest form of an OST meeting. On the other hand I see possibilities for
> this to be looked at like an OST meeting consisting of three occasions á 3
> hours + convergence in a fourth meeting for another 3 hours… That looks
> better, ey?
>
>
>
> There are some opportunities with this:
>
> 1.       More time for the divergent process before converging.
>
> 2.       People can choose to join several meetings, deepening their
> thinking
>
> 3.       People can get access to more ideas/material from the 3 meetings.
>
> 4.       There can be continued conversations online in between meetings
> and approaching meeting nbr 4.
>
> 5.       There will be opportunities for people to create joint projects
> over “boundaries” in the community (meeting nbr 4 and online)
>
>
>
> There are several challenges with this too.
>
> 1.       There will be different people in all of the meetings
>
> a.       There needs to be a proper opening each time
>
> 2.       3 hours is very short. My plan: Opening/agenda 45 mts. Session 1
> (45 mts). Session 2 (45 mts). Individual reflection/personal commitment (15
> mts). Closing 30 mts.
>
> a.       For the actionplanning meeting (meeting nbr 4) I will probably
> use re-opening, after a brief opening and reading reports/reflecting. A
> couple of action planning sessions, 1 minute reportback/group and then
> closing.
>
> 3.       How to bind everything together to one whole
>
>
>
> So far I lean towards this plan but I would love to hear to your ideas,
> thoughts, experiences and/or suggestions!
>
> All the best
>
>
>
> Thomas Herrmann
>
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