[OSList] Hope Never Dies!

[Barry Owen]

Oh Eva . . . I have been a co-host of an annual REALTOR event here in
Nashville for the past 8 years . . . REBarcampNashville.com
This Friday is our 8th one, and I cannot report that I am excited about it.
As much as I would like be able to change the format to OST, that cannot
happen because this is somewhat of a "Cult Following event" that happens
all around the country, and ours in Nashville is FAMOUS for being the BEST.
Every iteration of it has been more "controlled" . . . "Speakers" flying in
from everywhere to impart their great knowledge to the plebs . . . Probably
1/2 of the agenda is already scheduled even though the "promise" is that
the participants will be handed a sheet of paper as they arrive on Friday
with 2 Questions: What do you want to learn? and What do you want to teach?
I always claim a couple of time slots back to back and use them for an hour
and half mini-open space around an important issue we are facing in our
market - My sessions are always PACKED because I do a 10 minute opening and
then get out of their way, and these folks are like ducks to water . . .
and real things happen.

Just a little OST oasis in the vast desert

*Barry Owen*
*Real Estate Strategist*
CEO/Principal Broker
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On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 6:46 AM, Eva P Svensson via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Don’t call it Open Space  if it’s not Open space!!
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> Another thing.. I visited my first ”Bar camp” a week ago. Oh my how
> frustrated I was with the control! Imagine that we had to stand up and
>  tell our name and two topic that we would like to talk about (without any
> obligation to bring them up). After that the ones who wanted to raise a
> topic - stod up and read what s/he wanted to talk about in the 45 min
> breakout sessions. Then we were asked to raise our hands if we thought that
> topic was a good idea  - and not if it’ wasn’t… Just imagine standing up
> front of all participants with a topic and no one raised their hand…!
> Nothing was said about how to collect the recordings so there was a big
> confusion about that. Every breakout session was 45 min and when the time
> was out - the ”facilitator” came in the different rooms and announced that
> the time was over…
> And of course no circles , just tables. Can you imagine me as being an
> Open Space ”fundamentalist” being oh so much frustrated…
> Oh my - what an interesting experience …
> Hugs
> :o)
> Eva
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> Bästa hälsningar
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> Eva P Svensson
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> *EPS Human Invest AB*
> *Co owner Genuine Contact Group Inc*
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> *"Jag kan inte lära dig något. Allt jag kan göra är att ställa frågor till
> dig, och låta dig själv finna svaren." Sokrates*
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> 3 apr. 2018 kl. 13:20 skrev Bhavesh Patel via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>:
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> Classic - "*There’s a twist in this version with the inclusion of a
> process that gives the organizers a little more control over the agenda.*"
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> https://workshopbank.com/open-space-technology
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