[OSList] A VIRTUAL OPEN SPACE EXPERIMENT

Thu Mar 26 06:00:42 PDT 2020

I've just posted an article on LinkedIn about our experience with running a
fully online Open Space event. It went pretty well! :-)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/on-line-open-space-meeting-vialto-case-study-csaba-lengyel

christine koehler via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> ezt írta
(időpont: 2020. márc. 24., K, 8:05):

> Hi everyone
>
> I just participated in another virtual open space experiment, with Nancy
> White community of practice, hosted by Birgit and Ruben, using Zoom
> see here :
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zvHZYvA-4q2bxrxsYqI2CUa4h_bYXWfgXvEU5aEWSQE/edit#.
> if you are interested, you will find a link there to be informed of further
> experiments.
> it was a lot of fun, with the limit of 100 participants being reached
> within minutes.
> The plan was to use Zoom breakout sessions for co-hosts but due to Zoom
> particularities, it didn’t work, so we end up creating other Zoom rooms.
> Here are the links to the notes taken during the sessions I hosted about
> other open space experiments :
> session 1
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CDBIcEKtX6NaKZa1b4kziMrpIOPdo0Q5A2ss45mDtl8/edit?userstoinvite=sarah@involve.org.uk&ts=5e7917b8&actionButton=1> (in
> this one you’ll find links to documents presenting other online OST)
> session
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jmIDe6YQTQTESNi-zNKS-WLwhRKDUu_Bv3KLkEshrbs/edit?userstoinvite=jcsilberman@gmail.com&ts=5e7918bf&actionButton=1>
>  2
> Looking forward to another experiment ;)
>
> Christine
>
> Le 23 mars 2020 à 19:18, JL Walker via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> a écrit :
>
> My dear Suzanne:
>
> Hope that you, your family and friends are safe, and that you are taking
> much care of yourself.
>
> Fortunately that is in my case, here in Valencia and with all my family
> that are in Santiago and Paris.
>
> I was a little bit sad Suzanne because of not knowing at time of this
> inspired invitation that you have make in the Oslist, what happens is that
> actually I don’t go frequently to the list and only I have seen it last
> Saturday 21.
>
> Tell me please how was the experience and if you are thinking to repeat it
> in the future so I can participate actively in it.
>
> Love and peace,
>
> Juan Luis Walker
>
> *De:* OSList <oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org> *En nombre de *Suzanne
> Daigle via OSList
> *Enviado el:* domingo, 15 de marzo de 2020 15:14
> *Para:* OSLIST <OSList at lists.openspacetech.org>
> *CC:* Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com>; luis at beit.world; Suzanne
> Daigle <s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com>
> *Asunto:* [OSList] A VIRTUAL OPEN SPACE EXPERIMENT
>
> Hello All,
>
> A huge leap, a bold move. Later today and this week, we are launching the
> Virtual Agora Gardens as part of the World Happiness Fest activities. It
> will be a self-organizing conversational space using the combined
> technologies of QiQo Chat (where you can choose your garden and topic) and
> Zoom (where you then engage directly in face-to-face conversations on
> topics of your choice).  A unique feature of this Virtual Agora (gathering)
> is that people will be hosting each other. No leaders, facilitators or
> official hosts. Self-organizing like in nature!
>
> You can check out the space and concept here;
> https://worldhappinessfest.qiqochat.com/cafe
>
> All are warmly invited to join this experiment, lending your passion and
> skills as hosts and facilitators, helping us informally open and hold space
> for others and with others.  It is free and lasts all week. You can drop in
> anytime and stay as long as you want.
>
> As the planning for the World Happiness Fest was underway, there was no
> way to predict the alarming and unfolding circumstances of the
> coronavirus.  The Global Happiness Event is in its third year and has been
> increasing exponentially. Over the past weeks and month, the planning team,
> organizers and world hosts have been adjusting, creating and responding
> with such sensitivity, generosity and heart.
>
> With this latest Virtual Garden initiative, it’s also been a race against
> the clock. What was intended to be a small Open Space experiment,
> complementing the many activities (presentations, live events, and more) of
> the World Happiness Fest is now potentially a place and space that will
> fill an urgent and important need for many.
>
> *A bit more background:*
>
> The World Happiness Fest Week (March 16th - 22nd)
> https://www.happinessfest.world/en/ is launching today from Madrid.  All
> in-person events and presentations *now *“without audience” will be
> recorded and live streamed free. Many of the in-person Agoras (gatherings)
> – about 80 around the world have been cancelled or scaled down which will
> certainly shift the attention to virtual. Many of our colleagues in the
> Open Space community were/are hosting Agoras where they live: in Canada,
> Nashville, Spain, India and other places.
>
> *Lucas Cioffi*, founder of QiQo Chat and a great friend of Open Space,
> has worked tirelessly to develop this virtual garden concept with input
> from our friends and colleagues here and there, along the way.
>
> *Luis Gallardo*, Founder and President of Happiness, also an ardent
> supporter of Open Space, came up with the idea of having a virtual garden
> setting for this conversational intiative. Luis was at World Open Space in
> October and he, with core members of his planning team, also attended the
> Peace and High Performance gathering in New York.
>
> This is an excerpt of Luis’ message to a global community a few days ago
> as their team continued to plan, adjust and respond to the needs and
> current happenings.* It is in the spirit of his heartfelt words that we
> are extending this invitation to you. *
>
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> *Given the almost widespread alarm that is causing the spread of
> Coronavirus throughout the world, we want to take a very special role, a
> role of hope in view of fear, and the remembering that we are all
> responsible for the decisions we make.This is the time when we need
> positive, calm and aware leadership. It is now when we need to talk about
> stress, before trauma and after, the impact of negative news on our
> behavior, the crippling effects of fear and anxiety and its consequences.
> This is the time to contrast the facts, to learn from the past and to build
> a future full of hope, because we know that isolation, loneliness and
> depression are devastating to human beings.We have decided to take
> advantage of this alarm situation and the celebration of The World
> Happiness Fest between March 16 and 22, 2020 to set an example and remain
> the forum we are. We are a forum for reflection on integral human
> development, on new economic and development models, on peaceful
> coexistence and the flourishing of all; family, work, school and
> community.We will keep the agenda online and by video streaming giving free
> access to anyone who wants to access the contents and wisdom of the experts
> of our community, and we will enable our online platform so that there is
> dialogue, from any corner of the planet, without moving from home if it is
> what you want.*
>
> Thank you for your support and feedback. Forgive the bumps along the way.
> This is truly an experiment and we’ve still got lots to learn and test. But
> we felt we just had to leap!
>
> As always, ever appreciative,
> Suzanne
>
>
>
> Suzanne Daigle
> Open Space Facilitator
> NuFocus Strategic Group
>
>
> Cell: 203-722-2009
> www.nufocusgroupusa.com
> s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com
>
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