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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Open Space Technology is a natural communication
process that recognizes that people take responsibility to pursue what they are
passionate about, and it ensures that what is important to each participant will
be discussed."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- developed by a small group during Birgitt
Williams' Open Space training workshop in Halifax May 15-18.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Patrick McAuley</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PTM
Consulting
Tel: (519) 827-9396<BR>20 Magnolia
Lane
Fax: (519) 827-0956<BR>Guelph, ON N1G
4X7 <A
href="mailto:patrick.mcauley@sympatico.ca">patrick.mcauley@sympatico.ca</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:ja@svn.net" title=ja@svn.net>Jeff Aitken</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU"
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 29, 2000 2:52 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Elevator Speeches?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>How many times have you stood next to someone in an elevator,
with the<BR>fleeting opportunity to make a statement which would introduce
that person<BR>to the delightful complexity of Open Space? Well, it has never
happened to<BR>me; the only elevators within thirty miles are for dairy
cattle.<BR><BR>But still I find the need for an Elevator Speech. What can I
say which will<BR>intrigue that potential client of Open Space who has my
attention for<BR>twenty seconds as we stand in line at the market, the
sporting event, the<BR>reception?<BR><BR>So I turn to you. This is not a
contest, but I ask for your fervent<BR>creativity just as tho you would win
such honor as the two Chris-poets on<BR>this list.<BR><BR>Twenty five words or
so, to be uttered into the ear of a person who would<BR>just love Open Space
if they only knew about it. They say to you: "What is<BR>Open Space?" You say
to them:<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>-<BR>PLEASE NOTE - my new phone:<BR>Jeff
Aitken<BR>PO Box 1092<BR>Inverness CA 94937<BR>415-663-8789 (ending May
30)<BR>415-669-1924 (beginning May 30)<BR><A
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