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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For some reason, this response to Thomas Herrmann's
message went directly to him, rather than to the OSLIST. Not sure why, but
here is my response, so others can add your thoughts if you feel the
urge.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Patrick McAuley</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:patrick.mcauley@sympatico.ca"
title=patrick.mcauley@sympatico.ca>Patrick McAuley</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:thomas.herrmann@TELIA.COM"
title=thomas.herrmann@TELIA.COM>thomas.herrmann@TELIA.COM</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 31, 2000 9:33 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: OS in connection/combination to a serie of
lectures</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The challenge you are dealing with has similarities
to a professional development activity I am helping to plan for the Strategic
Leadership Forum in Toronto. The planners are still in the early stages
and we have considered a number of options, but one thing we have agreed on is
that an interactive, participative format is much preferable to a presentation
format. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We have discussed having "experts" make
presentations, then going into Open Space -- very similar to your "very
interesting researchers" giving lectures prior to Open Space. At this
point, we are leaning toward not having any SEPARATE presentations by
experts. Instead, we feel that if we frame the theme and purpose well, the
"experts" will want to learn as much as to contribute, so they will want to be
full participants, recognizing that other participants are "experts" too in
their own space. In other words, make the activity completely Open Space,
letting all experts who choose to champion a topic and present their ideas be
free to do so.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In our case, we are looking at a single event,
whereas you are considering a series of events (lectures). You may want to have
a series of Open Space events, advertising in advance the theme and the names of
some "very interesting researchers" who have said they are eager to
participate. You could develop some degree of convergence on key
ideas/actions to develop business networks at each event. Drawing on some of the
discussions that have taken place over the past few months on this list, you
could perhaps take the outputs of several events and have a concluding event
that further converges these results.</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
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href="mailto:patrick.mcauley@sympatico.ca">patrick.mcauley@sympatico.ca</A><BR>Canada</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:thomas.herrmann@TELIA.COM"
title=thomas.herrmann@TELIA.COM>Thomas Herrmann</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> Tuesday, May 30, 2000 3:52 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> OS in connection/combination to
a serie of lectures</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>A professor of a nearby University (west Sweden) will organize
a serie of<BR>lectures (15) concerned with approaches to build different kinds
of networks<BR>between businesses. The lecturers are very interesting
researchers and<BR>practioners. The aim is to aquire more knowledge in the
area and support<BR>regional development, mainly for businesses. Local
officials, politicians,<BR>enterpreneurs will be invited to attend the whole
serie.<BR>We are discussing how to combine this with OS. His original
suggestion is<BR>that every lecture is followed by an OS. Since the total
timeframe for each<BR>event was planned to last for about three hours there
would be too little<BR>time for OS within that. We discussed some
alternatives. 1. To extend the<BR>timeframe (might be possible) to, say three
hours of OS each time. 2.<BR>Cluster the lectures and have an OS after each
cluster. I would suggest a<BR>whole day, since I don't think longer time will
be possible. 3. Have the<BR>whole serie of lectures followed by an OS for at
least one day, hopefully<BR>two.<BR>Initially I was also among the lecturers.
"OS as a tool for developing<BR>networks". I think this tool will be visable
anyway.<BR>If anyone has ideas or suggestions, I would appreciate hearing from
you!<BR>Greetings Thomas Herrmann<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>