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<P><FONT face=Arial>Dear colleagues, dear friends of Open Space,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>as many of you know its my mission to enable "Open Space
Real-time Bridges" between the f2f world and the internet world and between
different methods (f2f and online), and to spread the word of Open Space around
the world. A few days ago one of our organizers send me a report regarding his
first OpenSpace-OnlineŽ experience. Its one of my dreams and hopes, that our
method will find beside other fields the way more and more into education
systems. The youth is our future, and I find it so important, that young people
have access to new ways of open, interdicsiplinary, intercultural, team-oriented
and solution-oriented communcation. We had already projects, where
partnerschools worked together with our method internationally. This
organizer started with our conference software a global working community in the
field: education / sustainability / participation / communication / e-learning.
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<P><FONT face=Arial>For those of you, who are interested in the report I have
copied below his story into this eMail. <BR><BR>Best regards from
Berlin!<BR>Gabriela <BR><BR>+ + + + + + +<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG>Field report from an OpenSpace-Online
Organizer:</STRONG><BR><BR>Conference title:</FONT><B><BR></B><FONT
face=Arial>International and interdisciplinary OpenSpace-OnlineŽ networking
conference "Global Learning & Shaping the Future"<BR><BR>As project manager
of Positive Nett-Works Association Hannover - Berlin, I am preparing a worldwide
network for the cocreation and co-edition of a multilingual and
multidisciplinary Global Learning Online Environment for the worldwide
application in schools. I chose Global Education Week (17-23 Nov 2003),
organized by the European Council in 38 countries, as international opportunity
for making our activities known, and inviting networkers, NGOs, teachers,
learners and working in associated fields in the frame of an online conference.
My aim as conference organizer was getting to know interesting projects , detect
content and strategic commons, in order to initiate international networking
activities with our project, but also between the other participants. <BR><BR>My
invitation to an OpenSpace-OnlineŽ Realtime-Conference (18-Nov-2003) attracted
extraordinary attention and broad distribution. The majority of the participants
learned about the event from newsletters and mailing lists, and did not know
each other before the meeting. In the sense of Open Space philosophy, dedicated
individuals with a common interest were meeting with open minds, but also
expectation in some form of concrete effects. <BR><BR>My conclusion as
organizer: <BR>The event has brought about fantastic conceptual and networking
cooperation progress. Besides the participants, this is truly due to the
OpenSpace-OnlineŽ conference format: It provided full freedom to the
participants for bringing in their personal themes, and to express their
personal experiences, interests and focal activities. Even when thoughts were
not followed in the dialogue thread, the extensive documentation reflects all
input, interests, contacts, and ideas for future cooperation. - a great work
resource, reflected in this final comment by a participant, experienced in UN
circles for 20 years, and head of an NGO with consultative status to the UN:
"When are we having the next discussion, and can we include the
UN?"<BR><BR>Concerning the conference format, participants and myself
appreciated foremost:</FONT></P></DIV>
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<LI><FONT face=Arial>the simple software installation and conference
know-how</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial>the fast technical support all around the
clock</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial>the high dialogue velocity, which produced high
information content.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial>the surprisingly personal atmosphere; the participants
would have enjoyed to discuss for more than 3 hours.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial>The possibility of giving informal commentary, and
individual address of participants, without disturbing the overall dialogue
thread.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial>The extensive documentation, offering all dialogue
threads, short summaries of sessions, all adresses and email contacts,
further, as total document, a great wealth of information about the thematic
fields, knowledge, worlds, backgrounds and interests of the participants. This
is a potential for post conference cooperation and exchange unparalleled in
Face2Face conferences.</FONT></LI></UL>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Eric Schneider, December 2003<BR><BR>+ + + + + +
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People!<BR>Resselsteig 30, 12209 Berlin, Germany <BR>eMail: <A
href="mailto:contact@OpenSpace-Online.com">contact@OpenSpace-Online.com</A>
<BR>website: <A
href="http://www.OpenSpace-Online.com">http://www.OpenSpace-Online.com</A>
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May 2004, in Germany<BR><A
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