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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><FONT
color=#800080></FONT> </DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>Can you (or
any other) please make a summary in a few<BR>sentences about what is Open
Forum amd how it compares<BR>with OST. <BR>Artur</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>Artur,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>Dannemiller-Tyson folks call an "Open
Forum" a sequence of specific steps to work on informations (especially in
organizations). Here we go:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>The basic setting:
Participants are sitting in groups of (about) 8 in circles, sometimes
around tables. People are conscious seated and preferable every table has a
max-mix constellation of persons and is a microcosmos of the organization
itself. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>1. step:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>The "Head" of the organization gives
a presentation e.g. on "What happend, where we are, which directions we
go" for 20, maybe 30 minutes. Sometimes I prefer an interview instead of a
presentation, because it shows more lively aspects.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>2. step:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>Groups choose a facilitator, recorder
(writer) and a questionasker and work on the questions: "What did we
hear? What were our reactions? What are our burning questions" In most
cases 10 to 20 minutes of workingtime.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>3. step:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>Reporting brief impressions of mood
(one sentence only!) and burning questions (1 or 2 max. each table) by
tablespeakers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>4. step:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>Answering of questions by "head" or
other VIPS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>It takes altogether between 1,5 and 2
hours of time, even in very large groups.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>Compared to Open Space:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>There is a lot of structure, there is
a lot of speech, there is a lot of facilitation, for openspacnics a horrible lot
of control. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>At the other side: If you decide to go this path a little, you can
gain a lot of advantages. I found this procedure always very satisfying, because
it initiates a dialogue of "what really matters" between stage and back in very
short time. And t</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>hough the outcomes
of the conversation are all public, it is an intimate frame at the
same time. It supports a realistic common view "what is on". And that is in
many cases (e.g. when the participants are not volunteers) a beautiful basic to
start an Open Space. </FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>greetings Erich</FONT></DIV>
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