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In the spirit of self-organisation, how about leaving all the materials
for creating your own name-tag on a table near the entrance and people
create their own - or not???<br>
Brendan<br>
Perth<br><br>
At 09:42 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Hello
Phil,<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">I don't have any answers for
most of your questions, but just an observation from that name-tagged
Open Space that the photos are from (the Practice of Peace on Whidbey
Island last year). A part of that experience which was very striking to
me was how many people who didn't know each other (yet) looked each other
in the eyes & greeted each other by name right from the first
evening, even when, for example, just crossing paths in the hallways, and
how people referenced one another by name when responding to comments
during the sessions. (Important point: the nametags were printed in
letters that were actually big enough to read from a little distance, so
that you <i>could</i> look each other in the eyes when you got closer,
and you could read someone's name from across a room)<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">But at most conferences I've
attended, there are almost always nametags--and no one really uses them.
So, for me, the way the nametags at the Practice of Peace were used was
more of a reflection of what was created by being in Open Space with the
particular people who showed up--the tags were just a tiny aspect, but a
really nice tiny aspect.<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Christy Lee-Engel<br>
Seattle<br>
</font><font face="tahoma" size=2>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> Phil Culhane
[<a href="mailto:pculhane@magma.ca" eudora="autourl">mailto:pculhane@magma.ca</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 05, 2004 4:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> nametags?<br><br>
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<dd><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Name tags? In Open
Space?<br>
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<dd><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Sorry...I just took a close
look at the photos, and I see name tags?<br>
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<dd><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">In my work, I often have
people from wildly differing places on the org chart sitting in the same
circle...with no nametags, everyone is an equal - a carbon-based life
form, sharing a common passion. I have never used nametags just to keep
that equality. A data entry clerk has as much validity as an ADM (and I
had the two sitting side by side recently), but knowing who's who could
distract? Although the control freaks want to go around the circle with
introductions at the beginning of day 1, I've found the anonymity
freeing. <br>
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<dd><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Does everyone else use
nametags? Is there a time when nametags are useful? Am I missing out on
value by not using them?<br>
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