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Brendan MacKeague wrote:<br>
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>
<br>
Hi<br>
<br>
We did that at the conference on "happiness at work" that we arranged
recently. Here's a pic of the process:<br>
<img alt="picture" src="cid:part1.02080104.00040805@kjerulf.com"
height="960" width="1280"><br>
<br>
People arrived, signed in at the door and were then pointed to this
table. They could put whatever thay wanted on the name tages, and some
people got pretty creative. The whole thing worked great, even for a
conference people paid a lot of money (500$ for 1 day) to participate
in.<br>
<br>
Incidentally, this was only the first do-it-yourself exercise of the
day. We had many - even lunch was DIY :o)<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Alex<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Alexander Kjerulf
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Brendan McKeague wrote:
<blockquote
cite="mid6.1.2.0.0.20040806165117.01bff908@pop.iprimus.com.au"
type="cite">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 color="#0000ff"
face="arial" size="2">Hello
Phil,<br>
</font> <br>
<font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2">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>
</font> <br>
<font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2">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>
</font> <br>
<font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2">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>]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 05, 2004 4:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> nametags?<br>
<br>
</font>
<dl>
<dd><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2">Name tags? In
Open
Space?<br>
</font>
</dd>
<dd> <br>
</dd>
<dd><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2">Sorry...I just
took a close
look at the photos, and I see name tags?<br>
</font>
</dd>
<dd> <br>
</dd>
<dd><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2">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>
</font>
</dd>
<dd> <br>
</dd>
<dd><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2">Does everyone
else use
nametags? Is there a time when nametags are useful? Am I missing out on
value by not using them?<br>
</font>
</dd>
<dd> <br>
<br>
</dd>
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