<P>Hi Chris - I've been fortunate to open space for quite a few "communities" (i.e. - federal govt., faith, independent schools, planners, living institutions, etc.) under the theme of "Engaging (community name) in the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development" over the last eighteen months or so. They've included anywhere from 30-120 participants, and we've had anywhere from 3 hours to three days.</P>
<P>In each case plain old (sorry, Harrison) open space did it's magic. I'd suggest letting go of the design and let 'em get to work.</P>
<P>All the Best - </P><PRE>Steve Cochran
Executive Director
Int'l Centre for Leadership Results,
Gettysburg PA 17325
717-486-4072
SCochran@LeadershipResults.org
www.LeadershipResults.org
and
Interim Steward,
United States Partnership
for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
www.uspartnership.org </PRE>
<P><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Harrison Owen" <HHOWEN@COMCAST.NET><BR>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU <BR>Subject: Re: An open space game? <BR>Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 16:08:09 -0400 <BR><BR>> <BR>> Funny Open Space. Sounds more like Gaul -- divided into 4 parts. Or was that <BR>> three parts. Why not just do Open Space, pure and simple. Plenty of room for <BR>> all sorts of diverse opinions, to say nothing of diverse reasons for being <BR>> there. And it is a lot less complicated. Read, "Less work." May be a great <BR>> game, however :-) <BR>> <BR>> Harrison <BR>> <BR>> Harrison Owen <BR>> 7808 River Falls Drive <BR>> Potomac, Maryland 20845 <BR>> Phone 301-365-2093 <BR>> <BR>> Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com <BR>> Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org <BR>> Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm <BR>> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU <BR>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: <BR>> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -----Original Message----- <BR>> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of chris <BR>> macrae <BR>> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 1:24 PM <BR>> To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU <BR>> Subject: An open space game? <BR>> <BR>> I was at a quarterly meeting recently where I realised that the 40 <BR>> participants mainly had different views of the reason they were there - <BR>> Actually a group concerned with SUSTAINABILITY <BR>> <BR>> So I volunteered to be content person guiding their next quarterly <BR>> meeting <BR>> <BR>> My plan - loose as it is - is to try to get them to create the same map <BR>> on the wall <BR>> <BR>> With 4 playing areas <BR>> <BR>> Area 1 which is just below the top right corner of the wall is yellow <BR>> postits- will each person complete a mission in life that they will <BR>> always be championing around sustainability <BR>> <BR>> Area 2 the very top corner is sustainability: I want to leave that area <BR>> blank unless diverse views of what sustainability's gravity come up in <BR>> which case they can all be put up there <BR>> <BR>> 3 Now as we look at each other's postits in area 1 I want to ask people <BR>> to discuss which of a list of 15 conflict barriers I have seen <BR>> repeatedly to most conflicts to do with creating the world we want have <BR>> a vote as to which conflicts are stopping you from progressing your <BR>> mission postit (discuss in groups if necessary) <BR>> <BR>> 4 Since house rules only give me 2 hours, we now get back to a circle <BR>> and attend to 4: what worldcongress (eg large open space) would we need <BR>> to map back, invite network representatives of sustainability to etc if <BR>> we were to get everyone to see the same number 1 conflict (whichever it <BR>> is) as the main problem to resolve <BR>> <BR>> I wrote this for 2 reasons: <BR>> -Any suggestions on improving this and is it an Open Space type of game <BR>> or not? <BR>> <BR>> A picture of this game appears at <BR>> http://www.disruptive-mice.org/forums/102/ShowPost.aspx <BR>> <BR>> sincerely <BR>> chris macrae <BR>> <BR>> * <BR>> * <BR>> ========================================================== <BR>> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU <BR>> ------------------------------ <BR>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, <BR>> view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu: <BR>> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html <BR>> <BR>> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: <BR>> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist <BR>> <BR>> * <BR>> * <BR>> ========================================================== <BR>> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU <BR>> ------------------------------ <BR>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, <BR>> view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu: <BR>> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html <BR>> <BR>> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: <BR>> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist <BR><BR><BR><BR></P><BR>
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