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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Hello,
dear colleagues –<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Thank
you thank you for the thoughts you have shared regarding using different forms
of technology for documenting Open Space discussions during an event.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>My
own experiences reflect some of yours.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Here is a summary of what I am hearing from you plus what I have
experienced.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I know that some of
you may experience it differently or have found different ways of doing these
things that also work.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Posting
Notes on the Wall<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I
have found that it is important / ideal to post hard-copy (hand written or
printed out from the Newsroom) session notes on the walls throughout the event.
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>No matter what the technology
available.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Even *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>if</span></b>* the final proceedings are to be posted
on <span class=SpellE>wiki</span> or website.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This informs people throughout the
day(s) as to what is happening in other groups – it seeds and pollinates what
happens next, and next, and next. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Everyone
has access to the wall (and everyone may NOT have access to a computer
monitor).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>In addition, this is a
tangible measure of the work they are accomplishing as they are going along. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Posting
notes on the wall also keeps transparency in all conversation – everyone can
read everyone’s words – you know who wrote them and who was
there.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Also: reading online (in my
observation) separates people (they sit and look at a screen). <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Reading on the wall gathers people together
for further conversations at the wall – and indeed this may be where
their greatest work and richest conversations may occur.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I
feel reflection is a very useful part of a facilitated process.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>So the wall is an additional way to help
people reflect, read in silence, review, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Having
a Physical Location for the Newsroom<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I
agree with several of you who noted – there is a benefit to having a
physical location for the Newsroom – it invites mutual assistance and
camaraderie – it is incredibly useful for folks to help each other with
notes-taking or transcribing.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>When
this step is eliminated through use of another technology (depending on how we
decide to use that other technology) we could miss a lot of great conversations
on what happened, how others see it, more memories triggered in the transcribing
which allow someone to add a bit more to the notes, and so on. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>And again, the power of reflection as
someone inputs or adjusts their notes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Writing
Those Discussion Notes<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I
am one of those OS facilitators who actually invite notes-taker folks to *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>not</span></b>* write just the summary points.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I actually recommend they *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>do</span></b>* take running notes of the
conversation.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I know that all of
you do not feel/do the same.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>However I have found that it is often the *<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>un</span></b>*-answered questions… the *<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>un</span></b>*-summarized bits of conversation that may give an outside
reader (someone who was unable to attend that session) an incredible jewel of
information and thought, sparking their interest in contacting members of that
discussion group for further exploration.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>In my experience, often it is *<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>how</span></b>*
you got there that gets to the essence of something, not just the key points.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Basic
Information on Everyone’s Session Notes<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>No
matter whether hand-written or via laptop, I think it is important to have
every notes-taker include the same basic information in their notes (session
title, <span class=SpellE>convenor</span>(s), notes-taker(s), other
participants who attended, discussion notes).<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This is important in tracking of notes
and topics, documentation of who was present, and so on.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>So even if multiple methods of documentation
are used (such as a bank of computers + hard-copy notes-taker forms + some
folks putting notes into their own laptops) we would want to figure out a way
to give everyone the same template or post instructions clearly at each
discussion area to remind folks of the components we’re looking for.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Newsroom
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>No
matter which way one goes with technology decisions, I think it is very
important for someone to coordinate and track the receiving and posting of
discussion notes at the event (the Newsroom Coordinator). <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>And it is very useful to have the
discussion notes gathered in one location – someone from a discussion
group may want to add <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>their</span></i> notes to
some already-entered notes on that topic later in the day or the next day. I
find that posting notes immediately to a website or email list often posts the
first version only, which is something to keep an eye on (noting a change and updating
for the latest version). A Newsroom Coordinator (no matter what the technology)
keeps a running list of what’s coming in and where it’s located, can
help participants find these existing notes to update, ensure <span
class=SpellE>lastest</span> postings (on wall and on <span class=SpellE>wiki</span>
or website if used), and so on. The Newsroom Coordinator also helps construct
the Book of Proceedings, either during the event itself or soon after (whatever
is your preference / design decision).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Access
to Proceedings<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Thinking
about how different people take in data in different ways, I would like there
to be as part of the documentation design the ability (post-event or
during-event) for anyone to easily print out a hard-copy version of the Book of
Proceedings. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>When I’ve
constructed a book off <span class=SpellE>wiki</span> site notes, it has taken
me a bit of time to cut and paste text and adjust the formatting a bit so my
eye (and for other people for whom text is not their strongest way of taking in
data) easily goes to session headings and contact list and such, and so there
is pagination, table of contents for easily locating things, and so on.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Maybe others of you have found ways to
assemble this off-the-<span class=SpellE>wiki</span> for
hard-copy-or-Word-document Book of Proceedings more easily.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>People
are each so different – reading notes on a screen is not so easy for
everyone – and I’d hate to make the assumption -- <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>even in a group of folks who are very
high-tech -- that electronic-version-only serves every individual. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Plus, eventually some folks want to send
a book to a <span class=SpellE>funder</span>, or a colleague, or etc. –
so I love offering the printed book option even if a lot of folks will be
saving paper and sending around electronic versions.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>In addition, as I understand it, some
people go *<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>to</span></b>* websites for
information and community, and some prefer to have the information *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>pushed</span></b>* to them / to their inbox.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The proceedings, to me, should be
distributed in a way that is accessible to all kinds of people. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>So to me this would speak both to posting
on the web and providing something like a Word document.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=GramE><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>High-Tech Always for High-Tech People?</span></font></b></span><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I
agree with Larry’s and Nancy’s observation and some of you others
have had that experience as well – often folks working in a high-tech
environment for a living actually appreciate working in a low-tech way for a
change.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It’s like their
bodies remember how it once was <span class=GramE>( ;</span>o)<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Plus let’s think of folks with different
abilities and disabilities (learning and physical ones) and access / mobility –
technology can really assist some people in this – but/and it also would
be important for me to include options for folks who really like to write notes
by hand, don’t travel with laptops, take a while to process their
thoughts as they write, and so on.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I always like to check my assumptions by assuming that there are folks
in any group who aren’t like the others in the group.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Tech
Used In A Way That Enhances<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>So
sometimes we work in zero tech environments, even in settings where people do
not read. Sometimes we and our participants have access to tons of
technology.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I guess the idea is to
think of ways that our use of any technology enhances – does not lessen –
face-to-face interactions, transparency, data made available to all during the
process, spontaneous conversation areas in the room, and ability for anyone to
read notes in a simple way that is accessible to each and every individual.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Allowing
for Multiple Technologies / Multiple Forms of Documentation<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>As
others have shared – it might be interesting to think of how technology
is used in a way that might add dimensions to the co-documentation – such
as digital photos, drawings made by people in a session on their hand-held
devices or on paper that could be added into session notes on-site, mapping
software, art and other multi-media materials / equipment available, electronic
whiteboards that somehow could create an electronic copy…you all know
more than I do about what’s available out there.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>As some others of you note – I think
it is incredibly useful (if budget allows) to –- if this isn’t the
main way you are having people take notes -- still add a flipchart and markers
to every discussion / breakout area for those people who want to think big and
graphically as they talk.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Those
flipcharts can be transcribed (if text) by someone in the group or a digital
photo can be taken and added to the notes.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>(I know that flip charts cost money and renting stands for them can
often cost high rental fees for groups with small budgets operating in some
hotel and retreat sites).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>And I
would like there to also be a way to include spontaneous documentation of the
experience that did not happen in a discussion – such as someone drawing
a picture or scribbling out a poem during the event – so perhaps if there
is technology these can be scanned or photographed – in low tech
environments they just go up on the wall.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Love
This Conversation<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Oh.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Not much more to write here, and if you’ve
read this far, you need a rest!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Thanks
for all your ideas – you have really helped me inform this host team
about possibilities, opportunities, things to keep in mind as together we make
our choices in the design of and preparation for this event.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><br>
I am so lucky to have you all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:26.25pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black;mso-no-proof:yes'>___________________________</span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>L i s a<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>H e f t<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:blue;mso-no-proof:yes'>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:blue;mso-no-proof:yes'>O p e n i n g<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>S p a c e<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'>2325 Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'>Berkeley, California<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:26.25pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'>94705-1106<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>USA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'>+01 510 548-8449<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></font></a></span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="http://www.openingspace.net"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>www.openingspace.net</span></font></a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
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