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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lisa,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This has been a good article, could you
include this to the OS web page.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Funda</FONT> </DIV>
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style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=lisaheft@openingspace.net
href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net">Lisa Heft</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 16, 2005 10:52
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Use of Wireless, wiki and other
high-technology for documentation (long)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Hello, dear colleagues
–<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Posting
Notes on the Wall<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Having
a Physical Location for the Newsroom<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Writing
Those Discussion Notes<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Basic
Information on Everyone’s Session Notes<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Newsroom
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Access
to Proceedings<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
class=GramE><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">High-Tech
Always for High-Tech People?</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Tech
Used In A Way That Enhances<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Love
This Conversation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><BR>I am so lucky to have
you all,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Lisa<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-no-proof: yes">___________________________</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=blue
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; 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>
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style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 26.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-no-proof: yes">Consultant,
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p e n i n g<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>S p a c
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face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
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face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-no-proof: yes">Berkeley,
California<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>USA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net"><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">lisaheft@openingspace.net</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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href="http://www.openingspace.net"><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">www.openingspace.net</SPAN></FONT></A>
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