Hi there:<br>
<br>
I have a couple of stories I could tell, but I have actually written one up as a case study.<br>
<br>
It's a reflection on the use of OST within the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements congress held in 2002.<br>
<br>
You're welcome to use it. It's a .pdf at downloadable here: <a href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com/papers/ifoamreport.pdf">http://www.chriscorrigan.com/papers/ifoamreport.pdf</a><br>
<br>
If you have trouble downloading it, let me know and I'll email it along.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Chris<br>
<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/12/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tree Fitzpatrick</b> <<a href="mailto:therese.fitzpatrick@gmail.com">therese.fitzpatrick@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>I suggest you take a look at the invitation for the Seattle area
Practice of Peace as you think about an OS conference. I think we
used a model that will eventually be used at professional/expertise
conferences. I know it might seem like the PoP is not a
business/expertise kind of event but I am just inviting you to think
about new models for OS conferences. Just think.
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>We invited about a dozen experts. Experts, I should say, in
terms of our event, which was using open space in conflict areas around
the world. We published brief bios about all of our 'experts',
who we called 'invited guests'. Harrison Owen was one invited
guests. If someone reading our invitation was interested in
hearing more about what Harrison Owen thinks, they would know that HO
would be one of the people circulating at our conference, that maybe HO
would convene sessions and that there very well might be opportunities
for butterfly conversations with Harrison. I use HO's name to be
illustrative.
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Imagine you are a software executive and you have long admired Bob
Guru's thinking for years. Yes, you might sign up to attend a
conference where Bob Guru will be making a powerpoint
presentation. But wouldn't you also be attracted to a three day
OS where you knew Bob Guru would be hanging around and doing what the
law of mobility was inviting him to do? He might convene a
session the software exec could attend. . . or maybe Bob Guru would
attend a session that software exec also attended. Or Bob Guru
and software exec might find themselves in a small flutter of
butterflies having a conversation that shifts software exec's thinking
about his next software launch.
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Putting a bunch of amazing experts/invited guests in the same
meeting facility as a bunch of professionals that are seeking to grow
their professional lives should be the ideal way to hold
professional/expert conferences.
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Isn't everyone tired of signing up for breakouts and sitting in a
row of chairs and listening to a talking head drone on about a topic
that the talking head created a year ago. . .
but-the-one-year-old-topic is no longer what is really up for the
talking head so his talk has no passion. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>I know I'm speaking a bit to the choir about OS on this list but I
think the invited experts and a full-total-complete OS conference is
where all the leading visionary conferences organizers should be headed.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>This note is choppy and my thoughts not well developed. I am running late this morning.</div><div><span class="e" id="q_106e5a4eadc2f44e_1">
<div> </div>
<div><br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/12/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Rapp</b> <<a href="mailto:john.rapp@peithene.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">john.rapp@peithene.com
</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div align="left" dir="ltr"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div align="left" dir="ltr"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Gail
West wrote a nice summary of OST we did, on short notice, for a
10-country (Asia Pacific) region of the world's largest law firm, in
Fall 2002. Gail can point you to.
</font></span></div>
<div align="left" dir="ltr"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div align="left" dir="ltr"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">This sounds very exciting - good luck.</font></span></div>
<div align="left" dir="ltr"><span></span> </div>
<div align="left" dir="ltr"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Best,</font></span></div>
<div align="left" dir="ltr"><span></span> </div>
<div align="left" dir="ltr"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">John</font> </span></div><br>
<div align="left" dir="ltr" lang="en-us">
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">I need some brief case studies about using OST in a Commercial Conference situation. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">I
will be talking with a conference organize next week and I want to give
some examples where OST has been used rather than the typical talking
head/preset speakers type of presentation format. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">I
know HO story about the start of OST and will certainly utilize it.
However, if you have other examples, it would be appreciated.
Or, talking about how/why OST should be used in this type of
situation. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Thanks, </span></font></p>
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