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<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hello
Allison and everybody on the list!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You
really put yourself into a challenge! And it is very interesting because
everyone of us (my guess) meet these requirements for conferences and
reservations about OST. It tells us something important about the possibilities
in OST!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If I
found myself in that position (I hope not, but...) I would put up some
assumptions/beliefs - some leading to the traditional conference (as the one,
you are attending) and some leading to OST. I would find the beliefs from
thinking about this actual conference: why do we do stuff like this? (and here
the difficulty could be to be appreciative, but that's
important!)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I have
tried a little here...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-
Groups rotating... - the assumption: it is more important to hear a something
about everything (and then you can always search more information
afterwards) </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>OST-assumption: You learn the most from being in dialogue about what
you are really passionated about</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You
have only 90 minutes: - the assumption is: The speaker transfer her
knowledge to the participants by giving a paper and a speach</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>OST-assumption: We all (also participants) have lot of knowledge,
what we need is to sort it out - meaning relating to our one knowledge, deciding
our attitude.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Organizers assumption: Participants have tried OST before and already
know about it</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>OST-assumption: The participant's who already tried OST would love to do
it once more and the more they know about it, the more they know that they now
have the possibility of learning even more.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Organizers: Some people don't want to speak in public</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>OST:
You don't need to - and if you are passionated about something it's easier to
talk about it</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You
can put up the different asssumptions at to different slides - presenting one
way of seing the world - and another way.. - and then it is up to the
participants to decide their attitude...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Have a
nice conferece!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Lise</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=666534508-22112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Clouded and cold Copenhagen..</FONT></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----<BR><B>Fra:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>På vegne af </B>Allison & Jim
Baensch<BR><B>Sendt:</B> 22. november 2005 02:06<BR><B>Til:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Emne:</B> The Pros and Cons of
OST?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Hello list members,</DIV>
<DIV>My name is Allison and I have been around Open Space since experiencing
it in 1996 at the Uni of Western Sydney.</DIV>
<DIV>I've mainly used OST for spacious conference 'papers' and I was at the
OSonOSinOz in Marysville.</DIV>
<DIV>Hi to everyone on the list, especially those I've connected with
before.</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>This is my first week as part of the OSLIST, I've been too scared to join
in case of being overwhelmed by information.</DIV>
<DIV>I'm trying to study and 'trust the process' of learning, but sometimes
get rattled by deadlines and trying to meet them.</DIV>
<DIV>Now I'm sorry I didn't join the group earlier - I'm enjoying the
conversations.</DIV>
<DIV>I also feel a bit rude asking the following questions when I am so new to
the list.</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>By the end of November (oh gosh!) I need to write a conference paper
entitled "The Pros and Cons of Open Space Technology".</DIV>
<DIV>I assume the papers are being published prior to the event.</DIV>
<DIV>My offer of a 90 minute interactive OST session was rejected, and another
suggestion was made to me, which I accepted as a challenge.</DIV>
<DIV>(The organiser's response to my proposal is copied, with his permission,
after my signature below.)</DIV>
<DIV>What I originally wanted to do, as I have done before, is to offer an
invitation to delegates to attend a 90 minute OST session. </DIV>
<DIV>I then co-create a paper with participants on the day for possible
publication.</DIV>
<DIV>The topic is usually one about which the conference community feels
passionate and/or divided.</DIV>
<DIV>But I find, in this case, that a paper is expected to be written before
the conference.</DIV>
<DIV>Though it seems there may also be web space for conference 'discoveries'
to be posted after the event.</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>In preparing this paper, I am having difficulty writing the "Cons"
part.</DIV>
<DIV>I have ideas about when Open Space is inappropriate (eg when no is space
available). </DIV>
<DIV>But I'm not aware of its limitations (if any exist) when circumstances
for its use are favourable.</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>Also, I would like the participants in 'my' presentation to be as
involved as possible, but find the 10 minute rotation a challenge.</DIV>
<DIV>I haven't experienced these rotating sessions at a conference
before.</DIV>
<DIV>I thought I'd speak to each group for 2 or 3 minutes about OST then hand
out 'proceedings' pages.</DIV>
<DIV>Then I might ask people to chat and give me written feedback for the last
5 minutes or so before they move on.</DIV>
<DIV>Maybe there'll be a wall for news at the conference where I can post
these forms as they are returned?</DIV>
<DIV>I won't cope with recording or remembering all the conversations myself
and prefer to let my role melt away after each intro.</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>(Someone might also like to analyse why I get myself into such
challenging situations. </DIV>
<DIV>I'd pay a generous fee for an effective therapeutic intervention.</DIV>
<DIV>Agreeing to this revised topic seemed like a good idea at the time. How
quaint.)</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>If anyone has any suggestions, especially about OST limitations, I'd
appreciate reading them.</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for the group member's inspiring and heartfelt messages so far,
I'm delighted to hear of the spread and diversity of the work.</DIV>
<DIV>In my attempt at brevity, I hope I have given enough details to explain
my situation.</DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Allison Baensch.</DIV>
<DIV>(Presently in cumulus-cloudy Clifton Springs, Victoria, Australia - on
Corio Bay and near one end of the Great Ocean Road. Warm sun, cool
breeze.)</DIV>
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<DIV><B>The conference organiser's response to my original proposal:</B></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">1. Most (or many) [... Network]
members would have experienced the use of Open</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Space (tehnology) at least
once. Some would be quite skilled in its proper</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">use.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR
class=khtml-block-placeholder></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">2. Some (even many) probably
have serious reservations about its value in</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">many situations (especially
among people not used to speaking in public).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR
class=khtml-block-placeholder></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">3. I have never seen at an [...
Network] event, any paper that reviews the pros and</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">cons of Open Space, and perhaps
talks about the ways that its limitations</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">can be
overcome.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 17px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Personally I think that a short
oral/interactive session on the main</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">principles of Open space, and
its pros and cons - could be very useful and</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">could fit nicely into the
Interactive sessions - where you would have 10</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">mintes to present the same
clear message to a number of small groups that</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">rotate past your
station.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 17px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">I have read your abstravt and
see that it would need to be changed to fit</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">the different purpose and
structure outlined above. Let us know what you</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">think about the idea of a short
session - in which you could sell the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">ideas of Open Technology (you
can expects some serious oponents among the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">audiences - could be very
lively).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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