<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks to Claudia and all other respondents and interested parties,<DIV>I have got behind with my responses, as I was afraid I might.</DIV><DIV>This list has been a wonderful experience so far for me.</DIV><DIV>Part of the pleasure was in finding others with similar interests to mine.</DIV><DIV>Another source of enjoyment came from noticing ideas evolving before my eyes and in my mind.</DIV><DIV>This happened in parallel to our email messages 'to-ing and fro-ing' around the world at all hours.</DIV><DIV>Many suggestions were helpful.</DIV><DIV>My approach to the writing is now different from how it was when I posted my first email to this group.</DIV><DIV>The paper is due in tomorrow, and is shaping itself - it mainly needs a conclusion.</DIV><DIV>If anyone wants to read it, maybe I can put it somewhere for that purpose once I complete it?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The paper is not written wholly in Open Space, but has the flavour of OST.</DIV><DIV>And it is quite lengthy - around 7,000 words, so I reckon it'll be too long to post on the list.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I appreciate the help of list members in writing it.</DIV><DIV>Some time ago I wrote the first half of the paper then joined the list.</DIV><DIV>The paper's second half consists largely of cut and pasted contributions from list members to do with the topic.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have one more question that I think will come up at the conference.</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">What is the thinking in OST circles about the use of the word '<B>Technology</B>'?</SPAN></DIV><DIV>I notice that some people use the term Open Space Technology at times and others say 'Open Space'.</DIV><DIV>A discussion on this topic may have taken place on the list before, but being a recent arrival, I have not been party to it.</DIV><DIV>I think OST is a technology, and like to use the word, but would appreciate other opinions to broaden my own.</DIV><DIV>Cheerio,</DIV><DIV>Allison.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 27/11/2005, at 2:25 AM, Claudia Haack wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi, Allison!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I've tried to read everything on this thread but am not sure if I got it</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">all, so please forgive me if I'm being repetitive, or off the mark.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">think I was in a similar situation, where I submitted a paper for a</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">session (for a group of public outreach professionals) and then got put</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">on the "poster session circuit".<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I had planned to hold a session and</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">actually engage people in a mini-OST.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The poster session was terrible.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>People just sort of meander around.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Typically the conversations were</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">between the "presenter" and one or two other people, not a group.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>It's</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">totally free-flow.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Maybe they do it differently at this conference,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">with some "master of ceremonies" encouraging folks to move in groups</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">from poster to poster, but that would be somewhat awkward, too.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Anyways, it's a format, that is ok for topics that have great visuals</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">but for something like this it is pretty deadly.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I've been at other</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">conferences where the poster sessions were great (examples of maps).<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I think I might try to "buck" the system.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>If it is really a poster</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">session, I'd try to come up with a provocative question for that group.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>What is it (content wise) that this group is gathering around and how</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">do they typically deal with it?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>What would provoke a natural</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">conversation? What is your objective?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Do you want to make a case for</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">OST or engage them in thinking about it as a method in their practice,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">or do you see a possibility to hold their next meeting in OST format?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Maybe a mini interview printed on a 1/2 sheet that asks questions that</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">relate to the core of OST and push the envelope a bit. You could engage</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">whoever shows up by interviewing them, and encourage new folks to</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">interview each other and take notes.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hope this is useful.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ciao, Claudia</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Claudia Haack</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">KAIROS Alliance Inc.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">606 Orchard Dr.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Madison, WI</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">phone: 608.288.8315</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">fax: 480.247.4824</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">www.kairosalliance.com</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>*
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