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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brilliant! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It feels, to me, like it was directly
channelled from open space itself... :-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now I'm wondering... when / where might I try this
too?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Glory</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=chris@chriscorrigan.com href="mailto:chris@chriscorrigan.com">Chris
Corrigan</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>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 25, 2006 3:41
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Action marketplace</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>In my continuing quest to find ways to support action coming
out of OST events, I put together a little thought for a client today which I
thought I'd share with you folks...<BR><BR>The conference we are doing is two
days of talk and networking on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. A couple of
hundred people will be coming together to discuss what they are doing and to
find others interested in their work. It is a learning conference with
no expectation for anything concrete, like a strategy opr a statement, but
rather the importance is on maximizing face time between practitioners.
Something like an OSonOS.<BR><BR>Some of the folks on the planning committee
though want to support action that does flow from the conference and they have
asked for the container to hold some energy and intention for this without the
conference becoming about 200 people trying to come up with one action
plan. No need for prioritising or even a non-convergence type reopening
of the space. I think this is a very real need and a very realistic
expectation.<BR><BR>So today we started playing with two ideas, one new and
one old. The old one is to simply add to the small group summaries form
a place for people to record next steps. The new idea is to create an
action market place next to the news wall. This is no more complicated
than a community bulletin board, in that people can feel free to post any bits
and pieces of action that they want to invite others to join. The
advantage of this system is that it allows a finer grain of action to come
forward, so for example, while there may be some conversations that emerge in
the event about what to do next, the action market place could hold much
smaller pieces that would otherwise be lost. Action around a follow up
conference would stand alongside an invitation to join one or two people in
writing a new brochure, or meeting for coffee next week to continue a
conversation. <BR><BR>I think this approach could work in all OST
gatherings, and might even be especially useful in gatherings where action
planning is a part of the process. Then you end up with action planning
taking the group in one large general direction, but the individual passion
and responsibility for little things also in
play.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Chris<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR><BR>CHRIS
CORRIGAN<BR>Consultation - Facilitation<BR>Open Space
Technology<BR><BR>Weblog: <A
href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot">http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot</A><BR>Site:
<A href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com">http://www.chriscorrigan.com</A> * *
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