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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Yup, Chris, this is
very creative and much appreciated! Thanks for sharing it with us. Getting to
concrete and specific action was something my last group wanted more of…
and this will help!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Chris Corrigan</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 25 January 2006 12:41<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Action marketplace</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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>
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<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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