I agree with you on the non-linearity of action arising. I'll be curious to see the results of this experiment...<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Chris<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/27/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael M Pannwitz
</b> <<a href="mailto:mmpanne@boscop.de">mmpanne@boscop.de</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;">Dear Chris,
<br>for some time I have been wondering how I ever felt got stuck on the<br>notion that there is a linear sequence such as first we talk and then we<br>plan in the context of OST gatherings (what sometimes has been described
<br>as divergence followed by convergence).<br>Theory but more so experience in some 200 OST events (and more<br>importantly in zillions of everyday life experiences) I have been<br>involved in seems to indicate that its not a linear sequence but
<br>productively chaotic with action and action planning and discussion and<br>story telling and whatever else we are engaged in happening<br>simultaneously throughout the process.<br>Having discussed this with colleagues and clients over the last weeks we
<br>will try the following in a one day event with 130 participants this<br>coming Monday in Berlin (participants from various agencies connected in<br>a network with a focus on counselling immigrants searching for a job),
<br>an event where I would not have suggested or suggest a separate action<br>planning:<br>Parallel to the design with 4 timeslots and 9 breakout spaces (time and<br>space for at least 36 issues)and the usual report sheets posted at the
<br>newswall a "Next Step" sheets will be available from the very beginning<br>(usually employed in a seperate action planning phase at the end of the<br>event).<br>The "Next Step" sheet has the following structure:
<br>-Vorhaben (which is the german for "something that I want to do" and a<br>broader term then project, close to "intention" but a bit more towards<br>something that actually will be done)<br>-people taking part (participants can enter their names)
<br>-Next Step (who,what,when,where, how)<br>-Contact person<br>During the introduction to the process I will point out that the Next<br>Step sheets are available on a separate section of the newswall, so that<br>everyone will be able to see the emerging Next Step sheets with the
<br>possibility of adding ones name or other Next Steps on the sheet. These<br>sheets will simply become part of the Book of Proceedings (high speed<br>copying machines making it possible to hand out the Book after the<br>
closing circle even in a one day event).<br><br>Will let you know how this went.<br>Greetings from Berlin<br>mmp<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Chris Corrigan wrote:<br>> In my continuing quest to find ways to support action coming out of OST
<br>> events, I put together a little thought for a client today which I<br>> thought I'd share with you folks...<br>><br>> The conference we are doing is two days of talk and networking on Fetal<br>> Alcohol Syndrome. A couple of hundred people will be coming together to
<br>> discuss what they are doing and to find others interested in their<br>> work. It is a learning conference with no expectation for anything<br>> concrete, like a strategy opr a statement, but rather the importance is
<br>> on maximizing face time between practitioners. Something like an OSonOS.<br>><br>> Some of the folks on the planning committee though want to support<br>> action that does flow from the conference and they have asked for the
<br>> container to hold some energy and intention for this without the<br>> conference becoming about 200 people trying to come up with one action<br>> plan. No need for prioritising or even a non-convergence type reopening
<br>> of the space. I think this is a very real need and a very realistic<br>> expectation.<br>><br>> So today we started playing with two ideas, one new and one old. The<br>> old one is to simply add to the small group summaries form a place for
<br>> people to record next steps. The new idea is to create an action market<br>> place next to the news wall. This is no more complicated than a<br>> community bulletin board, in that people can feel free to post any bits
<br>> and pieces of action that they want to invite others to join. The<br>> advantage of this system is that it allows a finer grain of action to<br>> come forward, so for example, while there may be some conversations that
<br>> emerge in the event about what to do next, the action market place could<br>> hold much smaller pieces that would otherwise be lost. Action around a<br>> follow up conference would stand alongside an invitation to join one or
<br>> two people in writing a new brochure, or meeting for coffee next week to<br>> continue a conversation.<br>><br>> I think this approach could work in all OST gatherings, and might even<br>> be especially useful in gatherings where action planning is a part of
<br>> the process. Then you end up with action planning taking the group in<br>> one large general direction, but the individual passion and<br>> responsibility for little things also in play.<br>><br>> Cheers,
<br>><br>> Chris<br>><br>> --<br>><br>Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg<br>Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany<br>++49-30-772 8000<br><a href="http://www.boscop.de">www.boscop.de</a> <a href="http://www.michaelmpannwitz.de">
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