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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Hi, Jimmy –</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>You said:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'><We're
also considering some way to keep the evolving agenda </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>continuously
posted and updated on the website so people don't have </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>to return
to a central location to see the agenda.></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Beware that you replace face-to-face interaction with the seeming ease
of helping things along with technology. When two participants chat at
the Newsroom (a central location) that may be the seed of a future
collaborative project. When someone takes their notes to a Newsroom they
get a chance to think and reflect upon their experience. When someone has
to walk up to an Agenda Wall (which can also become a Breaking News Wall), that
means folks return to the main room, pass by other great conversations and get
sucked into them, feel the energy, have conversations at the wall, and so on.
So it is the very act of returning to a central location to see the agenda that
can deliver great gifts to the participants.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Technology will help in many ways. Remember also that the whole
body also takes and exchanges data in different ways (audio, kinesthetic,
graphic, by reaching out and putting something on the wall, eye contact during
a conversation rather than all eyes down at keyboards) and that random human
interaction is also “the Work” of an Open Space, as much as any
session or session content.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Also, regarding internet access - decide if having everyone check their
email all the time during the working meeting (the Open Space) is a good idea.
So often we say ‘please turn your phones and pagers to vibrate’ and
I’ve also had clients eliminate internet access to the Open Space room
(even clients who use very high tech as a rule) to encourage people to focus on
the human interaction and discussions.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Lisa</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>___________________________</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>L i s a H e f t</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>O p e n i n g S p a c e</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>www.openingspace.net </span></font></p>
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