<div class="MsoNormal">In answer to my question about report writing technologies here is a summary of what I received. I wanted to regroup under one post so it is easily searchable on the list.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Harrison sent me to his book : <span style=""> </span>Open Space Technology : a user’s guide. I found on Chapter III, page 39 The Electronic Connection<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">About word processing<span style=""> </span>and database the information is very usefull. And plainly photocopy handwritten reports is a good way to go too. Unfortunately, when it comes to Computer Conferencing and Multisite Open Space Events, I could no find de references on the net : Caucus II, MetaNet or MetaSystem Design Group, but it brings me to the other answers I received...<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div
class="MsoNormal">Here is what Thomas Herrmann sent me : “I usually only use Word format and make a template on each computer, with some headers such as: Topic, Convenor, Participants, Summary of the meeting, Next step.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Regarding collecting all the reports it´s well outlined in HO´s book (if you use floppys) and we recently had an interesting discussion regarding the use of USB-sticks (search the archives on USB I think would do it). But anyway somehow you have to make sure no reports are lost.”<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div> <pre><span style="font-family: Arial;">Then Michael Herman wrote me “<tt><span style="font-family: Arial;">My standard is Word.<span style=""> </span>My emerging preference is to use a weblog, though... especially when the group wants the proceedings to be the<o:p></o:p></span></tt></span></pre> <pre><tt><span style="font-family: Arial;">beginning of a
wave of working together, rather than the end of an<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre> <pre><tt><span style="font-family: Arial;">event.<span style=""> </span>My favorite blogging platform is WordPress (www.wordpress.org)<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre> <pre><tt><span style="font-family: Arial;">which is free, open source, but does require having a website set up.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre> <pre><tt><span style="font-family: Arial;">www.blogger.com offers free blogging and free hosting, so any group<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre> <pre><tt><span style="font-family: Arial;">can have an open space conference website and ongoing work/news space<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre> <pre><tt><span style="font-family: Arial;">for free.<span style=""> </span>setup takes just minutes, too, making it accessible to<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre> <pre><tt><span style="font-family: Arial;">many, even professed non-techies.”</span></tt><span style="font-family:
Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre> <div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">And Christine Whitney Sanchez wrote “for an example of an online interactive reporting model you might want to go to <a href="http://www.girlscouts.org/convention/view_conversation.asp?catid=1" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.girlscouts.org/convention/view_conversation.asp?catid=1</span></a>.”<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Thank you all ! </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="FR-CA">Louise Brissette<br> louise@ipsai.net<br> ipsai.net<br> Un leadership créateur pour une écologie du travail<o:p></o:p></span></div> <p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>En finir avec le spam? Yahoo! Courriel vous offre la
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