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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Hi, Thomas –</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Thomas has
asked for help with design of a several-day OS including action planning.
He is also beginning with storytelling and including some marking of topics (I’m
not going to call this voting as that implies only those items with majority
support will get done or are the things that matter – Thomas of course you
feel that too).</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>I’ll add
my two kronors (Thomas is in Sweden) to the mix of ideas and shared
experiences:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>I find that (and
you probably agree, Thomas, if I know you) having participants mark ‘hot’
issues towards the end of a facilitated event does not necessarily identify
which ones will actually get worked on after the event – it’s a
snapshot of how people feel right then - so whenever one is asking a group to
mark topics it’s essential to decide on how to name and frame the
instructions. What is the group asked to place a sticky-dot on –
those topics which can get done with zero additional budget? Those topics that can
be done by any individual without needing committee approval? Those
topics that require additional research? I find that clarifying this as
part of the pre-work is very useful. In addition it helps the
client/sponsor/host articulate what is really needed. If they needed to
measure accomplishment, that can be done by showing anyone the amazing Book of
Proceedings. If they need to measure intention to action, that can be
done by showing the action planning forms coming from the ‘reopening of
space’ action planning session. So articulating what and why a dot-‘vote’
is needed is truly helpful. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>I find that
reopening the space for action planning is a great way to do action planning –
and I use an action planning form adapted from the one designed by the fabulous
Diane Gibeault and colleagues (page 1 is the form that action planning convenors
take to their sessions to document their discussions – along with it is a
sign-up sheet for participants in that discussion; page 2 is an example of a
personal action planning form that I sometimes put on the chairs in closing
circle if one of the intentions of the event is to support people doing their
own personal action work).</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><a
href="http://www.openingspace.net/openSpaceTechnology_method_resources.shtml">http://www.openingspace.net/openSpaceTechnology_method_resources.shtml</a>
(see the second-to-the-last item on this list)</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>I find that
action planning sessions can be 45 minutes – it is not a session to *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>do</span></b>* the work but to identify the work, the
resources needed, the timelines, who else should be contacted, and so on.
I have done one and I have also done two rounds of action planning sessions
just before closing circle. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>I love the way
that re-opening the space invites any action to have a champion, whether it is
one passionate person or a whole group. It supports the same values of
the main Open Space sessions – that any ideas are worthy and that anyone
can make a difference, and that anything is possible.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>I like to give
the most time for open space sessions before action planning. I
understand the intention and experience of those of you who use storytelling
before opening space and I know it has been very successful – it is not something
I do because I find that the Open Space also invites the stories.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>I have also
found that in those events where you cannot print up a Book of Proceedings
before action planning time, the group seems to get enough data from the
original (or xerox-enlarged) notes people took from the sessions that are
posted up on the wall as the Open Space goes along. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>I look forward
to hearing everyone else’s ideas and experiences and thank you Thomas for
inviting the sharing,</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Lisa</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'>Consultant,
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