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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Larry,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>You said:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080>We closed the session with a half-hour
fishbowl conversation of initiators and reporters that did transcend reporting
back and got into good conversation (not presentation) with new insights.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">I'm
intrigued with this approach as a very creative way of handling the desire that
often exists to hear what happened in the room.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">Would you say more about this - what sparked the idea,
how many were in the fishbowl (half hour isn't a lot of time and with 200
people, I'm imagining there were a fair number of sessions), what question did
you use to launch the fishbowl?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">appreciatively,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">Peggy</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=larry@spiritedorg.com href="mailto:larry@spiritedorg.com">Larry
Peterson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:49
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [OSLIST] What to do with 1.5 to
2 hours</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">This week, I
worked with a client, as many before, who wanted an event that began with
substantial sharing of new ideas and information about telemedicine.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Few of the <SPAN
class=GramE>close</SPAN> to 200 participants really knew what the
possibilities were and so telling that story was key and it took a couple of
hours in the morning.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There was
<SPAN class=GramE>not sufficient</SPAN> time nor was there willingness on the
part of the sponsor and his board to use OST for the afternoon – the board
members believed it was too open.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>There was willingness to have an hour or more <SPAN class=GramE>of<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“</SPAN>self-organizing
discussion”.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have encountered
this before with Canadians frightened of the openness of OST.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So, I do not call it open space and we
are not sitting in a circle.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>However, I asked emergent leadership with regard to the theme question
to identify a topic of interest (passion) and to ensure a report is written
up.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I didn’t invoke the
principles and law but encouraged people to go where they had some
interest.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Flip charts with
letters were around the room. It took 20 minutes to get the leadership and
topics out (on flip chart and projection on the screen) and then folks went to
discussion for a bit less than an hour.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Good discussions, good energy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>We closed the session with a half-hour fishbowl conversation of
initiators and reporters that did transcend reporting back and got into good
conversation (not presentation) with new insights.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I do not call that OST, even
thought I learned if from OST practice.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>For me, two rounds and more “space” are important for the synergy and
depth of OST to emerge – <SPAN class=GramE>its</SPAN> much better in a
day.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, it worked really
well for this kind of discussion in a short time
frame.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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