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Hello Kerry:<br>
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> address their presence during the introduction<br>
<br>
I hesitate to address the presence of particular people during the
introduction. I see it as a "democratizing circle" and as such, I
strive to communicate the message that we are all equals, and so we are
equally responsible for our experience of the event. No matter whether
we specify that "luminaries" are equal to everyone else, we's negate
this by simply naming them and not everyone else!<br>
<br>
Here's an idea: Something that emerged at RoCoCo was a round of "needs
and offers", though it happened too late, in the opinion of many. We
went around the circle stating what we needed (ideas, collaborators,
hardware, software) and our offers (some offered skills, resources,
collaborative sites, and others answered just-stated needs, ex: "I have
an old computer like that, let's talk"). This would allow luminaries to
introduce themselves, equally with others, allow them (if they choose)
to align themselves as members of this OST event's "people". I think
attendance at this activity would need to be voluntary, as it takes
some time and perhaps people would rather network informally. This
would have been useful to us, as we had decided not to call out any
particular participants in the opening.<br>
<br>
I'm not sure where this fits... we thought that if we'd done this at
the start, people would have had an idea of who was there and how they
could help them. Ex: If I'd know people from the citizen journalism
movement were present, I would have posted a session: how is Citizen
Journalism changing the face of news? But as it was, I only discovered
their presence afterwards. <br>
<br>
Ideas: Perhaps, do it as part of a social the prior evening, before we
open the space? Another idea was a "needs and offers" wiki page or wall
- the problem being that using the wall for this removes the human face
from the transaction. We could encourage people to do this at
registration, so we could browse the list of who's coming and their
needs/offers (sometimes this happens with BarCamps). Hey, could a
facebook group be used for this?!! This activity would have been
particularly useful for our type of OST - it was not so much a "themed"
event as a "community gathering" event - a particular flavour of OST
I'm seeing a lot in the Tech community now. "The right people" are the
ones who want to be part of the community, in general - and it's often
a big surprise what interests and skills they bring! It's as if a
"community gathering" OST is simply a coalescence at a particular
time/place of a continual OST event which is the community itself.<br>
<br>
deb<br>
<br>
kerry napuk wrote:
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cite="mid:C77F926D-4E24-11DC-9D94-00039376847C@napuk.demon.co.uk"
type="cite">Hi Peggy
<br>
<br>
When faced with "luminaries," experts, speakers et al, maybe it would
help to address their presence during the introduction. A facilitator
could note their valued participation and opportunity to be on equal
terms with an audience, experiencing the need to discuss and exchange
views rather than be lectured at.
<br>
<br>
It might even be fun!
<br>
<br>
Cheers
<br>
<br>
Kerry
<br>
Edinburgh
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.openfutures.com">www.openfutures.com</a>
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