<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class="">I'm working with Microsoft on a series of events called MSDN Developer Conference (MDC - <a href="http://www.msdndevcon.com">http://www.msdndevcon.com</a>). They are one day events around the country over the next few months.<div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">They want to hold some kind of community-driven discussions in parallel to the scheduled presentations.</div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">I've convinced them NOT to call these things "Open Space" because of the mental/emotional attachment those words have for so many people. We're toying with names like "The Conversation Realm" or some such.</div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">With that background, I have two questions for this community:</div><div class="" style=""><br></div><div class="" style=""><ol class="MailOutline"><li>Do you have suggestions for creating a hybrid thing that will facilitate community-driven discussions, and that will run in parallel with the organized, eyes-front sessions? I'm exploring basic tools like fishbowls, approaches like World Cafe, and others. </li><li>If you live in or near one of these cities (see the website), would you be interested in doing a non-paid gig for the Microsoft office in your region, based on whatever framework/approach we come up with?</li></ol><div><br></div><div>Just for clarity, I will be facilitating a number of these, depending on my schedule, client commitments, and such.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm looking forward to whatever comes of this.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>...Doc</div></div></body></html>*
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