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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I moved to NYC this
summer, and may be interested in this. Although I must admit I’m not
crazy about working for free for a big company like Microsoft. I’d like
to know more about the context and the goal, please. Also about the framework
as I am familiar with OS and AI, but not a whole lot with WC or fishbowl. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Message d'origine-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>De :</span></b> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>De la
part de</span></b> Steven "Doc" List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Envoyé :</span></b> 29 octobre 2008
13:09<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>À :</span></b>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Objet :</span></b> Sort of kind of Open
Spaces for Microsoft</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>They want to hold some
kind of community-driven discussions in parallel to the scheduled
presentations.</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>With that background, I
have two questions for this community:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:71.4pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font>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. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:71.4pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font>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?</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Just for clarity, I will
be facilitating a number of these, depending on my schedule, client
commitments, and such.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I'm looking forward to
whatever comes of this.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>...Doc</span></font></p>
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