sheila isakson and i hosted osonos7 in chicago. our main model for that was osonos4, hosted by harrison. and my counsel to every host-to-be i've talked with since then is, first and foremost, to remember that this is open space we're talking about, so keep looking for things to not do. <br>
<br>we booked a single meeting room, where free coffee was available in an adjoining room, plenty of public space nearby for breakouts to spill into, lots of restaurants in the immediate vicinity, close to downtown sightseeing places, and moderately-priced hotel rooms on site. (a hampton inn in downtown chicago). we pointed invitees to a budget hostel option a few blocks away as a cheaper sleeping place. after that, it was nothing but markers, postits, paper, bells, and computers. simply open space. sliding scale, same as harrison, i think, $25 to $200. we lined up a few plates of hors d'ouvres for the evening before, which was simple hanging out, watching people trickle in from the airports, tipping a few drinks from the hotel bar, and saying hellos. i don't remember that the total prep took more than a day or two, spread over several months. <br>
<br>i've always thought that part of the job of hosting osonos was to make it look just that easy, the way harrison did at osonos4, to show (especially for new practitioners) just how simple it was to run a big deal in a little bit of open space. a simple invitation: a single meeting room. some basic supplies. and an opening briefing. everything else is strictly optional, and less is still more.<br>
<br>there is the bit about registrations and such, but i always thought that was just a lot of chatting with friends from all over, and keeping a simple list of who said they were coming. hosting was great fun. and great learning. i'd recommend it to anyone.<br>
<br>i know there's a certain charge out of naming one "world" osonos each year, but i do wish we as a community made it easier for more than one of these to happen at once. i've always wanted to see simultaneous events on several continents. i wish we could have less emphasis on making a show of this place or that place (and choosing only one of them) and more emphasis on who (even if it's many people) is interested in stepping into the simplest responsibilities of hosting and opening. and then if we have many hosts, they can work together on sharing marketplace wall postings and how to post all the notes into teh same online place. i think with skype and other tech we'd now have easy ways to have video of world-around breakout sessions, where small groups on several continents could be meeting face-to-face in single sessions. i suppose this strains the traditions a bit, but i think it'd be worth trying, as further experiment and demonstration of what's now possible in an increasingly open space world.<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Eva P Svensson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eva@epshumaninvest.se">eva@epshumaninvest.se</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Dear Lisa and host team to-be…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Being one of the presenters for WOSonOS in San Francisco on
behalf of Lisa and her host team – I can just ad – if you are not able to be
there in person – make sure that those who represent you have a good “show”/offer
– because then it is so much easier to be the stand-in. Lisa had provide us –
Thomas and me – with a “whole show” </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">J</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> and
it was so fun and it was easy to make the offer irresistible!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Have fun!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hugs</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">:o)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Eva </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Bästa hälsningar</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Eva P Svensson</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: olive;">EPS Human Invest AB</span></b></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: olive;">"Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt
välmående företag och organisationer"</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Anåsbergsvägen 22, 439 34 ONSALA</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Besöksadress; Norra Allégatan 8, Göteborg</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Tfn: 0300-615 05, Mobil; 0706- 89 85 50</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://www.epshumaninvest.se/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.epshumaninvest.se</span></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Skype: eva.p.svensson</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: olive;">Besök gärna min blogg; <a href="http://www.epshumaninvest.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.epshumaninvest.blogspot.com/</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(147, 174, 5);">"Jag kan inte lära dig något. Allt jag kan göra är att
ställa frågor till dig, och låta dig själv finna svaren." Sokrates</span></i></b></p>
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[mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>] <b>För </b>Lisa Heft<br>
<b>Skickat:</b> den 11 september 2009 17:56<br>
<b>Till:</b> <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
<b>Ämne:</b> Re: [OSLIST] WOSONOS 2009 and Then.......<br>
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<p>Other memories of how Host Teams invited us to future
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<p>Thomas Herrmann and Eva P Svensson (Sweden) inviting on my
behalf in Kiev - they got the whole group participating being the San Franco
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<p>Brian Bainbridge and Viv
McWaters creating a map of Australia on the floor
and Brian standing on different areas in Australia to give us a sense for the
diverse country and culture, while we all snacked on candies with koalas on
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<p>For those of you who have been to past WOSonOSs - what else
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