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<div>Both test 1 and 2 received about an hour apart. Pretty
good!</div>
<div>Gail</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>(okay, here also is my second test to see
if I am back on the OSLIST, able to post and to receive - thanks
Michael for your thoughtful attention and thanks to the Boise person
as well...here...goes... with my signature in plain text, not in the
usual colors or font I use....and sent about an hour after my earlier
message...)</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Thanks for inviting this, Annamarie
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>It helps me explore where my own points
of 'going for it' are - and where I tell a client it is not the right
tool when there is so short a time:</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I have also done very short Open Spaces -
I bow to Jeff Aitken who inspired me in this area when I was holding
so tightly to 'no shorter than three or four hours'.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>However, I am a big believer of analyzing
overarching objectives, desired outcomes, context of the task and what
comes before and after this particular meeting connected to that task,
designing in appropriate and useful participant-driven documentation
and more.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I then ask myself: with this short a time
availability, and for these objectives and desired outcomes, what is
the right tool for the deliverables? (including Open Space, World
Cafe and other great dialogic tools - and knowing that Open Space has
different deliverables depending on the amount of meeting time).
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I am also passionate about access and
inclusion. So another question I ask myself is - is making very short
discussion rounds or only a few minutes to post topics favoring only
the quick responders in the room - and does that give a sense of the
overall group's interests or issues.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#000000"><i><b>I consider
how one of the useful elements of Open Space is *multiple* sessions so
people can see their thoughts link and change across the sessions, and
as the conversations progress, notice things they didn't see
before.</b></i></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>I am
also very big on documentation - a way to provide data for the ongoing
work of the group - more than the feeling of the moment of
conversation.</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>I ask
the host if more time is available (including that lunch, including
that networking time - whatever I can get to expand the meeting
length) and I explain why more is better.</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#000000"><i><b>I explore
what other designs would deliver what the host is asking for in a way
that allows for reflection or emergence or breathing
room.</b></i></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>And if
I end up using OS (which I have done on occasion for such a short
time) it is because there is no other alternative which will provide
the desired outcomes and deliverables in this short of a
timeframe.</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>I do
not use a part of Open Space and call it Open Space. If I use one
element or adjust it (for example just the part about inviting people
to think of topics they are passionate about, making a sign, posting
it on the wall and being amazed at the diversity of thought) I do not
call it Open Space.</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>And I
look out for opportunities to invite the group or host to a full-on
Open Space sometime soon, so they will come to know the difference in
what is possible and how the mind (and relationships, and networking,
and discovery) work over longer times in Open Space
together.</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Thank
you for inviting the question - I had fun opening up my brain to see
how I do things when asked to do short Open
Spaces.</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b>Lisa</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Lisa
Heft</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b>Consultant, Facilitator,
Educator</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b>Opening Space</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><a
href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net"><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b>lisaheft@openingspace.net</b></font></a></blockquote
>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><a
href="http://www.openingspace.net"><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b>www.openingspace.net</b></font></a></blockquote>
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color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b> </b></font></blockquote>
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