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[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Annamarie Pluhar<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 05, 2010 7:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Unconferences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>As always a cogent and interesting response. More or less
what I expected. Except that what I experienced seemed to me to be less
work than the opening circle, statement of principles and law, and then
opening of the marketplace. So I'm not clear about how OS is less work than an unconference. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>To Kari's question. The unconference I attended had
maybe 15 round tables holding 8 people apiece. People sat where ever.
Traditional introductions (we may have gone around the room?), and thank
you's to organizers. Statement of the four time periods and an invitation to
convene a group if you wanted. The wall was outside in the hall. It
became apparent to me that for each time session there was at least one person
who had a prepared talk by prearrangement. I learned some stuff but
certainly didn't feel permission to leave a session if I was uninterested.
It was all about Twitter and therefore many people had their heads into
their iphones and such as they twittered about what was happening. That's a
different way of attending.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Happy Labor Day eve. In Southern Vermont we are
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Sep 5, 2010, at 9:32 AM, Harrison Owen wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Annamarie – Unconferences have been around for a bit and
as I remember some of the earliest unconferencers included the likes of Michael
Herman. So if there is a problem for the OS community I would guess that it is
at least partially self-inflicted<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span
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color:#1F497D'> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>But personally I don’t see much of
a problem. Actually I see it as part of a much larger grand natural experiment
in which we all are learning how to operate most successfully in a self
organizing world (the only one we have, I think). In this context there is no
“one right way” – but surely there are better and more
effective ways. The name of the game is finding these “ways” and
the means is multiple experiments. I would take Unconference to be one
such experiment. Measured against the simplicity of what might be called
“classic Open Space” (sit in a circle, create a bulletin board,
open a marketplace – Go to work) I find the Unconference to be overdone.
In short they are working much too hard! This isn’t wrong, just
inefficient. However, measured against the standard conference, an Unconference
is truly a breath of fresh air. In conversations with unconferencers I suggest
that they have made a very good start – and now why not think of one more
(maybe many more) things not to do? If we (I) have learned anything in this
adventure it is that organizing a self organizing system is a questionable
undertaking involving a great deal of unnecessary work. To say the least.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Sunday, September
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<p class=MsoNormal>DIana's posting of how the Agile community is embracing OS
reminds me to ask this community about "unconferences." I've
not seen a discussion of them but maybe there was one predating my joining of
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<p class=MsoNormal>I've been to one "unconference" and was told about
another by a colleague who understands OS. Neither had the careful opening that
I think is the core of making OS work. I have had people say "Oh I've been
to an Open Space meeting" and when I probed, discovered that it was an
"unconference" not OS. <o:p></o:p></p>
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