<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>At a recent training workshop I facilitated in Ottawa, some participants suggested an adaptation to the process of action planning for priorities set by the group after discussions. </div><div><br></div><div>This option - <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">One Market Place Per Priority - </span></b>offers a convergence process with more space for self-organization, which is the fundamental intent of Open Space. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Participants choose which of the
priorities they have passion to work on and regroup accordingly. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Then each priority
group opens space by itself and creates its own action market wall in relations to its
specific priority. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Among the action topics posted, nothing precludes that someone may propose a discussion of the priority itself.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">This "one market place per priority" method is still a more structured approach that the option of opening space again for action with only one market place for everybody as they express their passion for actions on any of the identified priorities. For those organizations who prefer to structure the action identification a bit more, this new option still opens more space than having groups come up with only one action per priority which is what ends up happening in most cases despite the invitation to identify more than one action - at least this is what I have seen over many years of OS events. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div>To provide some guidance to the various priority groups who will self-organize to open space and create their own market place for action, I added a few simple guiding steps on top of the Action Planning Guide which is usually in their kit or distributed on chairs before the start of convergence. I share them with you in case you may find it useful.</div><div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic"><br></span></b></div><div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US">A. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Create a market place of actions</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"> that will contribute to
realize the priority you have chosen.</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;tab-stops:0cm 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt 468.0pt 504.0pt 540.0pt 576.0pt 612.0pt 648.0pt"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">- Post the priority title at
the top of a wall.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;tab-stops:0cm 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt 468.0pt 504.0pt 540.0pt 576.0pt 612.0pt 648.0pt"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">- Each participant can post
on that wall, an action title with his/her name.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;tab-stops:0cm 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt 468.0pt 504.0pt 540.0pt 576.0pt 612.0pt 648.0pt"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">- Then, combinations of
action sheets can be made if desired, by participants initiating the actions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
tab-stops:0cm 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt 468.0pt 504.0pt 540.0pt 576.0pt 612.0pt 648.0pt"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">B. Participants form groups around actions of their
choice</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;tab-stops:0cm 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt 468.0pt 504.0pt 540.0pt 576.0pt 612.0pt 648.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Action Initiator role</span> – </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">with help from the group:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;tab-stops:0cm 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt 468.0pt 504.0pt 540.0pt 576.0pt 612.0pt 648.0pt"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">- Posts high on the wall the
action title so it is visible to bumblebees.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;tab-stops:0cm 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt 468.0pt 504.0pt 540.0pt 576.0pt 612.0pt 648.0pt"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">- Circulates a sheet to create a list of
participants.</span></p></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;tab-stops:0cm 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt 468.0pt 504.0pt 540.0pt 576.0pt 612.0pt 648.0pt"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">- Notes key points (the
group may want to use the planning guide provided).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;tab-stops:0cm 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt 468.0pt 504.0pt 540.0pt 576.0pt 612.0pt 648.0pt"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">- After the discussion, prepares and posts a summary on one or two flip chart pages on the plenary wall for all participants to read during a walk about that will follow. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;tab-stops:0cm 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt 468.0pt 504.0pt 540.0pt 576.0pt 612.0pt 648.0pt"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">- Registers
at the News Room and enters the action plan on a computer.</span></p>
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</span></font></div><div>Maybe some of you have already used this method of "one market place per priority". If so, learnings from your experience would be most welcome. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Gifts come from everywhere in Open Space, as it is a circle of people open to possibilities. Thank you to the participants of the Ottawa training group for bringing to light this different way of doing which is full of possibilities.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Diane</span></font></div></body></html>*
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