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Lisa--<BR>
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I am not clear--are these words bolded yours or Kaliya's? Either way I like them a lot.<BR>
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On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 17:40 -0700, Lisa Heft wrote:<BR>
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Harold, I think Kaliya describes it so beautifully.
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">From what I am hearing, the word 'unconference' - when used by most people - seems to be a generic term for 'not the usual PowerPoint type of meeting/conference' - started perhaps in the tech communities but is now a term used by others.</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">It does not mean Open Space. To everyone.</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">And just as we often hear of groups using 'Open Space' and then when we ask them to describe it, it's something completely un-Open Space (but just uses a circle, or just uses topic signs on a wall, or something), I hear that in the tech / hybrid / mashup world what often is referred to as Open Space or Unconference is not anything we would call Open Space. </FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">So often what I hear is it is not the complete form:</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">- Opening Circle - invitation and explanation of process, principles and law</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">- participant-driven co-created agenda (without clustering, without facilitator's 'helping', without voting or elimination of topics, and done at a time-for-everyone speed rather than whoever-thinks-the-fastest speed)</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">- multiple participant-led discussions around the room (that folks can wander amongst) for multiple session times (without facilitators 'helping', with time enough for not-just-the-quickest-responders to participate, ideally with some sort of participant-generated documentation of the discussions)</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">- as mentioned above - ideally some sort of participant-documentation component that ultimately becomes a co-created Book of Proceedings (to share more than the moment of talking / to provide data to all, to share knowledge with everyone about what you discovered and learned in the certain sessions you hosted or attended)</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">- facilitator becoming totally present and completely invisible and holding space - not directive or intervening or traffic controlling - after welcoming/inviting/explaining/opening</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">- Closing Circle for comment and reflection</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">Not squished into too short a time frame, not hybridized or morphed (for this results in different deliverables than the compete OS tool delivers), not cut into pieces, no pressure to present, and ideally welcoming of all kinds of people (quick responders, slow responders, topic convenors, witnesses, established leaders, emergent leaders, folks of lower power or rich difference, and so on).</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">So. I hear there are some wonderful facilitators who use true Open Space for tech-based Unconferences / camps. Certainly most 'agilistas' (Agile community) seem to help each other learn Open Space well.</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">I know some of you folks who specialize in using OS in tech communities / camps / unconferences personally. You are amazing. You do it so well.</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">I also hear there are things that sound sort of like it, that are not it, that I wish were not called Open Space. I would love it if the term 'Open Space' were only used for the complete form. I welcome people to do any parts of interactive / dialogic work that work for them - I just like participants and other users to know which tools deliver what - proper naming for understanding proper use of tools. Just like knowing a hammer is best for some things and when you say hammer you have thought about what it's most useful for and what it's design can deliver. Rather than using it for everything or pulling it apart into components and expecting the same results.</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">I welcome all experimentation, all stretching, all sharing of different experiences, too.</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">What do others think?</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">Lisa</FONT></I></B>
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<B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000">Lisa Heft</FONT></I></B>
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<B><FONT COLOR="#0000ff">Opening Space</FONT></B>
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<A HREF="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net">lisaheft@openingspace.net</A>
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