<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div></div><div>Hi Jon</div><div><br></div><div>I have indeed made fast and loose with OS form and process in such events - I appreciated greatly Lisa's skillful and instinctive list of key design and decision issues recently in response to the US+ 50 events extravaganza. I would add one of my typically esoteric points, which is about finding a way to be explicit about facsimile engagement which colludes with the starting nervousness and self-limits the experience and conclusions/perceptions of what OS is about...I feel it really is better to say "of course this is not the real thing/we are not doing the real thing because ...." and as one can expect a belated "but we could hack that/why did you under estimate us?" I embolden myself earlier on to push against the timorous prologue with the
client....<br> </div><div><font color="#a040ff" face="verdana" size="3"><strong>Anne M Bennett</strong></font></div> <div> </div> <div>Champion Hill</div> <div>London</div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(128, 255, 0);"></span><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Jon Harvey <jon@jonharveyassociates.co.uk><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 10 January, 2011 12:09:51<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> OS & Open Conferences<br></font><br><style><!--
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--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Dear all</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">I think I have managed to persuade a public conference producer to run (and charge for) one of their conferences using Open Space. I debated with her that the ‘talking heads’ type of conference with a smattering of workshops (which are usually mini plenary sessions too) could be so much more valuable and productive if OS was used. I said I would enquire if anyone else had done this – how did it go – what lessons did you draw?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">This is something of a gamble I recognise, as this will not be quite the kind of issue that has to be solved yesterday kind of context. (Although given the current austerity measures which are sweeping across the UK public services right now – a lot of things have to be solved yesterday!) Also the people gathered will be a community of interest (ie they will all have signed up to come to the topic in questions) but not a community / group in any other way...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">So what do people think – can this work – has this worked?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Many thanks</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Very best wishes</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Jon</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span
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