Hi Dr. Zouwen<span dir="ltr"></span>,<br>
<br>
I ordered your book -- delivery date 6/17. Downloaded your paper. The body of knowledge is awesome.
Thank you!!!<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Ralph <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Tonnie van der Zouwen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@tonnievanderzouwen.nl">info@tonnievanderzouwen.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="NL"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hi Ralph, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">You find the article attached. I hope you will let me know what you think of the book, or maybe write a review on Amazon?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Best, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Tonnie</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="130663606aa20d30__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Van:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>Namens </b>RALPH FINK JR<br>
<b>Verzonden:</b> zondag 5 juni 2011 1:54<br><b>Aan:</b> World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [OSList] Effective use of Large Scale Interventions: Book with research findings, training workshop</span></p>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Hi Tonnie,<br><br><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Your book is on my reading list. </span>I am interested in reading <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> ‘Practice what you preach. Large group conferences as member check’. I welcome the opportunity to receive a digital copy.<br>
<br>Regards,<br>Ralph<br><br></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Tonnie van der Zouwen <<a href="mailto:info@tonnievanderzouwen.nl" target="_blank">info@tonnievanderzouwen.nl</a>> wrote:</p>
<div><div><p style="margin-bottom: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Dear all,</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">After being very quiet in this community for the last year, it is with great pleasure to inform you that after six years I finally finished my PhD research on effective use of Large Scale Interventions (which I see as an approach for whole system change, including the large group intervention methods such as Future Search, Open Space Technology, World Café, Whole Scale Change/Real Time Strategic Change). So you may call me ‘doctor Tonnie’ now :). The Open Space world community contributed substantially to this research, I want to thank everyone who shared experiences and ideas with me, on this list, in the WOS on OS in Berlin, or otherwise.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">All findings are wrapped up in a book with the title ‘<u>Building an evidence based practical guide to Large Scale Interventions. Towards sustainable organisational change with the whole system’</u>. It is published by Eburon Academic Publishers and available as paperback and as eBook (only $ 13.79) on </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Building-evidence-based-practical-Interventions/dp/9059725034/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1306913486&sr=8-3" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">amazon.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> and </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><a href="http://www.eburon.nl/building_an_evidence_based_practical_guide_to_large_scale_interventions_ebook?language_code=en" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">eburon.nl</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">. The book offers a practical guide with guidelines for effective use of LSI to assess conditions before the process, enhance performance during the process, and an evaluation instrument to evaluate effectiveness after the process. The first parts of the book tell the story of my inquiry in the practice of LSI worldwide, including Open Space Technology practice, resulting in an overview of ‘What is LSI?’, which might be a handy chapter for students or starting facilitators. I hope to develop the practical guide in more popular versions for divers user groups, in open source. Reactions are very welcome on </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><a href="http://www.largescaleinterventions.ning.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">www.largescaleinterventions.ning.com</span></a></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">This book benefited enormously from the work and stimulating responses of founders such as Harrison Owen, Juanita Brown, David Isaacs, Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff, Barbara Bunker and Billie Alban. I am grateful for their wise words and for their inspiration. Thanks!</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">As spin off from my research and book, <u>an international training workshop on</u> <u>effective use of Large Scale Interventions </u> is scheduled <u>17 – 19 November 2011 in Noordwijk, Netherlands. </u>The workshop focuses on the principles and conditions for success and on how to embed large group meetings in a larger change process. It is not about specific recipes for Large Group Methods. The workshop is meant for facilitators working with LSI who want to improve their practice, an interactive master class. For details and registration see </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><a href="http://www.largescaleinterventions.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">www.LargeScaleInterventions.com</span></a></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">During my research I used large group methods for two research conferences, as member check. An online Open Space and a life Search Conference. Participants recognized the conferences as an innovation in action research, so I wrote an article about it. The title is ‘Practice what you preach. Large group conferences as member check’. It has been published in Profile, International Journal for Change, Learning, Dialogue (October 2011). If you are interested, let me know and I will send you a digital copy. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Best wishes from a sunny Holland,</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Tonnie</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table style="width: 306.75pt;" width="511" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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