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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Suzanne, Annette, and others interested in this stream,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Suzanne and Annette..I cheer you on as you have these big events, invite people to engagement and emergence and being open to possibilities. I am relieved that your events will not be called Open Space or Open Space Technology. You are both onto something else. I also, as a purist of sorts, believe that the Universe as created by our Creator was created as what this community calls Open Space…it is not the creation of Harrison or any of us. It is there for the remembering and for our creativity. There is a lot of space open in the world, what I think of as very full of possibilities, ready to be formed into probabilities by our approach to it. If our approach is too complicated, we do not have the maximum freedom for the possibilities for creativity. If our approach is simple, such as Open Space Technology, we carve out a container in the great open space of the universe in which our finite minds can grasp something from the infinite sea of possibilities. As humans, we need the orientation points provided by some type of container/framework. The container that seems to give us the most freedom is a circle, and in the virtual world, the imagination of a circle. I do not think we create Open Space. I think we create containers so that the Open Space of infinite possibilities can be formed and shaped by the humans that engage with it. Imagine, if you would, that our work is to figure out the right container for the humans involved to work with the Open Space that our Creator created. If words like Creator are difficult, then think of the Universe as a big open space of infinite conscious energy. Our job is to learn to work with this energy, as individuals and as collectives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>World Café would have been a good option, Suzanne. It too is brilliant, and works with this conscious energy. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Open Space Technology would have been a good option. In this instance, as I wrote in my reply to Julie, I recommend Gabriella Ender’s OpenSpace-Online Software. The team has replicated, after huge investment and testing, the Open Space Technology meeting to the extent that it is possible in a virtual environment. I don’t think any other developers could do such a good job. One reason is that Gabriella first embraced and came to deeply understand Open Space Technology. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yet, when the limitations of time and technology, or perceived limitations suggest that something different would be needed than either of these two methods, it is time to create and innovate as you have done Suzanne. You are not using an existing method, and you are giving a good go to an experiment…I look forward to the report back.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Warmly and with good wishes to you both with your events,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Birgitt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=63 height=72 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCA624.1BBD0E30" alt=tingsha>Birgitt Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Author Genuine Contact Way<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Co-owner of the Genuine Contact program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>President and Senior Consultant, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dalar International Consultancy, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>www.dalarinternational.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Note: picture of the bells that have journeyed to numerous countries with me for twenty-two years as an international consultant. During the closing circle of every meeting, everyone in the meeting has held these bells. They have now been held by thousands of people, all doing their part to create life nurturing conditions for humanity. The bells have also been held in blessing and in prayer by countless people, who bless all who ever hold them, with the journey of the bells uniting all of their energies to make a difference for humanity, one person at a time, one organization at a time, one business at a time, one community at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Suzanne Daigle<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 18, 2011 8:15 AM<br><b>To:</b> World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSList] Fwd: Your advice please!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Annette, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>( a very long post giving background and detail -- my apologies)<br>I was one of the individuals who posted a reply to Julie Smith's question. On Sunday, Elaine Hansen and I with a team of 15 to 20 people will be hosting a Virtual Conversation that is in the "spirit" of Open Space. The Conversation is around the theme of Brené Brown's Tedx talk <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvmsMzlF7o" target="_blank">The Power of Vulnerability </a>and her book <a href="http://www.brenebrown.com/books/2010/8/8/the-gifts-of-imperfection.html" target="_blank">The Gifts of Imperfection</a>. A total of 500 people registered from the US, and Canada with about 60 to 75 others from 27-28 countries. This is all we think we can handle. We had to shut down registrations about 10 days ago. We have a wait list. It is a free event. We are not calling it Open Space nor do I even want to intimate it is Open Space Technology to you or others in this community. In my heart of heart though, we are "opening space" and it is out of my love and passion for Open Space that I wanted to do this event. To our guests from all over the world, we have been saying that it is a "virtual experiment" that we are "co-creating together" for me, it is an experiment in the direction of Open Space in cyber space. I have been longing for a way where people could have live conversations, hear each others' voices, post topics, create a marketplace, choose where they want to go, be bumble bees and butterflies, document what get's said and connect deeply as we do in Open Space. This is only a beginning. <br><br>The main technology we are using at the event is Maestro Conference. Their conference call service (with a visual computer participant dashboard - not quite enough yet for what we need) allows us to breakout into small groups and also be in large groups. It happens primarily over the phone or using a computer "paid" phone service like Skype where individuals call an assigned US based telephone numbers with an access code unique to each participant. I have a very affordable paid subscription with Maestro which allows me to invite others (my account was for a max of 200 people). <br><br>On November 2nd, I wrote the OS list inviting people to our event. To my surprise, Brian Curt, Founder and CEO of Maestro wrote to me that same day and said:<span style='color:red'> "I'm on this list - we def have a goal to eventually have full inherently-OS-capable platform (where people can declare breakout topics, and move by topic to other "rooms"), but in the meantime there are some creative ways to use our platform to keep things "open". </span> I was ecstatic and responded immediately saying that I knew a large community would love this to happen and that many OS folks would be glad to help. This morning, without being presumptuous towards Gabriela as I have not had the opportunity to experience what she and others have created, I am wondering if perhaps all of this could lead to an investor/shared vision/shared knowledge type of conversation with Maestro and/or others in this fast evolving collaborative technology world. <br><br>In my case, I wanted to offer something free to participants and where my financial investment would not be too much. <br><br>Until November 8th, I thought we would be good with my 200 level subscription. That's until Brené Brown blogged about us and accepted our invitation to join. Within 24 hours or so, we went from 175 to 500. I have no doubt we could have hit 1000, 2000 or more. I can admit to you here that as the emails started flying in, Elaine and I almost panicked. I was even brash enough to call the Maestro founder on his cell phone and he generously offered to support us at the 500-person level as well as offering one of their experienced people to help. (they have been amazing!). <br><br>With my limited experience and the help of some wonderful people on our team who know this technology, it felt like 500 is as much as we can manage for now. <br><br>Now for some of the nuts and bolts:<o:p></o:p></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>We used multiple technologies working as a team preparing this event: Skype, Tungle, Doodle, Youtube, freescreensharing, googledoc, etc. We are from Canada, US, and Juliane Neumann from Berlin. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>We used Eventbrite to invite people because we could show who was coming from which country plus connect with them later with emails and gather their comments. Click here to see <a href="http://globalconversation.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">Invitation</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>It is a 2-hour event; we have sent notes to participants asking them to arrive 15 minutes early-- enough time for people to greet each other as they would at any OS event or sit down in a circle by themselves waiting for things to start. Our guests will be offered the opportunity as they arrive to be in small groups to say hi, share their name, why they came (as they would over a cup of coffee or getting their name tag). Cyber space on the phone can feel a bit dark and lonely cause you don't see each other. We are trying to create an invitational feel.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Two minutes before start time, we will bring everyone in a large main virtual space. Again because people do not have the physical feel, I will be welcoming everyone (3 minutes) and creating somehow the feel of sitting in a giant circle mentioning a few of our OS principles without referring directly to Open Space. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Elaine, who will be acting as the official host in the same way of an Open Space event, will briefly set the context of the meeting reaffirming to all why we are here. People came because of the topics and passion they have for Brené Brown's work. We know from their comments which they submitted to us that they are excited and inspired to have these conversations. Main ingredients of passion and responsibility are there!<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>I will then invite questions from the virtual floor (so to speak). By pressing 1 on their telephone key pad, people will signal that they have a topic/question. Individual by individual, we will give them the virtual mike and they will state topic/name/where they are from. Participants will have been advised to have a paper handy to write the topics they feel they have a passion to join. We will take 10 topics in the first round. And then people will be sent into small groups of 4, 5 and 6. Not perfect I know but this is as much as we can do with time and current technology. We will invite people to submit their questions/topics not spoken on our website (more on that later)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>We will have two rounds of conversation of 25 minutes each. We will be asking for the second round of 10 topics after the first session is complete. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>We will ask everyone to record notes and highlights and post them as soon as possible (can be typed notes, doodles, video comments, etc). Not the same as having an initiator and asking that someone in the group do this. Here we are asking everyone. We have set up a website for this. Lots of stuff on this site already. Have a look! <a href="http://global-conversation.posterous.com/" target="_blank">Global Conversation</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Three graphic recorders will be listening, silently going from group to group, creating in images and words illustrated gifts of what is being shared. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>We will have a closing circle though on line, it will not be possible to hear the 500 voices in the time we have, but we will try to hear as many as we can.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>We will leave the lines open afterwards (15-30 minutes after) for people to continue talking and sharing as we do in physical space when we hang out after an event. <o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal>Initially we were planning on a World Cafe type event. I had not had the courage until I saw Harrison in Chile to go beyond that. He challenged me, nudged me and inspired me to go farther. I did and Elaine agreed as did the rest of our team. <br><span style='color:red'><br></span>Navigating the technology world to introduce something like this with the essence and spirit of self-organizing is a journey itself. I have loved every magical minute of this work with the most wonderful team of people. Generosity, joy, support, fun, persistence are words that come to mind. <br><br>Then I add love because as I read emails from our future guests, the excerpts of one which I share with you in closing, I know that <span style='color:red'>Whatever happens on Sunday is the only thing that could have.</span> Yes we will be a bit nervous as will our guests similar to what it feels like sitting in a circle for the first time. It's what creates the magic, the relationship, the bonding and the opening of space. In the end, that's all that matters. <br><br><b><u>Excerpts from a participant note received this morning</u></b><br>"So excited (and a bit nervous!) about this Sunday's event. I have never done anything like this before, but, in an effort to really put Brené's authentic living into practice, I felt I had to stretch my comfort zone!"<br>When I signed up for this event, I didn't realize that "Conversation" in the title meant LITERALLY conversation! I thought it would be like a webinar - which I have never done either, but my husband has and they seemed to be pretty much a one-sided event. This sounds like it is going to be very different - in a good way!<br><b>And then at the end of her note</b><br>Thank you so much for all the effort and time and courage to do this. I read something this week from someone I follow on Twitter that said there is one word that can change the world - TRY. You and Elaine did just that - you TRIED something new. I can't wait to be a part of it and see how far it takes all of us! <br><br><b>Somehow this note made everything we've done so far worthwhile. <br><br></b>Thank you everyone for your patience reading with reviewing or editing. We still have a few more busy days ahead of us including setting up time for those participant guests who said they wanted to test their phone connections and get a feel for our event before the actual day.<br><br>Suzanne (with much appreciation to Elaine Hansen and a most wonderful team)<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 5:24 AM, Michael M Pannwitz <<a href="mailto:mmpanne@boscop.org" target="_blank">mmpanne@boscop.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Annette,<br>check out the "deja vu" string that was started by Julie Smith with the same question, she lives right around the corner from you in Alaska... a number of responses pointed to various possibilities.<br>Greetings from Berlin<br>mmp<br><br><br>On 18.11.2011 08:01, Annette Zera wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I've been asked if it is possible to run an *online *Open Space event<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>for 500 people.<br><br>I haven't a clue. Can anyone help?<br><br>Thanks a lot.<br>Annette<br><br>--<br>Annette Zera<br>19 Highbury Terrace Mews<br>London N5 1UT<br><br>0207 690 1495<br>07951771466<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.gettingonbrilliantly.co.uk" target="_blank">www.gettingonbrilliantly.co.uk</a> <<a href="http://www.gettingonbrilliantly.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.gettingonbrilliantly.co.uk</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>OSList mailing list<br>To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><br>-- <br>Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg<br>Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany<br><a href="tel:%2B%2B49-30-772%208000" target="_blank">++49-30-772 8000</a><br><a href="mailto:mmpanne@boscop.org" target="_blank">mmpanne@boscop.org</a> <a href="http://www.boscop.org" target="_blank">www.boscop.org</a><br><br><br>Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 440 resident Open Space Workers in 71 countries working in a total of 142 countries worldwide: <a href="http://www.openspaceworldmap.org" target="_blank">www.openspaceworldmap.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>OSList mailing list<br>To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#888888'>-- <br>Suzanne Daigle<br>NuFocus Strategic Group<br>7159 Victoria Circle<br>University Park, FL 34201<br>FL <a href="tel:941-359-8877" target="_blank">941-359-8877</a>; <br>CT <a href="tel:203-722-2009" target="_blank">203-722-2009</a><br><a href="http://www.nufocusgroup.com" target="_blank">www.nufocusgroup.com</a><br><a href="mailto:s.daigle@nufocusgroup.com" target="_blank">s.daigle@nufocusgroup.com</a><br>twitter @suzannedaigle</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br clear=all><br>-- <br>Suzanne Daigle<br>NuFocus Strategic Group<br>7159 Victoria Circle<br>University Park, FL 34201<br>FL <a href="tel:941-359-8877" target="_blank">941-359-8877</a>; <br>CT <a href="tel:203-722-2009" target="_blank">203-722-2009</a><br><a href="http://www.nufocusgroup.com" target="_blank">www.nufocusgroup.com</a><br><a href="mailto:s.daigle@nufocusgroup.com" target="_blank">s.daigle@nufocusgroup.com</a><br>twitter @suzannedaigle<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>