--Dear Gabriela,<br><br>Welcome back from your "no computer, no mobile phone" 5-day vacation. Sounds like a wonderful "butterfly" kind of Open Space vacation.<br><br>I was so glad to see your email.So many have spoken so highly of what you and others have created. To think that this dream started 13 years ago is truly amazing and humbling!<br>
<br>I have not experienced the Open Space-Online and have no doubt that I would love it. MaestroConference, Brene Brown's work and a very rudimentary adaptation of Open Space (dare we even call it that) happened almost as a twist of fate...very quickly with lots of people jumping in.<br>
<br>In terms of what's possible and what's next, I am imagining that the sky might be the limit -- where everyone's dreams come true, where the right people get to be with the right people (including you and Brian), where whatever happens is the only thing that could have, etc. etc.<br>
<br>I have felt the energy, the passion and the desire by many in this community to virtually engage and to do -- the same spirit that has been there for the past 26 years and before. I guess all I can say when I posted this topic is that I was not the leader or expert, just someone who dearly wanted the magic of Open Space to linger and continue after a live event. <br>
<br>It seems that all the necessary ingredients for a wonderful Open Space discussion on virtual spaces and places are present:<br>
<ul><li><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span style>A real issue of concern – a lot at stake</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span style>High level of complexity</span><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style>Lots of diversity: people and points of
view</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span style>Genuine urgency (decision time of
yesterday)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style>Real passion and yes even potential
conflict</span></li></ul><p>To which I add a "wide Open Space for lots to happen"!</p><p><br></p><p>Suzanne<br></p>
<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Gabriela Ender <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gabriela.ender@gmail.com" target="_blank">gabriela.ender@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Open Space colleagues and friends,<br>
<br>
Yesterday I came back from a wonderful five-day retreat of silence – no<br>
mobile phone – no computer. I do this from time to time to find distance<br>
from the fast, loud, often ego-centric and greedy world. I was meditating<br>
about the future of respect and appreciation among different cultures,<br>
countries, religious and organizations.<br>
<br>
Back to Internet access, I found the initial email from Suzanne Daigle and<br>
all your new discussions in order to help developing another product for<br>
virtual Open Spaces. Ups….. Maybe some of you understand, that this<br>
situation first felt a bit strange … especially when “just coming home from<br>
a peaceful retreat” ;-). But whatever happens … make the best out of it.<br>
<br>
I think, if Brian Burt and his company MaestroConference want to develop and<br>
market specific products to enable virtual Open Spaces, it would be helpful,<br>
if Brain and I find (at an early stage of his investment) a good and fair<br>
solution of clear visible differentiation. I have trust in the spirit of<br>
Open Space that at the end, all will keep having fun – including me and my<br>
company.<br>
<br>
Hi Brain, if you read this, you are warmly invited to get in contact with<br>
me. I am sure, it would be nice to meet online or much better offline in<br>
Berlin ;-) … Berlin is just one hour and a bit flight from London (in case<br>
you join the OSonOS event in the UK and have time before or afterwards).<br>
Let’s talk from entrepreneur to entrepreneur in respect to the old wonderful<br>
Open Space community and in respect to our pioneer work since 1999. I am<br>
looking forward to hear from you. Here my email address:<br>
gabriela.ender@OpenSpace-Online.com<br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:gabriela.ender@OpenSpace-Online.com">gabriela.ender@OpenSpace-Online.com</a>> .<br>
<br>
For those who are interested, here a brief update of what is going on with<br>
OpenSpace-Online®:<br>
<br>
Many of you know my vision and how extensive my flash of inspiration in<br>
summer 1999 was and how far ahead of time I was with my concept. Bringing<br>
OpenSpace-Online in a world where almost nobody had an idea of online<br>
participation was not easy. It became a life work with huge financial<br>
investments over the last 13 years.<br>
<br>
In the meantime, our conference system is used in over 60 countries and is<br>
enhanced regularly. More and more, we see ourselves at the edge of realizing<br>
the next phase of this long-term vision. We have a near perfect<br>
user-feedback-rate after conferences of happy users and have collected<br>
hundreds of “user-feedbacks and user-ideas” during the last 10 years.<br>
Together with international business partners, we will create a completely<br>
different platform for virtual Open Space conferences. Our partners and we<br>
are thrilled about this new project. Since February our main focus is to<br>
bring the next phase of this old vision to full reality. This platform will<br>
allow for cost-free OpenSpace-Online® meetings around the globe in almost<br>
all languages for small and for large groups. All of you who feel the<br>
spirit, the meaning and the impact of our never-ending efforts for a better<br>
world, please send us your blessings to make it a reality. One day, when we<br>
will reach the beta platform, you will be again (as in 2002) the first ones<br>
who are invited to use and to test all. Be patient and ready to be surprised<br>
in the future ;-)<br>
<br>
Recently, for example, we realized together with the German Federal Ministry<br>
of the Interior and the German Association of Towns and Municipalities an<br>
OpenSpace-Online® Conference called “Demographic-Online-Conference”.<br>
<a href="http://www.online-demografie-conference.de" target="_blank">www.online-demografie-conference.de</a>. This nationwide project targeted<br>
mayors as well as administrative authorities involved with demographics<br>
throughout Germany. The German Government is now calling this<br>
OpenSpace-Online project a flagship of their dialog strategy. This is a<br>
great success for us and also for Open Space in general. Based on this I am<br>
invited to a Government Summit with Angela Merkel this October. This is<br>
unfortunately the reason why I cannot come to London to join the OSonOS<br>
event this year. You can imagine how much I would love to be there. I am<br>
sure, that our colleagues from the UK are preparing an extraordinary<br>
wonderful event. The OSonOS invitation website is so beautiful and I do<br>
remember the heartily and touching invitation in Berlin 2010 so well. I will<br>
miss being in London a lot.<br>
<br>
Thank you all so much for your support during all the years and particularly<br>
a big THANK YOU to you dear Harrison!<br>
<br>
Warmly from Berlin<br>
Gabriela Ender<br>
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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<br>
Von: <a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] Im Auftrag von Suzanne<br>
Daigle<br>
Gesendet: Freitag, 24. August 2012 04:50<br>
An: World wide Open Space Technology email list<br>
Betreff: [OSList] Conversation today with Brian Burt of MaestroConference<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
Exciting to imagine! A virtual interface specifically geared to Open Space.<br>
Brian Burt, CEO and Founder of MaestroConference, and I were on the phone<br>
for about 30 minutes this afternoon. It was a “jump right in” kinda<br>
conversation with lots of give and take. No doubt about it,<br>
MaestroConference has been giving this some thought and Brian Burt knows the<br>
process, principles and language of Open Space.<br>
<br>
In some cases their technology is there and stuff could happen right away;<br>
other things need to be figured out and then of course, you can’t totally<br>
replicate an in-person experience of Open Space so a hybrid virtual<br>
adaptation would need to be developed.<br>
<br>
<br>
We talked about the big picture of a Virtual Open Space Social Webinar<br>
platform that would allow hundreds and even thousands of people to<br>
participate. We also discussed some of the challenges; for example: “can you<br>
really have a virtual conversation with 50 people on-line engaged in one<br>
topic or would we need to break into smaller groups” and “how could we<br>
manage a post-it board with time and place”.<br>
<br>
Brian’s plan, along with other folks at Maestro Conference, is to host a<br>
Virtual Open Visioning Event this Fall inviting lots of people (it would be<br>
terrific if many joined) from the Open Space community and folks in the<br>
technology world (major users of Open Space) to engage in working<br>
conversations around the interface, the implementation, the applications of<br>
where and how a virtual OS could be used, the invitation process and so much<br>
more.<br>
<br>
What I was able to convey to Brian is that there are many practitioners in<br>
this worldwide OS community, including the OSI US Board, who are interested<br>
and excited about having a virtual Open Space platform. I’ll be the first to<br>
say that I’m not the expert (nor the leader) in that regard but I certainly<br>
have the passion and am willing to roll up my sleeves with others to help<br>
make it happen.<br>
<br>
At Brian’s request, I’ve agreed to lend a hand if people want to advise off<br>
list that they are interested, feel free to email me. You can also do it<br>
publicly on the OS list and I’ll keep track. MaestroConference is also<br>
interested in knowing if anyone has people they’d recommend who should be<br>
invited to the Fall Event.<br>
<br>
In anticipation of the Virtual Open Visioning Event being planned, perhaps<br>
we can continue the conversations on our OS list sharing what we would hope<br>
to see, what questions we have, how we may want to contribute to this<br>
effort. My specific interest related to the virtual technology is having the<br>
ability to host post-events after a face-to-face Open Space, continuing the<br>
conversations and driving some of the actions and initiatives that<br>
participants identified.<br>
<br>
An early Call to Action that may help Maestro Conference<br>
</div></div><<a href="http://maestroconference.com/" target="_blank">http://maestroconference.com/</a>> in their planning! What do y'all think?<br>
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Suzanne<br>
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NuFocus Strategic Group<br>
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