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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">James,<br>
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Online Open Space has been done a number of times.<br>
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The text based system that uses a very thorough Open Space
Technology grounding and is quite mature is Gabriele Ender's <a
href="http://www.openspace-online.com/">http://www.openspace-online.com/</a>.<br>
<br>
Open Space Technology online with voice has been done with simple
teleconferencing lines - usually more than one. MaestroConference
is planning to add support for "Law of Two Feet" self-organizing -
so people can move themselves between breakout sessions. I don't
think they've completed it yet - but they have been actively
working with our community to make something to support online
voice open space technology events. <a
href="http://maestroconference.com/">http://maestroconference.com/</a><br>
<br>
I think you could create an Open Space with multiple
teleconference lines and have people meet in one of them for the
plenary - and then hang up and move to other phone lines for the
breakouts. <a href="http://www.freeconferencing.com/">http://www.freeconferencing.com/</a>
offers free telephone numbers for teleconferences. They make their
money because of a legal setup in the U.S. that they get a portion
of the local telephone company revenues of those who call into
their phone numbers. Christine Whitney Sanchez has done some of
the largest Open Space meetings with the Girl Scouts - and she
told me she used this multiple telephone conference line approach
successfully.<br>
<br>
There is also Skype and Google Hangout - I'm not sure how easily
these would scale and I'd rather not be involved in the logistics
of setting something like that up. I've personally found it touch
and go just to hold a voice conference with these free offerings -
but with some luck and some savvy - it could be done.<br>
<br>
An attempt was made a few years ago to design an Open Space
Technology online using <a href="http://secondlife.com">http://secondlife.com</a>
- the 3D world where people meet using avatars with both text and
voice. It has worked for World Cafe', but the experiment never
completed for OST. It felt like the technology overhead and
learning curve was too steep - though it could work.<br>
<br>
I participated a few months ago with a very successful online Open
Space for just a few hours. It is a platform using voice, text,
and shared graphics through a website. There have been a few
invitations to try this system. I did it November 2012. The online
event was hosted by the Genuine Contact community that Birgitt
Williams started - though I don't think it's officially a part of
Genuine Contact - they do bring some of that mature understanding
of Open Space. <a href="http://wisdomways.net">http://wisdomways.net</a>.<br>
<br>
Just to be complete - Harrison Owen has said the Internet is one
big Open Space. People are self-organizing meetups constantly all
over the net.<br>
<br>
Harold<br>
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On 4/19/13 3:55 PM, B.MELIN ALIDADE wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>De la
part de</b> James Sheldon<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> vendredi 19 avril 2013 22:09<br>
<b>À :</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>
<b>Objet :</b> [OSList] Entirely-online OSs?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Has anyone ever done an open space entirely online, like if
participants are not able to travel and be in person
together? I'm having trouble envisioning what these might
look like...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I've got a small organization of maybe a half dozen people
but was thinking we could issue an invite more broadly to
people in our field.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>~James<o:p></o:p></p>
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