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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'>Just in case this did not get through...<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'>ho<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"'> Barry Owen [mailto:barryo@comcast.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 04, 2014 5:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> Douglas Germann; oslist; Ethelyn & Harrison Owen<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] short os extended<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Doug (and all)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for the nudge Dad :-)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I've been lurking . . . <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yes - Doug - I was asked to give a "class" about Open Space technology to a Local MBA program "Change Management" course.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I met with the professor and suggested that, instead of describing OST, why not Open some space and let the students experience it?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>He was intrigued, and we met to talk about the details. I recommended that he serve as the "Sponsor" and I would come in as an outside consultant. I coached him through determining a theme that would be relevant for the students . . . and then to craft a compelling Invitation which would be sent via email to the students 2 weeks prior to the class.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We agreed that we would not do any "Instruction" as to the specifics of OST etc . . . <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>the students would arrive to a circle of chairs and the "normal" (for OST) posters and pile of markers - tape - chart paper in the center.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would simply do a traditional opening, we would have time for one 45 minute session followed by "Evening News" . . . ending with a brief "Process Q&A"<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>My recommendation was to treat this as if it were a 2.5 day event. I created a complete time and space matrix with post-its allowing for 5 Break-out spaces with 2 full days - "Morning Announcements" followed by two 1.5 hour morning sessions - 2 hour lunch - two 1.5 hour afternoon sessions - "Evening News" - PARTY - the final 1/2 day began with "Morning Announcements - one 1.5 hour session - an hour break - then "Closing"<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>the theme was a good one: "How to improve our MBA National RANKINGS" <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>After the opening, the participants filled the wall and used ALL of times on the matrix (50) which boiled down to @ 35 after the marketplace . . . then they broke into the first session period - 5 topics.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In evening news, the passion was high - Energy was high - and I could sense that there was real momentum to take some things forward, so I invited them to "Finish what they started" by defining spaces and times outside of the classroom to hold the remaining sessions.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>They did it . . . 3 weeks later, they "finished" and took their proceedings to the Dean. This created quite a shake-up because I believe the administration wasn't ready to relinquish quite that much control . . . If I and the professor had even imagined that the students would take it to the barn, we might have included the administration from the beginning (should have) . . . some of the new ideas were implemented . . . others squashed.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was "allowed" to guest facilitate 4 of these "MINI OST sessions" (1 each semester for 2 years) . . . each one had less intensity than the one before, and it was apparent to me that the administration was not "on board" . . . they were squashing any initiatives that came from these sessions so the students realized that they didn't have the "Power" to effect the change they thought the school needed.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>That was a few years ago . . . I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the administration had embraced these ideas and agreed to participate in the Open space events?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm betting their rankings would have improved :-) <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 12:56 PM, doug <<a href="mailto:ost@footprintsinthewind.com" target="_blank">ost@footprintsinthewind.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, Harrison!<br><br>Barry, what can you share with us?<span style='color:#888888'><br><br><span class=hoenzb> :- Doug.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><br>On 04/04/2014 01:51 PM, Harrison Owen wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>There may have been several people, but I do remember Barry Owen telling a<br>similar tale of work he was doing at Vanderbilt.<br><br>Harrison<br><br>Harrison Owen<br>7808 River Falls Dr.<br>Potomac, MD 20854<br>USA<br><br>189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)<br>Camden, Maine 04843<br><br>Phone <a href="tel:301-365-2093" target="_blank">301-365-2093</a><br>(summer) <a href="tel:207-763-3261" target="_blank">207-763-3261</a><br><br><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com" target="_blank">www.openspaceworld.com</a><br><a href="http://www.ho-image.com" target="_blank">www.ho-image.com</a> (Personal Website)<br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST<br>Go to:<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] On Behalf Of doug<br>Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 12:16 PM<br>To: World wide Open Space Technology email list<br>Subject: [OSList] short os extended<br><br>Friends--<br><br>A short while ago on this list someone posted about doing an os only a few<br>hours long, where in the opening circle folks were invited to post topics<br>for the next several days. Participants would take responsibility for<br>holding the later sessions.<br><br>Who posted that? I have lost the post. Who has done something like that?<br><br>I have such an OS next week, 2 hours total, and think this would be good for<br>that....<br><br>:- Doug. 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