<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Well, just as I felt 17 yrs or so ago when I joined this community I am in awe of the contributions I get. Mostly on list but also off list which is appreciated but I do know many others would harvest gems from it too. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">So keep 'em coming -'big and small'. As with the butterfly. You never know when the most important 'flap' is. :) Lots happening in me now!</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br>Skickat från min iPhone</div><div><br>16 sep. 2016 kl. 22:19 skrev Peggy Holman via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>>:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8">Thomas,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I did a project many years ago to support a statewide conversation about the arts in Washington state. We began with an all-day statewide Open Space, followed by 16 3-hour Open Spaces in communities off many different sizes, and ended with a second statewide conversation to set priorities.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A brief description of what we did is below. Contact me if you want to know more of the details.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Peggy</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">P.S. I’m working with a group to embark on a statewide conversation on education right now! So I’m reading about what you’re doing and people’s thoughts on it with interest!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoTitle" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">Washington State Arts Commission’s Strategic Plan:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoTitle" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">A Conversation about the Arts<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<h1 class=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">The Governor’s
Call for Action</span></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">In
1997, recognizing the value of arts to citizens, tourism, business, education
and communities, Governor Gary Locke launched an initiative to strengthen arts
funding in Washington State. He
appointed a Blue Ribbon Arts Task Force to review State support of the arts and
recommend ways “to ensure that our cultural life remains strong.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">…After
a one-year review Governor Locke’s Arts Task Force called for strengthening
WSAC’s role and developing a “thoughtful plan for increased funding.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">With
strong statewide support for those recommendations, the 1999 Legislature
approved a $750,000 increase to WSAC’s budget – the first budget increase the
agency had received in a decade. The
funding increase came with the requirement that WSAC submit a strategic plan to
Governor Locke and key State leaders by June 30,2000. This plan is the result
of that charge, and the outcome of a planning process that stretched across the
state.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<h1 class=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">Planning on the
Arts: Voices of the People</span></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">From
the early states of this planning process, WSAC envisioned a <i class="">statewide
conversation about the arts</i> that would strengthen the State’s arts
resources and expand the impact and effectiveness of the arts for all residents
of the state. Through two statewide
meetings, 18 community meetings, several meetings of the Washington State Arts
Commission, an online forum and a dedicated phone line, WSAC recorded the
views, concerns, ideas and dreams from people across the State. More than 1000 people have been involved
directly in the development of this plan; their testimony, stories,
deliberation and reflection are the foundation for this strategic plan.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">In
the statewide and community meetings, the format used was Open Space
Technology, a process to enable large groups of people to explore complex
issues. Participants at each session
recorded the discussion in a summary format that could be understood readily by
someone who wasn’t there. True to the
spirit of Open Space Technology, the discussions were driven by passion for the
arts and responsibility for the issues and opportunities faced individually and
collectively.</span></p><p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">Excerpt
from “Planning On The Arts: Washington State Arts Commission’s Strategic Plan”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<h1 class=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">Reflections on the
process</span></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">When
WSAC first contacted me, their biggest concern with an open, “conversational”
meeting format was that community divisions would drown out any possibility of
a cohesive plan. East vs. west, big
organization vs. small organization, rural vs. urban; participants would focus
on their own agenda and fight over a small financial pie. In fact, just the opposite happened. People came together and focused on their
common hopes and aspirations for strengthening the arts throughout the
state. The plan became an occasion for
an unprecedented commitment to inclusion of many perspectives. As a result,
when sent out for comment, the plan was enthusiastically received; everyone
found their voice reflected. Ironically,
the fear of conflict was released so completely, that the significance of its
absence was barely noted.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<h1 class=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">Behind the scenes:
Supporting the meetings</span></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">To
support the 20+ meetings held by WSAC, a call was issued for skilled Open Space
practitioners in Washington State. More
than 20 people agreed to participate.
They were convened for a train-the-trainer session that introduced them
to WSAC, the process, engaged them in finalizing the meeting design, and
provided them the logistical information they needed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">Meetings
ranged in size from 5 to 100. Depending
on the anticipated size, some practitioners worked in pairs, others alone. They took their work seriously – every
commitment to participate was honored by these practitioners. In addition, at
the train-the-trainer, we agreed to share experiences via e-mail as the events
took place. The unanticipated result was
a rich conversation among practitioners that enabled each meeting to build on
the learnings from the ones that came before.
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 16, 2016, at 11:53 AM, Judy Gast via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" class="">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class=""></div><div class=""> To chime in here, I agree with Birgitt. The key to success is insuring that there is a commitment to follow up through an officially sanctioned and supported process and infrastructure. And as Michael has said an appropriate communications plan so that everyone who wants to come knows the details with appropriate lead time and accessibility, including how to get involved in the implementation. And the results are linked back to the meeting, and perhaps even the person or persons who initiated the topic. This is true for any open space, however these type of "public forum" sessions have more propensity to be seen as an opportunity for people to complain and grandstand their issues.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Look forward to reading more about it!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Judy</div><div class=""><br class="">On Sep 16, 2016, at 12:15 PM, Birgitt Williams via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" class="">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Thomas,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I see that you are hoping to use OST and yet not totally sure if it will be your chosen method. I believe that OST is the only method that will be sufficient for what you want to accomplish. It meets all the criteria for when OST works best. The most important factor for me though, is the Law of Two Feet so that people can choose to stay or leave if there is hard lobbying for particular issues. I trust that with the Law of Two Feet and how it is explained, all such attempts will have only the effect that there is energy for...and no more. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Long ago, Larry Peterson, Judy Gast, and myself were the three facilitators for three different OST meetings in the same big building at the same time. It is how the sponsors figured we could work well with about 600 people in meaningful ways around a very conflicted issue in the educational sector, in a short time. This allowed the reports of all three sessions to be available simultaneously and there were advantages in this for convergence of themes and the surprise that surfaced at the similarities and also dissimilarities of what came from the three separate OST meetings. Despite the conflicted issue and people picketing outside and us being briefed on the potential for violence and heave lobbying erupting in our meetings, there was no violence and the Law of Two Feet took care of the lobbying. I think you get a very different effect/outcomes if you have three concurrent OST meetings with three facilitators than you do if you have a sequence of meetings in which people who really want to get their agenda through go to all of the meetings.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The givens are very important in relation to outcomes. When I work in a political context, I negotiate ahead of time with the political body who must 1. make decisions, 2. assign budget to future action and 3. be held accountable by the public including media. There are endless stories about successful OST meetings in which people feel so good at the end of the meeting. However, the more important stories are the ones in which after some months there was significant positive change. It seems that the job is not only to open space for people to have conversations and reach agreed upon recommendations....it is more importantly to open space in a rigid system that is well entrenched, political, and has certain accountability. I am rather curious about how you have set up for this. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So...when I work in a political context, part of my negotiation is about whether action items can move forward by anyone in attendance ie: businesses, other organizations, individuals OR if the action items have to wait for a decision/vote by a particular political body like a school board. My favorite and most impactful experiences have been when the political body says right up front that any agreed on recommendations that do not need to access extra budget through the political body can go forward by anyone who has the passion and resources to do so....without waiting for some agreement on a bigger plan/budget. I admire political groups who are willing to open that much space in their communities to take action on solutions,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes for a fantastic experience!</div><div class="">Birgitt<br class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 3:37 AM Thomas Herrmann <<a href="mailto:thomas@openspaceconsulting.com" class="">thomas@openspaceconsulting.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="SV" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Dear friends in Open Space<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">I write to share about an exciting project and to ask to have feedback/ideas/experiences assisting me to refine/decide on the design I am working on.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">The project is in a neighbouring town of about 35 000 inhabitants. They are inviting everyone living there to explore ways to contribute to enhance the learning amongst children/youth complementing/supporting what is happening in the school. The top politician in the town, responsible for education/schools is my sponsor. During the spring I had a couple of meetings with the top politicians and managers for the school system. Then we widened the circles and had some meetings with other interest parties , to invite more engagement for this idea. <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">We have a plan that includes follow up, to support what is emerging, decide on next steps and make sure there is report back to what is happening and not.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">A couple of days ago we had our “final” planning meeting getting the theme etc. Still working on wording but something like “For the future of our children. How do we create conditions for enhanced learning for pupils in our community?” Of practical reasons evenings are considered the best options. Parents, pupils, teachers, business people, public workers etc etc are all busy daytime and weekends are not considered a good option. “Everyone” will be invited but it’s hard to say how many will come to each meeting. I guess between 10-200 </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Wingdings" class="">J</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Now the plan is to have three 3-hour meetings in three different parts of the small community. I have suggested a fourth meeting where all are invited for convergence/action planning. There are of course several challenges. I am not even sure I will suggest we use OST even though I’d love to. I think a 3-hour meeting is the bare minimum for the simplest form of an OST meeting. On the other hand I see possibilities for this to be looked at like an OST meeting consisting of three occasions á 3 hours + convergence in a fourth meeting for another 3 hours… That looks better, ey?<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">There are some opportunities with this:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class=""><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><span class="">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class=""> </span></span></span><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class="">More time for the divergent process before converging.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class=""><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><span class="">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class=""> </span></span></span><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class="">People can choose to join several meetings, deepening their thinking<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class=""><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><span class="">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class=""> </span></span></span><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class="">People can get access to more ideas/material from the 3 meetings.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class=""><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><span class="">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class=""> </span></span></span><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class="">There can be continued conversations online in between meetings and approaching meeting nbr 4.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class=""><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><span class="">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class=""> </span></span></span><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class="">There will be opportunities for people to create joint projects over “boundaries” in the community (meeting nbr 4 and online)<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">There are several challenges with this too. <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class=""><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><span class="">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class=""> </span></span></span><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class="">There will be different people in all of the meetings<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p style="margin-left:72.0pt" class=""><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><span class="">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class=""> </span></span></span><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class="">There needs to be a proper opening each time<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class=""><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><span class="">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class=""> </span></span></span><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class="">3 hours is very short. My plan: Opening/agenda 45 mts. Session 1 (45 mts). Session 2 (45 mts). Individual reflection/personal commitment (15 mts). Closing 30 mts.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p style="margin-left:72.0pt" class=""><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><span class="">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class=""> </span></span></span><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class="">For the actionplanning meeting (meeting nbr 4) I will probably use re-opening, after a brief opening and reading reports/reflecting. A couple of action planning sessions, 1 minute reportback/group and then closing.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class=""><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><span class="">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class=""> </span></span></span><u class=""></u><span lang="EN-GB" class="">How to bind everything together to one whole<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">So far I lean towards this plan but I would love to hear to your ideas, thoughts, experiences and/or suggestions!<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">All the best<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Thomas Herrmann<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Open Space Consulting AB<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><a href="http://www.openspaceconsulting.com/" target="_blank" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">www.openspaceconsulting.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">You reach us via phone: +46 (0)709 98 97 81 or email: </span><span class=""><a href="mailto:thomas@openspaceconsulting.com" target="_blank" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">thomas@openspaceconsulting.com</span></a></span><span class=""> <span lang="EN-GB" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Open Space Consulting is a small company with BIG ambitions to assist leaders and organizations as well as local communities to tap into their full power to achieve their dreams. 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