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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=SV link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thanks Bhavesh, I like your idea to keep it open to adjustments depending on what happens in the meetings and also inbetween. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>One small challenge is also that the reason for having three occasions is that there is an unwillingness to travel across the community. So where are we going to have the fourth?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thomas (doing some final preps for an OST training, starting on Monday morning)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Från:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Bhavesh Patel [mailto:bhavmail@gmail.com] <br><b>Skickat:</b> den 24 september 2016 18:56<br><b>Till:</b> Thomas Herrmann <thomas@openspaceconsulting.com>; World wide Open Space Technology email list <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org><br><b>Kopia:</b> GC list <genuine-contact@googlegroups.com><br><b>Ämne:</b> Re: [OSList] Time challenge - multiple short OSTs? (x-posted OS/GC-lists)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Hey Thomas,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>I like the 3 'openings' and my only suggestion would be to hold off on the shape of the fourth meeting. It is definitely about converging, but exactly how might reveal itself along the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>I love the idea that all the meetings are open and some may even come only to the fourth meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Smiles Bhav...<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 16 September 2016 at 10:36, Thomas Herrmann via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Dear friends in Open Space</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>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. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>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'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>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?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>There are some opportunities with this:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB>1.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB>More time for the divergent process before converging.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB>2.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB>People can choose to join several meetings, deepening their thinking</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB>3.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB>People can get access to more ideas/material from the 3 meetings.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB>4.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB>There can be continued conversations online in between meetings and approaching meeting nbr 4.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB>5.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB>There will be opportunities for people to create joint projects over “boundaries” in the community (meeting nbr 4 and online)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>There are several challenges with this too. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB>1.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB>There will be different people in all of the meetings</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB>a.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB>There needs to be a proper opening each time</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB>2.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB>a.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB>3.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-GB>How to bind everything together to one whole</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>So far I lean towards this plan but I would love to hear to your ideas, thoughts, experiences and/or suggestions!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>All the best</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Thomas Herrmann</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Open Space Consulting AB</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.openspaceconsulting.com/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB>www.openspaceconsulting.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>You reach us via phone: +46 (0)709 98 97 81 or email: </span><a href="mailto:thomas@openspaceconsulting.com" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB>thomas@openspaceconsulting.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>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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