<div dir="ltr">I LOVE this thread and thank you Patrick for tried and tested wisdom.<div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:13px"><strong><u>Barry Owen</u></strong><br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Connect: </span><strong style="font-size:13px"><a value="+16155682123" style="color:rgb(0,0,204)">615-568-2123</a></strong></div><div><b><a href="http://BarryOwen.US" target="_blank">BarryOwen.US</a></b></div><div><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:NonBreakingSpaceOverride,"Hoefler Text","Baskerville Old Face",Garamond,"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bolder;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><em><br></em></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 10:55 AM Patrick Schley via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Hi Ilan –<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">My colleagues and I facilitate an Open Space event for our software users each year at our conference. We have as many as 1,000 people participating in the event
with more than 150 discussion conveners.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">We have found much success using a product called WebMerge (now Formstack Documents, I believe), which allows you to build a form for notes that are then saved
as a standardized PDF document to a shared drive (we use Box but Dropbox or Google Drive integrations are available as well). This has worked really well – we then take the PDF’s and combine them into a master Book of Proceedings document which is distributed
to our community. The form is simple:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Convener’s name and email<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Scribe’s name and email (if applicable)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Session topic<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Session date/time/circle<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Names of participants<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Session notes<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">An added benefit is we make fields available on the form where folks can upload pictures (e.g. a photo of a flipchart page from the discussion) that are then
placed into the document automatically. We have actually strayed away from having people upload photos without first typing their notes, because we want the typed words in order to make the document more searchable. But if there is a drawing or something similar
that needs to be captured then the image fields work great.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">WebMerge is a paid product based on how many individual submissions you have, but we simply increase our plan for the month of the conference and then push it
back down to a free plan for the rest of the year.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">From a logistical standpoint, we publish a shortened URL to our attendees to encourage them to enter their notes. This URL is printed on the sheets of paper we
leave in each discussion circle for note-taking, as well as on posters in the space. We still have laptops available in the News Room for people to type their notes in to the form right after their session, but we also allow them to take notes into the form
“live” if they want, or take their written notes with them to submit later. We do a little bit of follow-up after the event and are usually able to publish proceedings within a month, with a majority of the sessions having at least some form of notes in the
book.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Happy to answer any further questions about this.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ilan Kirschenbaum via OSList<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 6, 2020 10:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:oslist@openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@openspacetech.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Ilan Kirschenbaum <<a href="mailto:ilan@practical-agile.com" target="_blank">ilan@practical-agile.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OSList] Recording Open Space notes from phone or tablet<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy to join here, happy to find new friends as well as familiar names from the agile scene :-)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am also a student on Tova Averbuch's program (joining the recent spike in posts
<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif">😊</span>)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am toying with the idea of having a simple Google form that will auto-generate an Open Space summary to a Google Doc.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The idea is to enable participants to record notes close to their session when information is fresh, using ubiquitous technology.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to probe your brains on this idea:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. Have you had experience with a similar tool? What should I be careful of when implementing such a tool?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">e.g Is there a good reason *not* to use Google Docs?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. The implementation works best with a G-suite account, which enables the use of Google Docs Templates (not available on a free gmail account).<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you see this as a problem?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My concern is that G-suite requires a special paid account - do you think this will be an obstacle?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am preparing a guide to use G-suite + Zappier for this.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">4. I am holding back on a zap to automatically prepare the OST book with table of contents, etc.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My hunch tells me that it is better to manually review the summaries before binding them, and anyway, not all participants will use this automated option. I wish to avoid making the impression that once implemented this option is a requirement.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136);background:white">Ilan Kirschenbaum - Co-Founder & Agile coach At Practical Agile LTD.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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