Greetings openers of spaces: I have been lurking for a while and thought it was time to properly out myself, as I have question in mind.
My name is Chris Corrigan and I live in Vancouver, Canada where I work for the federal government in the Department of Indian Affairs. My job is to manage a public consultation process with non-Aboriginal interests who may be affected by the treaties we are negotiating with First Nations in British Columbia. I appreciate that this may seem a little obscure to some, but many of you may have seen recent reports in the NY Times, Washington Post or BBC about a treaty we recently initialled with the Nisga'a in northern B.C. That was us. Prior to this job I worked both as a consultant and a staffer with a variety of First Nations organizations across Canada engaged mostly in negotiations of self-government and the facilitation of community based initiatives. I have used a variety of facilitation tools, and have developed a few specific to the context I work in. I have facilitated or organized or participated in five Open Space meetings. I try and live in Open Space the rest of the time. If any of this is either unclear or interesting, please email me for more information. On to the question, which will probably seems elementary. Where can I get a paper or a set of ideas about Open Space follow up? We have just completed the exercise with 60 people in my office (a very nice day it was too) and now have the usual reams of information to present to our senior management. Unlike other Open Spaces I've facilitated, this one has dragged me into the follow up in a more detailed way. Thoughts? Chris
