Hi Jimbo, thank you for your list of technology ideas. I wonder if you and others who are more computer savy than me also have suggestions for how to include reports in "non-verbal" form in the most efficient and inexpensive way. Increasingly, groups are doing their reports using pictures, mindmaps and so on. A well set up digital camera may work. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Even about adding video clips etc. I have had many people annoyed at the loss of richness by focusing on reports in written form.
Kindest regards, Birgitt Birgitt Williams Make Genuine Contact! Dalar Associates: organizational effectiveness consultants Striving for Success? Ready to exceed your expectations? Contact us for consulting services, training, conference and meeting facilitation, and keynote speaking. www.openspacetechnology.com <http://www.openspacetechnology.com> -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]On Behalf Of Jim Clark Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 3:49 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: The "T" in OST I have been trying to think of ways of adding to the "Technology" side of Open Space. I see the following trends as something that might be levereged to make Open Space meetings more effecient and perhaps, marketable. 1. People I deal with are becoming more computer literate. 2. The price of wireless networks is coming down while they are becoming more powerful and transportable. 3. The availability of notebook computers is rising (in the company I work for, all the Department Heads have had their desktops replaced with notebooks to help us "take the work with you"). 4. Computer assisted collaboration tools are becoming more powerful (i.e. Microsoft "Net Meeting" has an electronic white board that people can manipulate remotely from their computers). I am playing with the idea of setting up a wireless network for an Open Space event. There would be a computer available for each expected break out group (with a couple more to spare in case). Initiators could choose to either type in notes as things go along, or could take the notebook anywhere in the room to input. You could have the hub computer connected to a projector screen and list files that have been input, people could then call that up. Of course, any computer on the wireless LAN would also have read access to any file. I'm sure there are many caveats to this idea, and perhaps there are those out there that are more familiar with these things than I am (I have only talked to my techie friends to confirm that the above is indeed possible, but am not competent to do it now). It could also be that the cost of this is still prohibitive. On the other hand, if we were doing Open Space 20 years ago, we wouldn't have "post-its." So how will the convergence of technology affect the running of an Open Space (Technology) meeting? I find the question stimulating. With respect from Afar, bo * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed