Hi Zelle
In June, I was involved in the Asia Commons Conference - a 3-day event which brought together about 120 people from across Asia to discuss issues and ideas related to the Commons including but not limited to copyrights, patents and access to knowledge and culture. We spent 1.5 days in OS after having spent 1.5 days in presentations/roundtables.
Conference details are available on the website: http://www.asia-commons.net
OS reports are available here: http://wikis.bellanet.org/asia-commons/index.php/Main_Page
What might make this story more interesting is that there were a number of concerns expressed by the organising committee, of which I was a part, in introducing OS. I put their concerns to the OS list (Feb 9) and received a number of reassuring responses telling us that it would work. And work it did! It went beyond my co-organisers expectations so much so that they have since become what I would consider the biggest promoters of OS in Nepal.
Happy to share more details if needed.
Best,
Allison
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From: Zelle Nelson <ze...@knowplacelikehome.com>
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Date: Saturday, December 23, 2006, 2:04:22 AM
Subject: looking for stories/summaries of OS used for conferences and with speakers
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Hello ~
I'm looking for stories - summaries - of Open Space used in
conjunction with conferences involving
speakers or presentations.
I've collected and written some of our own experiences, done a a
quick search of the archives,
and checked out several of the excellent practitioner websites and
now I'm asking the list for more...
What I've about so far is:
In Asheville, NC, a loose community that was coming together around
the 2004 election and a desire for change gathered to hear a speech
by Col. Robert Bowman. Out of a 3-hour, 70-person Open Space
following the speech the Kindness Campaign -
www.thekindnesscampaign.org was created and has been sustained to the
present.
200 highly-motivated professional financial planners joined for 4
days (2 days of presentations and training), 1 1/2 days in Open Space
for their annual conference to discuss best practices in their own
businesses. These professionals connected so deeply that in the
closing circle on the last day there was not a single dry eye as they
shared their experiences. The impact and flow of information accessed
at this conference was unprecedented in the 15 year history of this
particular conference.
For 4 days 80 drilling and technology engineers from bp (British
Petroleum) representing 15 different countries joined together to
share best practices and to focus on the future of their company and
industry. The schedule included various presentations followed by
Open Space, for the first 3 days and ended on the 4th day with 9
different teams heading up 12 different initiatives to be carried out
in the coming year.
In 2000, 300 business leaders from around the world were gathered
together by Fast Company Magazine and met for 3 days of inspiring
speeches and Open Space focused on building a community of
professionals. Countless partnerships, connections and projects were
launched and supported by this amazing conference.
Does anyone have any stories they could share?
with grace and love,
Zelle
Zelle Nelson
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