Hi, Lucas -
Sounds like a marvelous opportunity.
Can you give us a little more information please, such as...
- how long are these summits (how much time for Open Space)
- does any other business have to happen on that day / those days
- how many people expected
- why was Open Space selected as the tool (what are the objectives and
desired outcomes of the meeting)
- what is the documentation design / has it been designed yet
- can all the potential sites accommodate Open Space (that is, at
least twice as large in capacity as the number of people expected)
- is there capacity for follow-up
- do any decisions have to be made? actions or next steps identified?
(during that event - including sometimes groups do that virtually or
in-person post-event and sometimes the event is about idea generation,
relationship building, resource sharing and more where the dialogue
*is* the action and next steps are not part of the design
- is there funding for bringing facilitators to areas outside their
home towns
Thanks for sharing this and any other questions that come to mind for
you Lucas or my OS colleagues,
Lisa
Lisa Heft
Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
Opening Space
lisah...@openingspace.net
On Jan 9, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Lucas Cioffi wrote:
Hi Folks,
I'm looking for dozens of OS facilitators interested in bringing
Open Space to their city or state government. I'm part of the
central planning team that is coordinating 50+ local events focused
on open government (transparency, public participation, and inter-
agency collaboration).
This will be a paid gig, depending on the level of local and
national sponsorship. This event is not limited to the United
States, and since we put the call out three days ago, we already
have 19 local teams forming across three countries.
Full details are at the bottom of this email. If you're interested,
please sign up here as a facilitator, local team leader, or even a
member of the central planning team. The "we" that is organizing
this event is not a single organization, but the broader open
government community. We're building off the success of the
previous eight OpenGov Community Summits at the federal level, co-
hosted by the US Department of Transportation, NASA, USDA, GSA, EPA,
and Treasury.
Also, has anything like this (50+ open space events in one week)
ever been done? It would be great to hear your advice and learn
from previous events!
Lucas Cioffi
OnlineTownhalls Inc
Washington, DC
917-528-1831
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(Note: This is an open call for co-planners. Sign up here and shape
how this event is implemented in your city!) About the Local OpenGov
Innovation Summits
This is an exciting time as city, state, and municipal governments
are looking to solve increasingly complex problems on tight budgets.
The purpose of this national summit series is to empower local
officials with opengov principles, practices, and tools to drive
innovation at the local level. These summits will explore the
following questions: • How can public engagement improve the quality
and efficiency of government decisions? • What are effective
practices in breaking down silos and fostering inter-agency
collaboration to maximize available resources? • How can open data
be harnessed to further agency missions? • How does transparency
actually benefit government? The target is 50+ local summits across
the US and internationally during a single week in May 2011.
Summits will be affordable and organized by local teams on the
ground. Given the very large number of distributed events, we must
mobilize ourselves-- the open government community-- to make this
event a success. The planning and organizing of this public-private
collaboration will itself be a case study in opengov transparency
and participation.
Background In 2010, there were eight successful OpenGov Community
Summits in Washington, DC to support the Open Government Directive
at the federal level (co-hosted by the US Department of
Transportation, NASA, USDA, GSA, EPA, and Treasury). There were 750
participants from over 90 federal agencies and bureaus and from the
private sector. In 2011, the frontier is local. Building on the
lessons learned in organizing the federal summits, the key will be
creating a vibrant network of local organizers to share knowledge
and support each other every step of the way. This is just the first
step in what will be an open planning process; updates will be
posted on the wiki at http://www.opengovplaybook.org. If you have
any questions, please contact Lucas Cioffi at lu...@onlinetownhalls.com
or 917-528-1831. If you have any colleagues that are emerging
leaders in the fields of transparency, participation, or
collaboration, please be sure to invite them so they can join the
organizing team. Organizers can expect an average of 2-3 hours of
work per week between February and May. Monetary compensation will
depend on local and national sponsors.
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