Bravo Tonnie, It seems like your hard work inspires many others. Well done & Wish you well.
I look forward to read your article to be published in October. Please send me à digital copyright. Vriendelijke groet Gijs Shanghai , now visiting Singapore Send from iPad On Jun 3, 2011, at 4:58 PM, "Tonnie van der Zouwen" <i...@tonnievanderzouwen.nl> wrote: > Dear all, > > After being very quiet in this community for the last year, it is with great > pleasure to inform you that after six years I finally finished my PhD > research on effective use of Large Scale Interventions (which I see as an > approach for whole system change, including the large group intervention > methods such as Future Search, Open Space Technology, World Café, Whole Scale > Change/Real Time Strategic Change). So you may call me ‘doctor Tonnie’ now > :). The Open Space world community contributed substantially to this > research, I want to thank everyone who shared experiences and ideas with me, > on this list, in the WOS on OS in Berlin, or otherwise. > > All findings are wrapped up in a book with the title ‘Building an evidence > based practical guide to Large Scale Interventions. Towards sustainable > organisational change with the whole system’. It is published by Eburon > Academic Publishers and available as paperback and as eBook (only $ 13.79) on > amazon.com and eburon.nl. The book offers a practical guide with guidelines > for effective use of LSI to assess conditions before the process, enhance > performance during the process, and an evaluation instrument to evaluate > effectiveness after the process. The first parts of the book tell the story > of my inquiry in the practice of LSI worldwide, including Open Space > Technology practice, resulting in an overview of ‘What is LSI?’, which might > be a handy chapter for students or starting facilitators. I hope to develop > the practical guide in more popular versions for divers user groups, in open > source. Reactions are very welcome on www.largescaleinterventions.ning.com > > This book benefited enormously from the work and stimulating responses of > founders such as Harrison Owen, Juanita Brown, David Isaacs, Marvin Weisbord > and Sandra Janoff, Barbara Bunker and Billie Alban. I am grateful for their > wise words and for their inspiration. Thanks! > > As spin off from my research and book, an international training workshop on > effective use of Large Scale Interventions is scheduled 17 – 19 November > 2011 in Noordwijk, Netherlands. The workshop focuses on the principles and > conditions for success and on how to embed large group meetings in a larger > change process. It is not about specific recipes for Large Group Methods. The > workshop is meant for facilitators working with LSI who want to improve their > practice, an interactive master class. For details and registration see > www.LargeScaleInterventions.com > > During my research I used large group methods for two research conferences, > as member check. An online Open Space and a life Search Conference. > Participants recognized the conferences as an innovation in action research, > so I wrote an article about it. The title is ‘Practice what you preach. Large > group conferences as member check’. It has been published in Profile, > International Journal for Change, Learning, Dialogue (October 2011). If you > are interested, let me know and I will send you a digital copy. > Best wishes from a sunny Holland, > > Tonnie > > > > > Dr. Tonnie van der Zouwen MCM > > Beneluxlaan 66 > 5251 LE Vlijmen > The Netherlands > > Tel.: > Mobile: > E-mail: > Internet: > > > +31 73 - 51 11 600 > + 31 6 - 50 69 79 82 > i...@tonnievanderzouwen.nl > www.tonnievanderzouwen.com > www.largescaleinterventions.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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