I'm so pleased this worked out for you Larry…it gave me a chance to smile thinking about you in the circle among people that you would get and doing something you're very good at.
Happy advent! C On 2012-12-02, at 2:35 PM, Larry Peterson wrote: > I had the space in my life and the timing was right to open space again for a > client. I had opened the space for the lead in this organization 17 years ago > when he was in another role. This was for a General Council project of United > Church of Canada. Harrison will remember this organization. Although I did > not know but two of the 40 participants, almost all had participated in open > space events in their conferences from across the country. Some had worked > with a guy named Chris Corrigan who actually suggested me for the Toronto > event. Thanks Chris. > > Getting back on the bicycle was easier than I expected. The event, of course, > went very well. But I was most impressed with the technological > sophistication of even the United Church of Canada as it has developed over > the past few years. We did have laptops in the room and WiFi that everyone > can access. But, many people had iPads or iPhones and did their simple > reports on their devices and sent them in to our marvellous support staff > person. She was easily able to send out the first days reports to all > participants a bit less than an hour after evening news. The final report > including the strategies developed by 11 different Conferences didn't take > much longer. Most were ready to go by the end of the closing circle. It > wasn't too long ago that completing those reports even with competent IT > staff was a bit more onerous. > > Although I was pretty tired by the end and did try to take a Harrison nap > each day, it was certainly a good experience. Now I don't plan to go back > into the market. But, if another opportunity comes along that fits my space > and energy I'll do it again. > > Larry Peterson > > _______________________________________________ > 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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