Trish I did work some years back with the United Nations Development Programme and also facilitated an open space funded by NATO.
They'll hover on the day at the edges and may try to insert three hours of opening thank you speeches. Battle those away, smile and ignore the hoverers and get to work with the people who are in the room. Best Paul On Friday, 1 November 2013, Tricia Chirumbole wrote: > Hi all! > > I am writing a proposal to the UN for an evaluation of a Gender-based > violence Information Management System (IMS) that is in use in > conflict/post-conflict areas - I am writing it on behalf of the market > research and strategy firm that I do work for, Junicon. > > As I develop the methodology, it occurred to me that it could be valuable > to slip in an Open Space at the beginning of each of the country field > missions (5-7 days, 3 countries, 2-4 stakeholder organizations in each > country, but few reps from each stakeholder org involved with the IMS). > > Based on my experience, there will be concern with getting interested > parties in the room at the same, as well as concern with any engagement > that takes more than 1.5 hours...those issues aside, does anyone know of > any UN use of Open Space, or related experiences that may be appealing to a > body such as the UN > > Thank you!!! > > Tricia Chirumbole > Open Space Facilitator, Certified Scrum Master > Mojo Collaborative > www.mojocollaborative.com > > 571-232-0942 > skype: tricia.chirumbole > twitter: @themojozone >
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