"Lean Coffee" is yet-another derivative of Open Space. It's simple, fun,
and useful- like OST itself.
Here is the origin story:
www.leancoffee.org
Lean Coffee started in Seattle in 2009. Jim Benson and Jeremy Lightsmith
wanted to start a group that would discuss Lean techniques in knowledge
work – but didn’t want to start a whole new cumbersome organization with
steering committees, speakers, and such. They wanted a group that did
not rely on anything other than people showing up and wanting to learn
or create.
Apparently, (almost) everybody believes Lean Coffee is in fact a
stripped-down "light" version of OST for smaller groups:
https://www.google.com/search?q=www.leancoffee.org+open+space&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Daniel
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On 9/16/15 9:40 AM, Daniel Mezick via OSList wrote:
Bar Camp history does not support the idea that BarCamp precedes OST
development:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp#History
The first BarCamp was held in Palo Alto, California
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California>, from August
19–21, 2005
So interesting also, that the name derives (indirectly) from "foobar"...ha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp#History
The name /BarCamp/ is a playful allusion to the event's origins, with
reference to the programmer slang term, foobar
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar>: BarCamp arose as an
open-to-the-public alternative to Foo Camp
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Camp>, which is an annual
invitation-only participant-driven conference hosted by Tim O'Reilly
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_O%27Reilly>.
"Foo camp" which preceded Bar Camp also came much later than OST:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Camp
The first FOO Camp was held in August, 2003, and had approximately 200
attendees.^
Daniel
www.openspaceagility.com/about
On 9/16/15 4:53 AM, Martin Roell via OSList wrote:
Hey Arno,
Arno Baltin via OSList wrote:
I have been assisting a group of professionals at organising their
annual meetings for couple of years. These have been unconferences in
different forms - Open Space, World Cafe, ... This time they chosed Bar
Camp.
I have no experience with that. Reading through some materials, appears
it is more like a technically well supported Open Space which is a
preference of IT people and a predecessor of OS.
I would appreciate any hints on how to facilitate a Bar Camp.
It will be a 2 day meeting of (maximum) 100 participants.
Barcamp is like a badly done OpenSpace with some constraints that make
it harder to get work done.
So _basically_, if you just open space, like you normally would, but
calling the whole thing "BarCamp" (and saying the word "BarCamp" a lot,
Barcamping-People seem to like that), all will be well. (Or, in your
context, simply drop that, open space, and let people get to work.)
(Barcamps have a tendency for a "facilitator" to "help" people post
"sessions" to the marketplace. They also have a ritual where after a
person announces a "session" (it's always a "session", never an
"issue"), the "facilitator" asks the "participants" for a show of
interest ("raise your hand if you are interested in attemding this
session") so that they can then "plan" better (many hands: you get a big
room assigned). There is no circle at the beginning, and none at the
end. A lot of "teaching" takes places - extroverted people "giving"
sessions to the less extroverted one, much less walking-around, less
spontaneity. If "teaching" is the goal, they actually work decently.)
You'll probably get some slack from hardcore barcampers if you don't do
all of that; and you'll step on people's toes for not following other
barcamp-rituals, but I'd still go for it in the context you described.
Check in with your sponsor why they want "BarCamp" - what does that mean
for them, what's the important thing in that for them.
Best,
Martin
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