Dear Micheal Thank you for sharing this preparation process. This is very valuable, and I realise now when I re-read it that I have probably been overthinking the preparation process like I had hosting responsibility and was responsible for the educational policy.
Will take this in, reflect on it and realign my thinking! Inga mið., 31. okt. 2018 kl. 05:50 skrifaði Michael M Pannwitz via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>: > Dear Inga, > > some colleagues have already reported on their experiences and I imagine > that there are many others that could add to that. > > My take on your inquiry is different. I think, to put it briefly, that > thinking and even working on it simply reduces the space and several > important opportunities for those actually in charge of the event at hand. > > What can be done, however, and I have seen this work many times, is to > get the people sponsoring events regardless around what challenge to > have a planning group/preparation group for the event at hand. > > This planning group is a sort of extension of the sponsor who sets up > the planning group. The way I usually describe the planning group is to > have a bit of a microcosm of the kind of folks the sponsor would like to > have or expect at the event. > > The planning group is set up and meets as such just once (sometimes but > rarely more than once) around four questions: > > --- what do we envision as happening after the open space event (this > brings up their intentions, interests, expectations, dreams, etc.) > --- what should be the overall topic, question, theme for the event > --- who all needs to be at the event to have our expectations met and > addresses our overall topic > --- what are the tasks that need to be taken on before the event and who > is in charge of them. > > Your role as facilitator is then to just facilitate the planning > session, taking responsibility for process and structure of that event > and leave all the content to those participating (the sponsor and his > helpers). > > This kind of planning event makes sure from the very beginning that > nothing context oriented will happen unless folks present take it up. > Just as in an Open Space event itself. > > The Planning session as described above take about 3,5 hours. I have > used it in my praxis about 200 times before I published the detailed > design. If you stick to the design I would not be surprised if it were > to work everytime. > > The effect is, that the event is entirely owned by those responsible for > it. > > Have a great day > Greetings from Berlin > mmp > > > > Am 30.10.2018 um 18:20 schrieb Ingibjorg Gisladottir via OSList: > > Dear OS community > > > > Can anyone lead me to examples of where OS has been used in the making > > of Educational Policy of a nation/state/community? > > > > I think it is important to invite children, teenagers, > > highschool/university students and young people who are recently out of > > school to the conversations. . ..but who else should be there? > > > > Your insights on this and experience is appreciated if you have the > > possibility to share it with me. > > > > All the best > > > > Ingibjorg (Inga) > > > > ingibjorg.gisladot...@gmail.com <mailto:ingibjorg.gisladot...@gmail.com> > > Reykjavik, Iceland > > -- > Michael M Pannwitz > Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany > ++49 - 30-772 8000 > mmpannw...@gmail.com > > > Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 469 resident Open > Space Workers in 76 countries working in a total of 145 countries worldwide > www.openspaceworldmap.org > > At my publisher you find books and task cards on open space, most in > German, some in English, some as ebooks, some multilingual > https://www.westkreuz-verlag.de/de/Kommunikation > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org >
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