Re: [OSList] Recording Open Space notes from phone or tablet

[gerardo de luzenberger via OSList]

I have been using several times a system called stormz - especially for
very large gatherings (up to 500 participants).
Each group receives an Ipad with a specific set up, everything is quite
easy to do - and the group can upload a selfie so you see the faces of the
people
that attended the session. The real benefit of this system is that it is
very reliable and you don't need an internet connection - run on a portable
server and uses its own wifi.
You need one Stormz "facilitator" in the venue, and what it is called a
Storm Box. Of course, this makes this way of making the proceedings more
expensive than other online tools.
Greetings from Milano
All the best
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Il giorno lun 6 gen 2020 alle ore 23:55 Patrick Schley via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> ha scritto:

> Hi Ilan –
>
>
>
> My colleagues and I facilitate an Open Space event for our software users
> each year at our conference. We have as many as 1,000 people participating
> in the event with more than 150 discussion conveners.
>
>
>
> We have found much success using a product called WebMerge (now Formstack
> Documents, I believe), which allows you to build a form for notes that are
> then saved as a standardized PDF document to a shared drive (we use Box but
> Dropbox or Google Drive integrations are available as well). This has
> worked really well – we then take the PDF’s and combine them into a master
> Book of Proceedings document which is distributed to our community. The
> form is simple:
>
> · Convener’s name and email
>
> · Scribe’s name and email (if applicable)
>
> · Session topic
>
> · Session date/time/circle
>
> · Names of participants
>
> · Session notes
>
>
>
> An added benefit is we make fields available on the form where folks can
> upload pictures (e.g. a photo of a flipchart page from the discussion) that
> are then placed into the document automatically. We have actually strayed
> away from having people upload photos without first typing their notes,
> because we want the typed words in order to make the document more
> searchable. But if there is a drawing or something similar that needs to be
> captured then the image fields work great.
>
>
>
> WebMerge is a paid product based on how many individual submissions you
> have, but we simply increase our plan for the month of the conference and
> then push it back down to a free plan for the rest of the year.
>
>
>
> From a logistical standpoint, we publish a shortened URL to our attendees
> to encourage them to enter their notes. This URL is printed on the sheets
> of paper we leave in each discussion circle for note-taking, as well as on
> posters in the space. We still have laptops available in the News Room for
> people to type their notes in to the form right after their session, but we
> also allow them to take notes into the form “live” if they want, or take
> their written notes with them to submit later. We do a little bit of
> follow-up after the event and are usually able to publish proceedings
> within a month, with a majority of the sessions having at least some form
> of notes in the book.
>
>
>
> Happy to answer any further questions about this.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> -p.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> *Cc:* Ilan Kirschenbaum 
> *Subject:* [OSList] Recording Open Space notes from phone or tablet
>
>
>
> Hi OSLISTers,
>
>
>
> Happy to join here, happy to find new friends as well as familiar names
> from the agile scene :-)
>
> I am also a student on Tova Averbuch's program (joining the recent spike
> in posts )
>
>
>
> I am toying with the idea of having a simple Google form that will
> auto-generate an Open Space summary to a Google Doc.
>
> The idea is to enable participants to record notes close to their session
> when 

Re: [OSList] Thoughts for Tomorrow...

[Tony Budak via OSList]

Here is an opportunity to use OST for learning together about the 
Commons Transition to describe a series of ongoing actions that reflect 
the needs and creative input of civil society. What are the components 
of such a transition, and how do they turn into concrete actions?


You are invited to attend or host a Time for a Commons Transition study 
group, message me or Click for details; 
https://primer.commonstransition.org/#home


Thanks again for creating our tomorrows,
Tony Budak, Lead Convener at TimeBank Mahoning Watershed

On 1/6/2020 6:42 PM, Michael M Pannwitz via OSList wrote:

Dear ho,

the cybergremlins did not interfere.
I received your message twice via OSLIST.
Stuff still seems to work.

Have a great day
mmp


Am 06.01.2020 um 23:21 schrieb Harrison Owen via OSList:
I tried this as a response… the cybergremlins intervened, so here 
goes another!


ho

Sagit … I confess that my response to your note was equally, or 
perhaps mostly… a response to the present moment. This is not the 
first time that Planet Earth in general and/or your particular part 
of the world has hovered on the edge of serious chaos. Each of us may 
hold whatever opinion(s) we wish, and I certainly have mine – but 
several facts are indisputable: Nobody really understands what’s 
going on, even less do we understand where it might be headed, and 
most of all -- nobody has the exit plan. Under these circumstances, 
and while we hold our breath, a little conversation with our fellows 
might be in order. But how?


There are some 8 billion of us on the planet, divided at least 8 
billion ways … not all of them happy. Having a useful conversation 
under the circumstances seems rather impossible. Doubtless there have 
been processes, procedures and structures developed for human beings 
to pursue their issues by less than violent means. But all of them 
seem rather inadequate right now. We do not have sufficient 
facilitators, interveners, therapists, parliamentarians, process 
re-engineers, conflict resolvers, etc… for the job, and even if we 
did have the number, the necessary time for positioning and 
preparation doesn’t exist.


Are we out of options? Maybe --- or then again there may be an option 
we’ve had all along and never quite took seriously.


Some people call it Open Space, which could make it sound like a 
novel procedure or process to be applied immediately and globally. In 
my experience those words sound nice, maybe even comforting, but do 
not describe reality. Open Space is nothing new, strange or different 
– it is precisely what we have been doing for the past million years, 
or however long it is that /Homo sapiens/ has been doing whatever it 
does.  From the very beginning we sat in a circle, posted our wishes 
and dreams (sometime on the wall of a cave), opened a market place to 
trade and share our ideas…  and then we went to work. Sometimes these 
circles formed on a more or less regular basis (weekly market sort of 
thing) but the really critical and important ones happened when they 
happened … but always when there was an issue that grabbed peoples’ 
attention, that was so complex that nobody could figure it, involved 
so many different sorts of folks that nobody could count their kind, 
stirred great passion and usually conflict, and had to be dealt with 
NOW.


Over time there was a move to institutionalize this primal circle and 
give it a name like Senate or Parliament. And it didn’t take long for 
some to think they were in charge. Often this worked rather well and 
it seemed like the established order was maintained. Every so often, 
however, A BIG one would come along and suddenly we were back to 
basics. Even in the 21^st century that can happen.


So how do you have a meaningful conversation with 8 billion people? 
We have the means, and it comes with our genes. I suppose the issue 
of the moment is to get out of the way, and let it happen. Doing that 
may well open the door to a whole new understanding of who and what 
we are, where we are going and how to get there. We even have an 
electronic assist that our precursors could never have dreamed of. To 
all of this I can add my own personal experience – that never in 30+ 
years, often in extreme conflict situations have I seen any sort of 
physical violence and ALWAYS witnessed the previous combatants in 
respectful relations with each other… sometimes surprisingly so. They 
shed common tears, danced together, laughed and even hugged each 
other. They did it all by themselves with no prompting and no 
assists. Wonderful!


But what about now? How to get the ball rolling, so to speak? 
Truthfully, I really don’t know. I can also imagine that it will 
happen, if only because it has happened before. If anybody out there 
is searching for a mission, something useful to do with their life 
and talent … opening this door might well be a good place to start. 
Or there are other possibilities I would really rather not think about.


Harrison

Re: [OSList] the largest Open Space (Participants)?

[Jeff Aitken via OSList]

Christine had shared these details:
http://www.openspaceworld.org/wp/2006/02/07/girl-scouts-usa-opening-strategic-conversations/

Jeff

On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 8:34 PM Michael Herman via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> The Boeing two-site event couldn't have been that big that early, though
> two sites was a good trick in the days before the internet was everywhere.
> I think the 3000 might have been Christine Whitney-Sanchez and the Girl
> Scouts.
>
> --
>
> Michael Herman
> Michael Herman Associates
> 312-280-7838 (mobile)
>
> MichaelHerman.com
> OpenSpaceWorld.org
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 5:27 PM Jake Yeager via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Hey Lise,
>>
>> I'm pretty sure that Paul Gleiberman facilitated an Open Space at Boeing
>> for 3,000 people. It was regarding streamlining the company's supply chain
>> for its aircraft doors. The event was across two different plants and was
>> held in the mid-1990s I believe.
>>
>> Much love,
>> Jake
>> 
>>
>> When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
>> you will be free of problems.
>>  - Robert Adams 
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 11:40 AM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList <
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Lise in Copenhagen,
>>>
>>> what do you mean with "the number isn't a big deal"?
>>>
>>> Remembering that OST gatherings work from 0 human participants (there is
>>> one reported, where a dear colleague of mine in a remote German village
>>> in the Black Forest gathered a bunch of dolls, had them take on
>>> different roles, facilitated the event as a sponsor and had a wonderful
>>> time), and up the ladder to 2, 3, 5, 9, 12 ... up to 3000.
>>>
>>> I myself was part of one with 2108 as co-facilitator with HO on May 3,
>>> 2003 in Würzburg, Germany. Thats at least the largest in Europe, I
>>> think. Here more details in the Open Space Worldscape
>>> >
>>> https://openspaceworldscape.org/events/165-jetzt-meine-leidenschaft-meine-verantwortung-ueber-die-tagung-hinaus-now-my-passion-my-responsibility-beyond-the-conference
>>>
>>> If you scroll down to the end of that entry, you come to a very detailed
>>> fotoshow with 97 pictures that Erich Kolenaty put together
>>> > https://www.transformation.at/documents/OS_Wuerzburg_minimized.pdf
>>>
>>> Erich, you can see here in the World Map
>>> > https://www.openspaceworldmap.org/worker/erich-kolenaty
>>> His website talks a lot about Large Group Interventions (even though I
>>> would not call OST a Large Group Intervention since it works beautifully
>>> for any size of group)... here is his great website and believe it or
>>> not its is there in German and English
>>> > https://www.transformation.at/
>>>
>>> Since you asked for the biggest of all I think Peggy Holman facilitated
>>> one with 2100 youngsters in Colombia... here you can see her in the
>>> World Map
>>> > https://www.openspaceworldmap.org/worker/peggy-holman
>>>
>>> and her website has a grand section on open space
>>> > https://peggyholman.com/openspace/
>>>
>>> and a very detailed and wonderful account on the largest she ever did,
>>> see here
>>> >
>>> https://peggyholman.com/papers/articles/good-work-for-2100-colombian-street-kids/
>>>
>>> and one string of os events throughout the State of Washington with 20
>>> os events, probably altogether more than 2000 folks
>>> > https://peggyholman.com/a-conversation-about-the-arts/
>>>
>>> But I do dimly remember that there was on os event with 3000 people but
>>> maybe thats just a story.
>>>
>>> I wonder why we never had  a WOSonOS with 3000 people. Imagine we were
>>> to invite everyone attached to os, participants, facilitators, sponsors
>>> and met for three days.
>>>
>>> How about Denmark?
>>>
>>> Greetings from Berlin where I am off to our regular Stammtisch where we
>>> have between 1 and about 20 participants... including great greek food
>>> and beverages... its been going on for 12 years in the same greek pub
>>> that in itself is a veritable open space organisation. But thats another
>>> story
>>>
>>> Cheers and greetings to Copenhagen
>>> mmp
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 06.01.2020 um 16:42 schrieb Lise Damkjær via OSList:
>>> > Hi Open Spacer's
>>> >
>>> > Do anyone know of an Open Space with more than 2400 participants?
>>> > the "2400" is a number I remember from a presentation some years ago -
>>> > any higher? or anyone who knows where or who did the 2400-open space?
>>> > I know that the number isn't the big deal - just want to be updated;-)
>>> >
>>> > Lise, Copenhagen
>>> >
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Re: [OSList] the largest Open Space (Participants)?

[Michael Herman via OSList]

The Boeing two-site event couldn't have been that big that early, though
two sites was a good trick in the days before the internet was everywhere.
I think the 3000 might have been Christine Whitney-Sanchez and the Girl
Scouts.

--

Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
312-280-7838 (mobile)

MichaelHerman.com
OpenSpaceWorld.org




On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 5:27 PM Jake Yeager via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hey Lise,
>
> I'm pretty sure that Paul Gleiberman facilitated an Open Space at Boeing
> for 3,000 people. It was regarding streamlining the company's supply chain
> for its aircraft doors. The event was across two different plants and was
> held in the mid-1990s I believe.
>
> Much love,
> Jake
> 
>
> When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
> you will be free of problems.
>  - Robert Adams 
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 11:40 AM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear Lise in Copenhagen,
>>
>> what do you mean with "the number isn't a big deal"?
>>
>> Remembering that OST gatherings work from 0 human participants (there is
>> one reported, where a dear colleague of mine in a remote German village
>> in the Black Forest gathered a bunch of dolls, had them take on
>> different roles, facilitated the event as a sponsor and had a wonderful
>> time), and up the ladder to 2, 3, 5, 9, 12 ... up to 3000.
>>
>> I myself was part of one with 2108 as co-facilitator with HO on May 3,
>> 2003 in Würzburg, Germany. Thats at least the largest in Europe, I
>> think. Here more details in the Open Space Worldscape
>> >
>> https://openspaceworldscape.org/events/165-jetzt-meine-leidenschaft-meine-verantwortung-ueber-die-tagung-hinaus-now-my-passion-my-responsibility-beyond-the-conference
>>
>> If you scroll down to the end of that entry, you come to a very detailed
>> fotoshow with 97 pictures that Erich Kolenaty put together
>> > https://www.transformation.at/documents/OS_Wuerzburg_minimized.pdf
>>
>> Erich, you can see here in the World Map
>> > https://www.openspaceworldmap.org/worker/erich-kolenaty
>> His website talks a lot about Large Group Interventions (even though I
>> would not call OST a Large Group Intervention since it works beautifully
>> for any size of group)... here is his great website and believe it or
>> not its is there in German and English
>> > https://www.transformation.at/
>>
>> Since you asked for the biggest of all I think Peggy Holman facilitated
>> one with 2100 youngsters in Colombia... here you can see her in the
>> World Map
>> > https://www.openspaceworldmap.org/worker/peggy-holman
>>
>> and her website has a grand section on open space
>> > https://peggyholman.com/openspace/
>>
>> and a very detailed and wonderful account on the largest she ever did,
>> see here
>> >
>> https://peggyholman.com/papers/articles/good-work-for-2100-colombian-street-kids/
>>
>> and one string of os events throughout the State of Washington with 20
>> os events, probably altogether more than 2000 folks
>> > https://peggyholman.com/a-conversation-about-the-arts/
>>
>> But I do dimly remember that there was on os event with 3000 people but
>> maybe thats just a story.
>>
>> I wonder why we never had  a WOSonOS with 3000 people. Imagine we were
>> to invite everyone attached to os, participants, facilitators, sponsors
>> and met for three days.
>>
>> How about Denmark?
>>
>> Greetings from Berlin where I am off to our regular Stammtisch where we
>> have between 1 and about 20 participants... including great greek food
>> and beverages... its been going on for 12 years in the same greek pub
>> that in itself is a veritable open space organisation. But thats another
>> story
>>
>> Cheers and greetings to Copenhagen
>> mmp
>>
>>
>> Am 06.01.2020 um 16:42 schrieb Lise Damkjær via OSList:
>> > Hi Open Spacer's
>> >
>> > Do anyone know of an Open Space with more than 2400 participants?
>> > the "2400" is a number I remember from a presentation some years ago -
>> > any higher? or anyone who knows where or who did the 2400-open space?
>> > I know that the number isn't the big deal - just want to be updated;-)
>> >
>> > Lise, Copenhagen
>> >
>> > ___
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>>
>> --
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>> Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
>> ++49 - 30-772 8000
>> mmpannw...@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 489 resident Open
>> Space Workers in 76 countries working in a total of 142 countries
>> worldwide
>> 

Re: [OSList] the largest Open Space (Participants)?

[Jake Yeager via OSList]

Hey Lise,

I'm pretty sure that Paul Gleiberman facilitated an Open Space at Boeing
for 3,000 people. It was regarding streamlining the company's supply chain
for its aircraft doors. The event was across two different plants and was
held in the mid-1990s I believe.

Much love,
Jake


When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
you will be free of problems.
 - Robert Adams 


On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 11:40 AM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Dear Lise in Copenhagen,
>
> what do you mean with "the number isn't a big deal"?
>
> Remembering that OST gatherings work from 0 human participants (there is
> one reported, where a dear colleague of mine in a remote German village
> in the Black Forest gathered a bunch of dolls, had them take on
> different roles, facilitated the event as a sponsor and had a wonderful
> time), and up the ladder to 2, 3, 5, 9, 12 ... up to 3000.
>
> I myself was part of one with 2108 as co-facilitator with HO on May 3,
> 2003 in Würzburg, Germany. Thats at least the largest in Europe, I
> think. Here more details in the Open Space Worldscape
> >
> https://openspaceworldscape.org/events/165-jetzt-meine-leidenschaft-meine-verantwortung-ueber-die-tagung-hinaus-now-my-passion-my-responsibility-beyond-the-conference
>
> If you scroll down to the end of that entry, you come to a very detailed
> fotoshow with 97 pictures that Erich Kolenaty put together
> > https://www.transformation.at/documents/OS_Wuerzburg_minimized.pdf
>
> Erich, you can see here in the World Map
> > https://www.openspaceworldmap.org/worker/erich-kolenaty
> His website talks a lot about Large Group Interventions (even though I
> would not call OST a Large Group Intervention since it works beautifully
> for any size of group)... here is his great website and believe it or
> not its is there in German and English
> > https://www.transformation.at/
>
> Since you asked for the biggest of all I think Peggy Holman facilitated
> one with 2100 youngsters in Colombia... here you can see her in the
> World Map
> > https://www.openspaceworldmap.org/worker/peggy-holman
>
> and her website has a grand section on open space
> > https://peggyholman.com/openspace/
>
> and a very detailed and wonderful account on the largest she ever did,
> see here
> >
> https://peggyholman.com/papers/articles/good-work-for-2100-colombian-street-kids/
>
> and one string of os events throughout the State of Washington with 20
> os events, probably altogether more than 2000 folks
> > https://peggyholman.com/a-conversation-about-the-arts/
>
> But I do dimly remember that there was on os event with 3000 people but
> maybe thats just a story.
>
> I wonder why we never had  a WOSonOS with 3000 people. Imagine we were
> to invite everyone attached to os, participants, facilitators, sponsors
> and met for three days.
>
> How about Denmark?
>
> Greetings from Berlin where I am off to our regular Stammtisch where we
> have between 1 and about 20 participants... including great greek food
> and beverages... its been going on for 12 years in the same greek pub
> that in itself is a veritable open space organisation. But thats another
> story
>
> Cheers and greetings to Copenhagen
> mmp
>
>
> Am 06.01.2020 um 16:42 schrieb Lise Damkjær via OSList:
> > Hi Open Spacer's
> >
> > Do anyone know of an Open Space with more than 2400 participants?
> > the "2400" is a number I remember from a presentation some years ago -
> > any higher? or anyone who knows where or who did the 2400-open space?
> > I know that the number isn't the big deal - just want to be updated;-)
> >
> > Lise, Copenhagen
> >
> > ___
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>
>
> Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 489 resident Open
> Space Workers in 76 countries working in a total of 142 countries worldwide
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>
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[OSList] Open Space Hangout! Tuesday, January 7th at 12 PM EST :)

[Tricia Chirumbole via OSList]

Hello all!!

Will you join us for the second Open Space Hangout of this shiny new
decade?!

Join us with whatever inspiration you are holding!!

We will gather on a device near YOU, *Tuesday* *- January 7th **@12 PM
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what's up or just listen or say hi! We will gather for 1+ hours - Law of
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Re: [OSList] Thoughts for Tomorrow...

[Michael M Pannwitz via OSList]

Dear ho,

the cybergremlins did not interfere.
I received your message twice via OSLIST.
Stuff still seems to work.

Have a great day
mmp


Am 06.01.2020 um 23:21 schrieb Harrison Owen via OSList:
I tried this as a response… the cybergremlins intervened, so here goes 
another!


ho

Sagit … I confess that my response to your note was equally, or perhaps 
mostly… a response to the present moment. This is not the first time 
that Planet Earth in general and/or your particular part of the world 
has hovered on the edge of serious chaos. Each of us may hold whatever 
opinion(s) we wish, and I certainly have mine – but several facts are 
indisputable: Nobody really understands what’s going on, even less do we 
understand where it might be headed, and most of all -- nobody has the 
exit plan. Under these circumstances, and while we hold our breath, a 
little conversation with our fellows might be in order. But how?


There are some 8 billion of us on the planet, divided at least 8 billion 
ways … not all of them happy. Having a useful conversation under the 
circumstances seems rather impossible. Doubtless there have been 
processes, procedures and structures developed for human beings to 
pursue their issues by less than violent means. But all of them seem 
rather inadequate right now. We do not have sufficient facilitators, 
interveners, therapists, parliamentarians, process re-engineers, 
conflict resolvers, etc… for the job, and even if we did have the 
number, the necessary time for positioning and preparation doesn’t exist.


Are we out of options? Maybe --- or then again there may be an option 
we’ve had all along and never quite took seriously.


Some people call it Open Space, which could make it sound like a novel 
procedure or process to be applied immediately and globally. In my 
experience those words sound nice, maybe even comforting, but do not 
describe reality. Open Space is nothing new, strange or different – it 
is precisely what we have been doing for the past million years, or 
however long it is that /Homo sapiens/ has been doing whatever it does. 
 From the very beginning we sat in a circle, posted our wishes and 
dreams (sometime on the wall of a cave), opened a market place to trade 
and share our ideas…  and then we went to work. Sometimes these circles 
formed on a more or less regular basis (weekly market sort of thing) but 
the really critical and important ones happened when they happened … but 
always when there was an issue that grabbed peoples’ attention, that was 
so complex that nobody could figure it, involved so many different sorts 
of folks that nobody could count their kind, stirred great passion and 
usually conflict, and had to be dealt with NOW.


Over time there was a move to institutionalize this primal circle and 
give it a name like Senate or Parliament. And it didn’t take long for 
some to think they were in charge. Often this worked rather well and it 
seemed like the established order was maintained. Every so often, 
however, A BIG one would come along and suddenly we were back to basics. 
Even in the 21^st century that can happen.


So how do you have a meaningful conversation with 8 billion people? We 
have the means, and it comes with our genes. I suppose the issue of the 
moment is to get out of the way, and let it happen. Doing that may well 
open the door to a whole new understanding of who and what we are, where 
we are going and how to get there. We even have an electronic assist 
that our precursors could never have dreamed of. To all of this I can 
add my own personal experience – that never in 30+ years, often in 
extreme conflict situations have I seen any sort of physical violence 
and ALWAYS witnessed the previous combatants in respectful relations 
with each other… sometimes surprisingly so. They shed common tears, 
danced together, laughed and even hugged each other. They did it all by 
themselves with no prompting and no assists. Wonderful!


But what about now? How to get the ball rolling, so to speak? 
Truthfully, I really don’t know. I can also imagine that it will happen, 
if only because it has happened before. If anybody out there is 
searching for a mission, something useful to do with their life and 
talent … opening this door might well be a good place to start. Or there 
are other possibilities I would really rather not think about.


Harrison


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[OSList] Thoughts for Tomorrow...

[Harrison Owen via OSList]

I tried this as a response. the cybergremlins intervened, so here goes
another!

 

ho

 

Sagit . I confess that my response to your note was equally, or perhaps
mostly. a response to the present moment. This is not the first time that
Planet Earth in general and/or your particular part of the world has hovered
on the edge of serious chaos. Each of us may hold whatever opinion(s) we
wish, and I certainly have mine - but several facts are indisputable: Nobody
really understands what's going on, even less do we understand where it
might be headed, and most of all -- nobody has the exit plan. Under these
circumstances, and while we hold our breath, a little conversation with our
fellows might be in order. But how?

 

There are some 8 billion of us on the planet, divided at least 8 billion
ways . not all of them happy. Having a useful conversation under the
circumstances seems rather impossible. Doubtless there have been processes,
procedures and structures developed for human beings to pursue their issues
by less than violent means. But all of them seem rather inadequate right
now. We do not have sufficient facilitators, interveners, therapists,
parliamentarians, process re-engineers, conflict resolvers, etc. for the
job, and even if we did have the number, the necessary time for positioning
and preparation doesn't exist.  

 

Are we out of options? Maybe --- or then again there may be an option we've
had all along and never quite took seriously.

 

Some people call it Open Space, which could make it sound like a novel
procedure or process to be applied immediately and globally. In my
experience those words sound nice, maybe even comforting, but do not
describe reality. Open Space is nothing new, strange or different - it is
precisely what we have been doing for the past million years, or however
long it is that Homo sapiens has been doing whatever it does. From the very
beginning we sat in a circle, posted our wishes and dreams (sometime on the
wall of a cave), opened a market place to trade and share our ideas.  and
then we went to work. Sometimes these circles formed on a more or less
regular basis (weekly market sort of thing) but the really critical and
important ones happened when they happened . but always when there was an
issue that grabbed peoples' attention, that was so complex that nobody could
figure it, involved so many different sorts of folks that nobody could count
their kind, stirred great passion and usually conflict, and had to be dealt
with NOW. 

 

Over time there was a move to institutionalize this primal circle and give
it a name like Senate or Parliament. And it didn't take long for some to
think they were in charge. Often this worked rather well and it seemed like
the established order was maintained. Every so often, however, A BIG one
would come along and suddenly we were back to basics. Even in the 21st
century that can happen. 

 

So how do you have a meaningful conversation with 8 billion people? We have
the means, and it comes with our genes. I suppose the issue of the moment is
to get out of the way, and let it happen. Doing that may well open the door
to a whole new understanding of who and what we are, where we are going and
how to get there. We even have an electronic assist that our precursors
could never have dreamed of. To all of this I can add my own personal
experience - that never in 30+ years, often in extreme conflict situations
have I seen any sort of physical violence and ALWAYS witnessed the previous
combatants in respectful relations with each other. sometimes surprisingly
so. They shed common tears, danced together, laughed and even hugged each
other. They did it all by themselves with no prompting and no assists.
Wonderful!

 

But what about now? How to get the ball rolling, so to speak? Truthfully, I
really don't know. I can also imagine that it will happen, if only because
it has happened before. If anybody out there is searching for a mission,
something useful to do with their life and talent . opening this door might
well be a good place to start. Or there are other possibilities I would
really rather not think about.

 

Harrison

 

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Re: [OSList] My Journey with Open Space and Genuine Contact // Podcast GC 2020

[Anna Caroline Türk via OSList]

Dear Birgitt, Michael, Harrison!

Oh yes

I am so grateful for the crazy privilege of my life of learning from and
with so dedicated practitioners, teachers, human beings.
And all just because I small coincidences - like changing school for the
5th time

Now, in reverse I know it had to be that way - so I could be here today!
Because at that school Michael facilitated an Open Space for class
representatives - only that year - and for some reasons I was there?

AMAZING!

I love life!

much Love
Anna Caroline






*  Anna Caroline Türk*
  Mentor to Visionary Leaders
 +49(0)176 24872254 | TruthCircles.com






Am Mo., 6. Jan. 2020 um 17:30 Uhr schrieb Birgitt Williams via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>:

> Dear Anna Caroline,
> I so enjoyed the podcast that you and Doris did...and I look forward to
> listening in throughout this year. I appreciate that your focus in what you
> will share throughout this year includes how we are supported as leaders,
> consultants, parents, lovers, friends. The principles of OST and the
> beliefs that underpin the Genuine Contact way of working become a way of
> living. They are much more than about a meeting or about a system for
> organizational transformation. It is my feeling that we all share a soul
> group and have committed to this way of living and working as part of a
> significant group anchoring an energy for humanity of remembering that we
> each are sovereign beings, configured to take leadership of our own lives,
> and offer life nurturing ways of going forward.
>
> Signing up to the newsletter of the Genuine Contact community of practice
> can be done by going to https://genuinecontact.net/ and scrolling to the
> bottom of that page.
>
> I liked that there was mention of Michael Pannwitz Sr. as your initial
> mentor in this work, then on to myself as a mentor, and interwoven with
> learning from Harrison that we all have benefited from). Michael and I
> could mentor in OST thanks to the mentoring we each received from Harrison,
> in my case from about 28 years ago onward.
>
> in genuine contact,
> Birgitt
>
>
> *Birgitt Williams*
> *Supporting You in Developing Your Leadership*
> Author,The Genuine Contact Way: Nourishing a Culture of Leadership
> 
> Senior Consultant, President Dalar International Consultancy, Inc
> 
> Founder Genuine Contact Program
> . Co-owner Genuine
> Contact Co-owners Group, I nc
>
> *Learn with us for your skill and capacity development for leading and
> working in the new leadership paradigm "Leading So People Will Lead"*
>
> *Mentoring Circles & Mastermind Groups* | December 13, 2019 | Online
> *Achieving Organizational Health & Balance* | February 21 & 28, 2020 |
> Online
> *Strategic Planning the Genuine Contact Way* | March 20, 27 & April 3,
> 2020 | Online
> *Holistic Leadership Development *| April 15-20, 2020 | Waterloo, Canada
> *Whole Person Process Facilitation* | April 24, May 1 & 8, 2020 | Online
> *Genuine Contact Organization/Summer Academy 2020 *| July 3-10, 2020 |
> Waterloo, Canada
>
> >> Learn More & Register
>  for any of these
> workshops here.
>
>
> PO Box 19373, Raleigh, NC, USA 27613
> Phone: 01-919-522-7750
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 8:08 AM Anna Caroline Türk via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear Open Space friends!
>>
>> I am proud :) I am hosting the Genuine Contact way of working Podcast in
>> 2020 - together with my colleague Doris Gottlieb.
>>
>> In this first episode I share my story of how I met Open Space Technology
>> and later Genuine Contact. You can hear the episode here:
>> https://genuinecontact.net/podcast/
>>
>> In the following month we are interviewing members of our network and ask
>> them how the Open Space principles and Genuine Contact beliefs and tools
>> have supported them in their life and work as leaders, consultants,
>> parents, lovers, friends... If you are curious, just sign up for the GC
>> newsletter and receive news about new podcasts.
>>
>> I hope you enjoy it.
>>
>> much Love
>> Anna Caroline
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *  Anna Caroline Türk*
>>   Mentor to Visionary Leaders
>>  +49(0)176 24872254 | TruthCircles.com
>> 
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [OSList] Recording Open Space notes from phone or tablet

[Barry Owen via OSList]

I LOVE this thread and thank you Patrick for tried and tested wisdom.


*Barry Owen*

Connect: *615-568-2123*
*BarryOwen.US *




On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 10:55 AM Patrick Schley via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi Ilan –
>
>
>
> My colleagues and I facilitate an Open Space event for our software users
> each year at our conference. We have as many as 1,000 people participating
> in the event with more than 150 discussion conveners.
>
>
>
> We have found much success using a product called WebMerge (now Formstack
> Documents, I believe), which allows you to build a form for notes that are
> then saved as a standardized PDF document to a shared drive (we use Box but
> Dropbox or Google Drive integrations are available as well). This has
> worked really well – we then take the PDF’s and combine them into a master
> Book of Proceedings document which is distributed to our community. The
> form is simple:
>
> · Convener’s name and email
>
> · Scribe’s name and email (if applicable)
>
> · Session topic
>
> · Session date/time/circle
>
> · Names of participants
>
> · Session notes
>
>
>
> An added benefit is we make fields available on the form where folks can
> upload pictures (e.g. a photo of a flipchart page from the discussion) that
> are then placed into the document automatically. We have actually strayed
> away from having people upload photos without first typing their notes,
> because we want the typed words in order to make the document more
> searchable. But if there is a drawing or something similar that needs to be
> captured then the image fields work great.
>
>
>
> WebMerge is a paid product based on how many individual submissions you
> have, but we simply increase our plan for the month of the conference and
> then push it back down to a free plan for the rest of the year.
>
>
>
> From a logistical standpoint, we publish a shortened URL to our attendees
> to encourage them to enter their notes. This URL is printed on the sheets
> of paper we leave in each discussion circle for note-taking, as well as on
> posters in the space. We still have laptops available in the News Room for
> people to type their notes in to the form right after their session, but we
> also allow them to take notes into the form “live” if they want, or take
> their written notes with them to submit later. We do a little bit of
> follow-up after the event and are usually able to publish proceedings
> within a month, with a majority of the sessions having at least some form
> of notes in the book.
>
>
>
> Happy to answer any further questions about this.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> -p.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [image: cid:image001.png@01D5542D.FA9025B0]
>
>
>
> *Patrick Schley*
>
> Support Escalation Specialist
>
> *Tessitura Network* 
>
> +1 888 643 5778 x 486 office
>
> +1 888 643 5778 x 201 customer care
>
> psch...@tessituranetwork.com
>
> pronouns: he/him
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* OSList  *On Behalf Of *Ilan
> Kirschenbaum via OSList
> *Sent:* Monday, January 6, 2020 10:21 AM
> *To:* osl...@openspacetech.org
> *Cc:* Ilan Kirschenbaum 
> *Subject:* [OSList] Recording Open Space notes from phone or tablet
>
>
>
> Hi OSLISTers,
>
>
>
> Happy to join here, happy to find new friends as well as familiar names
> from the agile scene :-)
>
> I am also a student on Tova Averbuch's program (joining the recent spike
> in posts )
>
>
>
> I am toying with the idea of having a simple Google form that will
> auto-generate an Open Space summary to a Google Doc.
>
> The idea is to enable participants to record notes close to their session
> when information is fresh, using ubiquitous technology.
>
>
>
> I would like to probe your brains on this idea:
>
> 1. Have you had experience with a similar tool? What should I be careful
> of when implementing such a tool?
>
> e.g Is there a good reason *not* to use Google Docs?
>
>
>
> 2. The implementation works best with a G-suite account, which enables the
> use of Google Docs Templates (not available on a free gmail account).
>
> Do you see this as a problem?
>
> My concern is that G-suite requires a special paid account - do you think
> this will be an obstacle?
>
>
>
> 3. In my silly question category:
>
> I am preparing a guide to use G-suite + Zappier for this.
>
> From you experience, will a typical OST organizer have access to people
> with skills to follow a procedure with some techy requirements?
>
>
>
> 4. I am holding back on a zap to automatically prepare the OST book with
> table of contents, etc.
>
> My hunch tells me that it is better to manually review the summaries
> before binding them, and anyway, not all participants will use this
> automated option. I wish to avoid making the impression that once
> implemented this option is a requirement.
>
> Any thoughts on this?
>
>
>
> 5. Finally, what other aspects should I think of to make such a tool more
> useful for OST-ers?
>
>
>

Re: [OSList] Recording Open Space notes from phone or tablet

[Patrick Schley via OSList]

Hi Ilan –

My colleagues and I facilitate an Open Space event for our software users each 
year at our conference. We have as many as 1,000 people participating in the 
event with more than 150 discussion conveners.

We have found much success using a product called WebMerge (now Formstack 
Documents, I believe), which allows you to build a form for notes that are then 
saved as a standardized PDF document to a shared drive (we use Box but Dropbox 
or Google Drive integrations are available as well). This has worked really 
well – we then take the PDF’s and combine them into a master Book of 
Proceedings document which is distributed to our community. The form is simple:

· Convener’s name and email

· Scribe’s name and email (if applicable)

· Session topic

· Session date/time/circle

· Names of participants

· Session notes

An added benefit is we make fields available on the form where folks can upload 
pictures (e.g. a photo of a flipchart page from the discussion) that are then 
placed into the document automatically. We have actually strayed away from 
having people upload photos without first typing their notes, because we want 
the typed words in order to make the document more searchable. But if there is 
a drawing or something similar that needs to be captured then the image fields 
work great.

WebMerge is a paid product based on how many individual submissions you have, 
but we simply increase our plan for the month of the conference and then push 
it back down to a free plan for the rest of the year.

From a logistical standpoint, we publish a shortened URL to our attendees to 
encourage them to enter their notes. This URL is printed on the sheets of paper 
we leave in each discussion circle for note-taking, as well as on posters in 
the space. We still have laptops available in the News Room for people to type 
their notes in to the form right after their session, but we also allow them to 
take notes into the form “live” if they want, or take their written notes with 
them to submit later. We do a little bit of follow-up after the event and are 
usually able to publish proceedings within a month, with a majority of the 
sessions having at least some form of notes in the book.

Happy to answer any further questions about this.

Best,

-p.



[cid:image001.png@01D5542D.FA9025B0]


Patrick Schley
Support Escalation Specialist
Tessitura Network
+1 888 643 5778 x 486 office
+1 888 643 5778 x 201 customer care
psch...@tessituranetwork.com
pronouns: he/him




From: OSList  On Behalf Of Ilan 
Kirschenbaum via OSList
Sent: Monday, January 6, 2020 10:21 AM
To: osl...@openspacetech.org
Cc: Ilan Kirschenbaum 
Subject: [OSList] Recording Open Space notes from phone or tablet

Hi OSLISTers,

Happy to join here, happy to find new friends as well as familiar names from 
the agile scene :-)
I am also a student on Tova Averbuch's program (joining the recent spike in 
posts )

I am toying with the idea of having a simple Google form that will 
auto-generate an Open Space summary to a Google Doc.
The idea is to enable participants to record notes close to their session when 
information is fresh, using ubiquitous technology.

I would like to probe your brains on this idea:
1. Have you had experience with a similar tool? What should I be careful of 
when implementing such a tool?
e.g Is there a good reason *not* to use Google Docs?

2. The implementation works best with a G-suite account, which enables the use 
of Google Docs Templates (not available on a free gmail account).
Do you see this as a problem?
My concern is that G-suite requires a special paid account - do you think this 
will be an obstacle?

3. In my silly question category:
I am preparing a guide to use G-suite + Zappier for this.
From you experience, will a typical OST organizer have access to people with 
skills to follow a procedure with some techy requirements?

4. I am holding back on a zap to automatically prepare the OST book with table 
of contents, etc.
My hunch tells me that it is better to manually review the summaries before 
binding them, and anyway, not all participants will use this automated option. 
I wish to avoid making the impression that once implemented this option is a 
requirement.
Any thoughts on this?

5. Finally, what other aspects should I think of to make such a tool more 
useful for OST-ers?

Many thanks,
Ilan

--
Ilan Kirschenbaum - Co-Founder & Agile coach At Practical Agile LTD.
Twitter: @kirschi_
Phone # +972-54-6620348
website: www.practical-agile.com

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Re: [OSList] My Journey with Open Space and Genuine Contact // Podcast GC 2020

[Birgitt Williams via OSList]

Dear Anna Caroline,
I so enjoyed the podcast that you and Doris did...and I look forward to
listening in throughout this year. I appreciate that your focus in what you
will share throughout this year includes how we are supported as leaders,
consultants, parents, lovers, friends. The principles of OST and the
beliefs that underpin the Genuine Contact way of working become a way of
living. They are much more than about a meeting or about a system for
organizational transformation. It is my feeling that we all share a soul
group and have committed to this way of living and working as part of a
significant group anchoring an energy for humanity of remembering that we
each are sovereign beings, configured to take leadership of our own lives,
and offer life nurturing ways of going forward.

Signing up to the newsletter of the Genuine Contact community of practice
can be done by going to https://genuinecontact.net/ and scrolling to the
bottom of that page.

I liked that there was mention of Michael Pannwitz Sr. as your initial
mentor in this work, then on to myself as a mentor, and interwoven with
learning from Harrison that we all have benefited from). Michael and I
could mentor in OST thanks to the mentoring we each received from Harrison,
in my case from about 28 years ago onward.

in genuine contact,
Birgitt


*Birgitt Williams*
*Supporting You in Developing Your Leadership*
Author,The Genuine Contact Way: Nourishing a Culture of Leadership

Senior Consultant, President Dalar International Consultancy, Inc

Founder Genuine Contact Program
. Co-owner Genuine
Contact Co-owners Group, I nc

*Learn with us for your skill and capacity development for leading and
working in the new leadership paradigm "Leading So People Will Lead"*

*Mentoring Circles & Mastermind Groups* | December 13, 2019 | Online
*Achieving Organizational Health & Balance* | February 21 & 28, 2020 |
Online
*Strategic Planning the Genuine Contact Way* | March 20, 27 & April 3, 2020
| Online
*Holistic Leadership Development *| April 15-20, 2020 | Waterloo, Canada
*Whole Person Process Facilitation* | April 24, May 1 & 8, 2020 | Online
*Genuine Contact Organization/Summer Academy 2020 *| July 3-10, 2020 |
Waterloo, Canada

>> Learn More & Register
 for any of these
workshops here.


PO Box 19373, Raleigh, NC, USA 27613
Phone: 01-919-522-7750


On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 8:08 AM Anna Caroline Türk via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Dear Open Space friends!
>
> I am proud :) I am hosting the Genuine Contact way of working Podcast in
> 2020 - together with my colleague Doris Gottlieb.
>
> In this first episode I share my story of how I met Open Space Technology
> and later Genuine Contact. You can hear the episode here:
> https://genuinecontact.net/podcast/
>
> In the following month we are interviewing members of our network and ask
> them how the Open Space principles and Genuine Contact beliefs and tools
> have supported them in their life and work as leaders, consultants,
> parents, lovers, friends... If you are curious, just sign up for the GC
> newsletter and receive news about new podcasts.
>
> I hope you enjoy it.
>
> much Love
> Anna Caroline
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *  Anna Caroline Türk*
>   Mentor to Visionary Leaders
>  +49(0)176 24872254 | TruthCircles.com
> 
>
>
>
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Re: [OSList] the largest Open Space (Participants)?

[Michael M Pannwitz via OSList]

Dear Lise in Copenhagen,

what do you mean with "the number isn't a big deal"?

Remembering that OST gatherings work from 0 human participants (there is 
one reported, where a dear colleague of mine in a remote German village 
in the Black Forest gathered a bunch of dolls, had them take on 
different roles, facilitated the event as a sponsor and had a wonderful 
time), and up the ladder to 2, 3, 5, 9, 12 ... up to 3000.


I myself was part of one with 2108 as co-facilitator with HO on May 3, 
2003 in Würzburg, Germany. Thats at least the largest in Europe, I 
think. Here more details in the Open Space Worldscape

https://openspaceworldscape.org/events/165-jetzt-meine-leidenschaft-meine-verantwortung-ueber-die-tagung-hinaus-now-my-passion-my-responsibility-beyond-the-conference


If you scroll down to the end of that entry, you come to a very detailed 
fotoshow with 97 pictures that Erich Kolenaty put together

https://www.transformation.at/documents/OS_Wuerzburg_minimized.pdf


Erich, you can see here in the World Map

https://www.openspaceworldmap.org/worker/erich-kolenaty
His website talks a lot about Large Group Interventions (even though I 
would not call OST a Large Group Intervention since it works beautifully 
for any size of group)... here is his great website and believe it or 
not its is there in German and English

https://www.transformation.at/


Since you asked for the biggest of all I think Peggy Holman facilitated 
one with 2100 youngsters in Colombia... here you can see her in the 
World Map

https://www.openspaceworldmap.org/worker/peggy-holman


and her website has a grand section on open space

https://peggyholman.com/openspace/


and a very detailed and wonderful account on the largest she ever did, 
see here

https://peggyholman.com/papers/articles/good-work-for-2100-colombian-street-kids/


and one string of os events throughout the State of Washington with 20 
os events, probably altogether more than 2000 folks

https://peggyholman.com/a-conversation-about-the-arts/


But I do dimly remember that there was on os event with 3000 people but 
maybe thats just a story.


I wonder why we never had  a WOSonOS with 3000 people. Imagine we were 
to invite everyone attached to os, participants, facilitators, sponsors 
and met for three days.


How about Denmark?

Greetings from Berlin where I am off to our regular Stammtisch where we 
have between 1 and about 20 participants... including great greek food 
and beverages... its been going on for 12 years in the same greek pub 
that in itself is a veritable open space organisation. But thats another 
story


Cheers and greetings to Copenhagen
mmp


Am 06.01.2020 um 16:42 schrieb Lise Damkjær via OSList:

Hi Open Spacer's

Do anyone know of an Open Space with more than 2400 participants?
the "2400" is a number I remember from a presentation some years ago - 
any higher? or anyone who knows where or who did the 2400-open space?

I know that the number isn't the big deal - just want to be updated;-)

Lise, Copenhagen

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[OSList] Recording Open Space notes from phone or tablet

[Ilan Kirschenbaum via OSList]

Hi OSLISTers,

Happy to join here, happy to find new friends as well as familiar names
from the agile scene :-)
I am also a student on Tova Averbuch's program (joining the recent spike in
posts )

I am toying with the idea of having a simple Google form that will
auto-generate an Open Space summary to a Google Doc.
The idea is to enable participants to record notes close to their session
when information is fresh, using ubiquitous technology.

I would like to probe your brains on this idea:
1. Have you had experience with a similar tool? What should I be careful of
when implementing such a tool?
e.g Is there a good reason *not* to use Google Docs?

2. The implementation works best with a G-suite account, which enables the
use of Google Docs Templates (not available on a free gmail account).
Do you see this as a problem?
My concern is that G-suite requires a special paid account - do you think
this will be an obstacle?

3. In my silly question category:
I am preparing a guide to use G-suite + Zappier for this.
>From you experience, will a typical OST organizer have access to people
with skills to follow a procedure with some techy requirements?

4. I am holding back on a zap to automatically prepare the OST book with
table of contents, etc.
My hunch tells me that it is better to manually review the summaries before
binding them, and anyway, not all participants will use this automated
option. I wish to avoid making the impression that once implemented this
option is a requirement.
Any thoughts on this?

5. Finally, what other aspects should I think of to make such a tool more
useful for OST-ers?

Many thanks,
Ilan

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[OSList] the largest Open Space (Participants)?

[Lise Damkjær via OSList]

Hi Open Spacer's

Do anyone know of an Open Space with more than 2400 participants?
the "2400" is a number I remember from a presentation some years ago - 
any higher? or anyone who knows where or who did the 2400-open space?

I know that the number isn't the big deal - just want to be updated;-)

Lise, Copenhagen

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Re: [OSList] Quite a few questions about Sponsors, empathy and a safe open space for all it’s participants

[שגית רוסו יצחקי via OSList]

Dear Anna Caroline,

Thanks for sharing this inspiring video!
I could really feel the level of openness and sharing and the connection
that was created between you all.
For me, this is really a good example of an open space held with empathy.
Of course, I agree with your distinction about the difference between
demanding empathy from participants and empathetic intent of the
facilitation team.
It is a dance! :)
And paying attention to preparing myself for this dance a very
important step.

All the best,
Sagit

‫בתאריך יום ב׳, 6 בינו׳ 2020 ב-14:54 מאת ‪Anna Caroline Türk‬‏ <‪
annacarol...@truthcircles.com‬‏>:‬

> Dear Sagit!
>
> I have facilitated and participated in OSTs.
>
> As a participant I disliked when I have been confronted with assumptions
> of the facilitator about my empathy style and that I should bring it in
> (more). It closed my openness and raised my level of aggression.
> On the other hand - the OSTs when a sponsor spoke from their heart,
> speaking openly about the challenging situation we were facing and shared
> vulnerable that s/he has no answers, but that we could only co-create and
> find solutions together - then I softened and opened up.
> What I have even more appreciated was when I was included in the prep
> process - a place where I can already start to bring in my perspective and
> feel heard.
>
> As a facilitator an expression of empathy is the time and space I offer. I
> believe that time supports healing and solution finding  - giving more time
> for (a high conflict) meeting. Time is also super relevant when creating
> the agenda - not assuming that it is over when no one goes to the center
> for a while... on the other hand also accepting when only very few topics
> get posted... it's a dance! ;)
>
> Apart from the overall preparation - another very important part is my
> emotional, spiritual, physical and mental preparation as the facilitator -
> checking my own fears, assumptions, hopes and intentions, supporting myself
> to be well rested, nourished and as balanced as possible.
>
> A very touching meeting I facilitated which also had high conflict in the
> room has been documented in this video:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u3rlpcjKoY
> You see an amazing sponsor team, diverse participants and Mia
> Konstantinidou and myself - the facilitation team.
>
> Many greetings from Berlin
> Anna Caroline
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *  Anna Caroline Türk*
>   Mentor to Visionary Leaders
>  +49(0)176 24872254 | TruthCircles.com
> 
>
>
>
>
>
> ‪Am Mo., 6. Jan. 2020 um 12:48 Uhr schrieb ‫שגית רוסו יצחקי via OSList‬‎ <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>:‬
>
>>
>> Hello and good afternoon!
>>
>> Great learning I’m doing here!
>>
>> Thank you all for sharing this well of knowledge and experience!
>>
>> Hi jeff,
>>
>> totally agree, it is better to work with others!
>>
>> I dont plan on both sponsoring and facilitating an open space right now
>> but I live in a small community and your refrasing my Q helped me
>> understend that being a sponsor is an importent role in the (minimal)
>> construction of the open space, and can be done in different ways but must
>> be.
>>
>> Thanks for bringing in your perspective and experience, Birgitt!
>>
>> I loved what you said about the distinction between the ever existing
>> open space within communities and the use of the OST for better advantages.
>>
>> It is very true that empathy can not and must not be forced. It can only
>> be given freely and willingly so I find this sentence to be very importent
>> for me “ Open Space Technology does not create or promise safe space. The
>> principles of OST and the one law provide guidance for people to self lead
>> including for taking personal responsibility for safety”
>>
>> I see now the diference between having an empathic mindset when creating
>> and holding the space for Open Space event, on one side, and asking for the
>> participants to be empathic, on the other.
>>
>> And also, my tendency to be (some might say over..) protective as not
>> fully trusting the self-organizing power of people when they freely choose
>> to “accept the invitation to attend”.
>>
>>  “in our preparations we need to be aware of this and tailor our
>> leadership to allow people to overcome the reluctance to join and
>> contribute”
>>
>> Thank you for that, Rob!
>>
>> best wishes,
>>
>> Sagit
>>
>>
>> ‫בתאריך יום א׳, 5 בינו׳ 2020 ב-23:55 מאת ‪R Chaffe via OSList‬‏ <‪
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org‬‏>:‬
>>
>>> Thanks HO
>>> The act of joining the circle is a very powerful and for some
>>> confronting so in our preparations we need to be aware of this and tailor
>>> our leadership to allow people to overcome the reluctance to join and
>>> contribute.  The facilitator has a major responsibility to do their job
>>> well.  There is no prescriptive process just be at one with the sponsors
>>> and the participants.  Then be truely present.
>>> My experience has been as Harrison describes the lion and the lamb 

[OSList] My Journey with Open Space and Genuine Contact // Podcast GC 2020

[Anna Caroline Türk via OSList]

Dear Open Space friends!

I am proud :) I am hosting the Genuine Contact way of working Podcast in
2020 - together with my colleague Doris Gottlieb.

In this first episode I share my story of how I met Open Space Technology
and later Genuine Contact. You can hear the episode here:
https://genuinecontact.net/podcast/

In the following month we are interviewing members of our network and ask
them how the Open Space principles and Genuine Contact beliefs and tools
have supported them in their life and work as leaders, consultants,
parents, lovers, friends... If you are curious, just sign up for the GC
newsletter and receive news about new podcasts.

I hope you enjoy it.

much Love
Anna Caroline






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Re: [OSList] Quite a few questions about Sponsors, empathy and a safe open space for all it’s participants

[Anna Caroline Türk via OSList]

Dear Sagit!

I have facilitated and participated in OSTs.

As a participant I disliked when I have been confronted with assumptions of
the facilitator about my empathy style and that I should bring it in
(more). It closed my openness and raised my level of aggression.
On the other hand - the OSTs when a sponsor spoke from their heart,
speaking openly about the challenging situation we were facing and shared
vulnerable that s/he has no answers, but that we could only co-create and
find solutions together - then I softened and opened up.
What I have even more appreciated was when I was included in the prep
process - a place where I can already start to bring in my perspective and
feel heard.

As a facilitator an expression of empathy is the time and space I offer. I
believe that time supports healing and solution finding  - giving more time
for (a high conflict) meeting. Time is also super relevant when creating
the agenda - not assuming that it is over when no one goes to the center
for a while... on the other hand also accepting when only very few topics
get posted... it's a dance! ;)

Apart from the overall preparation - another very important part is my
emotional, spiritual, physical and mental preparation as the facilitator -
checking my own fears, assumptions, hopes and intentions, supporting myself
to be well rested, nourished and as balanced as possible.

A very touching meeting I facilitated which also had high conflict in the
room has been documented in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u3rlpcjKoY
You see an amazing sponsor team, diverse participants and Mia
Konstantinidou and myself - the facilitation team.

Many greetings from Berlin
Anna Caroline






*  Anna Caroline Türk*
  Mentor to Visionary Leaders
 +49(0)176 24872254 | TruthCircles.com






‪Am Mo., 6. Jan. 2020 um 12:48 Uhr schrieb ‫שגית רוסו יצחקי via OSList‬‎ <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>:‬

>
> Hello and good afternoon!
>
> Great learning I’m doing here!
>
> Thank you all for sharing this well of knowledge and experience!
>
> Hi jeff,
>
> totally agree, it is better to work with others!
>
> I dont plan on both sponsoring and facilitating an open space right now
> but I live in a small community and your refrasing my Q helped me
> understend that being a sponsor is an importent role in the (minimal)
> construction of the open space, and can be done in different ways but must
> be.
>
> Thanks for bringing in your perspective and experience, Birgitt!
>
> I loved what you said about the distinction between the ever existing open
> space within communities and the use of the OST for better advantages.
>
> It is very true that empathy can not and must not be forced. It can only
> be given freely and willingly so I find this sentence to be very importent
> for me “ Open Space Technology does not create or promise safe space. The
> principles of OST and the one law provide guidance for people to self lead
> including for taking personal responsibility for safety”
>
> I see now the diference between having an empathic mindset when creating
> and holding the space for Open Space event, on one side, and asking for the
> participants to be empathic, on the other.
>
> And also, my tendency to be (some might say over..) protective as not
> fully trusting the self-organizing power of people when they freely choose
> to “accept the invitation to attend”.
>
>  “in our preparations we need to be aware of this and tailor our
> leadership to allow people to overcome the reluctance to join and
> contribute”
>
> Thank you for that, Rob!
>
> best wishes,
>
> Sagit
>
>
> ‫בתאריך יום א׳, 5 בינו׳ 2020 ב-23:55 מאת ‪R Chaffe via OSList‬‏ <‪
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org‬‏>:‬
>
>> Thanks HO
>> The act of joining the circle is a very powerful and for some confronting
>> so in our preparations we need to be aware of this and tailor our
>> leadership to allow people to overcome the reluctance to join and
>> contribute.  The facilitator has a major responsibility to do their job
>> well.  There is no prescriptive process just be at one with the sponsors
>> and the participants.  Then be truely present.
>> My experience has been as Harrison describes the lion and the lamb sit
>> down together and in all my experience they leave with new understanding
>> and in many cases new fiends. Yes, things do get done.
>>
>> Regards
>> Rob
>>
>> On 6 Jan 2020, at 1:50 am, Harrison Owen via OSList <
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> This may be  a cop out on the questions… but one of the most amazing
>> things in the 30+ years I have been privileged to explore Open Space is
>> that common people, dealing with a common issue … while sitting in a
>> circle, creating a bulletin board and opening a market place – and then
>> going to work … always seem to get something useful done. And NEVER (in my
>> experience) has blood been shed. It can get terribly exciting, and I
>> suspect the facilitator is the most nervous. I 

Re: [OSList] Quite a few questions about Sponsors, empathy and a safe open space for all it’s participants

[שגית רוסו יצחקי via OSList]

Hello and good afternoon!

Great learning I’m doing here!

Thank you all for sharing this well of knowledge and experience!

Hi jeff,

totally agree, it is better to work with others!

I dont plan on both sponsoring and facilitating an open space right now but
I live in a small community and your refrasing my Q helped me understend
that being a sponsor is an importent role in the (minimal) construction of
the open space, and can be done in different ways but must be.

Thanks for bringing in your perspective and experience, Birgitt!

I loved what you said about the distinction between the ever existing open
space within communities and the use of the OST for better advantages.

It is very true that empathy can not and must not be forced. It can only be
given freely and willingly so I find this sentence to be very importent for
me “ Open Space Technology does not create or promise safe space. The
principles of OST and the one law provide guidance for people to self lead
including for taking personal responsibility for safety”

I see now the diference between having an empathic mindset when creating
and holding the space for Open Space event, on one side, and asking for the
participants to be empathic, on the other.

And also, my tendency to be (some might say over..) protective as not fully
trusting the self-organizing power of people when they freely choose to
“accept the invitation to attend”.

 “in our preparations we need to be aware of this and tailor our leadership
to allow people to overcome the reluctance to join and contribute”

Thank you for that, Rob!

best wishes,

Sagit


‫בתאריך יום א׳, 5 בינו׳ 2020 ב-23:55 מאת ‪R Chaffe via OSList‬‏ <‪
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org‬‏>:‬

> Thanks HO
> The act of joining the circle is a very powerful and for some confronting
> so in our preparations we need to be aware of this and tailor our
> leadership to allow people to overcome the reluctance to join and
> contribute.  The facilitator has a major responsibility to do their job
> well.  There is no prescriptive process just be at one with the sponsors
> and the participants.  Then be truely present.
> My experience has been as Harrison describes the lion and the lamb sit
> down together and in all my experience they leave with new understanding
> and in many cases new fiends. Yes, things do get done.
>
> Regards
> Rob
>
> On 6 Jan 2020, at 1:50 am, Harrison Owen via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> 
>
> This may be  a cop out on the questions… but one of the most amazing
> things in the 30+ years I have been privileged to explore Open Space is
> that common people, dealing with a common issue … while sitting in a
> circle, creating a bulletin board and opening a market place – and then
> going to work … always seem to get something useful done. And NEVER (in my
> experience) has blood been shed. It can get terribly exciting, and I
> suspect the facilitator is the most nervous. I have also heard of
> innumerable suggestion for good things to do before, during, and after …
> but none … to the best of my knowledge have made any difference. This does
> not mean that people can’t and don’t kill each other, and of course we seem
> to be on the edge of doing that (killing) more extensively at the moment
> BUT I have never seen that take place in Open Space. It doesn’t even take
> place when the participants are sworn and professional killers of each
> other. Now there’s a mystery.
>
>
>
> Harrison
>
>
>
> *From:* OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf
> Of *  ? via OSList
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 5, 2020 5:50 AM
> *To:* oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
> *Cc:* שגית רוסו יצחקי
> *Subject:* [OSList] Quite a few questions about Sponsors, empathy and a
> safe open space for all it’s participants
>
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I’m Sagit,  another one of Tova’s students :)
>
> I'm interested in learning more about three different topics so thank you
> so much for sharing your experience and opinions in one or all!
>
>
>
> *Sponsors -* how vital are they for opening a space?
>
> For example, in the case of an association that is dealing with a
> significant conflict. Since there is no external body that runs the
> association, the question arises as to whether open space can be held
> without sponsors? Can a community have an open space without a sponsor?
>
>
>
> Some questions about *empathy and open space -*
>
> The first one will be - Is empathy important for a successful open space?
>
> And if empathy is important -
>
> How can empathic space be created and maintained for all its partners and
> voices that want to be heard?
>
> What techniques and tools do you use to bring empathy to the open space
> and how do you invite other participants to hold empathy together?
>
> Do you have any signs or metrics for measuring the levels of empathy in an
> open space?
>
>  Did you come across occasions where it was difficult or impossible to
> create an empathic space?
>
>