[OSList] "Future of Work 24 Hours" 12-13 May 2022

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi OSLIST,

Here is link to an event that may be of interest to many on the list:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/futureofwork24hrs/521245

Drop in May 12-13 to meet people from diverse thought communities who are
exploring, discussing, and inventing the "future of work". These are five
back-to-back online "open space" events, created by five brilliant
organizing teams around the world and around the clock in one 24 hour
period.

The lead organizer is the always-inspiring April Jefferson who is on the
board of the Open Space Institute - US.  The cost is "Pay What You Can".
I hope to see you there!

*Lucas Cioffi*

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[OSList] Online Open Space with more than 1000 people?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

Someone asked me for advice about hosting an online open space with 1500
people who work on child welfare.  They want to get the "whole system in
the room", including government, professionals, families, etc.

I can see that there are at least two separate parts to this challenge:
tech/software and facilitation.

*1. Tech/Software:* What technology decisions would you make to
accommodate 1500, since the capacity of Zoom meetings is 1000?  I wrote up
my thoughts on this part at the bottom of this email.

*2. Facilitation:* This is the main question that I have for colleagues on
OSLIST.  What special design considerations would you have during an open
space (online or not) with more than 1500 people?  Here are some questions
that come to mind:

   - How many sessions do you think people will propose if this is a
   1-day, 6 hour event with 3-4 rounds of discussion sessions?  I searched
   OSLIST and found this from Harrison in 2016: "Rule of thumb... for all
   these years 5 break our rooms/spaces per 100 participants. For smaller
   groups (+- 50) a large room with nooks usually works better. I’ve had
   groups of 25 with 4-5 groups working at the same time."  So that would
   mean 50 spaces, therefore up to 150 sessions, but I would expect that the
   rule of thumb acts more as a maximum as groups get larger, because there's
   probably a lot of duplicate topics as groups get larger.
   - If there are 150 sessions proposed, do you give everyone a chance to
   speak their session to the large group or just view the list of sessions?
   If everyone had just 15 seconds then that would be 38 minutes of just
   listening to session topics.  Ahh!!
   - How do you make it easy for participants to merge their sessions
   together?  I guess they could ask to move to a Zoom breakout room and we
   could pair them off for a moment, or they could connect with each other in
   chat -- that seems practical.

My thoughts on tech options are below.
Any other thoughts that you have?  Thank you!

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Options for handling more than 1000 people in Zoom + Qiqo
Qiqo has a max capacity of 2500, and Zoom has a max capacity of 1000
*interactive* participants in a single meeting.  There are several solid
options for increasing the event size above 1000 people.

*Option 1:* We can connect two 1000-person Zoom meetings together, where
the second room is an overflow room.  The people in the overflow room can
hear what is going on in the first room and can speak & use the chat with
each other but they cannot speak & use the chat in the first room.  (The
technical way this happens is that a second facilitator joins the overflow
room from their Zoom app, then they join the first Zoom meeting through
their Web browser Chrome/Firefox/Safari/etc and then they screenshare that
into the overflow Zoom meeting).  The facilitator in the first room can be
the voice for people in the overflow room and can speak into the first room
what is happening in the chat of the overflow room (if they have the
overflow meeting open in their browser.  You can have up to 1000 other
people with this option.  We will add to our staff a skilled moderator for
the overflow room so that people there feel engaged and not that they are
passively watching and left out.  You can also add the livestream in option
2 (below) to this option so people can choose from the main Zoom, overflow
Zoom, and the livestream.

*Option 2:* We can livestream from the 1000-person Zoom meeting into
QiqoChat so that anyone who joins after the meeting reaches capacity will
be able to see the livestream from the same page where they are.  We have
several options where everyone can be in the same chat (outside of Zoom) or
we can use the regular chat inside of Zoom for the main room and have an
overflow chat for everyone watching the livestream.  You can have up to
1500 other people with this option.

*Option 3:* Today we requested that Zoom increases the max capacity of
their meetings to 2000 people.  They have never done that for any customer
as far as we know, however we have several months and they may be able
to make this happen.

*Option 4:* We could use a Zoom webinar (and make each speaker a panelist
for a minute) instead of a Zoom meeting but then people wouldn't see
everyone in the room.
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Re: [OSList] Invitation to Devoted & Disgruntled Online 2022

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Dear OSLIST,

I wanted to add to Johanna's lovely invitation, because Johanna's
Improbable team is so impressive.  I only heard about their work two years
ago, but they have been hosting open space events and refining their
practice since 2006.

Here is a YouTube interview  of
Phelem McDermott and Jeremy Wong about what they learned when they created
their first Devoted & Disgruntled Online two years ago that I think many on
this list will enjoy.

Her team is so thoughtful with every design decision and that's visible
immediately on their registration page

and
even more when they are facilitating.  I keep finding inspiration every
time I experience their work.

Wishing a great morning, afternoon, and evening to all.
Lucas Cioffi



On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 5:44 AM Johanna Taylor via OSList <
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> Hello OS List!
>
> I am writing to invite you to Improbable's unconventional convention for
> theatre makers and performing arts people, Devoted and Disgruntled (D&D)
> which is being held online from 19th - 21st March 2022.
>
> D&D is an opportunity for everyone passionate about the arts — from
> audiences to artists, CEOs to FOH staff, grassroots groups to seasoned
> professionals — to get together and focus on the question: "What are we
> going to do about theatre and the performing arts?" You can read a
> personal invitation from Improbable's co-artistic director Phelim McDermott
> HERE
> 
> .
>
> Last year, we moved D&D online for the first time out of necessity.
> However, there were so many benefits that came from hosting D&D online:
> many people who weren't able to make it before due to geographical or
> access reasons were able to join in on the conversation. We didn't want to
> lose any of that so we have decided to hold our annual conversation about
> the future of theatre online again. *All tickets are Pay What You Choose
> and you can** book tickets here.*
> 
>
> A range of access support will be available including BSL interpretation,
> captioning, support for blind, partially sighted and neuro-divergent
> participants. You can read a bit more about what access support we
> provide here.
> 
>
> Do let me know if you have any specific questions about the event and I
> will be happy to help.
>
> I hope this might be of interest, please pass this invitation on to your
> colleagues and anyone in your networks you think might be interested.
> Thanks in advance for anything you can do to help spread the word and we
> hope to see you there.
>
> All the best,
> --
> *Johanna Taylor *(*she/her*)
> Open Space Producer
> Improbable
>
> *Please note that I work three days a week, usually Tuesday, Wednesday and
> Thursday.*
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[OSList] Network with facilitators & experience a quick open space today

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hiya all,

Today, you are invited to an interactive session with the Virtual
Facilitation Community
 on Facebook led
by Fernando Murray.

*Here is the link to register
.*
Time: 12pm-1:30pm Eastern / 9am-10:30am Pacific

You will be able to connect with other facilitators on the discussion
topics that are most interesting to you. We will use the QiqoChat platform
and the open space meeting method.

Not only will you build your network and meet new colleagues, but you will
also learn new facilitation techniques on a new platform.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Re: [OSList] Using Eventbrite for QiqoChat Events (or Not)?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi, Marc!

We integrated Eventbrite and QiqoChat so that people can sign up for your
events through a familiar platform (Eventbrite) with a well-designed
landing page.  We do not add any charge for the integration, but the third
party tool in the middle of Eventbrite and Qiqo which makes the integration
possible (Zapier) does charge $24 USD.

Eventbrite charges you a fee per ticket, and our clients told us that
TicketTailor charges you a smaller fee, so we integrated with that one
too.  Here are integration instructions

for both tools.  If it's your first time, it will take about 30 minutes to
connect those tools by following the guide.

Finally, we're working on our own internal that will have fewer features
than TicketTailor and will also cost less.  It will be about 3 weeks until
it is ready.

Questions and suggestions are always welcome.

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On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 12:02 PM Marc C. Trudeau via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Good day, List!
>
> I’m part of a small team (on copy) preparing a series of online OST events
> (1st small one - couple hours - April 2 - mark your calendars ;-) around
> the theme, "What Must My Circles and I Grieve on Our Journey to Thriving
> and Prospering Together?” We want the capability to perhaps suggest some
> costs to attend but allow folks to pay what they think is fair, and it’s
> our impression that there may be advantages to putting Eventbrite in front
> of Qiqo. Will list members who have experience navigating these tradeoffs
> and/or using both platforms together and/or integrating the two, share
> their experiences to help guide us?
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Peace and love,
>
> Marc
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Re: [OSList] Help with Open Space technology

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi Gwen,

It's great to hear that.

There are several online platforms that people use to host open space.  At
a minimum, they use Zoom + a notes tool like Google Docs or Miro (a
whiteboard tool for post-its).

If you use Zoom, you can use the breakout rooms inside Zoom and let people
move themselves.  People go to the Google Doc and will see a link to the
notes (or a separate section below for the notes on that Google Doc) for
each discussion topic.

If you want to use multiple Zoom meetings, you can add the link to each
Zoom meeting in the main Google Doc next to the link for the notes for each
session.

The tool that I've built with my team at QiqoChat (with a lot of advice
from people here on the OST discussion list) lets you create many pages,
each page has its own notes tool and each page has its own Zoom meeting
link.  Here is a screenshot

of the main space and the page where people can add their topics.

Here is a page that has a few video interviews

of open space facilitators where they show how and why they designed their
event space a certain way.  Here are the ones specifically related to open
space:

   - Online Open Space with Heidi Nobantu Saul
   - Innovations in Online Open Space with The Improbable Team
   - Preview of a 24-hour Open Space with April Jefferson
   - Online Open Space with François Knuchel and Karen Gimnig

If you'd like to chat, please join our open office hours this week
 or reach out to me by email.  Please
feel free to send any questions!

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On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 11:33 AM Gwen Fischer via OSList <
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> I’m on the board of a grassroots Organization  (Ohio Community Rights
> Network-- https://www.ohiocrn.or
> g).  We’ve been talking about organizing a
> state-wide conference virtually to explore new strategies for our work of
> securing rights for our communities and for Nature.   I’ve experienced
> virtual Open Space gatherings and found them “magical” ways to gather and
> democratically decide agendas and get serious conversations going.  I have
> two pretty tech savvy folks who would like to learn OS tech to assist with
> this effort, and am seeking tutoring support.  A friend suggested
> contacting you.   I was hoping to be able to give OHCRN board a quick
> demonstration on March 7 (I didn’t realize how much tech stuff goes on in
> preparation and behind the scenes 😶🤔.)  I’d appreciate any help you can
> give,
> Gwen B Fischer
> Professor Emerita
> Hiram College
> Fulbright Scholar, Zimbabwe 2001-2002
> Rotary International Teaching Fellow, Tanzania
> "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of
> our people need it sorely on these accounts." - Mark Twain
> “Travel makes one modest.  You see what a tiny place you occupy in
> the world.” - Gustave Flaubert
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Re: [OSList] What could dialogue look like between people of Russia and people of the West?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

*Romy,* your retreat centre <https://www.walescottageandvenue.com/> in
Wales looks amazing.

*Paul and Michael,* thank you for the pointers to Marvin Weisbord and the
Helena organization.  I can't become an expert in what Marvin was
writing about fast enough, so I realize that my role would be to provide
infrastructure for these dialogues and partner with facilitators for the
facilitation.

*Funda and Toomas,* it will be truly great to work with you and anyone else
that would like to participate.  I think that something great is possible,
and it will take a collaborative effort among many of us to design it and
make it happen.

*How this could work as an open space...*
The simplest design I can think of would be a daily open space, with an
opening circle at 8am in California / 7pm in Moscow.  It lasts as long as
it lasts and it happens again the next day, every day, for as long as
people keep showing up.  Or maybe there is a closing session every day at
10am in California / 9pm in Moscow.

This can happen over the short term with volunteer facilitators and no
budget (I can donate the Zoom meetings through QiqoChat), but I would hope
that an initiative like this would eventually be supported by foundations,
so that the facilitators can do their best over many weeks and months and
be paid fairly for their work.

*How to bridge the language divide...*
I have used an automated translation tool called Wordly <https://wordly.ai>
over the past two years.  It can create instant subtitles on Zoom in
Russian, English, and about 20 other languages.  The team at Wordly is
great and I am hoping they would donate their tool (usually $150/hour) for
something like this if the project did not have any funding.  With live
people doing the translation in all the breakout rooms, the cost and
complexity of the project would be very high.

*The missing piece...*
The missing piece is the host organization that would send the invitation.
The closest thing I found was an article
<https://www.thenation.com/article/world/russia-women-peace-letter/>
published last week called "Independent American and Russian Women Call for
Peace".  Here is part of the article:

> "How might we seize the day and lay out a 21st-century vision—that not
> only advances peace and security, but can unite the world—essentially a new
> realism? What could creative, humane diplomacy look like? *If done
> thoughtfully, it could do more than resolve the standoff in Ukraine—it
> could pave the way for broader cooperation between the US, Russia, and
> Europe and beyond on climate, disarmament and more. It could lay the seeds
> for a new, demilitarized and shared security architecture.*"
>
I reached out to the author and women who signed the letter on LinkedIn,
and if they respond then we would have a path forward.


Lucas Cioffi








On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 1:36 PM Romy Shovelton via OSList <
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> I love your idea Lucas…… Why not ?! I’m not sure that I’d be a reliable
> partner in the venture…. Being constantly tied up in the daily life of my
> retreat centre…. And I shall certainly applaud from the sidelines and pop
> in from time to time if this happens….
>
> In deep appreciation
>
> 😊
>
> On 19 Feb 2022, at 18:00, Michael Herman via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> I know that this scale of dialogue is what Qiqo was originally built for,
> Lucas.  So I'm glad to see you asking this question.  I wonder if the folks
> at helena.org would appreciate it.  They did a small-sample program
> "American in One Room," a weekend gathering, folks flown in from all 50
> states, as I recall, in conjunction with the NYTimes and some folks at U of
> Chicago.
>
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>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 10:35 AM Lucas Cioffi via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear OSLIST,
>>
>>
>> Does anyone want to try opening up some dialogue channels between the
>> people of Russia and the people of the West?  It's way too late to affect
>> the current situation in Ukraine, but dialogue could be helpful for the
>> long term.
>>
>>
>> I believe that if the people speak with each other directly
>> and (eventually) on a large enough scale, then there is a strong chance for
>> understanding to be built, less us-vs.-them thinking, and that would give
>> political leaders flexibility to choose options other than war to solve big
>> problems.
>>
>>
>> It doesn't look like many are doing anything like this 

[OSList] What could dialogue look like between people of Russia and people of the West?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Dear OSLIST,


Does anyone want to try opening up some dialogue channels between the
people of Russia and the people of the West?  It's way too late to affect
the current situation in Ukraine, but dialogue could be helpful for the
long term.


I believe that if the people speak with each other directly
and (eventually) on a large enough scale, then there is a strong chance for
understanding to be built, less us-vs.-them thinking, and that would give
political leaders flexibility to choose options other than war to solve big
problems.


It doesn't look like many are doing anything like this yet.  With a quick
Google search I could only find the Carnegie Moscow Center

as
an organization interested in a participatory US-Russia dialogue.


Assuming there was an unlimited budget, how could a dialogue be designed?
Is anyone interested in working on something like this?


Lucas Cioffi
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[OSList] Your invitation to QiqoCON on March 3rd

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi, OSLIST!

If you would like to deepen your practice for facilitating online events or
building online communities, please join us at QiqoCON 2022! This is the
official QiqoChat user conference.  It is free and happening on March 3rd
(8am Pacific / 11am Eastern / 4pm UTC / 17.00 CET).

*Please register here: https://qiqochat.com/e/qiqocon-2022
*

This year, the focus is on how to use Qiqo to build community before,
during, and after your online & hybrid events. The Qiqo community is an
open and collaborative group of amazing facilitators and event organizers
from across the world. During QiqoCON, we will all get the chance to meet
with, learn from, and inspire each other.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,
Lucas Cioffi
Lead Engineer, QiqoChat
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[OSList] Try an Online Open Space this week ---- The Online Co-Intelligence Open Space Unconference

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

I think there are many great open space facilitators who have not yet tried
attending an open space online.  Sometime in the next 2 months, I'd like to
offer a free course for people who want to learn how to do open space on
QiqoChat.  For those people who might be interested in that free course, I
strongly recommend attending an online open space as a participant first.

I'm attending one as a participant this week (The Online Co-Intelligence
Open Space Unconference), and it's lots of fun.  The discussion topics
(posted below this email) will be very interesting to people on OSLIST.

The next day of activities is tomorrow (Friday, starting at 12pm Eastern /
9am Pacific / 6pm CET).  75 people are registered.

*Here is the link to register
.
*Tickets
are $10-$50.

This is the first time I've attended one that is multiple days (Monday,
Wednesday, Friday) with a full-day break in the middle.  I was surprised
how well that works because it lets everyone get the work done that will
otherwise pile up while they're at the event.  One interesting addition
that I'd like to experiment with in the future is making space for
asynchronous written conversations on the days off.

I hope to see you there.

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*Host and Facilitators:*

> Tom Atlee - Founder of the Co-Intelligence Institute
>  and lead creator of the Wise Democracy
> Pattern Language . He is interested in promoting the
> co-intelligence worldview and the vision and approaches of wise democracy.
> He also seeks to enhance the Co-Intelligence Institute's capacity to do
> these things more effectively.
>


Kaliya Young (IdentityWoman  and
> Unconference.net ) first met Tom in 2000;
> has worked on developing decentralized digital identity technology. She is
> particularly interested in the weaving together of online and offline tools
> and processes to enhance co-intelligence and democracy. She collaborated
> with Tom on the Extreme Tao of Democracy
> .
>


Dounia Saeme - Open Space facilitator.
>  Met Tom in
> 2019. Interested in Transformational Philanthropy and how money works. She
> is on a mission to disseminate social technologies that enable emotional
> intelligence leap-frogs and unleash the full power of conscious leadership.


*Here all the exciting topics that were covered on Day 1:*
Global Governance Grace
Wise large group decision-making, in-person tools & techniques Jason Diceman
Mapping democracy organizations Laura Rigell
Asking practitioners what are the big issues in conducting citizen councils
and deliberative processes? Marc-Antoine Parent
Facilitative Leadership Community of Practice:
How to develop a learning network of facilitative professionals who are
creating and sharing resources and opportunities to support their career
development and advance the facilitation field. Malia Josephine
Scale and Wise Democracy Bill Aal
Support in U.S. for a New Branch of Congress? Joyce Olmsted
Asking practitioners what tools they wish would exist to solve issues
identified in previous session E Marc-Antoine Parent
Wise Collaboration Pattern Jam - aka Values of Wise Collaboration - social
layer to add/ integrate with Doug Engelbart 'Dynamic Knowledge Repository'
+ 'Networked Improvement Community' framework Charles Blass
How to bring the wisdom in these rooms to engage everyday people quickly to
rise above fear and to prevent authoritarianism and facism in the US Karen
Studders
Role of regular participatory events for fostering democratic values
(aka "civic hacknights") patcon, civic tech organizer
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[OSList] Mark, can you commit to not calling anyone a disparaging name again?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi Mark,

I'm writing because I noticed in your last message you called someone on
this list a "hater".

I haven't been following all of this discussion, and I don't know if
someone called you a name first.  If they did, I would like to ask them
this same question:

> If you intend to stay on the OSLIST, will you commit to not calling anyone
> else by a disparaging/belittling name for the rest of your time here?


Lucas Cioffi
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[OSList] January 13th: A gathering of the liberating structures community

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Hi All,

The Liberating Structures (LS) Community of Practice is an active group of
thousands of facilitators.  There are a few dozen "structures
" (techniques) they use in their
collaborative work, one of which is Open Space Technology.  Some of these
structures can be very useful when incorporated into a dialogue engagement.

About 100 LS facilitators are gathering tomorrow (Jan 13th) for "Unbridled
2022" where they explore and invent ways to combine these structures in new
ways.
Here is the link to join if you'd like to learn more about LS:
https://qiqochat.com/e/unbridled-2022

This collaborative event is free and lasts 3.5 hours; stay for as little or
as long as you like.  It is open to anyone from beginner to expert.
The full invitation is below, and we hope to see you there!


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Invitation to Unbridled 2022Be unbridled with other practitioners. Hear
their stories. Experience liberating structures. Practice assembling
strings of liberating structures in an interactive and exciting space of
exploration and learning.


You could come away with . . .

   - new ideas for how to deepen your practice with LS.
   - new connections with your peers.
   - in-depth, experiential learning.
   - inspiration for ways to facilitate online.

What is the cost?

By donation (optional).


When is it happening?

Thursday, January 13th. The event is starting at 7 am Pacific/10 am
Eastern/16.00 CET and it is for 3 1/2 hours (4 hours if you stay after to
mingle).


What will happen?

An interactive, experiential, and applied liberating structures gathering.
Sparks are unbridled tales using liberating structures in the wild. Our
strings practice will explore how might we approach a problem using a blend
of liberating structures. Structure practice will have groups of people
participating in the designed liberating structures.


Speakers for Spark tales are . . .

   - Judy Rees
   
   - Jeremy Akers
   
   - 
   Mansi Jasuja
   
   - Jamie Colsten
   
   


Where is it happening?

The event will be online using QiqoChat to combine Zoom and Miro.


Who is supporting it?

April Jefferson & Sara Huang (Hosts), Lucas Cioffi (QiqoChat), and You!
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Re: [OSList] Any stories/experiences to share abt BIG online OSTs

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi Thomas,

*Here are two options for how to divide the OST:*
I think that people on the OSLIST will have experience with OS events with
1000+ people.  I don't have any recommendations for the size of an opening
or how (or whether) it should be divided.  The largest OST on QiqoChat has
been 450 registered and 350 present in the opening; it went well without
dividing it into smaller openings.  Here are some options for how to divide
it if you want to:

   - Divide the whole group into many smaller OSTs of 150 people that
   happen at the same time or happen at different times.  If they happen at
   different times, all groups can work together to build a single book of
   proceedings, filling in the gaps or expanding on themes identified by the
   previous group.  Although I think this would be the way to make
   significant, intentional, steady progress on a topic, I don't expect that
   many people will read the book of proceedings before showing up.
   - You could choose to not divide the group and have everyone in a single
   event.  There would be duplicate topics, so there would be a need to spend
   extra time letting participants merge them.  When 500 people show up for
   the same discussion/session in the same Zoom meeting, you can use Zoom's
   breakout rooms inside that Zoom meeting and all rooms would be about that
   one topic and would make their own path through the topic and pop out at
   the end at different places.  Then you can convene all together at the end
   of their session to discuss themes that emerged from that one
   discussion/session.  This takes work, but hey if it's an important topic,
   it's worth doing.  I'm guessing that 2 hours might be needed per session
   for this format.  Using a tool (like GroupMap or Slido) to identify themes
   among 500 people when they all reconvene seems like a good idea rather than
   asking everyone to type into the Zoom chat.  This "theme aggregation" phase
   of a session would be much better if it had a trained facilitator.  I'm
   very curious what would happen with this format!

*Here are two tech limitations that are useful to think about when
planning:*
1. How to let everyone participate in the opening.
Zoom has a max of 1000 people in a single meeting, so if you have more than
that in a single opening, then you can have the Zoom meeting streaming to
YouTube live and then embed YouTube live into the event webpage.
Participants can move between them.  When they want to announce a session,
they can go into Zoom so that they can be heard by everyone else.  If there
are close to 1000 people who are in the Zoom meeting, then people should
know to leave to make room for other people.  This is similar to the
"fishbowl" liberating structures method for smaller conversations.

2. How many people can edit the agenda at the same time.
Google Sheets is a good option for standardizing/streamlining the agenda
creation process.  Sometimes a more free-flowing agenda creation process
with a whiteboard tool like Miro creates a more "free" feeling, but I think
that the free-ness could get chaotic with so many people, and that more
structure with so many people will help the event stay productive.  With
Google Sheets, there is a maximum of 100 simultaneous editors.  People who
are not editing should just look at the read-only version.  Here are
instructions

for how to create two versions - one for editing and one that is read-only
with unlimited viewers.

*Some thoughts from the OST User Guide about using computers to identify
themes in a large book of proceedings:*
Harrison mentions using computers to identify themes in the OST User Guide,
version 2:

> "One of the more promising innovation comes from a relatively new family
> of software called  natural language analyzers The new software begins
> to capture some of the subtleties of language, making it possible (with
> some help) to identify emerging themes in large bodies of text
> Identifying these themes has, in practice, been a very powerful way to
> detect linkages and organizational flow points that may then be capitalized
> upon in order to increase efficiency and effectiveness intelligence
> from the computer is advisory only.  Real people on the ground have to make
> the decision as to whether or not some theme is actually useful or just a
> shadow artifact."  He goes on to mention how another tool could
> theoretically connect those themes to resources across the Internet for
> further reading.  "Of course, none of this has ever been done, so it may
> all be in the realm of puresscience fiction.  But the pieces are there, and
> sooner or later somebody will put them all togehter.  How about you?"


It will be amazing to see what happens however you do it.  Please keep us
posted!

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[OSList] Sat 18th Dec - Winter Solstice 2021 - Celebration, Reflection, Conversations & Play

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

You are invited to a solstice gathering this Saturday, created by some
lovely people in the Art of Hosting Community.

   - Saturday, December 18th
   - 9:00 EST / 14:00 GMT / 15:00 CET / 19:30 IST
   - Cost: Free

The full invitation is below.

Sincerely,
Lucas Cioffi


-- Forwarded message -
From: Jamie Colston

Dear friends, new and old,

We are moving towards to longest night here in the northern hemisphere, and
over the last four solstices, we (friends, family and kin we haven't met
yet) have been gathering together on the Saturday before the Solstice, to
be in relationship with each other, deep time and the unexpected. We do
this because our world needs more beautiful and life enhancing ways of
gathering people from around the world to be in ceremony and ritual
together, alongside fun and play.

This year, there is a smaller hosting team than usual and we have spent
less time designing the magic that has happened in the past. However we
think that we can lean into all the creativity that has been weaving itself
into our imaginations over two years and co-host, with you, a delicious
solstice gathering.

What we have designed is a ceremony, which begins on *December 18th at 9:00
EST / 14:00 GMT / 15:00 CET / 19:30 IST*. We have musicians, poets,
performance artists and game designers on the team. We have 10 rooms
designed to cultivate a sense of imagination including the Kitchen (where
all the best side parties happen), The queue for the toilet (where you can
leave some graffiti messages on the wall), Behind the Bushes (what happens
there stays there), the Disco (self explanatory and goes on til late) and
the open mic room.

We would like to invite you. Your family, elders, young people, friends who
might like this kind of experiment and your community.

The event is hosted on QiqoChat which has Zoom embedded into it along with
some really cool digital tools to help it feel like a real party. It takes
two minutes to sign up and make a profile or you can attend as a guest.

https://artofhosting.qiqochat.com/e/wJPCaSivBMoNasYOjcxPkFdZp

If you haven't been before and you can't yet imagine how a digital event
can be anywhere near as good as an in person get together, then I invite
you to come and be surprised.

If you are too busy, can't imagine being online any more than you have too,
or can't come for any other reason, then thank you for being one of the
lovely people in my life that I wanted to invite.

Love and blessings to all

Jamie

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Roles:Facilitator/Host, Artists & Designer of space and
interactions, Poet, Sense maker, Companion in exploration, Steward, Learner.
Email: ja...@jamiecolston.com
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Role:   Facilitator/Host, Learning Designer, Tech Host
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[OSList] Our World, 1967

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

"This is our world.  5/7 ocean, 2/7 land.  135 sovereign countries.  The
home of 3,400 million people, and tonight for the first time we can see
right round our world from sunset to dawn by television.  Television
stations in 14 countries all around the world have joined up to make one
program, this program.  In 43 control rooms all round the world, production
teams are monitoring and selecting the hundreds of pictures and sounds
from 5 continents which will combine to make this historic program."

That was the opening from the 1967 live TV program, Our World
 which featured live footage such as a
baby being born in Mexico, the Beatles recording All You Need is Love in
London, subway construction in Tokyo, etc.

I share this with the OS list because Harrison Owen raised the provocative
question, "What would it look like if 8 billion people were in
conversation?"  In the context of where we've come since 1967 with 400
million people watching that one highly produced program, maybe the
question isn't so crazy after all.

Sincerely,
Lucas Cioffi


P.S. - Here's some additional random info/context about the 1967 broadcast
from Wikipedia...
Broadcast[edit

]

The opening credits were accompanied by the Our World theme sung in 22
different languages by the Vienna Boys' Choir
.[7]


Canada's CBC Television 
had Marshall
McLuhan  being interviewed
in a Toronto television control room
.
At 7:17 pm GMT, the show switched to the United States' segment about
the Glassboro,
New Jersey  conference
between American president Lyndon Johnson
 and Soviet premier
 Alexei Kosygin
; since *Our World* insisted
that no politicians be shown, only the house where the conference was being
held was televised. National Educational Television
's (NET)
Dick McCutcheon ended up talking about the impact of the new television
technology on a global scale.[1]


The show switched back to Canada at 7:18 pm GMT. Segments that were beamed
worldwide were from a Ghost Lake, Alberta
 ranch
, showing a rancher, and his cutting
horse , cutting out a herd
of cattle . The last Canadian segment
was from Kitsilano Beach ,
located in Vancouver 's Point Grey
 district at 7:19 pm GMT.[1]


At 7:20 pm GMT, the program shifted continents to Asia, with Tokyo, Japan
being the next segment. It was 4:20 a.m. local time and NHK
 showed the construction of the Tokyo
subway  system.[1]


The equator was crossed for the first time in the program when it switched
to the Australian contributions, which was at 5:22 a.m. Australian Eastern
Standard Time  (AEST).
This was the most technically complicated point in the broadcast, as both
the Japanese and Australian satellite ground stations had to reverse their
actions: Tokyo had to go from transmit mode to receive mode, while Melbourne
 had to switch from receive to
transmit mode.[2]

The
first segment dealt with trams
 leaving the South
Melbourne tram depot
 with Australian
Broadcasting Commission
's Brian
King explaining that sunrise was many hours away as it was winter there.[1]
 Two
scientific segments, later on in the broadcast, were also included; one,
presented from Canberra by the ABC's Eric Hunter showed experiments being
carried out by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation

Re: [OSList] Women in Agile Open Fri-Sat Oct 8-9

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

Women in Agile Open is going to be a great event this Friday/Saturday.  If
you've never experienced an open space online, drop in for their opening
circle for some inspiration.

I did a quick video interview  of
April Jefferson (one of the two co-founders) so you can get a sense of the
energy of this event.

Here is the registration link
 again.  The
cost is "pay what you can".

Each time they host it, they stretch our platform (Qiqo) so that's why
we're thrilled to sponsor it.  I hope you all have a great rest of the week.

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On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 11:23 AM Open Space Institute U.S. via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> The Open Space Institute - U.S. invites you to attend the Women in Agile
> Open, an online Open Space meeting being held Friday and Saturday
> October 8-9.
>
> The Agile movement has made huge inroads throughout all areas of society
> well beyond software to bring flexibility and humanity to work. The
> focus on the importance of human value and capacity has been present in
> Agile with the use of Open Space Technology in the Agile community since
> before they adopted the name "Agile" in 2001. This event welcomes all
> genders to come design the future together in open space.
>
> https://www.tickettailor.com/events/womeninagileopen/518245
> 
>
> The OSI-US's own April Jefferson is on the amazing international team.
> They'll be using QiqoChat with attendance times that will work for any
> time zone. April has been pioneering it's usage in many areas.
> Attendance is pay what you can by donation with a very low recommended
> request of US$20 if that works for you.
>
> We hope to see you there!
>
>  Thank You,
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[OSList] You are invited to QiqoCON, 5 August

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

You are invited to QiqoCON on August 5th starting at 16.00 Berlin / 10am
Eastern / 7am Pacific.
Here is the link to register .

This is the first time this international community of facilitators and
event professionals are getting together to share what has worked for them
and how they will tackle the challenges of online and hybrid events in the
months to come.

It is a free, participatory conference.  We start off with some five-minute
stories from and move into open conversations, networking, and hands-on
workshops.  You will recognize many great colleagues from this OS List from
this list of impressive presenters:  Eily Aurora
, Eiwor
Backelund Jacobsson , Francois Knuchel
, Heidi Nobantu Saul ,
Inger-Mette Stenseth , Jamie Colston
, Linda Howard
, Lee Gimpel
, Mark Frischmuth
, Mark Kilby , Paco
Briseño , Sofia Mueller
, Suzanne Daigle
, and Thomas Herrmann
.

We are very thankful to be working with April Jefferson
 who has designed this event.  Whether you
have hosted many online events or are just getting started, we are holding
this space for you, and we would love to see you there.

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Re: [OSList] TODAY: "Flyover" of a 3-day, 400-person Open Space Conference

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Romy!

Here is the link to the recording <https://youtu.be/3YNyQhg59eU>!


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On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 4:48 PM Romy Shovelton 
wrote:

> So sorry to have missed this (and you all!). Only just seen the note,
> having returned from a day out and about…. I’m sure it was a brilliant
> conversation and demonstration….. If anyone recorded the zoom event, I’d
> love to see it. Thanks so much 😊
>
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> On 22 Apr 2021, at 14:40, Barry Owen via OSList <
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>
> COOL!
>
> I'm in recovery from a rough time with the 2nd pfizer shot yesterday, so I
> am suddenly available to attend this
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 8:28 AM Lucas Cioffi via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> This will be an informal, and interactive session starting in 90 minutes
>> (11am Eastern / 8am Pacific) today (Thursday, April 22).
>>
>> We'll be on Zoom and I'll share my screen so you can see what a
>> well-designed conference space looks like on Qiqo -- while it's happening.
>> We'll cover everything from the invitation process to how participants set
>> the agenda and take notes together.
>>
>> Master facilitator Heidi Nobantu Saul (here on the OSLIST) designed this
>> event with her organizing team. It's their third large conference on Qiqo
>> as part of the Internet Identity Workshop series. Every iteration of her
>> event design builds on the previous one, with a focus on simplicity while
>> empowering participants.
>>
>> Please join me here <https://qiqochat.com/e/btIUTcVdOzLFmkNIkbXOiFQQY>!
>>
>> *Lucas Cioffi*
>> QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer
>> lu...@qiqochat.com
>> +1.917.528.1831
>>
>>
>> <https://qiqochat.com/>
>>
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>>
>>
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[OSList] TODAY: "Flyover" of a 3-day, 400-person Open Space Conference

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

This will be an informal, and interactive session starting in 90 minutes
(11am Eastern / 8am Pacific) today (Thursday, April 22).

We'll be on Zoom and I'll share my screen so you can see what a
well-designed conference space looks like on Qiqo -- while it's happening.
We'll cover everything from the invitation process to how participants set
the agenda and take notes together.

Master facilitator Heidi Nobantu Saul (here on the OSLIST) designed this
event with her organizing team. It's their third large conference on Qiqo
as part of the Internet Identity Workshop series. Every iteration of her
event design builds on the previous one, with a focus on simplicity while
empowering participants.

Please join me here !

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[OSList] FRIDAY INVITATION: Interview with Steve Holyer: Building an Online Carnival—or a Hallway—for Fun Conversations

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

Tomorrow (Friday, March 5th), there's a fun and interactive interview with
facilitator Steve Holyer who will share his lessons learned for holding an
online Mardi Gras on QiqoChat for the Agile Alliance.

Everyone here on OSLIST is familiar with open space.  Steve (cc'd) is an OS
facilitator and a member of OSLIST.  Although this event was not an open
space, you will learn tips for making your online events (OS or not) more
social, fun, and productive by seeing a different yet related event type.

Steve did a fantastic job with his event and I hope you can join us during
the interview to ask him some questions.  The goal of these interviews is
to have honest conversations among facilitators about what's working and
what needs to be improved so that we never stop learning.

*You can RSVP and participate here
.  *I'll share the
recording at that same link a day after the event is over.
*Date: *Friday, March 5, 2021
*Start time:* 8am Pacific / 11am Eastern / 4pm UTC / 5pm Central European
Time
*Cost:* Free

*Session Description:*

> Our challenge was to gather Agilists from around the world around a shared
> purpose and held space for a fun party for professional networking. I
> wasn’t building and hosting an Open Space Technology event, but I wanted to
> embed Open Space principles into the experience because that’s what I
> needed to find engagement, creativity and joy. QiQoChat enabled us to do
> that, and as always we learned a lot of new things about opening and
> holding space for celebration online.



*Lucas Cioffi*

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[OSList] Free QiqoChat training for online OST this week

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello OSLIST,

If you have heard of QiqoChat but have not yet gotten a chance to use it in
your work, I'd like to teach you how to do so.

You are invited to a free 2-hour class this week.  You will learn how to
create your first event on QiqoChat.  (Please note that this is separate
from the other great discussion thread happening now on the OSLIST about
sharing lessons learned from last year.)

*Please choose one of these 9 time slots this Thursday/Friday
 (including three slots that work great
for Australia & Asia).*

Qiqo is a flexible (and affordable) platform that integrates Zoom and
other collaborative tools you use such as Google Docs.
You can use Qiqo to host events ranging from interactive dialogue and
workshops to large conferences.

Many facilitators have had to learn how to host their events online during
2020.  There is a vibrant community of practice that is figuring this out
together.  Whether you have years of experience in online events or if you
are exploring for the first time, you won't be alone.

We hope to see you there, and please share with your friends!

*Lucas Cioffi*

QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer



Live Online Events | Engaging Communities | Real Collaboration

Drop in for open office hours! 







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Re: [OSList] QiQo Chat (or...) for 450 Folks?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Marc,

According to Zoom documentation
,
Zoom alone, you can have a total of 200 people across 50 breakout rooms.

At Qiqo, we partner with facilitators with tech services and a tech
platform. The largest event on Qiqo had 1200 simultaneous users and I
estimate that we can hold 1500-2500 in a single event.  Qiqo can handle 100
breakout spaces, each of which is connected to a separate Zoom meeting
(with recording, screensharing, and even Zoom breakouts).  Our largest open
space  (facilitated by
Heid Nobantu Saul) was 2 days for 680+ landscape architects who had not
experienced OST before.  The book of proceedings and video summary is here
.

Qiqo meetings can accommodate 300 by default, and for larger events, we
purchase larger meeting capacity from Zoom for 500 or 1000 participants.

Here are some video interviews

with people on the OSList who have used Qiqo for online open spaces and
other events.  The most recent video is Online Open Space with François
Knuchel and Karen Gimnig .

Lucas Cioffi
Lead Software Engineer, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
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On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 9:58 AM Marc C. Trudeau via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Good day, OSList members!
>
> I’ve been approached by an early childhood education non-profit to take
> their annual employee development day online, during what for them is a
> truly stressful time. I’m planning to offer them an Open Space but am
> concerned that we could have over 400 attendees at Opening and Closing
> Circles. Will you help me? Can QiQo Chat accommodate that many; I seem to
> recall a 300 seat limit? What has worked for others in similar situations?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Marc
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[OSList] Facilitator Interview Series Today: Open Space with François Knuchel and Karen Gimnig

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello OSList,

*Facilitator Interview Series: Open Space with François Knuchel and Karen
Gimnig*
Starts today at 5pm CEST / 11am Eastern
Join Here !

Hear about creating an event on Qiqo from the facilitator's
perspective.François and Karen will share how they created an open
space event inside a larger conference for the National Workforce
Registry Alliance.They will share what they learned and will be happy
to answer your questions.

The video will be posted there for anyone who visits the page in the future.

Lucas Cioffi
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[OSList] A 24-hour open space tomorrow: "24-Hour Global Gathering on the Future of Work"

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

If you are looking to experience how a facilitator has designed a 24-hour
open space, I would highly recommend the Future of Work 24-Hour Global
Gathering organized by April Jefferson & Line Morkbak. It starts tomorrow
September 25.

Today I was helping April with a final tech check before her event and it
was so much fun to see the space that she built for her participants. I
asked her if she could give me a tour and here it is on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/aY2ldxnlBsE

It's an event that will bring people together from the fields of
facilitation, agile software development, permaculture, and design
thinking. It is a 24-hour event with openings by different facilitators
every 4 hours.

It's inclusive.  They say, "Pay what you can, join when you can." If you're
interested, here is the link to register: https://bit.ly/FoW24HR

Lucas Cioffi
Lead Software Engineer, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
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Re: [OSList] Host your first online open space for free (up to 200 participants)

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi, All!

There are 8 facilitators who want to learn OST online together using
QiqoChat.   I can assure you that the learning curve will only require a
walk and not a climb!

Please let me know if you'd like to join this group of 8 facilitators who
want to learn together.  Facilitators will be matched in groups of three so
they can help answer each other's questions and provide helpful suggestions
for creating their online event spaces -- it's like designing the
conference center where you will host the OST.  I'll provide optional free
training and open office hours each week that they can drop into.

Hi Tonnie, as for the WOSonOS, the Open Space Institute US has an event
planned; I pasted the latest update below, the one I shared a few months
ago but many probably didn't see it.

Lucas Cioffi
Lead Software Engineer, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831




-- Forwarded message -
From: Lucas Cioffi 
Date: Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 11:49 AM
Subject: Online WOSOonOS+
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>


Hi all,

There was a lot of interest in an online WOSonOS.

The Open Space Institute US has invited several other facilitation
communities to sponsor (co-sponsor) an Open Space somewhere in
September/October that can be for the world & include thinking about Open
Space (thus be a WOSonOS) while also welcoming other communities that use
and love open space as part of their repertoire. It will be a kind of
WOSonOS+.

If you have thoughts & want to help invite, please contact Harold Shinsato (
har...@shinsato.com).

Lucas Cioffi
Lead Software Engineer, QiqoChat
Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831
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[OSList] Host your first online open space for free (up to 200 participants)

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

The world sure needs a little OS right now.

Many OS facilitators haven't had the chance to facilitate one online yet.
Here are two of the first barriers you face:
1) you need a client that wants online OS, and
2) you need to get comfortable using the tech

As we know with in-person OS, the best way to learn it is to try it.  Let's
see if we can help people on this list overcome the two barriers listed
above.

*Overcoming the Lack of a Client*
First, I'd like to provide free use of Qiqo for any on the OS List who
wants to host their first OS online, up to 200 participants in a 1-day OS.
With the platform being free, then there's less of a need to get a client
to pay -- the only remaining cost is your time.  Maybe participants will
donate, maybe you can charge a fee, or maybe it's worth it to you to bring
OS to an organization that needs it but cannot afford to pay.  This is an
opportunity to do that.  If you run this first one well, then your
participants might become your next clients.

*Overcoming the Learning Curve*
Fortunately, you do not need to learn the tech on your own.  If enough
folks on this list are interested, we'll form groups of 3-4 facilitators
who can meet once per week for an hour to share their progress and to
provide constructive suggestions to each other.  I will be available for
free trainings and open office hours each week here
.

*Who is this for?*
This offer applies to anyone who has not yet hosted an online open space
event on Qiqo.  If interested, please send me an email before September
1st.  The event can happen any time in 2020.  You can do this as a free
event or you can earn money from it -- that's 100% up to you.

I'm sharing this email with the OSList, NCDD, and the Liberating Structures
Slack Community.

Lucas Cioffi
Lead Software Engineer, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831
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[OSList] Online WOSOonOS+

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi all,

There was a lot of interest in an online WOSonOS.

The Open Space Institute US has invited several other facilitation
communities to sponsor (co-sponsor) an Open Space somewhere in
September/October that can be for the world & include thinking about Open
Space (thus be a WOSonOS) while also welcoming other communities that use
and love open space as part of their repertoire. It will be a kind of
WOSonOS+.

If you have thoughts & want to help invite, please contact Harold Shinsato (
har...@shinsato.com).

Lucas Cioffi
Lead Software Engineer, QiqoChat
Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831
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[OSList] Open Space's Cousin: Unconferences - a facilitator interview in 30 minutes

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi OSList Family,

There are pros and cons of unconferences compared to open space.
Unconferences are similar to OS but they are not OS.  Please feel free to
join this interview happening in 30 minutes of an unconference facilitator
who used Qiqo, a platform originally built for OS.

Time: Thursday July 9th at 11am Eastern / 8am Pacific / 5pm CEST.


> *Facilitator Interview Series: Creating an Online Unconference with
> Sabrina Apitz*Supported by National Agencies of the EU programme
> Erasmus+, the MOVE IT online unconference brought actors from the youth
> sector together from across Europe to discuss international youth mobility
> in the digital era. Sabrina will share what she learned when she designed
> and facilitated this event.


*Please join here  to ask
Sabrina your questions during the event.*   If you miss the event, the
recording will be posted here

later today.

By seeing things that are similar to OS we can see and understand OS from a
different light.  As mentioned below, the recording will be available at
this link.

Lucas Cioffi
Lead Software Engineer, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
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[OSList] Documents that explain OST beautifully?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

If you have a document you use to explain OST to your participants and if
you wouldn't mind other facilitators using it, please share the link here.
Please also specify what copyright license applies (ie free to use without
attribution, free to use with attribution, etc).

If we had a small library of such documents, we could learn from each other
more quickly.

Lucas Cioffi
Lead Software Engineer, QiqoChat
Scarsdale, NY
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[OSList] Online Facilitator Interview Series Today: 400 German students and design thinking

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

You are invited to an interactive interview today (June 16th).

OSList's very own Rolf Schneidereit will share his lessons learned creating
space for 400+ German students, 1 llama, and 2 DJs to use design thinking
to address the UN's sustainable development goals over a two-day event
on QiqoChat.

The spirit of this event is seen in this engaging YouTube video
.

*Date: *TUE 16 Jun 2020
*Time: *3pm UTC / 11am Eastern / 8am Pacific

*You can RSVP and participate here
.*  See you there!

Lucas Cioffi
Lead Software Engineer, QiqoChat.com 
Scarsdale, NY
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[OSList] Link to the recording: Phelim McDermott and Innovations in Online Open Space

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

Here is the link to this week's in-depth interview
 of Phelim McDermott and the
team at Improbable in the UK.  They have completed some fantastic online
open space events in the past few weeks and even had a waiting list of 250
people for one of them.

They discuss using QiqoChat as in some parts of the interview, but the
interview explored their facilitation techniques rather than any one
specific platform.  It was great to see several people from the OS list on
the call, especially Ann Stadler.

The Improbable team's focus on accessibility for people who have limited
sight and hearing is cutting edge and setting a new standard for online
events.

Lucas Cioffi
Lead Software Engineer, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
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[OSList] Facilitator Interview Series Tomorrow (June 11th): Phelim McDermott and Innovations in Online Open Space

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello OSList,

Here's a special interview of one of our own OS community members...

Facilitator Phelim McDermott and his team at Improbable
 have been hosting some amazing open space
events in the past two weeks, helping the theatre community in London
design its own future.

You are invited to an interactive interview where he'll share what he's
learned with other facilitators.

*RSVP here *.  Thursday
June 11th.

   - 5pm CEST
   - 3pm UTC
   - 11am Eastern
   - 8am Pacific

If you miss the interview, the recording will be posted at the RSVP link
above.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Lucas Cioffi
Lead Software Engineer, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831
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[OSList] Crowdsourcing Amazing Templates for Online Facilitation

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

To stay relevant as many events move online, there is an urgent need for
facilitators like us to rapidly learn from each other.

*Please use this form
*
to share the link to document templates you use for online facilitation.

The goal is to build a library of templates that any facilitator can copy,
remix, and reuse in their own work.

All data submitted in this form will be publicly visible here

.

Questions/suggestions are welcome.

Lucas Cioffi
Lead Software Engineer, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
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[OSList] OS Online from the Perspective of a Facilitator

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello, OS List!

Heidi Nobantu Saul (a fellow long-time member of the OS List) held an
impressive open space two weeks ago, receiving 348 RSVPs.  She is excited
to share her experiences and walk us through the space.  That OS and this
conversation are on Qiqo, so I will provide tech support.

Please do join us!

*When: *Friday, May 22, 2020 12pm Eastern / 9am Pacific / 4pm UTC
*Where: *Please RSVP here


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Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 109, Issue 4

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Moiz, I run a free training each week about how to do OS online using
QiqoChat: https://learn.qiqochat.com/events

Here's tour I recorded ten days ago of a tour of an online OS with 250
people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYzANIA70_M

If you didn't want to use Qiqo (which combines Zoom + Google Docs in
breakout spaces) you can create one Google Doc for people to add their
ideas to the marketplace wall, and from there, provide a Zoom link for each
breakout and a Google Doc for each breakout.

I've watched many different facilitators do OS online and they stick to the
same principles and law of two feet that they use during in-person open
spaces.

What kind of group are you thinking about helping with an open space?

Lucas Cioffi
Lead Software Engineer, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
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On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 6:56 PM Moiz Amjad via OSList <
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>
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> > Subject: [OSList] Another Open Space Hotline! Tuesday, May 12th 12 PM
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[OSList] Today (April 30): A Zoom Fly-Over of a Live Open Space Event with 200+ Participants

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

I am an open space facilitator and a software engineer.  I built QiqoChat
to help facilitators host events online.


*I'm specifically looking to help facilitators who want to bring new tools
to their existing clients.*

I hope a bunch of folks can join this informal event today —  it's a Zoom
"fly-over" of a live Open Space event with 200+ participants as the event
enters Day 3.

Credit for the design of this event goes to Heidi Nobantu Saul (cc'd) who
has been facilitating this event in-person for many years.  It's the most
innovative event I've seen on QiqoChat in five years.  1-2 weeks from now
we'll host a Zoom interview for her to share her lessons learned.

*Time: *10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 5pm UTC
*You are invited to RSVP and/or participate here
.*

Here’s a screenshot of Google Analytics during the event from yesterday.
In the bottom-right, you can see that there are 301 people on the site, 212
in that specific open space event, and about 115 on Zoom video at that
moment.  During this fly-over I will show what an event looks like as
people are moving through the space and taking notes; we won't join their
Zoom sessions.  Please bring your questions and suggestions,  See you then!

Lucas Cioffi
Lead Software Engineer, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831
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Re: [OSList] help needed : a good talk/sparring partner

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Christine,

Suzanne Daigle inspired the gardens in the OST circle on Qiqo
<https://openspace.qiqochat.com/gardens> when doing her work for the World
Happiness Fest.

Those gardens are always open for anyone in this community to host
conversations related to OS.  When you enter a guest username and click
"Join Video" Zoom will open.

Just an idea to help when participants do not all speak the same
language... you could have everyone meet in the central garden (one host
welcoming people in each language) and then there could be multiple
breakout gardens in each language.  People who are bilingual can butterfly
between the two gardens.  When you'd like to close the meeting, there could
be a bilingual closing in the Central Garden.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831




On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 3:32 PM christine koehler via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi Phelim and all
>
> I will do something next week, Lucas offered Qiqochat as a meeting place.
> Right now I am wondering how to do that , with the langage, when most of
> French people don’t speak English.
>
>
> I will be more than happy to discuss with you
>
> Wondering Christine
>
> Le 7 avr. 2020 à 18:56, Phelim McDermott via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> a écrit :
>
> Hi Christine
>
> Thanks for these notes. I missed your last meeting but am keen to be part
> of any of your future discussions. Do you have any plans for further online
> gatherings around your question and initiative.
>
> Hope you are well
>
> Phelim xx
>
> On 27 Mar 2020, at 18:53, christine koehler via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Thank you all so much for your help !
> we had a great conversation and it was a big help in tips and contacts and
> clarity of thoughts.
> here is the link to our meeting notes
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oZucommUpFszMBMyN5iH0Ty8MYPfQMwPZ8EHcxvtxIM/edit#>
>
> What would help me a lot is a structure of a nationwide proposal (never
> done this before) based on participatory emergent processes.
> If someone has done one and could share it (the structure, and how the
> calendar is presented) that would be really helpful
>
> I reshape here the link of the article Peggy shared with us :
> https://medium.com/@jordan.s.lyon/the-day-after-a95b710558bc
> For hope for the future
>
>
> Christine
>
>
> Le 27 mars 2020 à 15:48, Ágota Éva Ruzsa via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> a écrit :
>
> How can I connect?
>
> * Ruzsa Agota Eva,*
>
>
> *systemic&mindful facilitationwww.facilitatorok.com
> <http://www.facilitatorok.com/>, www.wisdomweavers.com
> <http://www.wisdomweavers.com/>*
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 3:24 PM Peggy Holman via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> 6 minutes from now
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 27, 2020, at 7:11 AM, paul levy via OSList <
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>
>> What time is it uk timec?
>>
>> On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, 13:10 Barry Owen via OSList, <
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm planning to be there today :-)
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 7:50 AM christine koehler via OSList <
>>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Everyone
>>>> Lucas. tomorrow Friday 12:30 pm eastern in your garden works for me
>>>> Thank you for offering the space.
>>>> Talk to those who are interested then !
>>>>
>>>> Gerardo, that’s an interesting idea (we call it cafe suspendu here,
>>>> it’s a one on one offer, interesting to hear it can be translated
>>>> differently) . I’d be please to be in touch with this person
>>>>
>>>> You are wonderful :)
>>>> Christine
>>>> + 33 6 13 28 71 38
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le 26 mars 2020 à 18:15, Peggy Holman via OSList <
>>>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> If Lucas’ suggested time on Friday works for you, I’ll come also.
>>>>
>>>> Peggy Holman
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 26, 2020, at 8:29 AM, Lucas Cioffi via OSList <
>>>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 
>>>> Hello Christine!
>>>>
>>>> Please name a time and I can meet you in the OS Zoom/Qiqo garden:
>>>> https://openspace.qiqochat.com
>>>> Anyone else who is intere

Re: [OSList] help needed : a good talk/sparring partner

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Ok Great.  I'm re-sending the link so that folks have it:
https://openspace.qiqochat.com/

Time: Today (Friday) at 7:30 am Pacific / 10:30am Eastern / 2:30pm UTC

All are welcome!

-Lucas Cioffi






On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 1:16 AM Peggy Holman via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Wonderful! See you then.
>
> Peggy Holman
> 206-948-0432
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Mar 26, 2020, at 10:09 PM, christine koehler <
> chris.alice.koeh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Peggy
>
> Thanks for pointing this out.
> you are right, Lucas suggested 10:30pm Eastern /2 :30 UTC. that one works
> for me
>
> Christine
>
> Le 26 mars 2020 à 19:05, Peggy Holman  a écrit :
>
> Hi Christine,
>
> To clarify the time tomorrow, Lucas suggested 10:30am ET.
>
> Does that still work for you?
>
> (Fingers crossed because I can’t make 12:30pm ET.)
>
> Looking forward to it,
> Peggy
>
>
> 
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>
> Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into
> Opportunity <http://www.engagingemergence.com/>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 26, 2020, at 11:02 AM, christine koehler <
> chris.alice.koeh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone
> Lucas. tomorrow Friday 12:30 pm eastern in your garden works for me
> Thank you for offering the space.
> Talk to those who are interested then !
>
> Gerardo, that’s an interesting idea (we call it cafe suspendu here, it’s a
> one on one offer, interesting to hear it can be translated differently) .
> I’d be please to be in touch with this person
>
> You are wonderful :)
> Christine
> + 33 6 13 28 71 38
>
>
> Le 26 mars 2020 à 18:15, Peggy Holman via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> a écrit :
>
> If Lucas’ suggested time on Friday works for you, I’ll come also.
>
> Peggy Holman
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 26, 2020, at 8:29 AM, Lucas Cioffi via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> 
> Hello Christine!
>
> Please name a time and I can meet you in the OS Zoom/Qiqo garden:
> https://openspace.qiqochat.com
> Anyone else who is interested can join us too.  If this is a good
> conversation we can do it again next week and more people can join with
> more advance notice.
>
> Is there a time that works for you...
>
>- today (Thursday) 12:30pm-5pm Eastern / 4:30pm-9pm UTC?
>- or tomorrow (Friday) 10:30am-12:30pm Eastern / 2:30pm-4pm UTC?
>
> Lucas Cioffi
> Founder, QiqoChat.com <http://qiqochat.com/>
> Scarsdale, NY
> 917-528-1831
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 10:57 AM christine koehler via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> I have an idea that need some more thinking. it’s about lunching a
>> dialogue mouvement over here (France) to help people dealing with anxiety
>> and prepare for social peace after the crisis (there will be social unrest
>> for sure over here, we can feel it already). it may involve online
>> conversation café and open space
>> I am looking for someone to help me take my idea a bit further , who
>> knows about Conversation Cafe/ NCCD  and can help me talk to the right
>> people in this community.
>> We could talk via Zoom/whatapp or whatever.
>>
>> Anyone willing to help me think this through ?
>>
>> Christine
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Re: [OSList] help needed : a good talk/sparring partner

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Christine!

Please name a time and I can meet you in the OS Zoom/Qiqo garden:
https://openspace.qiqochat.com
Anyone else who is interested can join us too.  If this is a good
conversation we can do it again next week and more people can join with
more advance notice.

Is there a time that works for you...

   - today (Thursday) 12:30pm-5pm Eastern / 4:30pm-9pm UTC?
   - or tomorrow (Friday) 10:30am-12:30pm Eastern / 2:30pm-4pm UTC?

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 10:57 AM christine koehler via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi Guys
>
> I have an idea that need some more thinking. it’s about lunching a
> dialogue mouvement over here (France) to help people dealing with anxiety
> and prepare for social peace after the crisis (there will be social unrest
> for sure over here, we can feel it already). it may involve online
> conversation café and open space
> I am looking for someone to help me take my idea a bit further , who knows
> about Conversation Cafe/ NCCD  and can help me talk to the right people in
> this community.
> We could talk via Zoom/whatapp or whatever.
>
> Anyone willing to help me think this through ?
>
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Re: [OSList] Online solutions for a virtual OS

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Nigel, we exchanged an email about using QiqoChat (with the included
Zoom breakout rooms) and I pasted it at the bottom of this email in yellow
in case others have the same questions.

Below I also included a few other ways I know how to use Zoom to open space.



Hello, Nigel!
All we did for the World Happiness Fest was set up their garden:
http://worldhappinessfest.qiqochat.com/

You can set one up with a few steps.  Go to this link to create a new
"circle" on Qiqo: https://qiqochat.com/new  Then you land on your garden's
page.  Enter your credit card and you're all set.

Your circle is the name of your group of people.  Each circle can have a
garden (for unscheduled or scheduled events; no notes in the breakout
gardens) and any number of scheduled events where people are taking notes
collaboratively (each breakout event gets 10 breakout rooms by default and
you can change that, plus each breakout comes with a notes document).
Here's an example of the second kind of event with breakouts that each have
a notes document .


Once you have your circle created, you can create that second type of event
by going to the menu and looking for "Events".

I have some more explanation of the difference between the types of events
on the homepage: https://qiqochat.com/about

I just posted a message to the OS List for how we facilitators can connect
with each other live.  Please join Slack as described in that message.
When my "dot" in Slack is green, we'll be able to connect for an impromptu
chat.  I can share my screen and answer any questions.

===

Also, Tony Budak is a pioneer and created an online garden for his local
community in Ohio.  His link is here .
People can create their own here: https://qiqochat.com/new

There's one other platform I know of for online OS: OpenSpace-Online®


Aside from Qiqo (uses Zoom for video and Google Docs for notes) and
OpenSpace-Online®, you could set on up with Zoom + Google docs.  Buy a Zoom
account for each breakout room you want.  Then create a Google doc for the
opening circle (to post the agenda) and a Google doc for notes at each
breakout table.  I'd recommend re-using the same Google doc for each
breakout.  The disadvantage of this approach is that people cannot see who
is in a breakout room before they join.

You can also use Zoom's breakout rooms feature.  If you make everyone a
co-host then they can move themselves between breakouts, but they will have
to refer to another document such as a Google doc to see what topics are
being discussed at each table.  There's an experiment of this approach
happening this Monday, 23rd March 2020 from 19:30 to 21:30 CET, hosted by
m...@birgit-nieschalk.com and ru...@thecreatorscompany.com. Invitation is
here

.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831
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[OSList] A place to connect for live chat with OST facilitators

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

A few years ago, someone set up a Slack community for Liberating Structures
facilitators which now has over 3000 members.

OST is included in their list of over 30 powerful "liberating structures",
so we as OST facilitators are absolutely welcome to join that community at
this link: http://bit.ly/libstrucslack

These are complementary and not competitive tools.  That Slack community
will never replace the OS List because you can't have the deep, thoughtful
exchanges we have here.

However, that Slack community provides an indicator of who is online right
now, and that makes it very easy to reach out to them without having to
dial an international phone number.  It's perfect when you need to connect
with someone on the OS List live for a quick written chat, and if you need
to move the conversation to an audio chat you can share a Zoom link with
them or even move to the online Zoom "gardens" (thanks to Suzanne Daigle's
inspiration) that I created for everyone on the OS List to use here:
https://openspace.qiqochat.com

*Orientation to Slack*
1. It's not necessary, but you can download the Slack "app"
 for your computer or phone.  This way you can
have it open whether or not you are browsing the web.  Whenever you have it
open, your "dot" is green, so others see they can reach out to you for 1-1
chats.

2. Slack has a little bit of a learning curve, but I promise you it is 100%
worth it.

   - All communication happens in different "channels" kinda like different
   channels on a TV.
   - You arrive at the general channel.
   - If you want to find the "openspace" channel then click "Channels" on
   the left and type in "openspace".
   - When you arrive, you can click the "Join" button.  Once you have
   joined, the channel will remain visible on the left side in your list of
   channels.  When there are new messages in that channel, the channel name
   turns bold.

The key with Slack is that you are not expected to read every message --
there are too many in the group channels and that's a good thing!  Just dip
in where you want.

Please follow-up with any questions.  Did the steps above work for you?
What needs to be more clear?

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831
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[OSList] A shared calendar for all the facilitator trainings that are happening now

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi OST World,

We're in quite a moment right now as humans that few of us would have
expected a few months ago.

Due to COVID-19 there are a tremendous number of online trainings and
experiments run by and for facilitators right now, and it’s very hard for
us all to keep track.

It would be great if we could get many of them on the same shared Google
calendar, because then the events will show up in our own personal
calendars automatically.

I created a shared Google calendar, and you have access to add events to
it.
To add an event, please go to the Liberating Structures Circle on QiqoChat:
https://ls.qiqochat.com/events (a free space for facilitators to experiment
with Liberating Structures including OST, 131 members)

Once you create the event, it will automatically be distributed in three
ways:

   - Posted to the events channel in the Liberating Structures Community of
   Practice on Slack  (3108 members).
   - Sent via email to all members of that Qiqo circle listed above
   - Pushed instantly to everyone's personal calendar if they integrated
   the shared calendar with their personal calendar.  To integrate that shared
   Google calendar with your personal Google/Outlook/etc calendar (so the
   events automatically come to you), go to that QiqoChat link above and then
   look for the button under the calendar which says "+ Google Calendar".

Please any send questions/suggestions.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com 
Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831
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[OSList] Fwd: On-line OST platforms

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Csaba,

I'm an open space facilitator and software engineer in New York.  I built
Qiqo to make it easy to have online open space events using Zoom where
participants can move themselves.

*Here's an example that you can test out
*.  You'll see that you
can have many online breakout rooms in one online event.  Each breakout
room has a separate Zoom meeting plus a collaborative document that you
attach (ie Google Docs, Google Drawings, etc).  People arrive at the main
table and see the notes for the main table.  They click the green button to
open the Zoom meeting for the main table.


When they want to move to a different breakout, they click the breakout
table on the left and then they get a new green button to open the Zoom
meeting for that table.
Here  is
a screenshot.

The most difficult part of the user experience is that users will have Zoom
open and a webpage open, and some users don't know how to view the webpage
when Zoom is in front of it or to arrange Zoom & their browser on their
screen side-by-side so they can see them both at the same time.

Zoom charges us 1/2 cent per minute per person and we charge you 1 cent per
minute per person (a 4-hour event would cost $2.40 per person).  The first
2500 person-minutes are free.  I'm happy to help answer any questions.

On Qiqo, you create a "circle" for your group.  Each circle has a calendar
of events, so people can go back and see the events (and the notes) that
happened before.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com 
Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831


On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:45 AM Csaba Lengyel via OSList <
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> Dear Collegues,
>
> Social distancing due to coronavirus mitigation efforts brings-up the
> necessity of using on-line OST platforms. I know there has been some
> discussion already in this forum on this topic, but I would be very much
> interested the current best solutions and experiences.
>
> Can you share your thoughts?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Csaba Lengyel
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Re: [OSList] Zoom for OST

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Mark,

I happened to notice Deb's post below about Zoom, OST, and QiqoChat, so I
made an example event you (and anyone) can try out here
.
You can create your own event here .

I'm an open space facilitator and I'm a software developer.  There have
been other great efforts at opening space online over the years by members
of this community; QiqoChat is my effort to enable OST built on top of
Zoom.

By default Zoom doesn't allow users to move themselves to their own
breakout table.  Here's what we provide:

   - Ten breakout spaces for an event, each with their own Zoom meeting and
   a notes page.  You can change swap out the default simple notes page with a
   Google Doc or some other collaborative online tool that you like (ie
   whiteboard or Google drawings with post-its, etc)
   - The ability for users to see who is in which breakout room and what is
   written in the notes page before they join the Zoom video chat.  They can
   see what's being discussed before they use their two feet.
   - A "community wrapper" to keep your participants connected before &
   after the event is over.  This includes a calendar and a weekly newsletter
   to remind people of any upcoming events.  This is great for when you will
   have a series of online events or if you will even let people create their
   own online events (OST or otherwise).

Since 2015 when we first started integrating with Zoom, about 5000 users
have spent 900,000+ audio/video minutes on Qiqo.  The cost is 1c per minute
per person.

I've also added some lightweight tools that can help with OST and/or
Liberating Structures.  As a facilitator, you can do the following:

   - Set topics for breakout tables (once participants create the agenda,
   you copy-paste the list in the admin's tool and then the topics show up
   near the name for each table)
   - Send a message to all participants
   - View notes for all breakout tables on a single page
   - Assign X people to each breakout table and then randomly reassign them
   in groups of different sizes (great for the 1-2-4-all Liberating Structure)
   - Set a countdown timer to display at all tables (some OST facilitators
   would want this and some would not it's up to you)

This works well with agile project management.  For example, the biggest
user of QiqoChat is a company in Norway that has 60 of its remote workers
on Qiqo every two weeks for their 2-hour retrospective meetings using Zoom
& breakouts, similar to OST.

Coincidentally, over the past few years, I've started thinking about how to
take the site to the next level.  I want to come up with a new model where
facilitators who host events on the platform start earning equity in the
company.  The general idea would be that 75% of the company would be owned
by the community, similar to a co-op model.  If/when we sell, 75% of the
purchase price would go to facilitators worldwide.  If there are some folks
on this list who would like to help shape the effort, please do reach out!

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831






On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 5:16 PM Deborah Hartmann Preuss via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hello, Mark:
>
> I've been using zoom for years - love it.
>
> Still, it is missing some key features to allow de-centralized movement
> and self-organisation for OST. The Liberating Structures community has a
> group working on how to adapt the LS collaboration patterns, including
> OST, to distributed working platforms. They use zoom. They've identified
> the lacks of zoom (ex: you cannot freely move from one breakout room to
> another without host intervention, etc) and may be in conversation with
> zoom.us about that.
>
> Qiqochat is a platform that incorporates zoom and adds features alongside
> it to create something more suitable to OST. I attended an online OST there
> a few years ago (in the early stages of experimenting with this) and
> thoroughly enjoyed it. Michael Herman facilitated, iirc, and could tell you
> more, maybe even how it has evolved. At the beginning it was hard to get
> non-techies set up for Qiqochat, so I dropped it. But there have been
> improvements and the owner, Lucas Cioffe is very pro-active in constantly
> improving it so I suspect it has evolved a lot since then. It is quite nice
> to use once you're set up. And Lucas does good user support.
>
> I have no first-hand recommendation at present, but thought this history
> might help.
> Deb
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[OSList] On the cusp of greatness

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Remember that thing you wanted to do, but it didn't feel like the timing
was quite right?

What if everything and nothing has changed?

Doesn't it feel like now is a good time to give it your best shot?

What if...?
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[OSList] Join Remotely: Liberating Structures Global Gathering (March 13, 14, 15)

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

The Liberating Structures Community is quite vibrant.  They have 1459
people in their Slack chat community.  *OST is one of the dozens of
"liberating structures" that the members of that community use* out there
in the world in their communities and with their clients.

The LS community has its first "global gathering
"
this week in Seattle, March 13, 14, and 15.
You are invited to attend a remote session, co-hosted by two facilitators
in Europe.  I'm providing the tech support.  Here are the details:

   - *When:* March 13, 14, and 15 starting at 10:45am Pacific / 1:45pm
   Eastern / 6:45pm CET
   - *Duration:* 90 minutes
   - *Cost:* Free
   - *Format:* highly interactive Zoom video meetings w/ breakout rooms
   - *Topic:* facilitation using liberating structures
   - *Here is the link to join: Participate remotely here
   *

Lucas Cioffi
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Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831
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Re: [OSList] Feedback Requested - Open Space Proposal

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Hello Jake,

It's exciting to hear about your plan for OS online.  Here's my sales
pitch: QiqoChat might be a better fit for you than WebEx, because it makes
it easy for people to move themselves between video breakout rooms.

Yesterday I ran an hybrid online + in-person event which had some elements
of Open Space but we didn't describe it as Open Space.  There were 24
people in-person and 8 people online event.  It lasted 1.5 hours.   The
group was NEXUS for Change in Ohio.  The goal for the event was to explore
how to blend online & in-person participation.

We used the "liberating structure" called 1-2-4-All to choose 2 rounds of
breakout session topics.  This was the prompt: "What is the one question
that if I had an answer to it today, it would make all the difference
tomorrow?"  We used QiqoChat to let people move between breakouts.

If you skip to 37:44 that's when people start returning to the main online
space to discuss what they learned and felt during the experience.

Here's the video recording
.  If
you'd like to read the breakout room notes, visit the event page
,
create a free account, and then click "participate".

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat
Scarsdale, NY
917-528-1831


On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 7:41 PM Jake Yeager via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I attended the Peace and High Performance workshop in January. Another
> attendee, Regina Kang, inspired me to try Open Space at work in a similar
> fashion as she facilitates it in South Korea.
>
> The group that would participate is a single analytics team. It is
> comprised of about 30-35 people and is split across three sites. There are
> both managers and analysts, and I am a member on the team. I have pitched
> this to my manager, who is the highest ranking team member, and she is on
> board. Because we are at different sites, I propose holding the Open Space
> virtually.
>
> Also, we would hold an Open Space prior to the monthly meetings in order
> to introduce everyone to Open Space. We're still working out the details on
> this.
>
> I'd love feedback on my proposal below. One question I have is regarding
> the theme. I propose that the theme be simply "How can we...?" The team
> member can fill in the ellipsis when convening sessions. What do you think?
>
> Let me know if you have questions.
>
> Thanks!
>
> All the best,
> Jake
>
>
> *Lending Analytics in Open Space *
>
> Proposal (aka the Regina Kang Solution)
>
> Feb 7, 2019
>
> · Why?
>
> o   To collaborate on common, complex challenges that we face
>
> o   To leverage passion
>
> o   To innovate
>
> o   To encourage taking responsibility for solving problems and moving
> into action
>
> o   To build rapport and enhance communication
>
> · What?
>
> o   Theme = “How can we…?”
>
> o   Team members post sessions to Sharepoint prior to the designated time
>
> o   Five Principles and One Law
>
> §  Whoever comes are the right people
>
> §  Whatever happens is the only thing that could have
>
> §  Wherever it happens is the right place
>
> §  Whenever it starts is the right time
>
> §  When it’s over, it’s over
>
> §  The Law of Two Feet
>
> · Who?
>
> o   All team members are invited
>
> o   Attendance is voluntary
>
> · When?
>
> o   Once a month
>
> o   Blocked for 1-hour, but we communicate that “when it’s over, it’s
> over”
>
> · How?/Where?
>
> o   Sessions held in WebEx. The convener uses his or her WebEx account
> and posts this on the Sharepoint when convening the session
>
> o   Team members can move from session to session if they want
>
> o   The convener ensures that notes are taken during the session
>
> o   Session notes are available to everyone
> 
>
> When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and
> you will be free of problems.
>  - Robert Adams 
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Re: [OSList] conversation & listening in Pittsburgh

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Tricia,

I lived in Charlottesville during the race-based violence of 2017.  A few
weeks afterwards, I held listening circles in the public space downtown.
Here are the notes and lessons learned

that I and the other organizers compiled, and those notes might be helpful
for your organizing.

To provide a sense of what this looks like here's a photo of the news
coverage
,
and here is a blog post with photos

of where I did something very similar in 2015 (opening space with 4
chairs).  Coincidentally this was right where the car drove into the crowd
of people counter-protesting the alt-right rally in 2017.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your community.

Lucas Cioffi
Hastings on Hudson, NY
917-528-1831


On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 5:48 PM Tricia Chirumbole via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> My friends and I are holding daily conversation & listening spaces on the
> streets near the Tree of LIfe Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA where the mass
> shooting occurred this past Saturday .
>
> We are looking to establish a basic set of agreements and intentions for
> listening and dialogue - both for alignment among our core team, and
> highlights to post on signs and website for our volunteers and those who
> stop by.
>
> We are promoting an open space to welcome people as they are , and want to
> provide compassion-fueled support and listening and avoid closing people
> down or getting embroiled in any negativity or political discourse.
>
> Any advice is most welcome :)
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[OSList] Aggregating all blogs from all OSList members

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Hi All,

It is neat reading the current discussion thread by Michael Herman (Aug 28)
and Gail West (Sep 13) about vTaiwan, the opengov & open source movement in
Taiwan.
I think there's a powerful intersection between open space and the "civic
tech" movement (civic tech definition: tech built for the public good).

Toward that end, I publicly released the Fabric: The Civic Tech News Feed
 which shows the stream of news from these 870
blogs and news sources related to civic innovation
.
Here's the link to bookmark if you'd like to see all posts tagged with
"dialogue"
 (50
in the past two weeks).

*I want to help spread the word about OST to civic tech folks, so if your
blog isn't included the 870 news sources (link is above), please let me
know!*

PS- I'm going to start hosting 30-minute Zoom video breakouts sessions for
the civic tech movement every two weeks, starting this Friday at 12:30pm
Eastern (cost is $3/month).  Please refer to the first news feed link above
if interested.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat
Hastings on Hudson, NY
917-528-1831
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Re: [OSList] Invitation #2: Open Space in New York City - Martin Luther King Weekend

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Thank you for the invitation, Suzanne.

I've heard great things about the open spaces held at International House
in NYC for the past few years.
I am excited to be there and meet more folks from this list in-person!

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Hastings on Hudson, NY
917-528-1831




On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 7:55 PM, Suzanne Daigle via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> *Long Invitation*
> From the heart; I could not not write what I wrote.
> *Signed* Suzanne
>
>
> Dear OS community and friends,
>
> This will be the first of many invitations. To a gathering for which I
> feel a pull now more than ever before. I have not been able to find the
> right words to extend this invitation to you on this OS list so I've been
> sitting on it, and sitting on it. For about 4 to 5 years now, I have been
> partnering with Harrison and Karen Davis to lend a hand in hosting Open
> Space at this special place in New York City called International House.
> The Open Space Insitute US and many others have also been there to support
> and help.
>
> This year as I invite others, I feel its pull even more poignantly.
> Because of the world we live in, because so many of us feel a calling that
> seems more urgent, more critical and more important than ever before.
>
> With a tradition that has lasted more than 20 years, happening during this
> same time period and at this same place every year, people have gathered to
> learn Open Space or to deepen their practice of it - to feel its magic for
> the first time or to feel renewed by it with others *as if* for the first
> time. As I let my mind and my heart wander, I relive the moments of being
> there, feeling the presence of those in my life who have become mentors,
> friends and familiar faces. I feel myself climbing the well-worn steps of
> this auspicious place full of history, remembering the buzz of
> conversations, the silence, the reflections and the bursts of insight and
> courage that emerged so naturally. For those who have attended, once, a few
> times or more often, you each know what transpired afterwards because you
> came. Afterwards, YOU opened more space than you could ever have imagined.
> Countless individuals and entire communities from near and far have been
> touched, inspired and activated because YOU opened space inside yourself
> and for others.
>
> As I fled the Florida hurricanes this year, finding myself in Montgomery
> Alabama where Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and the entire Civil Rights
> movement found their footing, I felt in awe of the space they had opened in
> the world...courageously and strategically. Sitting in the Dexter Church,
> standing in the kitchen where late into the night, Martin Luther King
> questioned if he would have the courage to continue, to put at risk his
> life and that of his lovely wife and newborn daughter. I felt transported
> to the time later when he recited his "I had a dream" speech during the
> March on Washington.
>
> One would think that after all the sacrifices and all the bloodshed, that
> we would be many steps closer to living what is in the Declaration of
> Independence:
>
> "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal
> , that they are
> endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
> are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
> 
> ."
>
> It would seem that as our planet gets smaller, that we would feel more
> united and connected. And yet on so many fronts, we have reason to feel
> discouraged and despaired. Indeed all the ingredients that invite us to
> Open Space are there in its raw fury of opportunity.
>
> Harrison Owen explains that this approach works best when these conditions
> are present, namely high levels of
>
>1. *Complexity*, in terms of the tasks to be done or outcomes achieved;
>2. *Diversity*, in terms of the people involved and/or needed to make
>any solution work;
>3. *Conflict, real or potential*, meaning people really care about the
>central issue or purpose; and
>4. *Urgency*, meaning that the time to act was "yesterday".
>
>
> Indeed one could venture to say that there has never been a time in
> history where the need was ever greater to Open Space, to know Open Space
> and to be Open Space.
>
> PEACE and HIGH PERFORMANCE is the timeless theme of this historical
> invitation happening from Friday January 12th to Sunday January 14th, 2018.
>
> We invite you from the bottom of our heart and invite you to invite many
> others.
>
> Here is the link with the official Invitation
>  where you can register.
>
> With much love for this community - please spread the word!
>
> Suzanne
>
>
>
>
> Suzanne Daigle
> Open Space Facilitator
> NuFocus Strategic Group
>
> FL 941-359-8877 <(941)%20359-8877>
> Cell: 203

[OSList] Meeting Facilitator's Toolkit (includes Zoom at half price for first 500 users!)

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

If you're looking for a tool to collect notes during an OS, if you want to
use Zoom for video meetings of any sort, or if you're already using Zoom
and want to cut your costs in half, you will likely find this helpful.

Thank you to Michael Herman for sharing his original idea of a "online
toolkit" for meeting facilitators to help them easily collect notes during
both in-person & online open space events.  I finally got this together,
and in addition to a notes tool, I added actual Zoom video chat for online
meetings.  The total price is $7/month (less than half of what Zoom costs
on its own at retail price).

The announcement below went out to the NCDD mailing list a few minutes ago,
and I wanted to share it here.  Thanks to Paul, Tricia, Tony, and Skye for
their thoughts and encouragement a few weeks ago on the weekly OS Hotline.
Full message is below.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Mobile: 917-528-1831




-- Forwarded message --
Hi All,

If you're already using Zoom, here is a way to cut your costs in half.  If
you haven't heard of Zoom yet, it has become the top choice for hosting
video chats and dialogues across NCDD over the past few years.  They charge
$15/month per host.

Fortunately, Zoom also has a way for software developers (like myself) to
build apps on top of their services.  I ran some numbers and realized that
I can offer Zoom at just $7/month (saving you $96/year).  They will bill me
a 30 cents per hour per person, so I break even if you use this for 22
person-hours or less per month (that's 22 people for 1 hour or 2 people for
11 hours, etc).  I think in the aggregate, I can make a slight profit which
is all that's necessary to keep this tool sustainable.  This also helps
spread the word about QiqoChat, so it is worth the effort and cost.

*If you'd like to try this out, please go to https://tools.qiqochat.com
 and sign up for a 10-day free trial.*

I'm calling this the "Meeting Facilitator's Toolkit" and I've bundled a
collaborative note-taking tool in there for free.  More info is below if
interested.  Do you have suggestions for how to make this even more useful
to you?  Zoom already includes breakout rooms, screensharing, and white
boarding (for drawing).  What other tools would you want to see bundled
with this?  Please do share!

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Mobile: 917-528-1831



*MORE INFO*
When you sign up, you get your own personal meeting link/address which you
can share with your participants.  Mine is here: https://qiqochat.com/
meet/Lucas_from_Qiqo  Your participants do not need to create an account on
QiqoChat, but they can if they want.

Once I connected Zoom, I started thinking... what other tools could I
bundle in there for free for meeting facilitators?  So the second tool in
the toolkit is already available now too: collaborative notes.  This seems
to be the most needed feature that Zoom is missing-- a simple way for video
participants to take notes together.  So, when you are getting ready to
host a meeting, you can quickly create a "meeting page" on QiqoChat and
each meeting page can have one or more collaborative notes pages.  This is
an easy way for you to keep notes for breakout sessions organized or notes
for recurring meetings all in one place.
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Re: [OSList] Open Space Hotline TODAY, 11/28/17 @ 12PM EST!

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Great conversations today, Tricia!  You've kept the flame burning for 195
of these conversations (I checked at the link you sent which has a history
of dates and topics, the first one being four years ago this week!), and
that's amazing!

For those who couldn't attend we had almost a dozen people today.  Looking
forward to many more!

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Mobile: 917-528-1831




On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Tricia Chirumbole via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Happy Tuesday everyone!
>
> The Open Space Hotline is open TODAY, Tuesday, November 28th @12PM EST for
> whomever wants to drop in and listen, share a thought, ask a question, or
> just say hi!
>
> Expect the unexpected :)
>
> One+ hours of video conversation with amazing folks from around the world
> - Law of Two Feet applies as always!
>
> Sign-up and post topics: http://bit.ly/OShotline
>
> Join the call from PC, Mac, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/751609912
> a.  Join by phone: +1 (415) 762-9988 or +1 (646) 568-7788 (US Toll)
> b.  International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference
> c.  Meeting ID: 751 609 912
>
> Cheers!
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[OSList] The Online Facilitation Unconference

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

The Online Facilitation Unconference is October 16-22 this year.  On this
list, we've talked in-depth about the pros and cons of unconferences
compared to OST.  I thought folks here might want to know about or
experience the format themselves.  The main similarity with OST is that
people can post their own session at anytime and use any online tool they
want.  I expect about 20+ tools to be used.

I received an email below from the organizers at Center for Applied
Community Engagement with a discount code

that they invited us to share with our networks (save 63%), making the
price only $17 for the next 24 hours.  I plan on using QiqoChat (the tool
I've built) each day from 12pm-1pm Eastern (4pm GMT/UTC) to provide a video
chat lounge w/ breakout rooms.  I hope to see many of you there!

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831






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Please take a few seconds to let us know what topics you look forward to
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Re: [OSList] Open Space in Charlottesville

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Thanks for these thoughts, Birgitt.  I was looking for some advice like
that.  I'll reach out to the World Cafe folks to hear their suggestions.

>From my local perspective, I don't think these questions close space.  I
agree that they do not open space as much as the type of question you have
in mind.  Space is pretty closed right now, so these questions will open
space, but yes they may drag people back into an offense/defense mentality
so I do agree that they leave something (or a lot) to be desired.

On the other hand, these questions "meet people where they are", because
most people are already in an offense/defense mentality about politics,
especially here in Charlottesville and elsewhere in the US South on the
topic of Confederate monuments.  This event meets people where they are
(strolling around outdoors), gives people a chance to say what they are
thinking, and gives them a chance to feel heard.  Then again, saying what
one is thinking is not always a good thing.

I'm going to reach out and see what the World Cafe folks have to say.
Thanks for the fearless comments!




Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 10:13 PM, Birgitt Williams via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi Lucas,
> I like the idea of what you are doing. Stimulating conversations is
> worthwhile.
>
> I would never use those questions...they close space. And so I would scrap
> that list and begin again with something much simpler.
>
> I think you would do well to borrow some of the wisdom of how questions
> are formed for World Cafe eventsvery few questions...like only one or
> two. And questions that open the space for possibility thinking.
>
> That is my bit of wisdom on this...I am very picky about choosing
> questions and sending the quest in the best possible direction for life
> nurturing possibilities...and to invite people to think deeply.
>
> Best wishes with thsi,
> Birgitt
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 6:50 PM Lucas Cioffi via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Birgitt (and anyone else interested),
>>
>> In the center of Charlottesville, I'm setting up some listening circles
>> that look like this
>> <https://americantownhalls.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/20150324_161434.jpg> 
>> with
>> 10 other volunteers this Friday from 5-7pm.
>>
>> The process will be simple; people walking by in this high foot-traffic
>> area will pick up a sheet of optional/suggested questions, join a circle of
>> four chairs, listen to some people answer those questions, answer a few
>> questions themselves, and then be on their way.  We're calling these
>> "listening circles".
>>
>> Here's a list of draft questions
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10zZhbH3esZW5oAYSpKmAK7hSQD07p7hOK3YdwRWPZPM/edit>
>>  that
>> you can and anyone else on this list can edit without signing in.  I would
>> be very appreciative hearing suggestions for what questions would or would
>> not be appropriate.  I'm going to send this request to the NCDD list too.
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Lucas Cioffi
>> Charlottesville, VA
>> Mobile: 917-528-1831 <(917)%20528-1831>
>> Lucas Cioffi
>> Founder, QiqoChat.com
>> Charlottesville, VA
>> Mobile: 917-528-1831 <(917)%20528-1831>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Birgitt Williams via OSList <
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>
>>> not so sure that there is such a thing as 'loving indifference'.
>>>
>>> Love ispassionate, creative, life force and more.
>>>
>>> Love plus detachment from outcome is a useful way for the facilitator to
>>> be.
>>>
>>> However, there is nothing wrong with positive expectancy..for the
>>> best possible outcomes, whatever they may be.
>>>
>>> I was picking up that it was not so useful to be in expectancy that
>>> community OST may not lead to actions.
>>>
>>> Blessings,
>>> Birgitt
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 10:42 AM Michael Herman <
>>> mich...@michaelherman.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> you remind me, paul, that often it's possible to ask one or more
>>>> questions in the invitation, following them with "that's what we want to
>>>> find out."  i learned this from harrison years ago.  it's like you say,
>>>> loving indifference to what actually happens, but not indifferent about
>>>> finding out.  it's like the sus

Re: [OSList] Open Space in Charlottesville

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

 law is that
>>>>>>>>> they are essentially descriptive, rather than prescriptive "ground 
>>>>>>>>> rules."
>>>>>>>>>  the law, for instance, doesn't say one must use their two feet, it 
>>>>>>>>> says
>>>>>>>>> "you and only you know when you are learning and contributing as much 
>>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>>> you can."  this isn't a ground rule, it's more like a law of nature, 
>>>>>>>>> defy
>>>>>>>>> it at your own risk.  the moving about with two feet is just 
>>>>>>>>> describing
>>>>>>>>> what happens when people notice and act on the reality of the natural 
>>>>>>>>> law.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> the other thing i notice, lucas, is that you're attempting to
>>>>>>>>> promise safety.  that's a tall order.  made taller by simultaneously 
>>>>>>>>> saying
>>>>>>>>> that ALL ideas are welcome.  the combination of inviting everyone to 
>>>>>>>>> learn
>>>>>>>>> and contribute as much as they can, on the one hand, and be prepared 
>>>>>>>>> to be
>>>>>>>>> surprised, on the other, should be enough.  if you promise "safe" 
>>>>>>>>> space,
>>>>>>>>> then as soon as anyone feels bad the hosts/facilitators are seen as
>>>>>>>>> responsible.  what you want is for everyone to be responsible for
>>>>>>>>> everyone's safety.  when the event finishes and everyone is still 
>>>>>>>>> okay,
>>>>>>>>> THAT is something the group (not the facilitator) has done for itself,
>>>>>>>>> perhaps even the MOST important thing.  the principles and law 
>>>>>>>>> accomplish
>>>>>>>>> that pretty well.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Michael Herman
>>>>>>>>> Michael Herman Associates
>>>>>>>>> 312-280-7838 <(312)%20280-7838> (mobile)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://MichaelHerman.com
>>>>>>>>> http://OpenSpaceWorld.org
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 4:30 AM, Harrison Owen via OSList <
>>>>>>>>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The only suggestion I would make is not to take any questions.
>>>>>>>>>> May seem rude, but the fact of the matter is that everything will be 
>>>>>>>>>> clear
>>>>>>>>>> upon departure, and the sooner you get to take off the better. One 
>>>>>>>>>> side
>>>>>>>>>> note—Personal prejudice, I’m sure—The original “5 Principles” and 
>>>>>>>>>> One Law
>>>>>>>>>> quickly do the job, and my preference is always to quickly get out 
>>>>>>>>>> of the
>>>>>>>>>> way and let the people do their job. Good Luck!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Harrison
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Winter Address
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 7808 River Falls Dr.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Potomac, MD 20854
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 301-365-2093 <(301)%20365-2093>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Summer A

Re: [OSList] Open Space in Charlottesville

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Birgitt, thanks for your thoughts too about focusing on the positive to not
close the space.

Chris, that's an interesting approach.  I might just try it next time.

This is what I'm still pondering...
>From my experience of OS and unconferences, they lead to great wide-ranging
discussions but little in the way of action and implementation, if the
audience is a community.  I've read the book and remember the Olympics
example where one company had to plan a better way forward for a very tight
deadline.  They have the time to implement the next day when they see each
other at the office.  Community OSTs and unconferences usually fizzle from
my experience as a participant and organizer.

We're going to try something different this time, where people will be able
to step up as stewards or project managers of any action plan they started
to create today.  Each week they'll be able to post a 2-sentence update in
a newsletter.  There, they'll be able to ask for volunteers to help with
specific tasks.  They'll be able to congregate on Slack (a group chat
tool).  We'll also host some video breakout sessions for live discussion to
complement the asynch chat discussions.  More suggestions are absolutely
welcome.


Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Birgitt Williams via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi Lucas,
> I echo Michael's comments about 'safety'...it cannot be promised.
>
> I got into the start of your scripted intro and thought..."this is too
> small a space that Lucas is creating...this is such a great opportunity". I
> would not make definitive statements about the tarnished name of
> Charlottesville etc as I think that closes some of the space.. Rather, I
> would really open the space wide for creating the community we love". Who
> knows what inspirations might show up!
>
> I wish you stellar outcomes! And yes, I would do it 'by the book'!
> Birgitt
>
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:17 AM Michael Herman via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> the thing i like about the original principles and law is that they are
>> essentially descriptive, rather than prescriptive "ground rules."  the law,
>> for instance, doesn't say one must use their two feet, it says "you and
>> only you know when you are learning and contributing as much as you can."
>>  this isn't a ground rule, it's more like a law of nature, defy it at your
>> own risk.  the moving about with two feet is just describing what happens
>> when people notice and act on the reality of the natural law.
>>
>> the other thing i notice, lucas, is that you're attempting to promise
>> safety.  that's a tall order.  made taller by simultaneously saying that
>> ALL ideas are welcome.  the combination of inviting everyone to learn and
>> contribute as much as they can, on the one hand, and be prepared to be
>> surprised, on the other, should be enough.  if you promise "safe" space,
>> then as soon as anyone feels bad the hosts/facilitators are seen as
>> responsible.  what you want is for everyone to be responsible for
>> everyone's safety.  when the event finishes and everyone is still okay,
>> THAT is something the group (not the facilitator) has done for itself,
>> perhaps even the MOST important thing.  the principles and law accomplish
>> that pretty well.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Michael Herman
>> Michael Herman Associates
>> 312-280-7838 <(312)%20280-7838> (mobile)
>>
>> http://MichaelHerman.com
>> http://OpenSpaceWorld.org
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 4:30 AM, Harrison Owen via OSList <
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>
>>> The only suggestion I would make is not to take any questions. May seem
>>> rude, but the fact of the matter is that everything will be clear upon
>>> departure, and the sooner you get to take off the better. One side
>>> note—Personal prejudice, I’m sure—The original “5 Principles” and One Law
>>> quickly do the job, and my preference is always to quickly get out of the
>>> way and let the people do their job. Good Luck!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Harrison
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Winter Address
>>>
>>> 7808 River Falls Dr.
>>>
>>> Potomac, MD 20854
>>>
>>> 301-365-2093 <(301)%20365-2093>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Summer Address
>>>
>>> 189 Beaucauire

Re: [OSList] Open Space in Charlottesville

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Harrison, thank you so much for the tips and the vote of confidence from
afar.  I got in touch with Kai for the next event if/when that happens.

Michael, I very much appreciate your insight about making the
responsibility for security a shared one.  I think telling white
nationalists that they are welcome here will make them less defensive and
more agreeable, but I don't know; we had some republican operatives and
liberal activists but no one on the fringe on either side.

The reason I called this openspace-ish is that the process deviated from a
"by-the-book" approach.  We started planning six days ago, got 50 people to
sign up by this morning, and 40 showed up.  We're taking an iterative
approach and we wanted to put a quick "win" on the board.  Here's a photo
of part of our opening circle
 (half the people are
off-camera, with the opening circle being three levels deep at some points
to accommodate the square shape of the room).

We're going to do this in-person again with just leaders of the activist
groups, since there are a lot of duplication & wheels spinning but not much
traction.  And we're going to do it online using Zoom + Qiqo for breakout
rooms.

I had a co-facilitator for this one (Jessica) who gave the intro and
conducted a centering exercise since she's a yoga instructor.  I wanted to
teach her a process that works for her, since I'm moving out of state in a
few months, and I hope she can take this and run with it.

I wish there was another word for "ground rules", but they did the trick if
presented with enthusiasm.  I know that OST has "rules" and a "law".  In
some ways it seems a bit inconsistent from empowering the participants
because the rules come from an unknown source (from the perspective of the
participants).

I couldn't resist walking around with "5 min remaining" signs when sessions
were going to end.  I didn't have confidence that the group would move on
and make space for the next discussion without being prodded.  I wish I
didn't have to do that.  Maybe I don't.  The agenda wall was in the best
spot in the room, but there wasn't enough space for everyone to look at the
next sessions, so I read the sessions to the four corners of the room right
as their previous sessions were ending.  This was more efficient so that
they could know which ones they wanted to attend.  We had four breakout
rooms outside the main room, and my co-host read the new session topics to
those folks.

I'm still processing it all.  It was lots of fun.  These topics of race are
hard as we all know, and no one got upset.  People appreciated the
participant-driven nature of this OS-ish event.

Lucas



​Schedule & Script

8:30am: Opening

[JESSICA]

Good morning and welcome, everyone.  My name is Jessica Glendinning.

[LUCAS]

And my name is Lucas Cioffi.

[JESSICA - 3 min]

First, thank you for joining us this morning. We know how full your lives
are, and we want to express our gratitude for your presence here this
morning -- that you have come together to think, discuss, innovate, and
collaborate.

(tiny pause)

The events of August 12th left a deep mark on Charlottesville. Over the
past 3 weeks, we’ve been a nationally trending hashtag and at the center of
divisive political commentary. And yes, our name has been tarnished. But
more importantly, there are deeper issues within our community that have
been pushed to the surface -- issues of racism and inequality that are
woven into the history of the city (and the country) we call home.

Our community is beginning to heal, and some of our greatest possibilities
still lie ahead -- and we find ourselves with a window of opportunity for a
second act. To come together as a community united, and to take action to
create more equitable and economically viable conditions for every member
of our community. Conditions that work for all of our citizens, across the
political spectrum and the current racial divides.

And while we’re focusing on the issues facing our community, keep in mind
that the solutions we discover may turn out to be globally applicable. Our
country is in a spiraling cycle of racial violence. What happened here is a
preview of what could happen on the streets of other cities in the months
ahead.  We have an opportunity to try to change that by doing something
unexpected and bold, that changes the narrative as a result.

Piece of cake, right? ;)

But in all seriousness - and despite the enormity of the task ahead - if
there’s one group that can think outside the box and find creative
solutions to any obstacle, it’s the tech community. Every day, our industry
tackles solving some of the world’s most pressing problems.

As we get started today, let’s talk about a few key qualities that are
necessary for an event like this: we need vision, we need passion, and we
also need to be grounded in what’s practical. That’s why we invited the
leaders of ten local civic and activist groups from across the poli

Re: [OSList] Open Space in Charlottesville

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

 . But  what is this “openspacish” event? Just do it.  And
> if you need some help try Kai down in Harrisonburg. Used to be the Mayor –
> and had done lots of OS – by the book. Works.And he shows up on the list.
>
>
>
> ho
>
>
>
> Winter Address
>
> 7808 River Falls Dr.
>
> Potomac, MD 20854
>
> 301-365-2093
>
>
>
> Summer Address
>
> 189 Beaucauire Ave
>
> Camden, ME 04843
>
> 207 763-3261
>
>
>
> Websites
>
> www.openspaceworld.com
>
> www.ho-image.com
>
>
>
> *From:* OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Lucas Cioffi via OSList
> *Sent:* Monday, August 28, 2017 4:42 PM
> *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list
> *Subject:* [OSList] Open Space in Charlottesville
>
>
>
> Hi All, I sent this out to the NCDD listserv moments ago and thought I
> need to share it with the wonderful folks here on OS-LIST too.
>
>
>
> You may have seen the violence in Charlottesville two weeks ago when
> alt-right protesters and Black Lives Matter & Antifa counter-protesters
> clashed.  One alt-right sympathizer committed a terrorist attack by
> violently plowing his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one
> and injuring 19.
>
>
>
> The community is still stunned and no one knows what to do, so what should
> we do?  We should open some space.  I'm putting together a 3-hour open
> space-ish event on Thursday for the Cville tech community (and inviting
> local leaders of civic and activist groups) so we can figure out what we as
> technologists have to offer.  If this goes well, we'll hold a larger open
> space for all of Cville.
>
>
>
> If that goes well, maybe I can work with some of you to hold some
> simultaneous open spaces across the country one day this Autumn.  I'll also
> try opening some space with Zoom & QiqoChat (for the breakouts).  If/when
> that happens, I'll be sure to reach out here so that we can plan this in
> the open.
>
>
>
> I look forward to seeing what else comes of all this...
>
>
> Lucas Cioffi
>
> Founder, QiqoChat.com
>
> Charlottesville, VA
>
> Mobile: 917-528-1831
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: *Lucas Cioffi* 
> Date: Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 4:34 PM
> Subject: Hi from Charlottesville (Round 2)
> To: "ncdd-discuss...@lists.ncdd.org" 
>
> Thank you so much for the tremendous discussion on this listserv over the
> past sixteen days!  I've learned so much from the resources and ideas you
> have all shared.
>
>
>
> *UPDATES*
>
> The work to respond to the violence of August 12th is just beginning.
> Last night the Department of Justice's Community Relations Service
> <https://www.justice.gov/crs/about-crs> (created as part of the 1964
> Civil Rights Act) held their first public town meeting here.  I posted
> rough notes below so you can get a sense of what people were talking
> about.  It was supposed to last 2 hours, but went 3.5 hours.  The meeting
> was in a high school auditorium and there were about 500 people present.
> Everyone had a chance at the microphone.  There were no time limits.  There
> were 10 news crews present.
>
>
>
> Big themes that I heard:
>
>- Cville's black community is very upset about August 12th but also
>about the lack of economic opportunity & affordable housing, and pervasive
>racism
>- many people are outraged by the police security plan on August 12th
>- many people feel the community is still not safe for them
>- several people mentioning that they want to take action into their
>own hands if City Council doesn't act (alluding to violence, including the
>one guy who said he was the one who threatened the mayor at the last City
>Council meeting)
>- two people did get in a 5-min shouting match over the general idea
>of taking down monuments
>- there is a big lack of trust in government at all levels, from the
>city (& police) to the DOJ and the President
>
> *NEXT STEPS*
>
> As a member of Cville's tech community, the first step I'm taking is
> co-organizing a 3-hour "open space" this Thursday.  The target audience is
> our local tech community plus leaders of local civic and activist groups.
> If this succeeds, we'll help convene a bigger one open which will be open
> to everyone in Charlottesville.
>
>
>
> I've also heard from 10 local citizens and half dozen members of this
> listserv who want to volunteer for any local dialogue initiative that we
> may plan.  I'm sincerely thankful fo

[OSList] Open Space in Charlottesville

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All, I sent this out to the NCDD listserv moments ago and thought I need
to share it with the wonderful folks here on OS-LIST too.

You may have seen the violence in Charlottesville two weeks ago when
alt-right protesters and Black Lives Matter & Antifa counter-protesters
clashed.  One alt-right sympathizer committed a terrorist attack by
violently plowing his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one
and injuring 19.

The community is still stunned and no one knows what to do, so what should
we do?  We should open some space.  I'm putting together a 3-hour open
space-ish event on Thursday for the Cville tech community (and inviting
local leaders of civic and activist groups) so we can figure out what we as
technologists have to offer.  If this goes well, we'll hold a larger open
space for all of Cville.

If that goes well, maybe I can work with some of you to hold some
simultaneous open spaces across the country one day this Autumn.  I'll also
try opening some space with Zoom & QiqoChat (for the breakouts).  If/when
that happens, I'll be sure to reach out here so that we can plan this in
the open.

I look forward to seeing what else comes of all this...

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831




-- Forwarded message --
From: Lucas Cioffi 
Date: Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 4:34 PM
Subject: Hi from Charlottesville (Round 2)
To: "ncdd-discuss...@lists.ncdd.org" 


Thank you so much for the tremendous discussion on this listserv over the
past sixteen days!  I've learned so much from the resources and ideas you
have all shared.

*UPDATES*
The work to respond to the violence of August 12th is just beginning.  Last
night the Department of Justice's Community Relations Service
 (created as part of the 1964 Civil
Rights Act) held their first public town meeting here.  I posted rough
notes below so you can get a sense of what people were talking about.  It
was supposed to last 2 hours, but went 3.5 hours.  The meeting was in a
high school auditorium and there were about 500 people present.  Everyone
had a chance at the microphone.  There were no time limits.  There were 10
news crews present.

Big themes that I heard:

   - Cville's black community is very upset about August 12th but also
   about the lack of economic opportunity & affordable housing, and pervasive
   racism
   - many people are outraged by the police security plan on August 12th
   - many people feel the community is still not safe for them
   - several people mentioning that they want to take action into their own
   hands if City Council doesn't act (alluding to violence, including the one
   guy who said he was the one who threatened the mayor at the last City
   Council meeting)
   - two people did get in a 5-min shouting match over the general idea of
   taking down monuments
   - there is a big lack of trust in government at all levels, from the
   city (& police) to the DOJ and the President

*NEXT STEPS*
As a member of Cville's tech community, the first step I'm taking is
co-organizing a 3-hour "open space" this Thursday.  The target audience is
our local tech community plus leaders of local civic and activist groups.
If this succeeds, we'll help convene a bigger one open which will be open
to everyone in Charlottesville.

I've also heard from 10 local citizens and half dozen members of this
listserv who want to volunteer for any local dialogue initiative that we
may plan.  I'm sincerely thankful for those of you who have reached out.
For those that cannot make it to Cville, I think we will also plan online
dialogue using Zoom video chat (breakout rooms made possible by QiqoChat)
during which time any NCDD member can host a breakout room and use any
dialogue technique they want; the audience will be people across the
country.  We'll have an open planning process if/when that happens, so you
will hear about it on this listserv.

I'll know more after the local tech community convenes on Thursday.

Lucas Cioffi
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831



---

INTRODUCTION BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   - Department of Justice Community Relations Service
   - Three phases: recovery, dialogue, moving forward
   - Acknowledge what has happened
   - Many questions have been asked and are under investigation.
   - We need to educate ourselves to preven tthis from reoccurring.
   - We've had dialogue about who we are in the past.
   - Let's be patient.
   - We all have to be able to listen.
   - DOJ CRS created as part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act:
   https://www.justice.gov/crs/about-crs
   
   - Tonight we will collect concerns, identify common themes, and create
   resolution.
   - Here are the ground rules: respect, one person at a time, etc


COMMUNITY CONCERNS

   - lack of trust in Trump & Attorney General Jeff Sessions
   - police were reactive instead fo proactive
   - lack of leadership from City Coun

Re: [OSList] Opening Space for Listening, after the US election

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Chuni Li, thank you for the kind words.

Michael H, I took your suggestion last week and dropped by my Congressman's
office.  Their staff thought the idea of holding conversations with people
to be very foreign, and I find that to be unfortunate.  The sad truth is
that they don't even know what they don't know.

The reality is that we all have limited time to pursue these kinds of
volunteer, community building efforts due to the requirements of work,
family, and other responsibilities.  When we (and we all do) face
roadblocks, we have to get our second wind and try again if we want to
achieve any meaningful results.

Everyone on this list wants to change the world in some big way or a small
way–or at least invite the world to change itself.  I'm probably not alone
in thinking that it's tough to know which projects to double-down on when
the initial level of interest is moderate.  I realize I'm only interested
in doing the hard work of opening space and not the very hard work of
invitation.  It's easy for me to walk away and say "whomever few came were
the right people" but I know that I didn't give the invitation process my
best effort; I just wasn't willing to sacrifice a lot of time to a project
that didn't start gaining traction on its own.  Maybe that's me being wise
and conserving energy for the next project, or maybe it's me being lazy, or
a combination of both.

Either way, that's me thinking out loud.  I hope y'all have a great weekend.



Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 7:19 PM,  wrote:

> Sorry to learn that you pulled the plug Lucas.
>
> I forwarded your email to my won who is a military veteran. He replied it
> looked really interesting and he would sign up for a slot.
>
> Chuni Li
>
>
> --
> *From:* Michael Herman via OSList 
> *To:* Lucas Cioffi ; World wide Open Space
> Technology email list 
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 17, 2016 10:21 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Opening Space for Listening, after the US election
>
> lucas, i wonder if this is something that any of your local congress
> people would be interested in sponsoring.  if even one or two decided it
> was a good idea, it might spread.  or you might find they're not interested
> now but some issue or set of issues comes up and they come back to you
> about the idea then.
>
>
> --
>
> Michael Herman
> Michael Herman Associates
> 312-280-7838 (mobile)
>
> http://MichaelHerman.com <http://michaelherman.com/>
> http://OpenSpaceWorld.org <http://openspaceworld.org/>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 8:01 PM, Lucas Cioffi via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I pulled the plug on the American Townhall series
> <http://townhalls.qiqochat.com/>, rather than letting the experimental
> project run for a month.
>
> I want to sincerely thank those who signed up for it and for everyone who
> helped to spread the word.
>
> Unfortunately, I must cancel the project, because with a moderate level of
> effort over the past week, I was not able to find more than 12 people who
> were interested in participating (outreach was over the past week on
> Facebook and email discussion lists).
>
> Of course, we could let this experiment continue and try to build momentum
> day after day for the next 30 days, but in my estimation, there just isn't
> enough interest to make this worth your time or my time.
>
> So let's save our energy and make space for more promising efforts. I'm
> happy to chat if you have any questions or suggestions.
>
> Thanks again, and I look forward to crossing paths online.
>
> Lucas Cioffi
> Charlottesville, VA
> 917-528-1831
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 7:49 PM, Jeff Aitken via OSList 
>  org > wrote:
>
> 430 pacific is tough but I'm glad to see this now.
> Jeff
> SF
>
> On Nov 17, 2016 4:39 PM, "Skye Hirst via OSList" 
>  g > wrote:
>
> I am so sorry no one showed up. I was there.  I think perhaps folks are
> just tired of talking.  Thanks this time I got on and I'm getting how it
> works.  Let's try again soon.  Thank you so much for your efforts to keep
> this in front of us as a option.
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Lucas Cioffi via OSList 
>  g > wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Whether their side won or lost, I see that many of my friends across the
> political spectrum are hurting for reasons that may surprise the other
> side. People have stories they want heard.
> One powerful way to change minds is to tell your story to someone who has
> a different perspective, so I&#

Re: [OSList] Opening Space for Listening, after the US election

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

I pulled the plug on the American Townhall series
<http://townhalls.qiqochat.com>, rather than letting the experimental
project run for a month.

I want to sincerely thank those who signed up for it and for everyone who
helped to spread the word.

Unfortunately, I must cancel the project, because with a moderate level of
effort over the past week, I was not able to find more than 12 people who
were interested in participating (outreach was over the past week on
Facebook and email discussion lists).

Of course, we could let this experiment continue and try to build momentum
day after day for the next 30 days, but in my estimation, there just isn't
enough interest to make this worth your time or my time.

So let's save our energy and make space for more promising efforts. I'm
happy to chat if you have any questions or suggestions.

Thanks again, and I look forward to crossing paths online.

Lucas Cioffi
Charlottesville, VA
917-528-1831




On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 7:49 PM, Jeff Aitken via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> 430 pacific is tough but I'm glad to see this now.
>
> Jeff
> SF
>
> On Nov 17, 2016 4:39 PM, "Skye Hirst via OSList" <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> I am so sorry no one showed up. I was there.  I think perhaps folks are
>> just tired of talking.  Thanks this time I got on and I'm getting how it
>> works.  Let's try again soon.  Thank you so much for your efforts to keep
>> this in front of us as a option.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Lucas Cioffi via OSList <
>> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>
>>> Whether their side won or lost, I see that many of my friends across the
>>> political spectrum are hurting for reasons that may surprise the other
>>> side. People have stories they want heard.
>>>
>>> One powerful way to change minds is to tell your story to someone who
>>> has a different perspective, so I'm setting up a month of nightly video
>>> chat breakout tables that are open & free: http://americantownhalls.org/
>>> *These 30-minute interactive video chats start tonight and happen each
>>> evening at 7:30pm Eastern through December 17th.*  Please drop in
>>> anytime.  This is opening space but not OST; the format is breakout tables
>>> with no specific topics selected.
>>>
>>> If you know an American military veteran who may want to host the space
>>> one evening, there's a volunteer sign-up form at the bottom of the page
>>> (see link above).  This is also an experiment in seeing how people who have
>>> little formal training in dialogue can open space.
>>>
>>> Lucas Cioffi
>>> Charlottesville, VA
>>> Mobile: 917-528-1831
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> President - The Autognomics Institute
>> *Conversations in Radical Self-Knowing*
>> www.autognomics.org
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>>
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[OSList] Opening Space for Listening, after the US election

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi Everyone,

Whether their side won or lost, I see that many of my friends across the
political spectrum are hurting for reasons that may surprise the other
side. People have stories they want heard.

One powerful way to change minds is to tell your story to someone who has a
different perspective, so I'm setting up a month of nightly video chat
breakout tables that are open & free: http://americantownhalls.org/
*These 30-minute interactive video chats start tonight and happen each
evening at 7:30pm Eastern through December 17th.*  Please drop in anytime.
This is opening space but not OST; the format is breakout tables with no
specific topics selected.

If you know an American military veteran who may want to host the space one
evening, there's a volunteer sign-up form at the bottom of the page (see
link above).  This is also an experiment in seeing how people who have
little formal training in dialogue can open space.

Lucas Cioffi
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831
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Re: [OSList] What is the sweet spot for Online OS using video chat?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Birgitt,

I appreciate your thoughtful questions.  I want to do more listening than
talking in this conversation, because I'm hoping to learn what minimalist
tool people on this list would like to use.  The 2012 discussion/brainstorm
about online OS (mentioned yesterday) described a complex and powerful
vision for an online OS tool.

There's definitely a time and place for a complex/powerful tool like that,
but I'd like to discover what minimalist approach could actually work well
and still be called OS.  A minimalist version of online OS could do some
good in the world.

Here are my replies to your questions:
1. "What is your definition of useful and to whom? I appreciate that this
is at the root of your creative surge."
I'd like to build something that people wake up in the morning and are
excited to use.  I see a hint of that with QiqoChat as it reaches 2000
users, but I think much more is possible, so that's why I'm going back to
the expertise on OSList to hear what itches aren't scratched yet :)

2. "In a world in which artificial intelligence and its use of big data is
already mastering predictability, and since it is possible for artificial
intelligence to predict what you might answer and how you might answer,
where is the space for human exchange that you want to touch and bring
usefulness to?"
I'm looking to build tools that people want to use.  For me, it comes down
to listening to what people (like the folks on this list) want.

3. "Albeit a current trend (and apparent addiction) is for something that
is quick and will capture attention or stands the risk of losing attention,
might not the most useful offering to provide to be something that takes
time, that is not quick, that provides space for people who are reflective,
thoughtful to be in genuine conversations?"
I've learned from the Tuesday OS Hotline that video chat makes genuine
conversations and relationships possible.

4. "And a question we ask in our Working With OST learning modules: after
examining all of the elements of an OST meeting, what, if stripped away
from the list of elements, for you, would no longer qualify as an OST
meeting?"
It's a great question for someone else with a deeper perspective on OS.
I'm not the keeper of the flame; I just build a match or two :)

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831
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Re: [OSList] What is the sweet spot for Online OS using video chat?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

it's got to be
simple.

Example:
1. Participant arrives on a page and sees _.
2. Next the participant ___.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Harrison Owen via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Lucas – your comments as always are provocative. But maybe a bit too
> literal?
>
>
>
> My thought is – replicating OS (as experienced by human beings in a
> physical room) is a worthwhile undertaking. The deeper task, I would think,
> is to open some new space that is available only online. Just as the
> “normal” (space/time) OST tends to blow people away – what is the
> cyber-equivalent?
>
>
>
> I don’t have a clue of an answer. But I do remember “way back when” –
> sitting at my kitchen table with a TI Silent 700 plugged into a phone
> through acoustical couplings.  Suddenly “it” came alive and electronic
> beings from all over the planet for the most part (actually I am not really
> sure where they came from) populated my table, life, reality…. Space hadn’t
> opened. Space/time was transformed.
>
>
>
> What can you do for me baby? I guess that is the question.
>
>
>
> Harrison
>
>
>
> Winter Address
>
> 7808 River Falls Dr.
>
> Potomac, MD 20854
>
> 301-365-2093
>
>
>
> Summer Address
>
> 189 Beaucauire Ave
>
> Camden, ME 04843
>
> 207 763-3261
>
>
>
> Websites
>
> www.openspaceworld.com
>
> www.ho-image.com
>
>
>
> *From:* OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Lucas Cioffi via OSList
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 28, 2016 10:36 AM
> *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list
> *Subject:* [OSList] What is the sweet spot for Online OS using video chat?
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I would be super-excited to hear how folks would design the simplest
> online Open Space experience using video chat.
>
>
>
> I posted my thoughts below, but I put them further down so that you might
> have a moment to think about what online OS experience would work best for
> you, rather than letting my thoughts influence yours.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> My...
>
>
>
>
>
> thoughts...
>
>
>
>
>
> are...
>
>
>
>
>
> down...
>
>
>
>
>
> below...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Here are my rough thoughts:
>
>
>
> 1. When the event begins you open up a webpage.  You can see the following:
>
>- where the opening circle is
>- how many virtual breakout spaces there are
>- who is in each virtual space right now
>- what is being discussed now and in the future (a bulletin board /
>marketplace / idea wall)
>
> 2. Next you choose to enter a space by turning on your video chat.
>
>
>
> *Note: The following features seem helpful but not necessary:*
>
> 3. When you arrive in a space, you see a shared notes area available to
> all participants.
>
>
>
> 4. There is a way to raise your hand to indicate that you'd like to speak.
>
>
>
> 5. There is a way to share a quick message such as ("I have to step away
> for a moment").
>
>
>
> *Thanks so much for any advice.  I look forward to hearing what you have
> in mind!*
>
>
> Lucas Cioffi
>
> Founder, QiqoChat
>
> Charlottesville, VA
>
> Mobile: 917-528-1831
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[OSList] What is the sweet spot for Online OS using video chat?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

I would be super-excited to hear how folks would design the simplest online
Open Space experience using video chat.

I posted my thoughts below, but I put them further down so that you might
have a moment to think about what online OS experience would work best for
you, rather than letting my thoughts influence yours.



My...


thoughts...


are...


down...


below...













Here are my rough thoughts:

1. When the event begins you open up a webpage.  You can see the following:

   - where the opening circle is
   - how many virtual breakout spaces there are
   - who is in each virtual space right now
   - what is being discussed now and in the future (a bulletin board /
   marketplace / idea wall)

2. Next you choose to enter a space by turning on your video chat.

*Note: The following features seem helpful but not necessary:*
3. When you arrive in a space, you see a shared notes area available to all
participants.

4. There is a way to raise your hand to indicate that you'd like to speak.

5. There is a way to share a quick message such as ("I have to step away
for a moment").

*Thanks so much for any advice.  I look forward to hearing what you have in
mind!*

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831
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Re: [OSList] Opening Space for Victims of Domestic Violence

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Thank you Ágota, and Chris.

Birgitt, thank you for your questions, I will attempt to answer them here...

I've been thinking about this more, and I'm leaning away from suggesting
any specific organizing format (even OST) to my relatives.  Instead the
weekend will be all about opening space naturally as these six adults are
cooking food together, walking in the woods, sitting by the pool, etc.
It's a beautiful woodland setting with few distractions, so I think that
something like this might actually work for people whose sense of security
has been shattered.  Or things could go very wrong for reasons that I
cannot yet imagine.

My family does not have any expertise in helping people in these tough
situations, so their responsibility would be to maintain the grounds and
the inspiring spaces (tea house, fern walk, moss gardens, etc).  The
organization running the program would choose the facilitator and determine
the schedule, if any.  They would be responsible for providing
transportation 100 miles to NYC and other logistics.

Serving a group of six adult (plus their children) for 3-4 days at a time
means that 600-800 hundred lives could be changed over the course of a year.

These are my questions for OSLIST:

   - What is the minimal amount of program/facilitation to make these 3-4
   day retreats succeed?
   - What are the biggest problems that are likely to happen?  I need to be
   realistic and not just optimistic.
   - What other advice would you have?

I sincerely appreciate it!

Lucas Cioffi
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831




On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Chris Corrigan 
wrote:

> While I have opened space for victims of domestic violence with a specific
> theme around that issue, it's also important to remember that there is a
> good chance that in every Open Space we have all ever done, there have been
> victims of domestic violence as participants.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> ___
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> www.chriscorrigan.com
>
>
> > On Aug 18, 2016, at 5:08 AM, Lucas Cioffi via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > Has anyone open space for victims of domestic violence?  What are the
> special considerations that should be taken into account?
> >
> > My relatives in upstate NY about 100 miles from New York City are
> considering turning their bed & breakfast into a retreat for about 6 women
> and their children at any given time.  I'm completely open to suggestions
> and also connections to organizations which serve people leaving domestic
> violence situations in the NY area.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
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> > Charlottesville, VA
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[OSList] Opening Space for Victims of Domestic Violence

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi Folks,

Has anyone open space for victims of domestic violence?  What are the
special considerations that should be taken into account?

My relatives in upstate NY about 100 miles from New York City are
considering turning their bed & breakfast into a retreat for about 6 women
and their children at any given time.  I'm completely open to suggestions
and also connections to organizations which serve people leaving domestic
violence situations in the NY area.

Thank you!

Lucas Cioffi
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831
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Re: [OSList] Invitation: An always-on open space using a tool called "Slack"

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi People,

In January, I shared this link  in
the email below to invite fellow OS-LIST folks to a pretty nifty chat
tool.  There are about 16 people who joined, so it's not critical mass
yet.  If you'd like to be an admin for this space, please let me know, and
I will gladly share the love.  The neat thing about Slack is that people
usually keep it on in the background while they're doing other work on
their computer, so it has the potential to be a 24/7 water cooler where you
get an immediate response.  This is quite different and quite complementary
to the emails on OSLIST.

I've also opened a similar chat space for people who are innovating in
civic tech, opengov, election reform, etc.  Here is the link to join
 and the link to participate
.  There are about 115+ people
who have joined this second group from 11 timezones.  I will put a bunch of
effort into this experimental community over the next few months, so you're
welcome to drop in and play.  I think you'll find Slack very informal,
highly collaborative, and surprisingly worthwhile.  What we learn here we
can transfer to the OS community on Slack mentioned in the first paragraph.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831

On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 9:46 PM, Lucas Cioffi  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Slack is an online chat tool that I've become a big fan of over the past
> year.  I'd like to open up some space on it for our community.  It allows
> far greater customization and control than Facebook and LinkedIn; I think
> it has much to offer us.
>
> *What's different about Slack?*
> It's fun, social, colorful, instant, and easy to jump in.  Its biggest
> selling point is that you can go online and see who from our community is
> online right now at this very moment.  You can toss in a question into the
> chatroom and it's likely that someone will respond very quickly.
>
> People leave Slack open in the background when they are browsing other
> websites online.  It's like having the community's coffee break area just
> one click away at any given moment.  People pop in all the time.
>
> *No worries: Slack will not replace OSLIST.*
> Our community will always have a hunger for the long-form, thoughtful
> responses that happen on a listserv like OSLIST.  Slack provides
> back-and-forth conversation and exploration.  Once you start chatting on
> there with someone you'll see it's a completely different feel and
> absolutely complementary to the depth of OSLIST, just like the weekly video
> chats that Tricia Chirumbole started.
>
> *You are invited!*
> I've set up a space on Slack for the OS community.  Click here
>  to enter your email address
> receive an email invitation.
> If you're an early adopter, please give it a test drive.  Let's figure out
> how to make the most of what it offers and then come back to everyone with
> a better invitation.
>
> *How to Use Slack:*
>
>- Here is a screenshot
>
> 
>  of
>what Slack looks like.  A few weeks ago I was testing it out with Michael
>Herman and Suzanne Daigle so you'll see some example messages there.
>- It's easy to get started; once you create an account, you land on a
>page that looks like that screenshot.  Go to the bottom white box and type
>something in.  Someone else will likely respond very quickly.  These are
>public chat messages.
>- You can create a new chatroom (called a channel) at the top left
>where there is a plus sign next to "CHANNELS".
>- To send a 1-1 private message (or to invite a few people to a
>private chat), look for the plus sign next to "DIRECT MESSAGES" on the 
> left.
>- Have questions?  Please reply to this email, because you're probably
>not the only one with that question.
>
> *What if I'm tired of all these online tools and I don't enjoy all this
> typing and emailing?*
> You can use the Live Café on Qiqo  to
> indicate that you are available to receive a phone call (or video chat)
> about any topic that you specify.  It's a way to "escalate" from typing to
> phone or video.  A message goes out to the Slack channel and people see you
> are available.  Your phone number stays private and people connect with you
> by dialing a central number.
>
> This Slack community should be co-owned by all of us (as much as a
> Facebook group or LinkedIn group).  If you'd like to be an administrator,
> please let me know.  Feedback is welcome!
>
> Lucas Cioffi
> Founder, QiqoChat
> Charlottesville, VA
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[OSList] Seeking Feedback on Participation Instructions for an Online Event

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello OSLIST,

I'm hosting an online unconference on Thursday (using Zoom + Qiqo + Slack),
and I'm seeking feedback from the list about the language I'm using (pasted
at the bottom of this email).  An unconference is similar to OST but quite
different.  Sessions are more presentation style than OS (because people
often want to spread the word about a project they are working on), however
I am encouraging people to make their sessions more conversational.

We do have a solid turnout of 50 people so far.  By leading with "Spread
the word about your civic tech project" I recognize that I am encouraging
presentation-style sessions.  In my estimation, it was the way to make this
event interesting to the broadest number of people.  Of course, broad is
not always best.

My overall goal with the event is to help the opengov/civic-tech fields
become more collaborative, but I didn't include that in the invitation,
becauseI don't think many people are interested in that yet.  I think this
event can serve as a stepping stone.

Would you have used a different purpose or a different agenda format?  How
would you make this more like online OST?  I look forward to hearing your
thoughts!

Lucas Cioffi
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831


-- Forwarded message to Participants --


*The 2016 OpenGov & CivicTech Online Unconference*
*Thursday, January 28, 2016 from 4pm-7pm GMT (11am-2pm EST)*

*Purpose*
1. Spread the word about your civic tech project.
2. Network with other innovators.
3. Bring the toughest questions and challenges you're facing and gain
insights from other participants.

*Before the Unconference*

   - 1. Register here
   

and
   join 50+ participants.


   - 2. *Download Zoom * for video chat.


   - 3. *Invite your friends.*


   - 4. *Optional: Say "Hi" to everyone by using the Slack group chat
   channel .*  That will be the place
   for group chat and 1-1 messages.  It is open now and will remain open after
   the event.  If you haven't received an invitation, click here
   .


   - 5. *Optional: Post the topic for your 25-min breakout session* at
the Opening
   Circle for this Unconference
    (a preview
   is at the bottom of this email).  Sessions should be conversational and
   free-flowing rather than 1-way presentations.


*During the Unconference*

   - 1. Go to the Opening Circle for this Unconference
    and create a
   free account.2. Click the red "Join Audio/Video" to launch Zoom video
   chat.


*Ground Rules*

   - You are encouraged to jump to another breakout table at any time if
   there is another topic that is more interesting.  Don't be shy; it's OK!


   - Be generous with your ideas and time and others will be that way for
   you.


   - Let's have fun!



= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
*UNCONFERENCE AGENDA*

*Opening and Welcome: 4pm GMT (11am EST)*
Once you're all set, you can jump between the breakout tables to mingle and
to get to know other participants before Round 1 begins.

*Round 1: 4:30pm GMT (11:30am EST)*

   - Table 1: *Taking a completely new tech concept and how to pursue it -
   Scott Brown, icitizen*


   - Table 2:


   - Table 3:


   - Table 4:


   - Table 5:


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   - Table 7:


   - Table 8:


   - Table 9:


   - Table 10:


*Round 2: 5pm GMT (12pm EST)*

   - Table 1: *Gaining & keeping public trust on technology - Dr**. Tony
   Harkin & Dr. **Mark Keida, icitizen*


   - Table 2:


   - Table 3:


   - Table 4:


   - Table 5:


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   - Table 7:


   - Table 8:


   - Table 9:


   - Table 10:


*Round 3: 5:30pm GMT (12:30pm EST)*

   - Table 1: *How to make civic tech interesting to millennials - Alex
   Schreiner, icitizen*


   - Table 2:


   - Table 3:


   - Table 4:


   - Table 5:


   - Table 6:


   - Table 7:


   - Table 8:


   - Table 9:


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*Round 4: 6pm GMT (1pm EST)*

   - Table 1:


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   - Table 10:


*Closing: 6:30pm GMT (1:30pm EST)*
An open discussion at the Main Table.


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Re: [OSList] Bar Camp?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Good Morning, everyone.

I enjoyed our conversation (below) a few months ago about unconferences &
barcamps which are examples of Open Space in the wild.

If anyone hasn't seen an unconference, here's one that I'm helping with
livestreaming video today using Qiqo:
https://qiqochat.com/e/MBDyEAFwiCjIdUiPHZedqITbT/SjdxjtouriBbZPvlHyPrIzGHl
 The topic is about about "digital citizenship", helping students use
social media in educational settings.

*The main difference you'll notice from OS is that it starts off with a
presentation rather than an opening circle.  That's what they just finished
and now they are moving into a panel discussion among students to set the
tone for the event.*  In 30-60 minutes, they'll begin deciding the breakout
topics, similar to open space.

This unconference will be more open-spacey than others, because in addition
to livestreaming each session, anyone coming in online can create their own
breakout space.  So I'm trying to help lean towards open space more than
normal.

If you're interested in this topic of "digital citizenship" for students,
please feel free to drop in.  This is taking place in the UK at Bournemouth
University (and online, of course!).  It is happening now through 5pm GMT /
12pm Eastern.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831




On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 6:29 AM, Mark Pixley via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Arno,
>
> As far as I can tell, a bar camp is an open space with a little bit less.
> By this, there is a less walking the circle and getting people aligned and
> more of someone in front explaining the processes and saying "anyone who
> wants to talk, put it up on the schendule.   It works just fine and I have
> seen some amazing Barcamp.  However, I think a little bit more contexting,
> and closing circles will be helpful for the process.
>
> Hope you have a great event.
>
> Mark
>
> (Sorry for the late reply, I wrote this earlier and it got stuck in my out
> tray.)
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Arno Baltin via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Be well!
>>
>> Arno
>>
>>
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[OSList] Invitation: An always-on open space using a tool called "Slack"

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

Slack is an online chat tool that I've become a big fan of over the past
year.  I'd like to open up some space on it for our community.  It allows
far greater customization and control than Facebook and LinkedIn; I think
it has much to offer us.

*What's different about Slack?*
It's fun, social, colorful, instant, and easy to jump in.  Its biggest
selling point is that you can go online and see who from our community is
online right now at this very moment.  You can toss in a question into the
chatroom and it's likely that someone will respond very quickly.

People leave Slack open in the background when they are browsing other
websites online.  It's like having the community's coffee break area just
one click away at any given moment.  People pop in all the time.

*No worries: Slack will not replace OSLIST.*
Our community will always have a hunger for the long-form, thoughtful
responses that happen on a listserv like OSLIST.  Slack provides
back-and-forth conversation and exploration.  Once you start chatting on
there with someone you'll see it's a completely different feel and
absolutely complementary to the depth of OSLIST, just like the weekly video
chats that Tricia Chirumbole started.

*You are invited!*
I've set up a space on Slack for the OS community.  Click here
 to enter your email address
receive an email invitation.
If you're an early adopter, please give it a test drive.  Let's figure out
how to make the most of what it offers and then come back to everyone with
a better invitation.

*How to Use Slack:*

   - Here is a screenshot
   

of
   what Slack looks like.  A few weeks ago I was testing it out with Michael
   Herman and Suzanne Daigle so you'll see some example messages there.
   - It's easy to get started; once you create an account, you land on a
   page that looks like that screenshot.  Go to the bottom white box and type
   something in.  Someone else will likely respond very quickly.  These are
   public chat messages.
   - You can create a new chatroom (called a channel) at the top left where
   there is a plus sign next to "CHANNELS".
   - To send a 1-1 private message (or to invite a few people to a private
   chat), look for the plus sign next to "DIRECT MESSAGES" on the left.
   - Have questions?  Please reply to this email, because you're probably
   not the only one with that question.

*What if I'm tired of all these online tools and I don't enjoy all this
typing and emailing?*
You can use the Live Café on Qiqo  to
indicate that you are available to receive a phone call (or video chat)
about any topic that you specify.  It's a way to "escalate" from typing to
phone or video.  A message goes out to the Slack channel and people see you
are available.  Your phone number stays private and people connect with you
by dialing a central number.

This Slack community should be co-owned by all of us (as much as a Facebook
group or LinkedIn group).  If you'd like to be an administrator, please let
me know.  Feedback is welcome!

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831
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[OSList] This is how it always starts.

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

It always starts like this.
It always starts with someone like you.

And you've got your idea.
And you're wondering what to do next.

This is the way it happens.

-Anonymous, 2016
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Re: [OSList] New Years Questions

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Harold,

I would add this question to the list:
"What moment are we in?"

Each period of history brings about the next one, and it's hard to see the
full context of this period until the next one comes about.  The seeds of
many possible futures are already here, but it seems impossible to tell
which one(s) will overcome the others.

Lucas Cioffi
Charlottesville, VA
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On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Beloved Open Space Community!
>
> Instead of sharing New Years Resolutions (which never seemed to have
> worked for me), would you share your New Years Questions? In other words,
> what are the most alive and juicy questions and inquiries you might ask the
> Universe in 2016?
>
> As a part of this invitation, I'm specifically *not* asking for answers,
> nor would it be appropriate for me or others to answer any of these
> questions in this thread. If you want to ask a question and get an answer -
> feel free to start another thread.
>
> "Judge a *man* by his *questions* rather than his answers." - Voltaire
>
> Thanks!
> Harold
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[OSList] Live for the next 7 hours: OSonOSinOZ

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi Everyone,

Since Harrison's birthday celebration last week worked much better in Zoom
than with QiqoChat's video provider, Qiqo now uses Zoom as its video
provider.  Today is the first live run-through.

Over the next 7 hours (until 4:30pm Melbourne time), if you'd like to drop
into OSonOSinOZ (Open Space on Open Space in Australia), here is the link:
https://qiqochat.com/e/gBGIPVoGylINkUyfxrYZJVBDD/xZivzDWYHLKNVVjaGFSxDdvBS

If you join, you'll experience sitting in their circle as a virtual
participant (via a laptop they are putting near the circle).  When it's
time for breakouts, they'll use their two feet to move the computer around
to the various breakouts.  Qiqo also provides online breakout spaces so
folks who are watching online can go to their own online breakout if they
so desire.

It has just begun.  Here's a screenshot of Andrew walking the circle:
https://qiqochat.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/123.png  It may be hard to
hear during the opening circle when people are far away from the computer.
It's an interesting learning experience. Feel free to drop in and send us
your thoughts.

Who needs reality TV when you have this?!  :)

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831




On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Andrew Rixon via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'd like to extend an invitation out to all facilitators who are using
> Open Space Technology in their practices to join in Melbourne for the
> Australian "Open Space on Open Space".. OSonOSinOZ..
>
> You can read more and register here:
> http://osonosinoz2015.eventbrite.com.au
>
> Not sure if you can make it to Melbourne?
>
> Don't let distance get in the way...  Thanks to our US based Open Space
> colleague - Michael Herman - we now will be adding an online connect to the
> face-to-face event.
>
> Please register for the online connect by following the link:
> http://openspace.qiqochat.com/e/gBGIPVoGylINkUyfxrYZJVBDD/xZivzDWYHLKNVVjaGFSxDdvBS
>
> Looking forward to seeing you .. either online or in person!
>
> Warm regards,
> Andrew
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[OSList] Announcing the Next OSLIST Poet Laureate

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Thank you to all who shared a poem with the list.  All three poems received
votes, however Poem #1 (below) earned the most.

Therefore, I am excited to announce our new Poet Laureate: Jeff Aitken!

Lucas Cioffi
Outgoing OSLIST Poet Laureate
Charlottesville, VA, USA
- with a deep bow to my fellow Poet Laureates, past, present, and future


     

A little history, from Chris Corrigan:

> “For all those who might be curious, the OSLIST Biannual Restricted Form
> Poetry Contest started in the spring of 2000 when I issued the challenge
> to the list.  Ralph Copleman actually began the whole thing with a contest
> in the fall of 1999 (which I won) and so he is the “Poetry King” for all
> time.  I just claimed the “Poet Laureate” title in an effort to have some
> fun.  It was something of a one martini idea, and I was out of gin at the
> time...”


Note: Members of the OSLIST select a new Poet Laureate every 6 months.

     

*Poem #1*

Open space
is a
quick
brown
fox
jumping over that
lazy dog
Control.



*Poem #2*

*I* feel deeply touched

*A*bout everything that is happening
*M*y deepest feelings goes to the family of the deceased

*P*rinciples like love, peace, respect…are they lost?
*A*lways seemed right to love and respect every soul , every living being!
*R*ises my inner voice against all kind of hate and evil
*I*s this the world we want to build?
*S*ay no to hate, say no to fear, say yes to love, and please respect all
kinds of being!



*Poem #3*

Someone may say, ‘What can one person do?, when others are so evil?’
One person can step forward.
Just as in Open Space.
Speaking to passion and responsibility.
We’ve seen it happen.

In Open Space, we have learned to notice the differences.
The one person.
The diversity.

One person can step forward.
Name a topic.
Submit a poem.
Hold a session with just themselves attending it.

In Open Space, we welcome that.
We invite it.
Even one person stepping forward
stepping into their passion and responsibility
can shift an organization. A community. A way of thinking.

Someone said, 'Only one person on this list submitted a poem.'

One person.
Stepping forward.
Speaking to passion and responsibility.

What can one person do?
Step forward into the silence.
Breathe.
Open up her arms.
Invite difference.
Embody the simple fact that
each person matters.

One person can do the most loving thing it is in her heart to do.
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[OSList] Vote by Dec 5th: Your Chance to Select the Next OSLIST Poet Laureate

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Everyone,

Thank you to our three colleagues who submitted a poems!  It's time to
determine who earns the title of OSLIST Poet Laureate for the next six
months.

Please reply to this email by the end of December 5th with a vote for your
favorite poem from the three options below.

Lucas Cioffi
OSLIST Poet Laureate, Summer-Fall 2015



*Poem #1*

Open space
is a
quick
brown
fox
jumping over that
lazy dog
Control.



*Poem #2*

*I* feel deeply touched

*A*bout everything that is happening
*M*y deepest feelings goes to the family of the deceased

*P*rinciples like love, peace, respect…are they lost?
*A*lways seemed right to love and respect every soul , every living being!
*R*ises my inner voice against all kind of hate and evil
*I*s this the world we want to build?
*S*ay no to hate, say no to fear, say yes to love, and please respect all
kinds of being!



*Poem #3*

Someone may say, ‘What can one person do?, when others are so evil?’
One person can step forward.
Just as in Open Space.
Speaking to passion and responsibility.
We’ve seen it happen.

In Open Space, we have learned to notice the differences.
The one person.
The diversity.

One person can step forward.
Name a topic.
Submit a poem.
Hold a session with just themselves attending it.

In Open Space, we welcome that.
We invite it.
Even one person stepping forward
stepping into their passion and responsibility
can shift an organization. A community. A way of thinking.

Someone said, 'Only one person on this list submitted a poem.'

One person.
Stepping forward.
Speaking to passion and responsibility.

What can one person do?
Step forward into the silence.
Breathe.
Open up her arms.
Invite difference.
Embody the simple fact that
each person matters.

One person can do the most loving thing it is in her heart to do.
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Re: [OSList] BIRTHDAY BASH COUNTDOWN!

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

I'm looking forward to this, and I'm hoping that those who will be trying
Qiqo for the first time will realize that it's a community resource.
Anyone on OSLIST can schedule a live audio or video chat
 at any time about any OS topic.

Most often, either 1 or 2 people will show up, and they will be the right
people for the topic you chose.  This is a way to complement the written
communication of OSLIST and the larger group video chat on the weekly OS
Hotline.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831




On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Michael Herman via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> We're looking forward to having many of us live, online together, from
> everywhere.
>
> Between now and when you join us (at any of the posted gathering times
> ),
> you might be thinking about some favorite stories to share, with old
> friends and new:
>
> • when, where, how you first met Harrison and Open Space Technology,
> • the most important or surprising thing(s) you've learned from Harrison
> or Open Space that you are most grateful for, and
> • any other favorite Harrison and/or Open Space stories (old or new,
> serious or funny)
>
> Hope to see you there!  And... don't forget to bring yourself a little
> cake, a martini, or whatever else will make it a party for you, at whatever
> hour it might be!
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
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> Michael Herman
> Michael Herman Associates
> 312-280-7838 (mobile)
>
> http://MichaelHerman.com
> http://OpenSpaceWorld.org
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Suzanne Daigle via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Yes only two more days before our gathering at the QiQoChat house for the
>> upcoming Drop In Virtual Birthday Party.
>> 
>>
>>
>> In the spirit and excitement of one less thing to do, Lucas, Michael and
>> I did a quick check this morning. It's been so easy and fun planning this.
>> Anne Stadler is probably on her way to India and if all goes well will be
>> joining us with some folks from there. Harrison will be stopping by in the
>> morning (Eastern Standard Time).
>>
>> Not too late to register. Click link above.  That said, you don't even
>> need to pre-register. You can do it then and there. If your schedule
>> changes, feel free to drop in.
>>
>> We also prepared this last minute instruction sheet
>> to
>> help you get settled much in the same way that we show up for an Open Space
>> and then proceed to sit in a circle.
>>
>> We're excited to see you and most especially to give Harrison a massive
>> 80th birthday virtual hug.
>>
>> Suzanne
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Suzanne Daigle
>> Open Space Facilitator
>> NuFocus Strategic Group
>>
>> FL 941-359-8877
>> Cell: 203-722-2009
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Re: [OSList] An Invitation to become the next OSLIST Poet Laureate

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Everyone,

Before the Paris attacks I started the poetry contest which is run by a
different person every 6 months on this email discussion list.  The rules
(bottom of this email) were that the poem would be short (8 lines or less)
and that it would use each letter in your alphabet.  It was playful.  Only
one person on this list submitted a poem.

After the attacks, I thought it would be appropriate to open up the rules
and invite anyone to share a poem on any topic without any restrictions.
No one submitted any poems.

*Writing in the context of the Paris attacks is difficult.  I'm going to
give this more time–until November 30th.  If you feel moved to share a
poem, please email it to me by then.*  I will present all the poems to the
list without the poet's name attached and the list will choose the next
Poet Laureate.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831




On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 2:06 AM, Michael M Pannwitz via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> cool move
> mmp
>
> On 16.11.2015 03:25, Lucas Cioffi via OSList wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Last week I posted the rules (below) for how we will choose the next
>> Poet Laureate of the OS List.  The tone was light and playful.  In light
>> of the recent events in France, I want to open up the rules and invite
>> you write a poem in any format (short or long) without any restriction.
>>
>> *Please send your poetry directly to me (not to the whole list) at
>> lu...@qiqochat.com <mailto:lu...@qiqochat.com> before the end of Sunday,
>> November 22nd.*
>>
>> Lucas Cioffi
>> Charlottesville, VA
>> Mobile: 917-528-1831
>>
>>
>>
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: *Lucas Cioffi* mailto:lu...@qiqochat.com>>
>> Date: Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 9:39 PM
>> Subject: The OSLIST Poetry Contest is Open
>> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
>> mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Colleagues -
>>
>> The OSLIST Poetry Contest is open once again!  If you feel so inspired,
>> please create an original poem using these three guidelines:
>>
>> 1) The poem is about Open Space
>> 2) The poem consists of 8 lines or less.
>> 3) The poem contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet (or all
>> the letters of the language you write the poem in) at least once.
>> If your language does not have an alphabet, then you can skip/ignore
>> this guideline.
>>
>>
>> *Send your poetry directly to me (not to the whole list) at
>> lu...@qiqochat.com <mailto:lu...@qiqochat.com> before the end of Sunday,
>> November 22nd.*
>>
>> I will collect the poems and then show them back to you anonymously,
>> dear readers - so you may indicate your favorites - even though this is
>> not a game of favorites. It is a gift of riches. It will, however, tell
>> us who our new Poet Laureate of the OSLIST will be - someone who will
>> hold the space for poetry by sharing and/or inviting poetry on our list
>> for the next six months.
>>
>> All of you OSLIST members, including past Poet Laureates, are invited to
>> participate. If you write your poem in your own language which may not
>> be English, please do add a translation in English.
>>
>> I welcome all your fierce and quiet words,
>>
>> Lucas Cioffi
>> Current OSLIST Poet Laureate
>> Charlottesville, VA, USA
>> - with a deep bow to my fellow Poet Laureates
>>
>> - - - - -
>>
>> A little history, from Chris Corrigan:
>>
>> “For all those who might be curious, the OSLIST Biannual Restricted
>> Form Poetry Contest started in the spring of 2000 when I issued the
>> challenge to the list.  Ralph Copleman actually began the whole
>> thing with a contest in the fall of 1999 (which I won) and so he is
>> the “Poetry King” for all time.  I just claimed the “Poet Laureate”
>> title in an effort to have some fun.  It was something of a one
>> martini idea, and I was out of gin at the time...”
>>
>>
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[OSList] An Invitation to become the next OSLIST Poet Laureate

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Dear Colleagues,

Last week I posted the rules (below) for how we will choose the next Poet
Laureate of the OS List.  The tone was light and playful.  In light of the
recent events in France, I want to open up the rules and invite you write a
poem in any format (short or long) without any restriction.

*Please send your poetry directly to me (not to the whole list)
at lu...@qiqochat.com  before the end of Sunday,
November 22nd.*

Lucas Cioffi
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831



-- Forwarded message --
From: Lucas Cioffi 
Date: Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 9:39 PM
Subject: The OSLIST Poetry Contest is Open
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>


Dear Colleagues -

The OSLIST Poetry Contest is open once again!  If you feel so inspired,
please create an original poem using these three guidelines:

1) The poem is about Open Space
2) The poem consists of 8 lines or less.
3) The poem contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet (or all the
letters of the language you write the poem in) at least once.  If your
language does not have an alphabet, then you can skip/ignore this guideline.


*Send your poetry directly to me (not to the whole list) at
lu...@qiqochat.com  before the end of Sunday, November
22nd.*

I will collect the poems and then show them back to you anonymously, dear
readers - so you may indicate your favorites - even though this is not a
game of favorites. It is a gift of riches.  It will, however, tell us who
our new Poet Laureate of the OSLIST will be - someone who will hold the
space for poetry by sharing and/or inviting poetry on our list for the next
six months.

All of you OSLIST members, including past Poet Laureates, are invited to
participate.  If you write your poem in your own language which may not be
English, please do add a translation in English.

I welcome all your fierce and quiet words,

Lucas Cioffi
Current OSLIST Poet Laureate
Charlottesville, VA, USA
- with a deep bow to my fellow Poet Laureates

- - - - -

A little history, from Chris Corrigan:

> “For all those who might be curious, the OSLIST Biannual Restricted Form
> Poetry Contest started in the spring of 2000 when I issued the challenge to
> the list.  Ralph Copleman actually began the whole thing with a contest in
> the fall of 1999 (which I won) and so he is the “Poetry King” for all
> time.  I just claimed the “Poet Laureate” title in an effort to have some
> fun.  It was something of a one martini idea, and I was out of gin at the
> time...”
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[OSList] The OSLIST Poetry Contest is Open

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Dear Colleagues -

The OSLIST Poetry Contest is open once again!  If you feel so inspired,
please create an original poem using these three guidelines:

1) The poem is about Open Space
2) The poem consists of 8 lines or less.
3) The poem contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet (or all the
letters of the language you write the poem in) at least once.  If your
language does not have an alphabet, then you can skip/ignore this guideline.


*Send your poetry directly to me (not to the whole list) at
lu...@qiqochat.com  before the end of Sunday, November
22nd.*

I will collect the poems and then show them back to you anonymously, dear
readers - so you may indicate your favorites - even though this is not a
game of favorites. It is a gift of riches.  It will, however, tell us who
our new Poet Laureate of the OSLIST will be - someone who will hold the
space for poetry by sharing and/or inviting poetry on our list for the next
six months.

All of you OSLIST members, including past Poet Laureates, are invited to
participate.  If you write your poem in your own language which may not be
English, please do add a translation in English.

I welcome all your fierce and quiet words,

Lucas Cioffi
Current OSLIST Poet Laureate
Charlottesville, VA, USA
- with a deep bow to my fellow Poet Laureates

- - - - -

A little history, from Chris Corrigan:

> “For all those who might be curious, the OSLIST Biannual Restricted Form
> Poetry Contest started in the spring of 2000 when I issued the challenge to
> the list.  Ralph Copleman actually began the whole thing with a contest in
> the fall of 1999 (which I won) and so he is the “Poetry King” for all
> time.  I just claimed the “Poet Laureate” title in an effort to have some
> fun.  It was something of a one martini idea, and I was out of gin at the
> time...”
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Re: [OSList] Interdisciplinary Research dreaming

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Michael,

I've been to several Startup Weekend  events
where the purpose is to launch a demo of product or to explore the market
for a particular idea within the timeframe of one weekend.  Participants
stand up and propose topics and then other participants sign up to join
that team.

The teams self-organize but it feels more forced and contrived than a
regular open space, because each team is scheduled by the organizers to
speak with a panel of experts at regular intervals throughout the weekend.
I want to at least but Startup Weekend on your radar, because they have
these kind of events in many countries.

I think the idea you're speaking about is very promising, and I'd love to
see it in action.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Harrison Owen via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Michael ... I think it is a superb idea, and to the best of my knowledge,
> it
> has never been done. But I pretty sure there isn't a university on the
> planet that would have the guts to try it. I would love to be proved wrong,
> but in the meantime it seems to me that every person in the world has a
> superb opportunity. At a time of their choosing, and a place of their
> comfort, they may open the space for sharing and caring about something of
> importance. I think that is called Learning. Were universities to do more
> of
> it...
>
> Harrison
>
> -Original Message-
> From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of
> Michael Wood via OSList
> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 10:42 PM
> To: oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
> Subject: [OSList] Interdisciplinary Research dreaming
>
> A few years ago I was invited by a learning and development company to
> facilitate a weekend of Open Space for the whole company, on the question
> of
> 'New Business Development ideas for..'x' company'.
>
> It was an incredibly creative and fun weekend in which many ideas were
> floated and talked about. Towards the end, one or two key ideas distilled
> out, which the group was willing to put further time into and which the
> company directors thoughts was a viable business proposition to invest more
> time in. The idea went on to make millions of dollars for the company. The
> directors were pretty happy about the return on investment from taking
> their
> entire staff away for two days.
>
> What would happen if someone in a university were to sponsor an
> interdisciplinary dreaming day on 'new research possibilities', which
> enabled people to float out their wackiest and most exciting emergent ideas
> (one's which perhaps are just a 'flicker')  - and allow the miracle of self
> organisation to enable cross disciplinary conversation to occur (poets
> asking questions of engineers (and visa versa); business school leaders
> asking questions of marine biologists (and visa versa).
>
> Is anyone aware of this having happened in any university in the world? If
> so, can you refer me to the person who organised it or facilitated it. I've
> love to have a conversation with them.
>
>
> Michael Wood
>
> Univerisity of Western Australia
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Re: [OSList] Bar Camp?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

I want to merge my post from 11 days ago (below) into this thread, because
it relates to unconferences/barcamps and OS.  The post got stuck in the OS
List Moderation Queue due to the size of attachments, so now the
attachments are links instead.

Is there a difference between unconferences and barcamps?  I have seen them
used interchangeably.  Here's the post from September 5th to add to this
conversation:
-

Hat tip to Harold for bringing up the idea of "Open Space in the Wild" on a
recent Tuesday OS Hotline call.  Unconferences are one such form that OS
takes outside of the OS community.  Hat tip to Tricia for hosting the
Tuesday OS Hotline.  If you haven't attended one yet, look for the
announcements on Monday/Tuesday on this list.  They are lots of fun!

So here's the topic I'd like to discuss on this thread:
I understand that unconferences (aka barcamps) evolved/descended from open
space.  It seems to be an estranged relationship where many of the hundreds
of people who run unconferences have never heard of open space.  From my
personal experience and from the opinions of others who have held
unconferences, they vary in quality from poor quality to excellent,
depending on many factors such as the level of preparation that

In this thread, I'd like to ask, "What are the main differences between
unconferences and OS?"  Here's a start to the list of differences that I
can see:

Some unconferences start with a slide presentation (an example is in the
links below), and this never happens in OS.


Unconferences frequently (but not always?) start with theater-style seating
rather than an opening circle.


Unconferences have everyone give 3-word introductions.


Unconferences almost always (from my experience) last one day or less.


During the closing people will often share "key takeaways" from the
sessions whereas during an OS, people usually share reflections about the
overall experience (I think)


Unconferences rarely mention the terms "butterfly" and the "bumble bee" (at
least from the 20 that I've attended)


OS has more of a griefwork element (there is a problem/crisis or the
situation on the ground is changing and something is ending and we need to
figure out what comes next) whereas unconferences are more about birds of a
feather getting together.  Said another way, OS is more frequently about
collective action and unconferences are more about building social cohesion
and individual learning.


Any other key differences?  These are just my impressions.

Another question on my mind: "When is an unconference a more appropriate
tool than an open space?"

So that you can understand the language of one breed of unconference
organizers, here are some of the resources that EdCamp (a large
unconference series) shares with its organizers:

Checklist for how to run an EdCamp unconference:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F4nEotV_Gab-QFIJk_EJSeUOeKTVVV598_jeAhanDjg/edit
A diagram for EdCamp which describes tips for how a participant can make
the most of their experience

(I didn't make this, but I uploaded it to my WordPress site since it was
too big to attach to an OSList message)


A slide presentation which is used to begin EdCamp unconferences

A mish-mash of tips and resources for organizing an EdCamp


Lucas Cioffi

Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831




On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> "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
> www.openspaceagility.com/about
>
>
>
> 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
> , 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 

Re: [OSList] Surprise Preparation

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Thank you, Daniel.  I wasn't prepared for that.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
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[OSList] Online Participation Before, During, and After WOSonOS!

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

To: Lucas Cioffi , World wide Open Space Technology
email list 


Dear Lucas and Michael,

I heard of this space invasion earlier and already sent my thoughts to
the Hosts of the WOSonOS in Krakow.

Here a summary:

--- This is not the setting I was invited to and signed up for and
arranged my accomodation and travel for.

--- I was happily expecting a face to face WOSonOS with the opportunity
to contribute and learn in an atmosphere of direct, undivided communication.

--- I discomfort myself with being in a breakout session surrounded by
folks with tablets or other mobile devices communicating with others not
present.

--- To me it is nothing less than a space invasion ... something I don't
want to be exposed to.

At the Krakow WOSonOS I will therefore not participate in:

- opening session for all participants
- break out sessions
- morning announcements
- evening news
- the closing circle

that are attended virtually by people not actually present.

I guess that would give me loads of opportunities to be a butterfly.


Wish you guys would actually come to Krakow.


Greetings from Berlin
mmp


On 02.09.2015 18:16, Lucas Cioffi via OSList wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> WOSonOS (the World Open Space on Open Space) in Krakow is coming up
> quickly on Sept 10-13.  This year QiqoChat will add an online capability
> to the main event (FREE) – for all those who can't attend, but also for
> those who can.  The OS community circle
> <http://openspace.qiqochat.com/> on QiqoChat will support you in hosting
> or joining an online session – /before, during, or even after/ the
> Krakow gathering.
>
> For instance, if you will be there in-person, you might open up your
> computer, put it on a chair, and stream any session live so friends and
> colleagues can participate from wherever they are.  Alternatively, you
> could offer to a friend to post a topic on the marketplace wall in
> Krakow and you could attend that session with your computer so your
> friend can lead their session from your screen.  It's possible to post
> any topic you have passion for and convene an online session with
> friends and colleagues all around the world – with or without a
> simultaneous session in Krakow.
>
> To experiment with this new platform, visit the OS community circle
> <http://openspace.qiqochat.com> and post a session; it's free!  If
> you're not already a member, you'll be able to sign-up quickly and learn
> how to get started.
>
> We're happy to assist with any questions, and suggestions are welcome!
> Lucas Cioffi & Michael Herman
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Re: [OSList] Creating Space or Opening Space?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

; and other text books do consider it an operational definition of time. It
> seems fit well with Harrison's notions that we don't really understand time
> or space.
>
> Even given our not really knowing - we still measure it. Play with it.
> Live in it. And one huge transformation from Prigogene which has been
> discussed on the OSList before - was an insight from the life sciences that
> essentially overthrew the principles of Entropy that caused the character
> played by Woody Allen in Annie Hall to get really depressed as a boy that
> the ultimate end of the universe was complete dissolution.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U1-OmAICpU
>
> "Why are you depressed, Alvy?"
> "The universe is expanding... Well, the universe is everything, and if
> it's expanding, someday it will break apart, and that will be the end of
> everything."
>
> The problem with the principles of Thermodynamics that Entropy (i.e.
> disorder) always increases, is that these principles came from the study of
> closed systems. If the Universe is truly a closed system, our old physics
> required a rather dismal cosmology.
>
> Maybe trying to nail down the ultimate truth about the Universe into a
> formula or equation is a bad idea anyway, but the Universe *AS I SEE IT*
> will certainly decay and dissolve to death. And I'll have to grieve that
> understanding. Because my understanding most certainly is FINITE at any
> point in space/time. But all I have to do is let go, and I can open up some
> space in my understanding. And maybe at that point - I'll break open into a
> new understanding. One that is bigger and greater than the previous one.
> New Space! at least for me. And if it creates space for me, perhaps I can
> invite someone else into this new space as well. Or maybe we can walk into
> it together, after properly grieving our past understanding - may it rest
> in peace.
>
> To me - how this relates to your insight if you create space for X - you
> are creating space against Y: perhaps there's something valuable to that.
> Because often there really is a clearing away necessary in order to "open"
> space. When I go to an OST event, I most certainly am choosing to clear my
> calendar to accept that invitation. Yet - if anything - I've always found
> my world expanded after attending an Open Space. Always! And perhaps that
> is simply because my Understanding grew - and therefore - voila - more
> space at least in my own head.
>
> And about your final sentence in bold, although there's some truth in your
> win/lose perspective - perhaps if you viewed things from a different
> perspective - the perspective that could take in the whole system - you
> would see that the pie grows enough for everyone to ultimately win - if
> they accept the invitation into this bigger pie. And that bigger pie is the
> growth of our collective understanding and comprehension of this infinite
> mystery.
>
> Cheers,
> Harold
>
>
> On 9/2/15 7:47 AM, Lucas Cioffi via OSList wrote:
>
> That's an interesting thread you started, Daniel, about inviting
> non-invitation.
>
> Harrison writes yesterday:
>
>> Here’s a thought... Space/time is infinite, defined by our minds, and
>> limited by our imagination. So “constraints” are only what you make them
>> out to be. AND... it is always nice to have as much “space/time” as
>> possible. A “genuine invitation” creates a LOT of space/time.
>>
>
> *Do y'all think we are creating space or are we opening space?  It's an
> important distinction, because creating implies a win-win but opening could
> be a win-lose situation.  *I'd say none of us is ever creating space,
> just opening it, and that someone or something is always losing something
> else when we do.
>
> *I'll do my best to explain...*
> Instead of "creating space" I'd argue that instead we are "creating space
> *for*" because the space literally already exists.  We are creating
> opportunity for voices to be heard and for people to participate.  But in
> some indirect way a *space for X* is at least indirectly a *space against
> Y*.  We are never actually creating new space, instead we are creating "*new
> space for*" by marking that space with an invitation/purpose, principles,
> and a law of two feet.  The space (the hotel conference room, the
> warehouse, etc) already exists.
>
> I don't disagree, Harrison, that overall space/time might be infinite–I
> don't know :) –but each of us is limited to being in one physical space at
> a time, monitoring/interacting with a handful of physical spaces virtually,
> and having 24 hours in a day.  In

[OSList] Online Participation Before, During, and After WOSonOS!

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

WOSonOS (the World Open Space on Open Space) in Krakow is coming up quickly
on Sept 10-13.  This year QiqoChat will add an online capability to the
main event (FREE) – for all those who can't attend, but also for those who
can.  The OS community circle  on
QiqoChat will support you in hosting or joining an online session – *before,
during, or even after* the Krakow gathering.

For instance, if you will be there in-person, you might open up your
computer, put it on a chair, and stream any session live so friends and
colleagues can participate from wherever they are.  Alternatively, you
could offer to a friend to post a topic on the marketplace wall in Krakow
and you could attend that session with your computer so your friend can
lead their session from your screen.  It's possible to post any topic you
have passion for and convene an online session with friends and colleagues
all around the world – with or without a simultaneous session in Krakow.

To experiment with this new platform, visit the OS community circle
 and post a session; it's free!  If you're
not already a member, you'll be able to sign-up quickly and learn how to
get started.

We're happy to assist with any questions, and suggestions are welcome!
Lucas Cioffi & Michael Herman
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[OSList] Creating Space or Opening Space?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

That's an interesting thread you started, Daniel, about inviting
non-invitation.

Harrison writes yesterday:

> Here’s a thought... Space/time is infinite, defined by our minds, and
> limited by our imagination. So “constraints” are only what you make them
> out to be. AND... it is always nice to have as much “space/time” as
> possible. A “genuine invitation” creates a LOT of space/time.
>

*Do y'all think we are creating space or are we opening space?  It's an
important distinction, because creating implies a win-win but opening could
be a win-lose situation.  *I'd say none of us is ever creating space, just
opening it, and that someone or something is always losing something else
when we do.

*I'll do my best to explain...*
Instead of "creating space" I'd argue that instead we are "creating space
*for*" because the space literally already exists.  We are creating
opportunity for voices to be heard and for people to participate.  But in
some indirect way a *space for X* is at least indirectly a *space against Y*.
We are never actually creating new space, instead we are creating "*new
space for*" by marking that space with an invitation/purpose, principles,
and a law of two feet.  The space (the hotel conference room, the
warehouse, etc) already exists.

I don't disagree, Harrison, that overall space/time might be infinite–I
don't know :) –but each of us is limited to being in one physical space at
a time, monitoring/interacting with a handful of physical spaces virtually,
and having 24 hours in a day.  In that way we'd all agree that space and
time are nearly zero sum at a personal scale, so when we open/create space
for _, and people accept the invitation, we are decreasing energy
and time spent some where else.  There is a cost.  We don't talk about
that, but I don't think we forget that either.

So, to take this argument full circle (pun intended), I'd say that whenever
we open space, we do it by force.  Space doesn't open on its own (or does
it?!-- what if we aren't really *opening* space and the space is already
open, that we're just the first to see it?).  Well, even if space opens on
its own and then if we're the first ones to walk into it and invite others,
we are still inviting by force–this not a bad force or a coercive force,
but it's a force nonetheless.  We know this, because we know how it
requires force to launch an invitation into the world.  (Or is this not
always the case?  Can someone invite by simply being?)

Any invitation displaces people's time: to read it (maybe just 30 seconds)
and then much more time is displaced for people choose to attend (an hour,
a day, etc).  What I'm trying to say is that I'm beginning to see opening
space more and more as active, forceful (in a good way), and intentional.
When we open space that was previously closed, we are using force, and that
might mean that someone else is experiencing something else closing (the
old order of business in an organization or fewer people attending another
event or doing something that they would have otherwise been doing if they
weren't attending).

Bottom line: It's hard to argue with creating space because it looks like a
win-win, but somewhere someone or something is losing our time, energy, and
support in the short term.  In the case of an organization the person
losing is the boss who wants to keep the old order of things.  When that
situation isn't applicable, we're at least spending time away from other
things we could be doing such as tending to a vegetable garden or taking
Fido for a walk.  *So it's always important to keep in mind who/what is
losing when we open space, and perhaps using the phrase "creating space" is
a good way to focus on the upside.*

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
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Re: [OSList] Fall Reflections

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

Is it accurate to say that some self organizing happens by invitation and
some happens by coercion/force?

For example, from the perspective of someone who lives outside of Iraq, the
way the Ba'ath Party took charge of Iraq through a coup seems like an
example of self-organizing by force to us, because we're outside the system
of Iraq.  I welcome some thoughts on this.

Over the past few months (and working with Michael Herman for VOSonOS) I've
seen that the spirit of invitation shouldn't end with the writing of the
invitation, and instead it should be present throughout the open space.
When someone posts a topic on the marketplace wall, they are inviting
others to a conversation, not taking over a time slot (like having a coup
and taking over a small country).

When someone wants to be a "dictator" of their open space session, yes
others can use their two feet and walk out, but that comes at a cost to the
social fabric of the organization.  A better outcome would be that the
would-be dictator holds a welcoming space from the start.  So I'd recommend
that another sign worth posting on the wall near "Law of Two Feet" would be
"Spirit of Invitation".  I think it's wall-worthy, do you?

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com 
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831




On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 5:07 AM, Paul Levy via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> I think the clue lies in the wonderful word "self".
>
> We are the selves that organise.
>
> Beautiful.
>
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[OSList] The OS T.H.I.R.T.Y. Poetry Challenge & Invitation

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

*By the power invested in me as the Mid-2015 Open Space Community Poet
Laureate, *
*   ...and in honor of the 30th anniversary of Open Space Technology,*
* ...I am hereby declaring the start of the Open Space T.H.I.R.T.Y.
Poetry Challenge & Invitation.*

The way to participate is simple:

   - Reply to this email with a six-line poem related to Open Space
   Technology.
   - The first letter of each line must be the letters T, H, I, R, T, and
   finally Y.

This poetry challenge lasts (you guessed it!) 30 days.  Let us see what
unfolds...

Lucas Cioffi
Mid-2015 OS Poet Laureate
Charlottesville, VA
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[OSList] Reflections on VOSonOS Day 3

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Good day, Everyone.

All within one hour this morning, I had the great pleasure of speaking in
groups of 2 and 3 with people from Norway, German, Portugal, and
Australia.  Waking up at 5:50am my time knocked me out of my regular
routine and gave me space to be present.

After the audio and video chats, I was browsing some links that people
shared about their work during this morning's sessions.  Then I started
searching through the OS List archives to find people I spoke with.  The
email below jumped out at me, especially the video highlighted in yellow at
the bottom.  Having met Alan Stewart yesterday, reading that email below
was quite a different experience for me than it was when he sent it a few
months ago.  The difference this time is that I could actually hear him
reading this email to me in his warm and inviting tone, now that we had a
chance to have a conversation

I've been on this list for about 6 years and have never attended a
WOSonOS.  Hearing Alan mention the Marysville WOS2002 during a session
yesterday and the fondness with which he described it made me very curious
to learn more.  The video he shared in yellow (below) easily communicates
how special that event was for all who attended.

The OS community has been rolling with tremendous momentum for 20+ years
before I started subscribing to the list in '09.  I always felt that I
missed the party, since so much has happened before I got here, but having
been on Tricia's OS Hotline events on Tuesdays over the past few months and
having participated in these online VOSonOS sessions over the past two
days, I get a sense of how active this community is right now–all the great
work and all the edges of the OS folks are currently exploring.

Marysville was overcome by a devastating fire in 2009, seven years after
the video below.  It's a reminder to me that the work of opening space is
both temporary and urgent.  I look forward to the remaining two days of
VOSonOS and I also look forward to reading this list with a more personal
connection, now that I've been able to meet and learn from many of you over
the past two days.  Have a great weekend, wherever you are.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831



-- Forwarded message --
From: Alan Stewart via OSList 
Date: Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 7:50 PM
Subject: [OSList] This Was My Town [[Marysville]
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>


G'day fellow participants at WOS2002 and All

I 'happened' on this song 
recently through hearing Greg Champion, a well known singer and song writer
 in Australia, on our local radio in
Adelaide.

For it captures the grief experienced when most of the lovely little town
of Marysville (near Melbourne) in which WOS2002 was held was destroyed in a
huge bushfire in 2009.



After playing the song several times it came over to me as a beautifully
crafted and poignant reminder of the wondrous time which was had by those
who were fortunate and privileged to participate in this particular
international get together of OST practitioners.  And of how ephemeral life
can be.

The venue for our gathering, the majestic largely wooden construction
Marylands Hotel - in the heart of Marysville - suited our purposes
beautifully, not least as we all housed under one roof. One of my favourite
memories was going on a night walk in the nearby forest.

There was nothing left of Marylands after the 2009 fire.

A sense of this place, its setting, and the process of the WOS event can be
seen in this exquisite little video
 made by David
Smith.

Also featured in the video is the facilitator of the event, Fr Brian
Bainbridge. Brian, as many would recall fondly, was a staunch promoter of
OST and attended every WOS up until WOS2009 held in Taipei in Taiwan. Sadly
he died shortly after this.



Please pass this on if you wish to others who you consider may appreciate
seeing and hearing it.

Looking forward.

Go well

Alan

Alan Stewart, PhD
www.multimindsolutions.com
Conversare.net 
Adelaide

‘If there’s dancing count me in.’
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[OSList] Announcing Our First Collaboratively Written Open Space Haiku

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

And here we have it.  In just 36 hours, a collaboratively written haiku
rises from our community which evokes *both* the fear *and* excitement
someone might feel when facilitating an Open Space Technology event for the
very first time:

While she circled bells
internal beats of bumble
bees entered trailing, a!, ha.

Many thanks to our co-authors:

   - Lucas Cioffi
   - Alan Stewart


   - Allison


   - Alan


   - Harold


   - Anne


   - Christy Lee-Engel


   - Florian


   - Una


   - Jane


   - Diana


   - Gail
   - Christine


Lucas Cioffi
Open Space Community Poet Laureate 2015, Q2
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831



On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Lucas Cioffi  wrote:

> A very warm thank you goes out to Alan Stewart, Allison, Alan, Harold,
>  Anne, Christy Lee-Engel, Florian, and Una.
>
>
>
> In less than 24 hours, there are only five missing syllables in our first
> collaborative haiku.  Who will take us home?  Participation instructions
> are below.
>
> Lucas Cioffi
> Open Space Community Poet Laureate 2015, Q2
> Charlottesville, VA
> Mobile: 917-528-1831
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 11:42 PM, Lucas Cioffi  wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> As the recently knighted Open Space Poet Laureate, I am responsible for
>> making sure that no one in the community runs out of poems over the next
>> six months.
>>
>> So poetry fans, please buckle your seat belts, and keep your arms and
>> legs inside the moving vehicle.  In this experiment, I am about to invite
>> all of us to co-author a single haiku.  Whomever accepts this invitation
>> are the write people :)
>>
>> No sign-in is required.
>>   1. Visit http://notes.qiqochat.com:9001/p/open_space_poetry
>>   2. Add a single word to the collaborative haiku there.  The first word
>> to get us started is "While".
>>   3. Add your name to the list of authors at the bottom.
>>
>> Let's see what happens.
>>
>> Lucas Cioffi
>> Founder, QiqoChat.com
>> Charlottesville, VA
>> Mobile: 917-528-1831
>>
>
>
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Re: [OSList] The First Collaborative Open Space Haiku

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

A very warm thank you goes out to Alan Stewart, Allison, Alan, Harold,
Anne, Christy
Lee-Engel, Florian, and Una.



In less than 24 hours, there are only five missing syllables in our first
collaborative haiku.  Who will take us home?  Participation instructions
are below.

Lucas Cioffi
Open Space Community Poet Laureate 2015, Q2
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831



On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 11:42 PM, Lucas Cioffi  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> As the recently knighted Open Space Poet Laureate, I am responsible for
> making sure that no one in the community runs out of poems over the next
> six months.
>
> So poetry fans, please buckle your seat belts, and keep your arms and legs
> inside the moving vehicle.  In this experiment, I am about to invite all of
> us to co-author a single haiku.  Whomever accepts this invitation are the
> write people :)
>
> No sign-in is required.
>   1. Visit http://notes.qiqochat.com:9001/p/open_space_poetry
>   2. Add a single word to the collaborative haiku there.  The first word
> to get us started is "While".
>   3. Add your name to the list of authors at the bottom.
>
> Let's see what happens.
>
> Lucas Cioffi
> Founder, QiqoChat.com
> Charlottesville, VA
> Mobile: 917-528-1831
>
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[OSList] The First Collaborative Open Space Haiku

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

As the recently knighted Open Space Poet Laureate, I am responsible for
making sure that no one in the community runs out of poems over the next
six months.

So poetry fans, please buckle your seat belts, and keep your arms and legs
inside the moving vehicle.  In this experiment, I am about to invite all of
us to co-author a single haiku.  Whomever accepts this invitation are the
write people :)

No sign-in is required.
  1. Visit http://notes.qiqochat.com:9001/p/open_space_poetry
  2. Add a single word to the collaborative haiku there.  The first word to
get us started is "While".
  3. Add your name to the list of authors at the bottom.

Let's see what happens.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831
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Re: [OSList] Four-Day Virtual OSonOS in July

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Hello Harrison,

Fortunately the site is working correctly now.  I'm your local software
developer, and there was an error due to one of my recent changes.

Truth be told, one of the gerbils that keeps the site running got off its
gerbil wheel and took a coffee break.  When it got back on, its small
coffee cup fell and became lodged deep inside the gerbil wheel.  There was
a little miscommunication while I asked it to stick its little gerbil foot
between the spokes and pull the cup out.  Fortunately, everything is back
up and running now, including the gerbil whose name will be withheld.

Moral of the story: It seems like picking up coffee cups is as important in
software as it is in OS.

It's been wonderful seeing Michael work to put this together.  This
round-the-clock, multi-day design is going to be so much fun.  I'm
supporting this effort on the software side to make sure the tech stays out
of the way as much as possible.  We all stand to learn so much from such an
ambitious event design.

Bravo Michael, and thank you to Tricia Chirumbole who inspired this through
the OS Hotline.  If you haven't tried the OS hotline yet, it's a lot of
fun; Tuesdays at 12pm Eastern using the Zoom video conferencing system.
Look for Tricia's posts on Mondays/Tuesdays each week for details.

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831




On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Harrison via OSList <
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> Brilliant! But I won’t take back what I said about Twitter... This really
> should be fun and congratulations to all for a marvelous effort – no matter
> what happens. J I signed in, paid my fee (I think) – but when I pushed
> “enter” a little red sign came up and told me that an error had occurred.
> Doubtless I did something wrong – but I’m trying! I took heart from the
> next note which said that, “they will fix it”...whoever “they” is, and “it”
> is as yet unidentified. Stay tuned and Do Join in!
>
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> *Join us for Virtual OSonOS: A Worldwide Open Learning Event...*
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> We have learned so much about bringing people together. We have imagined,
> invited, and unleashed. We are agile and appreciative, artful and
> improvisational. Our media is social, our networks are linked, and upstart
> movements can have national and international effects. We mix the newest
> technologies and the oldest human patterns. We work on peace AND high
> performance, passion and purpose, sharing and storytelling. We focus on
> what’s working, why it works, and how we can make more of it.
>
> So what? And now what? The world is under pressure, in every time zone,
> maybe like never before – socially, politically, economically,
> environmentally, spiritually. Everywhere, complexity, diversity, real and
> potential conflict, and urgent needs are more obvious than ever. What is
> the opportunity here? What is our responsibility? What are the
> possibilities – and the practices that are working now – *where you are?*
> *A Virtual Open Space on (All Kinds of) Open Space *
>
> What are you learning about creating what you want in the world – in
> organizations and markets, communities and families, body and mind? What is
> your practice and what is it becoming? What can we learn and do now
> together to make a difference in your work? And what could happen if we
> work and learn together, all around the world, all at once, even for just a
> few days? This is what we want to find out, in a four-day virtual
> conference experiment in world-around self-organization.
>
> Anyone with a good head and a good heart, actively engaged in bringing
> people together to meet the large and small challenges of our time, is
> invited to join in. We want to extend and expand the decades-old tradition
> of the *Open Space on Open Space
>  (OSonOS)* conferences, in 
> this*World-Around,
> Virtual, Video Open Space on* *All Kinds of Practices that Open Space –
> VOSonOS for sh

[OSList] Great formats for breakout sessions?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

I checked the OST User's Guide and the OS List archives, but I didn't find
any mention of what format the breakout sessions can/should take.

During some but not all OS events I've attended, facilitators have
mentioned that breakout sessions should be conversations rather than
presentations.

The OS philosophy would say "there's no need to suggest how to run a
breakout session" and "empower the participants to choose their own formats
for each session" and "do less" and "it just happens".  However, we all
know from firsthand experience that some breakout sessions are more
personally satisfying/rewarding than others, just as some 3-person coffee
break conversations during normal conferences are better than others.

Here are some potential problems with breakout sessions if they are
implemented poorly by participants:

   - There can be too many sub-topics for the breakout session so some
   ideas do not get brought up at all.  Most of the time people do not
   brainstorm all the topics at the beginning of a session and they dive right
   into the discussion of the first issue that comes to mind.  So they don't
   ever know all the topics that are on everyone's minds.
   - Some people do no feel comfortable for various reasons related to
   introversion, discrimination, or office politics, so they never speak up.
   As facilitators, we know ways to avoid this but the participants may not
   know how to avoid these meeting pitfalls.
   - One person dominates the discussion.  The built-in remedy for this is
   that everyone else votes with their feet and leaves to form their own
   breakout session later, but sometimes this doesn't happen and it's simply a
   lost opportunity for everyone.

*Here are my questions for the group:*
1. What formats to the breakout sessions usually take at events that you
facilitate, and are some of these formats better than others in your
opinion?
2. What formats could breakout sessions take?  Someone usually starts with
why they convened the session, but then what usually happens?  What could
happen?
3. What meeting tools/aides/games can help improve the quality of breakout
sessions?

Thank you for your insights!
-- 
Lucas Cioffi
Facilitation Community of Practice on QiqoChat

Charlottesville, VA
917-528-1831
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[OSList] A Game to Learn Open Space, Version 2

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Folks,

I would like to ask a previous question in a different way.  The question
was about how to build a game to help practitioners share their effective
OS techniques with each other.

A game might have been the wrong framing.  Perhaps what I'm hoping to see
co-created on this thread is more of a fun collaborative activity than it
is a game.  After all, we're serious people, right?  I'll propose my design
below, but I'm interested in hearing your designs for such an activity
which might be quite different.

After thinking about it for a few days, this is the design that's appealing
to me...

   - A bunch of practitioners set aside 30 minutes to gather online at the
   same time, staring intently at a website which they are about to populate
   with insights they've gleaned from years of experience.  There is an audio
   connection so they can speak to each other.  Video is optional.  If the
   group is large, then it breaks out into subgroups.
   - The first turn begins.  One participant offers the spark which
   consists of a single sentence in the format of "Out of nowhere, [choose:
   the client / a participant / etc] [then fill in the blank].  What do you
   do?"
   - All participants in that small group write down their responses &
   their underlying rationale.
   - Everyone can then see each other's responses and can give a thumbs up
   for the ones they like best.  Author's names are not shown at this point.
   - Optional, depending on whether you want competition or not: Authors'
   names are then revealed and someone gets a point for receiving the most
   votes.
   - The next turn begins.

Over time, I believe a game like this that people would actually play can
create a wonderful community resource.  How would you improve it?  What
other kind of game can you imagine?

I'm asking for advice here, because this game will be one of the apps
available for the Dialogue & Facilitation Community of Practice on QiqoChat
.  The community is equipped with this initial
set of one dozen collaborative tools
 for creating what
is essentially an online, year-round OS environment open to all types of
facilitators.  It's free for a year for the first 100 members, and $5/month
thereafter.  There are 18 free slots remaining as of today.

I hope you are interested in joining us there, and I look forward to
hearing everyone's responses to this post above!
-- 
Lucas Cioffi
Dialogue & Facilitation Community of Practice on QiqoChat

Charlottesville, VA
917-528-1831

QiqoChat: A tool for building communities.
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[OSList] The Online Game for Learning Open Space

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

I'm grappling with a design for a game.  The purpose of the game would be
for us to teach each other Open Space using our own experiences and our
different perspectives.  I believe that it's possible for us to transmit
our knowledge and experience by interacting through stories and games, but
I don't have the design finalized just yet.  So I call upon the list!

*Open question: How would you design a game for teaching OS?*

I look forward to seeing everyone's answers to that question; I'll try to
actually built any of the suggested games that I can.  Here's the direction
I'm headed so far.  I'm looking for exciting ways to combine 1) online
flashcards with 2) online, small-group audio/video discussion.  Here are
the components I've built but haven't integrated them into a unified game
concept yet:

1. A fun online flashcards app
 (please
check it out!) which builds upon on the great work of the Group Works
Pattern Language Project  (a
very dedicated and talented group of facilitators behind that project, by
the way-- several of them are probably on this list).

2. A tool for members of an online community to schedule highly interactive
breakout sessions on any topic, drawing inspiration from OST.

This game will be one of the apps available for the Dialogue Community of
Practice on QiqoChat .  The community is
free for a year for the first 100 members, and $5/month thereafter.  There
are 28 slots remaining as of today.  I hope you are interested in joining
us there, and I look forward to hearing everyone's responses.
-- 
Lucas Cioffi
Dialogue Community of Practice on QiqoChat 
Charlottesville, VA
917-528-1831
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[OSList] OS via audio & video

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

*You are invited to an experimental online OST event this Friday using
audio & video through the Web: http://dialogue.qiqochat.com/
*

Cost: Free
Sponsors: $250 by Feb 17th or $400 after Feb 17th

Facilitate '15 will take place on Friday, February 20, 2015:

   - *Opening circle:* 11am Eastern
   - *Participant-created breakouts:* 12-2pm Eastern
   - *Closing circle:* 2pm Eastern

This interactive OS event is all about the cutting edge of facilitation.
Meet innovators working in dozens of fields. Breakout sessions are equipped
with audio & video breakout rooms.  Also you can bring your own tool or
technique and run an experiment as part of this highly participatory online
conference.

This is a safe space to experiment and collaborate with peers while
co-creating the cutting edge.  Hope to see you there!

--
Lucas Cioffi
Co-Founder, QiqoChat.com
Charlottesville, VA
917-528-1831
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[OSList] Lurkers of the World, Unite!

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello People,

This is a follow up on that interesting lurker game from a few weeks ago.

I think that many folks would be interested in sharing questions, insights,
and links if there was a lower barrier to entry.  For example, someone
might have a simple link or story they read in the paper that they want to
share, but they don't want to impose an email on hundreds of people through
the listserve.

So I'd like to do something about that.  *I've set up a free
community-powered weekly newsletter at http://openspace.qiqochat.com/
 where everyone can share one announcement
per week.*  They all get bundled into one simple email newsletter for
everyone who subscribes.  Did I mention that it was free?  It's free!

I invite your feedback through the OS List here.  How could this be of
better service to the community?

-- 
Lucas Cioffi
Co-Founder, QiqoChat
Charlottesville, VA
917-528-1831
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[OSList] What do you leave your clients with after the event?

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

What are some effective ways to sustain the progress made in the months
after an OS event?  This is a question that came up on today's OS Hotline
call, and I'm wondering what folks on this list do after the honeymoon from
an in-person OS event ends.

As a software guy, I expect that virtual OS can help fill the gap between
one in-person OS event and the next.  Has anyone tried this?  Is anyone
interested in trying this?  I'd like to connect with someone who is.

Interested in your thoughts...
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Charlottesville, VA
917-528-1831
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