Re: social networking and twitter

HI Raffi and others I've been using Twitter for a couple of years now (www.twitter.com/vivmcw) and before using it I could see no real purpose. Now that I 'follow' the tweets (updates) of 100+ people (some of whom I know - Hi Chris - and many that I don't) I can see real benefits. 1. I work at ho

Re: Social Networking

HI agin I'm going to buy in again. Full disclosure - I do tweet, and I blog, and I'm on Facebook, linked in etc. I also use emails, the telephone AND I'm quite partial to long and deep conversations over a bottle of red wine r other 'spiritual' guidance as Brian calls it. I attended the WOSonOS i

Re: social networking and twitter

hi all! what I find interesting about the conversation around social networking and twitter is the synchronicity with which these mediums leap to greater masses of people. It was only last week that twitter came to my attention (and I am a regular internet user, a regular on facebook too) and as I

Re: Social Networking

Dear All (and especially Viv), I thought this story on Twitchhiking around the world might be of interest: http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,28318,25267974-5014090,00.html Warm regards, Andrew -- Andrew Rixon PhD Director Babel Fish Group Pty Ltd Skype: AndrewJRixon Mobile: 0

Re: Progressive Governance Conference (Chile '09)

Good on you Viv and others, With the slightly murmuring risk that the G20 alternative movement might turn ugly (or perhaps be high jacked to that end by a minority), it is so important to be able to offer peaceful, strong and alternative ways of interacting, such an Open Space. As someone wiser

Re: twittering, an invitation to a virtual collaboration workshop and news from ESTONIA

Dear OSLISTeners! Michael M Pannwitz wrote: Just received a note from Estonia that they are on the verge of running 400 os events on the first of May, presently training 400 os facilitators for that job. Now, that gets me pretty excited and maybe I can get my aging bones there to get a glimpse

Re: social networking and twitter

I endorse that wholeheartedly. If you look at my Twitter steam (that is, posts or tweets I've made) http://twitter.com/ideastosuccess you'll see one of the ways that Twitter can be used - to help your followers (benign stalkers, you could say) keep up with the latest thinking on a topic, in this

de-stress kit. Global Coherence Initiative

Dear OS-list – see below a message from our friend Agneta – she had trouble sending messages to the list so this is on behalf of her – and there is another one coming. - Original Message - From: Skaparlust To: OSLIST

OST Learning Exchange, Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 2009

I've made a blog post about the event here: www.osuki.net/?p=865. Hope this helps. BTW, Open Space facilitators in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland can become co-creators of Osuki (Open Space UK & Ireland) for a one-off payment of 20 GBP. You get your own page(s) and open access to th

FW: Open Space research, University of Groningen

Several days ago I received the following note from two graduate students in Holland. They had some questions and I tried to offer some answers. And I thought you might have some more (answers). So take a look, and if you have anything to add, let the good folks in Holland know. Their email is i.ip

Re: Social Networking

right on. amen. ayibobo. (haitian-creole) chris, you've just perfectly articulated the ideas bouncing around in my head since i've been reading posts on social networking the last couple of days. you are so articulate! thank you. with gratitude to you and others for sharing reflections,

Re: FW: Open Space research, University of Groningen

Harrison - as ever - clear and simply brilliant!! I would not dream of adding anything to what you have said. Thank you for sharing this. Very best wishes Jon ___ Jon Harvey Director www.

Re: social networking and twitter

Thanks all for this discussion of Twitter. During my illness and recovery I've begun to play with facebook and twitter. Toronto is extremely linked on facebook - I keep connection with some aspects of my kids lives and their friends (e.g. as they change their relationship status or post new pictu

Re: social networking and twitter

Viv, John, Chris and others who have shared, Many Thanks! - I appreciate the sharing about what connecting in this/these on line ways does for you personally and what it can mean collectively. You all are more clear and persuasive than Scott Simon was while exploring it recently on an NPR Saturday

the shell (x-posted from the Genuine Contact list)

dear friends, i came across the piece below (author unknown) the other day. i have found it to be a deep meditation on an organization's givens (it looks like the shell is a synonym for givens in an OST context). some work with givens, others do not, others work with givens and think of it as som

Help!

I've been at this a long time now, but I've run up against a situation like this. I'm stumped and looking for help. I;ll be opening space for a gethering of 500+ people. The client is completely unwilling to set the room in a circle. Instead, we will have 96 tables with 6 chairs at each table p

Re: Help!

Hi I'm in the Middle of emergency calls myself .. but.. what popped into my head was: IF you use AV to display visuals of sessions etc and signs set the challenge of making them look as hand drawn or chalk board spontaneous as possible. Can issues be "written" up in animated ways as they ar

Re: Help!

Title: Re: [OSLIST] Help! Just some thoughts - At an OS in a machine hall there was no way to get to the walls, there stood machines all around the room. So we used pin walls to pin all the symbols and explanations on it – no problem! Once I had to explain a drawing action to 800 union worker

Re: Help!

Cheers Brother Chris, from under an African sky. Email access just opened up for a moment which lets me off my two meticais (the coin here). It may also mean format is off so thank you all with your patience if it is. So okay.  So you have tables and chairs. Is there a way you can set up somethi

RE : [OSLIST] Help!

I’ve had a soft/fabric covered and we used both pins and blue 3M tape. I thought the tape wouldn’t hold, but it did! Throughout the whole day too! I’ve also had a stage, and used it as the newsroom. Worked wonderfully – nice overview of the room, good feeling of a “whole”. The tables are de

Re: RE : [OSLIST] Help!

This is what I need guys...thanks for the wisdom, and keep it coming. You're never too old to be stumped, and never to experienced to ask for help! Chris On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Esther Matte wrote: > I’ve had a soft/fabric covered and we used both pins and blue 3M tape. I > thought t

Re: Help!

Sorry if this posts twice . . . Chris . . . I wonder if you could get your hand on about 15-20 12 foot long, wood poles to hang the topics on . . . (Local Builder Supply Store?) Have a "runner" with a Mic move about the room for folks to announce the topics . . . and another runner to hang'm on t

Re: RE : [OSLIST] Help!

Also don't forget helium balloons - I'm sure they would be useful somehow. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Esther Matte Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:35:51 To: Subject: [OSLIST] RE : [OSLIST] Help! I’ve had a soft/fabric covered and we used both pins an

Re: Help!

hey man. first thought, if you must post on a (vertical) wall... canadian tables. next, better thought, i think... tabletops as the wall. current topic on top of the pile. frame it as a move toward major compliance... make the tables the focus and gathering points. some groups will be too big

SV: [OSLIST] Help!

Hi Chris Lots of circumstances I don’t have info about, so I’ll just share some experiences I have that might help regarding using AV with large groups Once we set up largescreen TV’s on different places in the room, where each new session was displayed when it was its time. I’ve also used

Re: Help!

Chris: I think it is possible to Open some Space in that format, and I have done so, but not called it OST. I have gathered topics and group initiators from the front or middle of the room of table groups – 300 to 500. I have recorded those on electronic projection and make group location assig

RE : [OSLIST] Help!

On the circle...I've had an experience that worked surprisingly well when a friend opened a space in a room set for a World Cafe (lots of small tables with stuff on it). He began with a guided imagery in which he took us in to seek the question most important to us. Paper and markers were

Re: Help!

I've had something similar. and my response was "That is a marvelous room design! And what do you plan to do? It is not Open Space, but I am sure you will think of something. And if I can help you with it, let me know." We had about 4 days of total silence - and then a phone call which started out

Re: Help!

Cris- I'm with Harrison on this one. They need you more than you need... How hard would it be for them to simply remove the tables? Everyone had fabulous ideas/remedies but why go there...get rid of the tables and all is done! Wow! What a community!! Elwin Baltimore --- On Wed, 4/1/09, Harr

Re: RE : [OSLIST] Help!

Chris-- What do these 500+ folks love to do? Can you take what they love and turn that into an offer for how to make the space work? You could create a circle without the table barriers by having people turn their chairs around to face people at the tables behind them--when they turn around, voil

Re: RE : [OSLIST] Help!

This just continues to give hope and inspiration. The irony here is that the client IS familiar with Open Space and wants Open Space type outcomes, just the kind that are expected froma conference of 500 people spending three sessions in Open Space. We're harvesting proceedings using laptops and

Re: RE : [OSLIST] Help!

okay, so now you want us to start posting on all the reasons for them to bail on the opening speaker? m -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates http://www.michaelherman.com http://www.ronanparktrail.com http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org http://www.openspaceworld.org 312-280-7838

Re: RE : [OSLIST] Help!

Lemme tell ya...it's been a long day! :-) Chris On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Michael Herman wrote: > okay, so now you want us to start posting on all the reasons for them to > bail on the opening speaker? m > > > > > -- > > Michael Herman > Michael Herman Associates > > http://www.michael

Re: Help!

maybe you could use the ground or (on the) the tables for posters you could set the room in a way to make big circles including chairs and tables funda From: Chris Corrigan To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:38:14 PM Subject: [OSLI