Re: [OSList] My first OS as a facilitator

2014-03-24 Thread Diana Larsen
Yes Stefano, As Harold suggests, the Agile Open program might be something to look into. Also the XP2014 conference is in Rome this year May 26-30. The main conference days May 27-29 will feature a parallel open space. I will be in Rome for it and would enjoy meeting with you too. I could tel

Re: [OSList] My first OS as a facilitator

2014-03-24 Thread Stefano Lucantoni
Harold, thanks for your suggestions. I didn't know the Open Agile Program, it seems really interesting and starting one of these conferences in Italy is an exciting option. Next summer I know that there will be a two Open Space days for the Italian Agile Coach Camp... Maybe they adhere to the pr

[OSList] OS Hotline invite! Tuesday, March 25th - 12pm EDT!

2014-03-24 Thread Tricia Chirumbole
Good day all! You are warmly invited to participate in an always emergent and dynamic conversation via the* OS Hotline* tomorrow, *Tues March 25th* *at 12pm EDT*. Please come with whatever is "up" for you at the moment and we will do our best to hold the space so that we can go with the flow,

[OSList] : Regarding OST in OAA

2014-03-24 Thread Daniel Mezick
I'm posting this again, here. It is a public announcement of intent, to be perfectly clear about the intended use of Open Space in the Open Agile Adoption (OAA) method: http://newtechusa.net/agile/on-persuasion/ Can invitation be used to persuade, or even manipulate? Yes, it can. Persuasion d

Re: [OSList] A possible first for me - at least on the inspiring OS side - if not facilitating as well

2014-03-24 Thread Tricia Chirumbole
Hi Andrea! You are giving a great gift to your community! That is great news that they have been receptive thus far! I definitely agree with Chuni in regards to having either a youth OS first, or incorporating them somehow as leaders. This is based largely on my intuition, some limited experience

Re: [OSList] [OSLIST}; The OST Theme...frame as a question?

2014-03-24 Thread Harrison Owen
Dan - as with everything else in life, "context" is all. It is true that the "theme" for the USWEST Open Space looks like a statement - but for all the folks out there in those times it was the biggest question they faced as an organization, and everybody knew it. Their organization was broken, and

Re: [OSList] [OSLIST}; The OST Theme...frame as a question?

2014-03-24 Thread Suzanne Daigle
Michael, Thank you for the link. I had not remembered this and went to see it now. Such a valuable reference featuring not only the theme but also this information: Sponsor,Field/sector, location, venue, facilitator, # number of participants, date of the planning meeting and also a date range abo

Re: [OSList] [OSLIST}; The OST Theme...frame as a question?

2014-03-24 Thread Linda Stevenson
Well said, Eva! It may defined as a statement, i.e., theme, and you are asking what are the issues, opportunities, ideas, and challenges around that theme. Helping the client come up with a theme that is broad, creative, concise, and juicy makes a compelling invitation. Linda From: e..

Re: [OSList] [OSLIST}; The OST Theme...frame as a question?

2014-03-24 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Dan, there is a database with 777 os events listed giving, among many other things, the headings, you will be amazed ... in many different languages from all cultures and continents, it takes a few seconds to load http://www.openspaceworldscape.org/ My style has been to have the planning grou

Re: [OSList] [OSLIST}; The OST Theme...frame as a question?

2014-03-24 Thread Lise Damkjær
Hi Dan and all of you! I so much agree Dan - to my experience it opens up to have a question. iI "Fixing Arizona" I think the "How are we going to do?" or "What would it take to...?" is underlying questions. I am thinking and experimenting a lot with "challenges" - how to create a powerful c

Re: [OSList] [OSLIST}; The OST Theme...frame as a question?

2014-03-24 Thread Eva P Svensson
Hi Daniel, I use to use both - sometimes a question, sometimes more like a statement. For example on friday i will facilitate an OS around the topic (in Swedish) "Så förverkligar vi Sveriges spårvägsplaner - Möjligheter och Utmaningar" In English it would be approx " In this way we realize Swed

[OSList] [OSLIST}; The OST Theme...frame as a question?

2014-03-24 Thread Daniel Mezick
Is the OST theme always defined as a question? Is it ever offered as a statement? I'm not sure. I'm not sure because in the USERS GUIDE TO OPEN SPACE book from Harrison, the story about the theme "Fixing Arizona" is not a question. So, I'm guessing a non-question is OK. For the record, I prefe

Re: [OSList] A possible first for me - at least on the inspiring OS side - if not facilitating as well

2014-03-24 Thread Lise Damkjær
THANK YOU Andrea for sharing. I'm moved. About your very serious topic. About your courage to do something. About your openness. Keep on. And thanks to Lisa - even as an experienced "open spacer", you made me think and reflect - what could be better? Thanks to all of you "open spacers" aroun