Re: [OSList] four different issues on my personal OS agenda (PR + Fundraising, OS in Business Meetings, Success Stories and OS with Children)

2011-09-03 Thread Steven (Doc) List
nent of this event. 4. I haven't worked with children and OST (yet :-)) and am eager to hear responses from others. Btw, if you're not a member of the LinkedIn OST group yet, perhaps you'd join and post these questions there, too? ...Doc -- Steven "Doc" List, Agile Coach, F

Re: [OSList] Planetary OST

2011-08-15 Thread Steven (Doc) List
Kent Beck's wife works with La Leche and Girl Scouts and did one with 4,000. There's a video online of HO and (someone else) doing one with 2200+, as I recall. ...Doc -- Steven "Doc" List I love my iPad, yes I do! On Aug 15, 2011, at 8:25 PM, Dan Mezick wrote: > First

Re: [OSList] World Peace Games and other 4th Grade Achievements

2011-04-21 Thread Steven "Doc" List
Here's the site: http://theworldpeacegame.com/ I don't see the game for sale there, though. ...Doc On Apr 21, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Esther Ewing wrote: > Does anyone know whether the World Peace Game is for sale anywhere? > > -Original Message- > From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.

Re: [OSList] Please unsubscribe me

2011-04-06 Thread Steven "Doc" List
Pretty easy. Click that last link on the bottom, then scroll down to the bottom of the page where it says how to unsubscribe. ...Doc On Apr 6, 2011, at 4:32 PM, Thomas Herrmann wrote: > Hehe, seems we are getting on well again – poor people getting their inbox > crammed. Sorry I don’t know ho

Re: [OSList] Short meeting to taste Open Space

2011-04-06 Thread Steven "Doc" List
This answer is the one I was thinking, and I thought it addressed Danilo's question beautifully. A little sample, a little taste, and an engaging question to bring out the point at the end. Lovely, Lisa, lovely. Cheers from a gray and drizzly day in Gothenburg, Sweden, ...Doc On Apr 5, 2011,

Re: wall, bells etc.

2010-10-26 Thread Steven (Doc) List
1. Rolling whiteboard work well. Or use multiple sheets of flipchart paper or butcher paper taped together, and find a spot where blue tape/masking tape/painters tape will hold on the walls to attach them. 2. I have used the temple bells both for opening and closing and, at certain events, to

Some good visibility for OST

2010-07-02 Thread Steven (Doc) List
An excellent article in the tech community. http://www.infoq.com/news/2010/07/open-space-mainstream -- Steven "Doc" List, via my iPad Principal Consultant, ThoughhtWorks On assignment in Melbourne, Australia Mobile (US) +1 512 924 9248 | Mobile (AUS) +61 423 936 774 Email: d...@though

Re: how to join the list?

2010-06-14 Thread Steven (Doc) List
Look at the bottom of any message on the list. ;) Sent from my iPhone On Jun 14, 2010, at 7:23 AM, Denise Tennen wrote: A friend of mine wants to join the listserv - could someone remind me how to do it? Denise * * == osl...@lists

Re: OST training and "certification" - the role of OSIs? (was: Re: [OSLIST] Open Space Facilitation: Making it Work! 28-30 Sep 2010, Utrecht, The Netherlands

2010-05-25 Thread Steven (Doc) List
As always, said most simply and eloquently. I admit that I've wondered about Open Space training for facilitators. It's not that I don't think there's some value in learning from folks who've "been there and done that." I struggle with the idea that you can learn it in a classroom. How d

Re: 4 July: 25 years of Open Space

2010-05-16 Thread Steven (Doc) List
Respect to both of you. HO: "...that wonder becomes self evident." Lovely. Kas: "Open Space Technology: Perspectives from the first 25 years." Also lovely. I'd love to see this space grow, and am willing to be the collector of stories and coordinator/facilitator. ...Doc On May 16, 2010,

Re: 4 July: 25 years of Open Space

2010-05-16 Thread Steven (Doc) List
. What about it? ..Doc -- Steven "Doc" List, Principal Consultant, ThoughtWorks Mobile: +1 (512) 924-9248 | Skype: steven.list | Yahoo: dadjester | Twitter: athought Facebook: athought | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stevenlist email: d...@thoughtworks.com | d...@anotherthough

Re: 4 July: 25 years of Open Space

2010-05-14 Thread Steven (Doc) List
How about if we collect stories from a bunch of us, compile them into a book, publish the book on Lulu or elsewhere, and present that compendium to HO? Maybe include all the winning poems from across the years, as well. ...Doc On May 14, 2010, at 9:34 AM, Jack Martin Leith wrote: On 4 July

Re: A new topic and request

2009-11-29 Thread Steven "Doc" List
My experience of larger groups is that it's just more of the same. Arranging the room for the opening and closing is trickier - concentric circles if you can do it. Creating the agenda takes longer, because there are more topics proposed. You'll need at least one microphone, preferably tw

Re: Roll Call: Present

2009-11-25 Thread Steven "Doc" List
Very present, if somewhat silent these days. ..Doc -- Steven "Doc" List, Principal Consultant, ThoughtWorks NA Board Member, Agile Project Leadership Network (http://www.apln.org) Mobile: +1 (512) 924-9248 | Skype: steven.list | Yahoo: dadjester | Twitter: athought Facebook

Funny bit in the news about OST

2009-08-20 Thread Steven "Doc" List
ng itself." Progressive and new. Indeed. :) ..Doc -- Steven "Doc" List, Principal Consultant, ThoughtWorks NA Stage Producer, New to Agile stage, Agile2009 Conference (http://agile2009.agilealliance.org ) Mobile: +1 (512) 924-9248 | Skype: steven.list | Yahoo: dadjester | Twitter: atho

Re: Why is a grid sometimes useful?

2009-08-04 Thread Steven "Doc" List
t it works well for this particular group. Maybe I'll prep them the next time and go gridless with them. ..Doc -- Steven "Doc" List, Principal Consultant, ThoughtWorks NA Stage Producer, New to Agile stage, Agile2009 Conference (http://agile2009.agilealliance.org ) Mob

OST Event in Australia

2009-08-03 Thread Steven "Doc" List
Just got this from my Google news agent: http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=15534 ..Doc -- Steven "Doc" List, Principal Consultant, ThoughtWorks NA Stage Producer, New to Agile stage, Agile2009 Conference (http://agile2009.agilealliance.org ) Mobile: +1 (512) 924-92

Re: Some Feedback please!

2009-07-29 Thread Steven "Doc" List
ves, the BarCamp. Perhaps a split day, with presentations in the morning (BarCamp style) and Open Space in the afternoon. http://www.barcamp.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp Best of luck to you in this admirable effort. ..Doc -- Steven "Doc" List, Principal Consultant, Thou

My Microsoft experience

2008-11-21 Thread Steven "Doc" List
, I helped to introduce a wider group to the pleasures of Open Space Technology, and might get to do so again with some of them. Wow. Thanks, Harrison. ..Doc -- Steven "Doc" List, Principal Consultant, ThoughtWorks NA Mobile: +1 (512) 924-9248 | Skype: steven.list | Yahoo: dadjester ema

fun - I got interviewed about Open Space

2008-11-11 Thread Steven "Doc" List
One of the groups I've been working with put on an event in April in Redmond, Washington near Microsoft's headquarters. One of the attendees interviewed me for a very visible web publication, InfoQ. Here it is: http://www.infoq.com/interviews/Open-Spaces-Steven-List ..Doc -- S

Re: RE : Sort of kind of Open Spaces for Microsoft

2008-11-06 Thread Steven "Doc" List
istserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist ...Doc \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Steven "Doc" List Facilitator, Coach, Agilist, Speaker US Mobile: 512-924-9248 | CA Mobile: 40

Sort of kind of Open Spaces for Microsoft

2008-10-29 Thread Steven "Doc" List
I'm working with Microsoft on a series of events called MSDN Developer Conference (MDC - http://www.msdndevcon.com). They are one day events around the country over the next few months. They want to hold some kind of community-driven discussions in parallel to the scheduled presentations.

Re: Three action planning approaches in Open Space

2008-10-08 Thread Steven "Doc" List
Chris, Perfect timing, for me. I'm facilitating an Open Space at the end of this month, and was discussing with the organizer how to move to action. And this appeared. Many thanks, ...Doc * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ---

Re: poetry deadline

2008-09-30 Thread Steven "Doc" List
As I walk the circle Bringing with me a flow, Connecting with the people, Delighting in the delicious anticipation and Eagerly looking in the eyes and Faces, I Grasp the weave and Hold the space and time. I gather the attention of those present and Join their spirits in Keeping with their intent.

Re: books about being human?

2008-08-27 Thread Steven "Doc" List
High on my list is "Crucial Conversations". The concepts of owning one's own feelings, understanding my own stories, helped me evolve in a number of areas, including in my marriage. The "Peaceful Warrior" series of books by Dan Millman were pretty good too. ...Doc On Aug 27, 2008, at 10

Re: WOSonOS -and- future years and locations [long]

2008-08-25 Thread Steven "Doc" List
I, for one, am perfectly happy to have whoever shows up issue the invitations and make the decisions. While I might have been willing to do almost anything to be at WOSonOS in San Francisco, the cosmos had other plans for me (I was away from home for 5 out of 7 weeks as it was, including c

Re: How many break-out spaces

2008-08-20 Thread Steven "Doc" List
I just facilitated an OS last weekend. About 80 - 100 people, four spaces. Some of the sessions only had 3-5 people in them, others 25 - 30. That's typical of my experience thus far. At one event with 150 people, we had 6 spaces plus some ad hoc spaces, and that worked quite nicely too.

Re: Any OS practitioners in Newfoundland

2008-08-15 Thread Steven "Doc" List
Not in Newfoundland, but will be in Calgary for a few months and wondered if there's anyone up here. ...Doc * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the arch

Re: facilitator(s) needed

2008-08-05 Thread Steven "Doc" List
Whoops. Sorry. Last response was meant to be private. Sigh. I should know better. ...Doc On Aug 5, 2008, at 8:20 PM, Michael Herman wrote: hi all, a client of mine (several annual retreats in open space) is looking for facilitators to work with them in europe, the middle east, and nor

Re: facilitator(s) needed

2008-08-05 Thread Steven "Doc" List
As juicy as this sounds, I'm not qualified. But it reminded me that I wanted to talk with you about the book. We'll need to come up with a proposal that will get through the decision makers at O'Reilly. What my friend is asking for is basically a how-to for unconferences. I was toying wit

Re: [Fwd: Re: FW: Magic in the Middle]

2008-06-26 Thread Steven "Doc" List
Harrison, Yes! And I can't wait for the new book. ...Doc Harrison Owen wrote: Doc -- ... Then there is a whole different and deeper level, which is what you are talking about, I think. It is all about playing with the energy which requires focus and presence. Seriously going with the flow

Re: [Fwd: Re: FW: Magic in the Middle]

2008-06-25 Thread Steven "Doc" List
s changed by the encounter. Could you say a little more? :- Doug. On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 10:38 -0500, Steven "Doc" List wrote: [This got lost when I wrote it - I meant to send it sooner] Yes, it's magic. The energy takes form. It moves. It swirls around the facilitator, create

Nice mention on the Microsoft PDC site

2008-06-25 Thread Steven "Doc" List
..Doc **Steven List** *Steven "Doc" List, CMP* *The Money Is In Your Blind Spot!™* Keynote Speaker, Facilitator, Consultant, Master of Ceremonies Workshop Presenter, Author, Coach, Career Management Professional *AnotherThought, Inc. | *4815 W Bra

[Fwd: Re: FW: Magic in the Middle]

2008-06-18 Thread Steven "Doc" List
[This got lost when I wrote it - I meant to send it sooner] Yes, it's magic. The energy takes form. It moves. It swirls around the facilitator, creates ebbs and eddies. It touches the participants and they exchange some of the magic and intermingle as the facilitator walks the circle. When

Re: technical question

2008-05-02 Thread Steven "Doc" List
Catherine (and others), In the digest, the links lead to the postings on the OSLIST archives. So in order to read them, you must use a browser to get to the OSLIST archives site. I'm not sure whether something has changed, but that's what may be causing the problem. Of course, when I try

Re: Public Merger + long story/update

2008-04-30 Thread Steven "Doc" List
Being relatively new to this, where can I read/learn more about your reference to Chris's "training wheels" thoughts? Harrison? Chris? .Doc Steven ListSteven "Doc" List, CMP The Money Is In Your Blind Spot!T Keynote Speaker, Facilitator, Consultant, Master of Ceremonies Workshop Presenter

Re: Public Merger + long story/update

2008-04-30 Thread Steven "Doc" List
Jon, It sounds to me as if you did the right thing. It's ironic that doing the right thing led to your departure, but I'd argue that that might be the right thing, too. For years, I have espoused a philosophy of "Planned Dispensability" - if I do my job well, train people properly, and gro