For a few pounds more add-on, zoom has translated captions in different languages and it even works in breakout rooms and is quite accurate: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/6643133682957-Enabling-and-configuring-translated-captions
On Fri, 6 Oct 2023 at 08:48, Peggy Holman via OSList <[email protected]> wrote: > Patrice, > > I picked up your message just before heading to bed so I’m not going to > give you detailed answers. I just want to assure you that what you are > doing is wonderful. Not at all insane. Yes to having partners to be there > during different time periods around the clock. > > Many people have done multi-lingual Open Spaces. From having translators > on hand to the simplest version where sessions are posted in the language > it will be held in and people act as translators for each other. > > I have found a clear organizing question that captures the purpose acts as > a remarkable deterrent to violence. People show up because they care. And > that keeps them talking through differences. Open Space is the best form I > know when conflict exists. Because at its heart it is an invitation to take > responsibility for what you love, people show up authentically. That tends > to inspire others to do the same. The result: people connect. Their > differences become a source for innovations that no one could have thought > of on their own. > > Since this list has people from around the world, I expect you’ll be > hearing from folks in different time zones over the next 24 hours. > > Can’t wait to see what your questions evoke. You are definitely on to > something terrific! > > > Peggy Holman > 206-948-0432 > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 5, 2023, at 11:23 PM, Patrice Pederson via OSList < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello everyone! > > I'm a first time poster. I asked a couple questions in a facebook group > and was told about this group. I do have a couple of specific questions, > but honestly I mostly need a little reassurance that what I am attempting > to do is not completely insane. And if it is, then maybe some ideas for how > to mitigate the damage? > > I've committed to literally everyone in my professional field to host a Global > Youth Summit for Freedom of Religion or Belief. > <http://email.mail.firstfreedomfoundation.org/c/eJwcybFqwzAQANCvOW0NJ8mxo0GDa2MChYbQ0KFLsa27yMWuhKQY-velXd7ynGXlWAqysjb1sdEKpfCWjHGIyPNELGVFrtbj3NDEI56ITigW27Wv55d0MbED3d-kP39-bLs2T7OMPl6PzdC3oJ5v5fL21b9XZucppLa7QoXbuKyH-79z2MRqfSkxg25BDaAGDmnK_CiPRIeQ7qAGkSztlH7CN0GFIa9LLn_1GwAA___SYTt7> > I've > got a few dozen countries co-sponsoring the thing as well as several NGOs. > It's something I have had on the backburner for years, until the UK Prime > Minister's Special Envoy heard about it, lit a fire under me, and now it is > spreading like wildfire and I can hardly keep up. > > So here are the questions: > 1) So far we have young people from around 65 countries registered. > Instead of doing three eight hour days, I decided to do one 24 (well 25 > really) hour day so that people can participate from wherever they are in > the world--during work, before or after school or work, etc. I genuinely > have no idea when people will participate or for how long, and I know that > this violates one of the rules of Open Space which is that it is no good to > pop in and out. But for this purpose I really don't see an alternative. > > So, insane? Any way to mitigate the damage? I did schedule the Opening > Circle for a time when people should at least be awake from LA to Bangkok > (and we don't have many Pacific Islanders registered yet anyway). And for > those who are working we will record that event for later consumption. > > 2) Does anyone have experience with multilingual Open Space events? My > first instinct was that everyone needs to speak English. But the result is > that we have only three participants from Latin America. So we are a > "global" summit minus one entire continent. So then my second thought is > that, if we could get like 50 people, with enough bilingual people to > cross-pollinate, then we could have a sort of an event within an event. > > Again, crazy? Or totally fine because Open Space is Open? > > Finally, this event is already going to be wild. We have a ton of > Nigerians coming, many of whom have personally seen their friends and > family members stabbed, burned, disappeared, etc., by Islamists. And then > we have Muslims whose friends and families are getting lynched by Hindus in > India, or genocided in Burma and China, and Hindus who are being persecuted > in Pakistan, and LGBTQ youth who are getting bullied by so-called > Christians, etc. etc. etc. Basically, everyone is a victim somewhere, and > everyone is an aggressor somewhere, and I'm getting them all together in > one big virtual room with 50+ breakout sessions and just one me. > > So, is co-facilitation a possibility? Would anybody be interested? Also, I > do need to sleep at some point. We're going to need mechanisms to enforce a > code of conduct (nonviolence at a minimum), but I think that I shouldn't > be the one to enforce it because I need to hold the space, yes? > > Basically I could just really use some support, and I read that this group > is good for that. It has been a minute since grad school when I studied all > of this stuff. And while I have taken liberties with the OST model in the > past, this time I'm worried that I might have gone too far. > > Thanks for any words. > > Patrice > OSList mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org > > OSList mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org
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