Good to see Ben. :)
On Jun 5, 2013, at 5:16 PM, Ben Roberts wrote: > Dear OS Community (with apologies for cross-posting): > > Some of you may recall the OS-inspired experiment I hosted last December on > the theme of “Online Dialogue and Deliberation,” using the MaestroConference > and Hackpad platforms. This month, building upon that experience, I am > hosting an engagement on behalf of the National Dialogue Network (NDN). NDN > was one of the recipients of the “NCDD Catalyst Awards” earlier this year, > and its mission is to create an infrastructure for national conversations > supported by a wide variety of independent conveners. The first iteration of > such a conversation—on the theme of “Poverty/Wealth in America”— will run > from Sep 2-Oct 13. > > Via a virtual conversation during June, we are looking to engage the wisdom > of the facilitation community and others who find the NDN project compelling. > Our calling question is: what needs to be discussed now to insure a > successful national conversation on Poverty/Wealth in America this Fall? I > hope you will consider joining us! > > Here is a link for a more detailed invite to our June virtual “open space” > conversation in support of this national dialogue initiative. One can also > simply click here to register and get started right away. > > A bit more context and process info… > > Anyone who cares about the prospect of a national dialogue on Poverty/Wealth > in America is welcome to participate in this June engagement. Right now, the > NDN team would particularly like some support as it crafts a set of “core > materials” designed to be used by a wide variety of individuals and > organizations that we hope will choose to convene conversations all over the > country, between Sep 2-Oct 13, in whatever form they choose (including, one > hopes, Open Space!). > > Our June engagement will take place in multiple venues: > · Online via Hackpad > · On the phone via a pair of two-hour MaestroConference calls on 6/18 > and 6/25, from 4:30-6:30pm Pacific, which will also include our opening and > closing circles. > · Live in whatever form participants wish to convene them, especially > during the week between the two Maestro calls. > > There is also a survey to provide feedback and input on the “core materials.” > Participants can engage in as many of these offerings as they wish. While we > hope that many will choose to be on the two Maestro calls, they are optional. > > Our “online marketplace” is already open and some topics have been initiated. > We plan to invite topics to be proposed for the “on-live” (i.e. Maestro and > other voice-based) conversations shortly as well. Obviously this is a rather > “impure” take on the OS form, since the “opening circle” will take place on > 6/18. Unlike last December, when we tried to offer a fairly literal > translation of the in-person process, the idea this time is to take advantage > of the things that virtual engagements do best, e.g. expanding and > compressing time, and allowing for information to be taken in by participants > on their own time. > > If anyone wants to discuss the merits of this approach, I invite you to do so > as part of the engagement itself! The Hackpads are open and links are > provided once you register for the engagement via MaestroConference here. > Again, don’t worry if you don’t plan to be on the calls, although we would > love for you to join us for the whole nine yards to more fully evaluate this > “open space” experiment. > > Regards, > Ben > > P.S. Hope to “see” some of you at our virtual “WOSonOS 2013: Reprise” > conversation on June 13th as well! > > Ben Roberts > The Conversation Collaborative > www. ConversationCollaborative.com > (203) 426-1039 > Skype: benjamin_j_roberts > > <image001.jpg> > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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