At 09:47 PM 2/1/99 -0200, you wrote: >I am a Future Search facilitator and i would like to understand what is the >main diference between Open Space and Future Search Conference? How many >participants the open spance support? > >thanks >Fátima ****************************************************** Open Space seems to be limited only by venue size. The largest group I have ever worked with was about 650, But there are several folks who have handled more than 1000. The last one I have heard about was in France done by my friend Christopher Schoch. <[email protected]> I think he did it a rock palace or some such thing. And, of course, with some simple computer inter-connects you can do simultaneous multi-site events. So I guess the theoretical number is infinite.
You might be interested in a book by Billy Alban and Barbara Bunker from Josse-Bass. I forget the exact title, but it is something like Large System Interventions. A more recent effort to compare/contrast Open Space, Future Search, Real time Strategic Change etc will appear in the Spring from Berrett-Koehler. Peg Holman is one of the editors and the articles are done by the principals. So you will find Marv Weisbord on Future Search, your truly on Open Space, Kathy Danmiller on Real Time Strategic change. <[email protected]> Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, MD 20854 USA 301-469-9269 (phone) 301-983-9314 (fax) email [email protected] Website http://www.tmn.com/~owen Open Space Institute website http://www.tmn.com/openspace
