"Open Space Technology is a natural communication process that recognizes that people take responsibility to pursue what they are passionate about, and it ensures that what is important to each participant will be discussed."
- developed by a small group during Birgitt Williams' Open Space training workshop in Halifax May 15-18. Patrick McAuley PTM Consulting Tel: (519) 827-9396 20 Magnolia Lane Fax: (519) 827-0956 Guelph, ON N1G 4X7 [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Aitken To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 2:52 PM Subject: Elevator Speeches? How many times have you stood next to someone in an elevator, with the fleeting opportunity to make a statement which would introduce that person to the delightful complexity of Open Space? Well, it has never happened to me; the only elevators within thirty miles are for dairy cattle. But still I find the need for an Elevator Speech. What can I say which will intrigue that potential client of Open Space who has my attention for twenty seconds as we stand in line at the market, the sporting event, the reception? So I turn to you. This is not a contest, but I ask for your fervent creativity just as tho you would win such honor as the two Chris-poets on this list. Twenty five words or so, to be uttered into the ear of a person who would just love Open Space if they only knew about it. They say to you: "What is Open Space?" You say to them: - PLEASE NOTE - my new phone: Jeff Aitken PO Box 1092 Inverness CA 94937 415-663-8789 (ending May 30) 415-669-1924 (beginning May 30) [email protected]
