Dear Jay, It sounds like a great idea. Maybe this can be addressed at the conference in Stowe.....Grace ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 4:47 PM Subject: Raising Awareness of OS
Dear Open Space Community: I promised the Board of the Open Space Institute of the US that I would post this appeal, so here we go - a missive to both lists! Our board is considering the challenge of how we can promote a greater awareness of Open Space in the larger community, without spending a great deal of money (which we don't have) and in a way which benefits members of the Open Space community (and specifically OSI members). Here's what we've come up with. The OSI could prepare a general "press kit" about Open Space for use by Open Space facilitators in bolstering their case to attract media to specific events that they're about to facilitate. If the press kit worked as intended, it would help OS facilitators attract media to their events which would in turn: 1) Bring greater awareness to the issues addressed by the event 2) Bring greater awareness to the community of the facilitator's services 3) Bring greater awareness to the community of the methodology of Open Space. What would be in the press kit? That's up to us. It could include: Impressive articles (ideally about events of a similar nature elsewhere), contact information about the Open Space Institutes and their web sites, background information on the technology, references for books and videos for further information, and tips on preparing a news release to promote yourself and your event. The facilitators would have to customize it with a news release about the particular event, and perhaps something about themselves and the sponsors, but it would supply the platform. The kit could be available in hard copy for a fee, and/or elements of it could be downloadable from the openspaceworld website. The beauty of the idea, as we see it, is that a little effort on our part could nudge facilitators all over the place to make the extra effort (in a totally decentralized, personally responsible way) to publicize their work in a win/win way for them and OST. Let a thousand flowers bloom. (or articles about Open Space.) And making hard copies available (say at cost) could be a member benefit to members of OSI. So that's the idea. Here's what we like to know: 1) Is this a good idea? 2) If so, what specifically would you like to see in the kit? 3) Should it be web-based (do it yourself) or published as hard copy for resale, or both? 4) What would you use it for, and how often? 5) And, of course, who out there has expertise in press relations that might like to help us make this happen, for the greater glory of Open Space and for extra credit at Judgment Day? Thanks for your thoughts, and be well! Jay Jay W. Vogt Peoplesworth 166 Hubbard Street Concord, MA 01742 USA (978) 371-3134 Voice (978) 287-5431 Fax [email protected] Email
