Barry
brilliant to 'see' you...
I too am pretty invisible here these days ... and..... do so appreciate
this community
t'other day saw again the photo of us and the wonderful Coplemans in
Monterey
good memories of great people
happy travels with you black bag
warm wishes
Romy
On 20 Jun 2004, at 15:07, Barry Owen wrote:
Jennifer,
Congrats on your recent event - I know some folks in Philly who might
be interested in your conference.
I'm a seldom "poster" here (albeit voracious reader), but I am finding
myself opening many "small spaces" these days as I gear up for the
opening of a new Real Estate firm here in Nashville.
As for supplies, I find that less IS more because I think that to be
"organic" I must also be light on my feet.
My practice is to keep my Black Bag (Ballistic Nylon - Looks like a
Pilot's flight bag) stocked with the following:
- 4 dozen colored, non-permanent markers (I buy a new dozen after each
event and toss it in the bag)
- 4 rolls of blue painter's tape
- A copy of the OST User's guide
- A "Brick" of multi colored Post-its (Buy a new brick every 2-3
events)
- My Tibetan bells
2 - 100 sheet pads of Butcher Block paper (as big and inexpensive as I
can find)
I restock all supplies at the end of each event, thus I know I simply
need to grab my bag . . . to open space.
Everything else that is needed seems to appear on site.
Of course for larger spaces, there's a little more need for prep . . .
but not much.
What moved me to respond to your message is that for the longest time
I did NOT choose to open space because I was not "prepared" . . . Now,
I live in Open Space because all the tools are in the bag.
And finally . . . I don't always have my bag when the opportunity for
opening space arises . . . so I use a pen and note-book paper :-)
Less is more IMHO,
Happy Father's Day to all Fathers :-)
b
--
What does your "way" move you towards?
Barry Owen
The Owen Group
Keller Williams Realty
The fastest growing, most innovative real estate firm in North America!
105 Westpark Drive Suite 100
Brentwood, TN 37027
615.568.2123
http://www.geocities.com/barryo.g
Hello everyone. After receiving so much insight from lurking on the
list, I
want to report that I facilitated my first Open Space event today,
and it
sounded like people loved it! The event was a two-hour planning
session for
a conference in September. The theme for today's event was "How can
we
create a two-day event to energize the Philadelphia region to
revitalize
urban neighborhoods through good urban design and development?" We
had
about 30 participants, all working in some area related to the topic,
but
many of whom had never met before. We were in one room all together,
with
break-out spaces in each corner plus one in the middle. We had two
rounds
of 45 minutes each, with 15 minutes at the end for reflection all
together.
Like so many stories people have told here before, the group was
suspicious
and puzzled at the beginning, but someone immediately jumped up to
post a
topic. We then generated more topics than we had space for. I
invited
people to come up and negotiate with each other about re-arranging
topics,
finding another spot to meet, merging topics, etc. In no time people
had
re-arranged things to have just 10 topics. We had non-stop talk, at
least
two people volunteered to work on the conference committee, and the
host
group decided to hold one-day of the conference in Open Space!
Here are a few things I wished I had:
--Clipboards for people who wanted to take notes (no one expected to
not
have a table to write on)
--A one-page bullet list for the conveners, asking them to have
people sign
the attendance sheet, find someone to take notes, and get the sign-in
sheet
and notes back to me
--better tape
And on to my question--
I'm curious if people have favorite supplies they like to use in an
OS?
Favorite markers, tape, paper, anything else?
Thanks for sharing all of your wisdom and experience-
Jennifer Hurley
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Planning & Urban Design
1429 Walnut St., Ste. 601
Philadelphia, PA 19102
P: 215-988-9440
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http://www.hfadesign.com
Association for the New Urbanism in PennsylvaniA (ANUPA)
http://www.anupa.org
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