Is this a Lisa Heft project? BloggerCon? http://mail.onenw.org/kaliya/ or http://blogs.onenw.org/kaliya/archives/001770.html (I think)
November 16, 2004 OPEN SPACE TECHNOLOGy.... the inperson blog format Category: by: kaliya Opening Space for Communication and Collaboration with Open Space Technology >From the Invitation to BloggerCon " There are no panels. Each room will have many experts, all of whom would be excellent panelists. The job of the moderator is to assemble a story by calling on the people at his or her disposal. They're like reporters putting together a story, but you get to hear, first hand what the experts are saying, in their own voices." Open Space Technology should be considered as a way to make this vision a reality. It is the most Blog like format for hosting a conference. Open Space is based on the theories of complexity, self-organization and open systems. It is designed to simulate that natural way people find each other and share ideas in all different cultures and countries. People self- organize for their mutual needs, given a few guidelines for meeting together. The facilitator in this case opens the meeting or conference and helps set the tone and intention for the group, then stands back to allow the individuals to group and regroup around their individual issues of interest and passion. The cross-pollination of moving from group to group and topic to topic in a non-linear way allows participants to jump quickly from familiar ways of thinking into innovation and action. It is also based on the understanding that there is a great amount of wisdom and experience in any gathered group of people - that we are all 'experts' and can all contribute - a true democratic process. More on Open Space http://www.openingspace.net * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
