Spirited Work, which has been a seven year experiment in an open space community-of-practice has met for a three day open space each season all these years.
Doctors, lawyers, chefs, artists, teachers, psychics, preachers, Brahma Kumari nuns, Buddhist master, computer geeks, executives, writers, consultants, lit professors, entrepreneurs. . . the list goes on. Many, MANY, projects have unfolded in the 'real' world because of the cross-pollination that took place because of this open space practice. Is this the kind of thing you are wondering about, Chris Macrae? On 7/28/05, Harrison Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Chris -- Sounds like they are already in Open Space, so they might as well > do it intentionally. As for other examples -- I suppose you could say that > every time Open Space is used for a collection of professionals gathered for > a common purpose that would be an example. If so the number is probably in > the 1000's. > > Harrison > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > 301-365-2093 > 207-763-3261 (summer) > website www.openspaceworld.com > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: chris macrae > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:17 AM > Subject: new for old conferences connecting all professions worth sustaining > > Has there ever been an open space type of a conference gathering where > people of a profession can meet people of all professions who have come > to believe that professionals should be better at connecting knowhow > than separating their own business case? If so where was it? How large > did it get? Is it still annually convening? > > Here's a different version of this query that has started doing the > rounds. The background in Europe being after 5 years of two > organizations -commercial conference producer and European Union large > virtual community - enabling an annual free to participate congress of > 1000+ people paid for exhibitors and the opportunity to join pay for > expert sessions, this year the conference producer says it will cost > about 1000 dollars to join the main event and the virtual community says > it will host a fringe networking event for about 75 dollars a head, and > nobody yet knows if these will be organized in the same place and week, > though initial promises had been they would (Amsterdam November) > > From: Bala Pillai] > Sent: 26 July 2005 01:04 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Cc: 'sangkancil'; [email protected] > Subject: Evolution of KM Events & The Dinosauring of Under-adaptive > Academics/Specialists? > > Dear all, > > What's your imminent view on how adaptiveness-rich, or lack thereof, > corporate-nexus KM conferences are, as compared to (a) what emerging > epistemology expectations are and (b) what these events could be? If you > were such an events strategist how would you facilitate your blend of > priorities? > > Here's fodder for thought:- > > "(Upcoming Amsterdam KM Event) Nobody yet knows what will happen. Will > the > combined event still attract people numbering in their thousands and if > so > will the Fringe be the majority? If so will this be the largest > non-academic event where people come to network around a discipline and > themes chosen by those who come (as opposed to a conference producer or > speakers)?" Chris Macrae > > Chris Macrae [email protected] > http://economicstimes.blogspot.com > > > > > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > * * > ========================================================== > [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, > unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To > learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist -- Warmly, Tree Fitzpatrick "It is never too late to be who you might have been." George Elliot * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
