Hello, folks - Ellen Gottesdiener ([email protected]) has been trying to jump back onto OSLIST but has not been able to for some reason of a technical nature - so for now she wanted me to post this message to you all. A month or so ago Ellen shared on OSLIST her preparation questions for this event - Michael Pannwitz and I and Diana Larsen were all helping to give her feedback and support - and now she shares how it went.: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thanks so much Michael and Lisa for your emails prior to the OS event I facilitated. I wanted to give you a quick summary: The Open Space went really well; we had probably 500ish give or take there; within about 5 minutes after I finished walking the inner circle and talking about the process, there was a continuous long line going down one of the aisles with people waiting to stand in the center and talk about the session they wanted to convene!! The Marketplace took about 40 minutes. The OS sessions throughout the 3 days were well attended; I 'Closed the Circle' after the afternoon of the third day (when the conference time was wide open for Open Space) by having us (this perhaps 80 people) stand in a circle; I passed the mike around and asked everyone to say what OS meant to them and what they planned to do. Many chose to talk. They acknowledged and appreciated each other. They talked about how they wanted to use the process for other things back at work. They said how cool it was to propose a topic that they knew nothing about and get a bunch of people show up and share; or about the value of intimate networking. All and all, was good! I am now collecting retrospective comments from committee members, and a few conferees have already commented on our Wiki (which was only local during the conference and needs to be integrated with the now available online Wiki - one of the many logistical problems that plagued me in the planning). In a few weeks, I'll post the retrospective comments in the feedback/suggestions section of the conference Wiki. Here are my own photos from before (setup) and during, (powerpoint) fyi: http://www.ebgconsulting.com/Agile%202005%20Open%20Space%20photos/Agile% 20Development%20Conference%202005%20Open%20Space.ppt many thanks once again for your support! ~~ ellen (to which Michael said: Congratulations, Ellen, hope there are many more os in your life!) (and I added: Fabulous, fabulous, Ms. Ellen - sounds like a wild ride (behind the scenes) and a great Open Space. They were so fortunate to have you. And thanks so much for sharing with us. I look forward to hearing more about your future explorations in Open Space!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ellen's contact information: [email protected] Ellen Gottesdiener, CPF (Certified Professional Facilitator) Principal Consultant, EBG Consulting, Inc. 1424 Ironwood Drive West, Carmel, IN. 46033.8722 V: 317.844.3747 F: 317.844.7374 C: 317.507.7374 ~ Positive and productive collaboration toward shared goals ~ * * ========================================================== [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
