I agree with you on the non-linearity of action arising. I'll be curious to see the results of this experiment...
Cheers, Chris On 1/27/06, Michael M Pannwitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Chris, > for some time I have been wondering how I ever felt got stuck on the > notion that there is a linear sequence such as first we talk and then we > plan in the context of OST gatherings (what sometimes has been described > as divergence followed by convergence). > Theory but more so experience in some 200 OST events (and more > importantly in zillions of everyday life experiences) I have been > involved in seems to indicate that its not a linear sequence but > productively chaotic with action and action planning and discussion and > story telling and whatever else we are engaged in happening > simultaneously throughout the process. > Having discussed this with colleagues and clients over the last weeks we > will try the following in a one day event with 130 participants this > coming Monday in Berlin (participants from various agencies connected in > a network with a focus on counselling immigrants searching for a job), > an event where I would not have suggested or suggest a separate action > planning: > Parallel to the design with 4 timeslots and 9 breakout spaces (time and > space for at least 36 issues)and the usual report sheets posted at the > newswall a "Next Step" sheets will be available from the very beginning > (usually employed in a seperate action planning phase at the end of the > event). > The "Next Step" sheet has the following structure: > -Vorhaben (which is the german for "something that I want to do" and a > broader term then project, close to "intention" but a bit more towards > something that actually will be done) > -people taking part (participants can enter their names) > -Next Step (who,what,when,where, how) > -Contact person > During the introduction to the process I will point out that the Next > Step sheets are available on a separate section of the newswall, so that > everyone will be able to see the emerging Next Step sheets with the > possibility of adding ones name or other Next Steps on the sheet. These > sheets will simply become part of the Book of Proceedings (high speed > copying machines making it possible to hand out the Book after the > closing circle even in a one day event). > > Will let you know how this went. > Greetings from Berlin > mmp > > > > > > > > Chris Corrigan wrote: > > In my continuing quest to find ways to support action coming out of OST > > events, I put together a little thought for a client today which I > > thought I'd share with you folks... > > > > The conference we are doing is two days of talk and networking on Fetal > > Alcohol Syndrome. A couple of hundred people will be coming together to > > discuss what they are doing and to find others interested in their > > work. It is a learning conference with no expectation for anything > > concrete, like a strategy opr a statement, but rather the importance is > > on maximizing face time between practitioners. Something like an > OSonOS. > > > > Some of the folks on the planning committee though want to support > > action that does flow from the conference and they have asked for the > > container to hold some energy and intention for this without the > > conference becoming about 200 people trying to come up with one action > > plan. No need for prioritising or even a non-convergence type reopening > > of the space. I think this is a very real need and a very realistic > > expectation. > > > > So today we started playing with two ideas, one new and one old. The > > old one is to simply add to the small group summaries form a place for > > people to record next steps. The new idea is to create an action market > > place next to the news wall. This is no more complicated than a > > community bulletin board, in that people can feel free to post any bits > > and pieces of action that they want to invite others to join. The > > advantage of this system is that it allows a finer grain of action to > > come forward, so for example, while there may be some conversations that > > emerge in the event about what to do next, the action market place could > > hold much smaller pieces that would otherwise be lost. Action around a > > follow up conference would stand alongside an invitation to join one or > > two people in writing a new brochure, or meeting for coffee next week to > > continue a conversation. > > > > I think this approach could work in all OST gatherings, and might even > > be especially useful in gatherings where action planning is a part of > > the process. Then you end up with action planning taking the group in > > one large general direction, but the individual passion and > > responsibility for little things also in play. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Chris > > > > -- > > > Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg > Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany > ++49-30-772 8000 > www.boscop.de www.michaelmpannwitz.de > > Check out the new Open Space World Map now with 381 resident Open Space > Workers in 66 countries (working in a total of 119 countries worldwide) > www.openspaceworldmap.org > > * > * > ========================================================== > [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 > -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.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
