Ok, Michael. I won't tell them it WAS some kind of hippie open space technology fest. I really like the rolled up session signs as the talking stick. But to be congruent, you may need to use incense next year :-)
Christine Christine Whitney Sanchez KAIROS Alliance Inc. 2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85048 480.759.0262 www.kairosalliance.com <http://www.kairosalliance.com> -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Herman Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 3:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: recent changes camp hi all, i did something at the www.recentchangescamp.org openspace over the weekend that a fellow practitioner suggested i report here. at the close of this 2.5-day event, we did a news/re-opening circle in the morning of the third day. we busted up into some half-dozen or so working groups, mostly focused on project/initiative sorts of actions. at the end of that time, i started tearing the original session topics off the wall, a clear sign to the breakout groups, all in the same room, that we were coming to the closing. i rolled those up in a tight tube and taped them so they'd stay rolled. then i offered that as a final talking stick offering everyone the chance to hold "all of what we worked on here" as preparation for "taking it with us when we leave." it's a nice, simple, multi-effectiveness move. this particular event is descended from the giving conference some of us did 1.5 years ago, and the omidyar network conference we did last july. there is a core of folks from the giving conference, joined by some of the o.net folks, and now connected to the wiki programmers and various community activists who came together for this conference. each time we do this in what seems like a totally different venue and context, but the core group of people expands, as does the broader group. it's like a river with a deep center flowing along with lots of places to eddy out along the way. some of the proceedings are posted at www.recentchangescamp.org. the oregonian newspaper ran a nice story with pictures. my favorite quote went somehting like this... "Even wiki enthusiasts weren't sure the unstructured format would work Friday, and some wondered aloud whether it would descend into chaos -- or into some kind of hippie technology fest. "I really had no idea what to expect. I didn't know whether there would be people with no shoes on and caftans or what," said Mike Cannon-Brookes, chief executive of a Sydney-based company called Atlassian Software Systems, which designs wiki software. A couple of people did come in sandals, and many wore jeans, but no one was burning incense. And once the meeting broke up into a dozen discussion groups, it suddenly seemed focused and orderly. " michael -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 300 West North Ave #1105 Chicago IL 60610 USA Phone: 312-280-7838 [email protected] skype: globalchicago http://www.michaelherman.com http://www.globalchicago.net http://www.openspaceworld.org Executive Facilitation ...getting the most important things done in the easiest possible ways. * * ========================================================== [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
