Hi Robyn,
I may have a partial answer for you. Some parts of the software
development industry, particularly "Agile" communities of practice,
have embraced OS for conference formats and some have brought it into
their companies for collaborative, transparent planning & decision
making. I know of at least four SW-IT conferences this year that were
run all in Open Space (Recent Changes Camp, Agile Open in Benelux,
CITCON in the UK, and Simple Design & Testing Conference) and I think
there are more...in addition to traditional conferences with Open
Space tracks or sections. We have a 2-day all Open Space conference
coming up next January in Portland, Oregon.
I have also held space inside some companies for their IT/SW
departments. These department had piloted the use of new SW
methodologies and needed to look at the organizational systems issues
that arose and to evaluate whether to continue and expand their
efforts. Several months after the OS, my clients report initiatives
going forward that arose during the OS. Because of client
confidentiality I can't mention the company names, but they are out
there.
Hope that helps.
Best,
Diana
Diana Larsen
503-288-3550 www.futureworksconsulting.com
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On Oct 22, 2006, at 3:19 PM, Robyn Williams wrote:
Hello
I’m interested in the reference to the "Techie
Community" (Harrison) and “other techie camps" (Michael).
I’m about to work with the Information Technology Service of a
University - can you say more about these experiences please?
Cheers
Robyn Williams
PERSISTENCE OF VISION
Facilitation Communication Sustainability
Western Australia
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Harrison Owen
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Subject: Re: Camps. Gatherings & Un-conferences
The approach to meeting is known as Open Space Technology, which I
originated some 20 years ago. Since then it has been used in excess
of 60,000 times in 120 countries around the world with groups
ranging in size from 5 to over 2000. Users have included major
global corporations, governments, NGOs, communities, and more
recently the "Techie Community." What happened in Mountain View is
the typical experience: diverse people energetically interact to
produce exciting and innovative solutions. This seems to happen
every time, and perhaps more remarkably, it seems to happen pretty
much all by itself. There is no pre-set agenda and little
facilitation. The people do it all themselves.
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