Forwarded to OS-list came to me only THomas
_____ Från: Peggy Holman [mailto:pe...@opencirclecompany.com] Skickat: den 30 november 2009 02:43 Till: tho...@openspaceconsulting.com Ämne: Re: [OSLIST] SV: Statistics, was: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion" Michael, The OS I did in Bogota with 1800+ street kids and 300+ teachers or 2100+ people was essentially the same size as the one done in Berlin. And it was 2 days! I know that smaller OS's have been described on this list. I believe that both Lisa and Chris Corrigan have told stories of OS meetings with 1 or 2 people. I'm pretty sure Chris also had a story of an OS where no one came, though I take your point about a meeting with no one probably wouldn't make much sense on Wikipedia! Peggy On Nov 29, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Thomas Herrmann wrote: OK, Michael thanks Regarding the lower level I agree its probably too difficult to explain the mastery it takes to facilitate/participate in an OST, as a facilitator, when no one shows up. Anyway, I agree that to people who are new to Open Space, it might be a bit too much. If I ever get the chance I will sure invite myself to having that experience. Txs Thomas _____ Från: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] För Michael Herman Skickat: den 29 november 2009 22:47 Till: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Ämne: Re: Statistics, was: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion" good on the sweden chartering, thomas. i'll fix that in my notes. and sticking with what we can document and cite in wikipedia, i decided to go with 5 as the smallest, rather than try to explain the finer points of the practice! wikipedia is not going to understand how a meeting methodology can work in groups of "0" to 5000, i think <grin> thanks, m -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates http://www.michaelherman.com <http://www.michaelherman.com/> http://www.ronanparktrail.com <http://www.ronanparktrail.com/> http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org <http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org/> http://www.openspaceworld.org <http://www.openspaceworld.org/> 312-280-7838 (mobile) On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Thomas Herrmann <tho...@openspaceconsulting.com> wrote: Hi Michael Thanks for these statistics!! A couple of suggested additions/corrections. 1. OSI Sweden is also a registered non-profit organization. 2. I actually think that Lisa Heft followed through with a smaller OS-meeting a record hard to break. Warm regards Thomas Herrmann _____ Från: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] För Michael Herman Skickat: den 29 november 2009 20:37 Till: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Ämne: Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion" i've wanted to ask you all to help me build out a list of statistics, a sort of open space tech "by the numbers". i was going to make this part of the osw site, but it might come in very handy in posting as part of this wikipedia article. here are some examples, please check my math and add any other interesting numbers: -the first ost meeting happened in 1985 at the symposium for organization transformation (OT) -a total of 20 OT symposia were held annually, that last 19 of them were run "in open space" -ost meetings have now happened in 165 countries, as listed at openspaceworldmap.org <http://openspaceworldmap.org/> -there are 469 facilitators listed in the openspaceworldmap.org <http://openspaceworldmap.org/> -the worldwide open space on open space practitioner conference has been annually since 1993 -the wosonos conference has been held in 8 different countries -an email group, called OSLIST, for practitioners worldwide was started in 1996. -as of december 2009, there are more than 26,400 messages in the OSLIST publicly searchable archives. -OSLIST membership in december 2009 stood at 662. -there are __ open space institutes active around the world. -three open space institute groups (US, Canada, and Germany) are formal, government-chartered, non-profit organizations -openspaceworld.org <http://openspaceworld.org/> offers (or links to) explanations of open space technology in more than 20 different languages. -harrison owen has authored 8 books on the process. -harrison owen estimates that there have been more than 100,000 applications of open space since 1985. -the smallest open space meeting commonly reported was a meeting run by harrison owen, for 5 participants (when 7 others were snowed out) -the largest open space meetings commonly reported were in germany, 2108 participants, facilitated by harrison owen and michael pannwitz (theme?) and ____ participants at a girl scouts event in _______, facilitated by christine whitney sanchez and (others?) what other numbers might we offer? and did i get these right? -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates http://www.michaelherman.com <http://www.michaelherman.com/> http://www.ronanparktrail.com <http://www.ronanparktrail.com/> http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org <http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org/> http://www.openspaceworld.org <http://www.openspaceworld.org/> 312-280-7838 (mobile) On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net> wrote: Bye Bye Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 Skype hhowen Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com/> Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org <http://www.openspaceworld.org/> Personal website www.ho-image.com <http://www.ho-image.com/> OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Dirk Riehle Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 1:43 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion" Subject line says it all, article is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology Dirk -- Website: http://dirkriehle.com <http://dirkriehle.com/> - Twitter: @dirkriehle Ph (DE): +49-157-8153-4150 - Ph (US): +1-650-450-8550 * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
