Yup...I remember Michael's post well. It is a great design. Chris ---- Chris Corrigan ch...@chriscorrigan.com http://www.chriscorrigan.com
On 2010-05-02, at 6:17 PM, Michael Herman wrote: > christine, > > i did a world cafe program about a year ago where a group of 100 or 120 > students met in a world cafe way heavily informed by open space principles -- > where they got to create their own questions in the first round and then > address them in the four later rounds. > > one of the points of this model was that these students were being considered > for scholarships at a couple of major universities. but some of them would > be cut. the moment of being together was short and then the decisions came > out. regardless of who won and who lost, we wanted to create an agenda that > worked for the day, but also could travel easily back to all the high schools > these folks came from and then on to college with them. or we wanted to > create an agenda that at least had that potential for travelling. > > so the first question we asked was something like "what questions do young > people who aspire to be leaders need to be asking and answering for > themselves?" in that first round, each table made lists of questions. one > person stayed to explain, and the others moved on at the end of that round. > > then in later rounds, those gathered at each table chose a question. or the > person who stayed could pick the question, allowing folks to select a table > based on the question to be discussed. hints of os. just barely. there was > also the option to cluster questions or have sequel conversations or add new > questions to the list. > > this is how i remember it anyway. but a blog post at the time has more and > better details. > http://www.michaelherman.com/wordpress/archives/2009/04/02/leadership-cafe/ > > to me, the main benefit is that we were able to identify and validate (in a > sense) piles of questions that could then be raised in all kinds of > downstream/elsewhere conversations. this part of it seems like it might be > helpful in arizona now. hope so. and good luck! > > m > > > > > -- > > Michael Herman > Michael Herman Associates > > http://www.michaelherman.com > http://www.ronanparktrail.com > http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org > http://www.openspaceworld.org > > 312-280-7838 (mobile) > > > On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Christine Whitney Sanchez > <cwhitneysanc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cross-posted on the AI & NCDD lists... > > Dear Open Space Friends, > > There are many opportunities for generative, strength-based citizen > conversations popping up in Arizona due to the law that was signed last week > by our governor, making it a crime to be an illegal immigrant in Arizona and > mandating police to stop anyone they suspect of being "illegal". One third > of our population in Arizona is Hispanic. You can imagine the tensions and > the grief. > > I'm working with a local group that would like to host a large-scale > conversation on May 26, working title: Transformation Talks: Our Voices - > Arizona's Future. We are designing a 2 hour event in Phoenix that can > accommodate up to 1,000 The reason for the large number is that the governor > and many others constantly refer to a (poorly designed) poll with a sample of > 500 that claims that 70% of Arizonans favor such a law. > > We will likely use a World Cafe format, use appreciative questions and create > the conditions so that people can self-organize for collaborative action. > The team I'm working with feels strongly that people in Arizona need a chance > to talk about their pain, fear and anger first before they will be able to > move into thinking about the future. I agree. > > When my twenty year old son first heard the concept, he said, "Who will pick > the questions?" Not long ago, someone (was it you, Chris Corrigan?) > mentioned a process where the questions emerged at tables. > > I would be grateful for any stories about working with grief on a large scale > and your thoughts/suggestions on event design and questions that will > encourage deep conversations and move into action. > > Warm wishes on a windy Phoenix day, > > > > Christine > > Christine Whitney Sanchez > Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy > +1.480.759.0262 > www.christinewhitneysanchez.com > www.promiseusa.com > Skype: christinewhitneysanchez > http://www.facebook.com/ChristineWhitneySanchez > http://www.linkedin.com/in/christinewhitneysanchez > > > * * ========================================================== > 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
