My experience in this area is pretty limited, prompted I suspect by early experiences with "Cyber-open-space" in which it seemed that the technology overwhelmed the spirit. But I would guess that things are a lot better now, which is good. The one thing I can contribute is some experience with simultaneous multi-site OTS's. We had three large (100 person) working groups in three cities divided by 3 time zones - which I thought was going to be a major problem. It wasn't. Everybody just adopted the middle time zone for the duration of the gathering and it worked like a charm. Each site worked just like Open Space per usual, but as issues were posted anywhere they were then displayed in the other sites on video screens. The convener of each session (wherever) also gave their email address, so anybody choosing to join a group from a distant part used that to communicate. The convener (or somebody in the group) also provided online (email) a running summary of the discussion. Of course this involved a lot of laptops and full wifi. I am not sure that I liked it, but the participants seemed to, and they got the job done - which was a technical design project. Would I suggest doing it again? I am not sure.
Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) Camden, Maine 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 (summer) 207-763-3261 www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to: <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Osborne Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 10:19 AM To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: [OSList] Virtual Open Space Hello All, I am wondering if others could share experiences with virtual Open Space events? I have a diverse group of somewhere between 20 and 100 people that I would like to bring together in a virtual open space to address a somewhat urgent and important issue. I have questions such as... - How can you do a virtual open space? - What's the same and different vs. a in-person open space? - What considerations are important in selecting a technology platform? - What are your tips and suggestions for what may work and what may hinder? I'm anxious to hear about other's experiences and am appreciative of your sharing. David David Osborne [email protected] www.change-fusion.com
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