Just wanted to offer a coda on the meeting mentioned below that I coached from a distance. It’s a story by the woman who ran the meeting: http://www.wecreatehere.net/2014/03/21/leading-my-first-open-space/
That’s one great thing about working with journalists. Sometimes they write stories. :-) Peggy _________________________________ Peggy Holman Executive Director Journalism that Matters 15347 SE 49th Place Bellevue, WA 98006 425-746-6274 www.journalismthatmatters.net www.peggyholman.com Twitter: @peggyholman JTM Twitter: @JTMStream Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity Check out my series on what's emerging in the news & information ecosystem On Mar 13, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Peggy Holman <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael, > > Ah, the details. You want to know more! > > They had already scheduled an hour and a half to follow up on a conversation > that started at a start-up style weekend to create an app for communities to > identify and deal with abandoned homes in their neighborhood. (Major floods > devastated the area a few years back leading to the issue.) > > So they were looking for a way to take the effort to its next step and in the > process identify a longer term home for the project. Seemed like the sort of > situation that would benefit from some simple self-organizing. > > Since they have never experienced an Open Space, I sent one of the wonderful > videos on YouTube - > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTEO9CQe7Mw. I chose this one because it > seemed so streamlined, with no words to get in the way. > > Since they have such a short time, I suggested something that I often do in > this situation: invite people who have a topic of interest to write it a pice > of paper and announce it. Others cluster with them and they go find a space > for their conversation. No explanation of the principles or law of two feet. > > I modified a great 2-page OS primer that Anne Stadler wrote years ago - > http://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/2pageos.pdf - to fit their > situation. Instructions below. > > Oh, I also offered to run a session with their team before they do it > themselves. I’d be on the phone since I live about 1,500 miles from them. > Interesting coaching people with no background in hosting conversations. It > definitely puts the “anyone with a good head and a good heart” perspective to > the test. > > > Peggy > > > ************** > WHAT IS OPEN SPACE? > > It is a self-organizing practice which releases the inherent creativity and > leadership in people. By inviting people to take responsibility for what they > care about, Open Space establishes a marketplace of inquiry and action, > bringing out the best in both individuals and the whole. > > > PROBABLE OUTCOMES: > > v Builds energy, commitment and shared leadership > > v Participants accept responsibility for what does or doesn't happen > > v Action plans and recommendations emerge from discussions as appropriate > > v You create a record of the entire proceedings as you go along (optional, > as noted in #5 below) > > > THE STEPS IN BRIEF: > > Days Before > > 1. Select a focusing statement or question for your gathering. It should > frame the higher purpose and widest context for your discussion in a positive > way. > > (E.G., Something like: How can we move the abandoned homes project forward?) > > 2. Invite the circle of people: all stakeholders or all the people you'd > like to have in the room. Include the theme, date, place and time of > gathering in the invitation. > > Day Of > > Room set up > 3. Create the circle: Set up chairs in a circle or in concentric circles, > leaving space in the center. Put blank sheets of paper and colored felt pens > in the center of the circle. > > 4. Set up breakout spaces: You will likely need 5-12 areas where people can > hold their conversations. If you have one big room for the main circle, > people can move their chairs for the breakout sessions. Ideally, find a room > without tables that can hold double the number of people you expect. That > gives you lots of elbow room to create a circle. People can move their chairs > together to form breakout spaces and bring them back when they form the big > circle again. > > To self organize: > 5. Set agenda: Facilitator explains: the process the group will follow > to organize. Invite anyone who cares about an issue to step into the middle > of the circle and write the topic and their name, announce it, and then stand > near their chair, holding the paper with their topic. They will be conveners > who have responsibility for facilitating their session. > > (Note: if you decide you want notes, this is the time to let them know. I > suggest providing a handout to the people who are facilitating the sessions > with the information you want: Topic name, Convener, Who attended the > session, Discussion, Next steps. Also include a link on where to post notes > or an email address of where to send them. I can give you a sample. All that > said, since you want to give away leadership, you may not want to do notes.) > > 6. When all topics have been named, invite people to join the person > hosting the session they want. Let them know how much time they’ll have for > the conversations. I’d suggest leaving yourself 20 minutes for the closing > activities, so you can figure out in real time how much time they'll have. If > the session hosts want to combine their groups because they have similar > topics, that’s fine. > > 7. People participate in discussions. > > 8. Discussion highlights: reconvene in one big circle to share > highlights, "ahas" and next steps: simply listening to whatever people have > to offer. > > 9. Next steps: Ask the group for a couple volunteers to take the lead from > here. This is also a time to identify any other next steps. > > 10. Wrap up: Invite people to speak a word or phrase of closure, going > around the circle. If you like, you can ask people to make individual > commitments, though that can take a little longer. > > After > 11. Mail out whatever record is created and an address list to all who > came. (optional) > > > > > > _________________________________ > Peggy Holman > Executive Director > Journalism that Matters > 15347 SE 49th Place > Bellevue, WA 98006 > 425-746-6274 > www.journalismthatmatters.net > www.peggyholman.com > Twitter: @peggyholman > JTM Twitter: @JTMStream > > Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity > Check out my series on what's emerging in the news & information ecosystem > > > > > > > > > On Mar 12, 2014, at 6:48 PM, Michael Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm intrigued, Peggy. Was the process basically Open Space or something >> else? How much time did you have available and what did you do? >> >> Michael Wood >> Perth, Western Australia >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:33:49 -0700 >> From: Peggy Holman <[email protected]> >> To: Open Listserv <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [OSList] Congratulations Peggy Holman >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" >> >> Thanks Suzanne and John. It?s definitely a new role, to focus on a single >> organization. >> >> In fact, I just walked a couple people in a news organization through doing >> a 30-person community engagement conversation based on self-organizing >> around topics of interest. >> >> New territory! >> >> Peggy >> >> _________________________________ >> Peggy Holman >> Executive Director >> Journalism that Matters >> 15347 SE 49th Place >> Bellevue, WA 98006 >> 425-746-6274 >> www.journalismthatmatters.net >> www.peggyholman.com >> Twitter: @peggyholman >> JTM Twitter: @JTMStream >> >> Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into >> Opportunity Check out my series on what's emerging in the news & information >> ecosystem >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 11, 2014, at 7:32 AM, john watkins <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Congratulations, Peggy! >>> >>> Sent from John's iPhone >>> >>> On Mar 11, 2014, at 7:29 AM, Suzanne Daigle <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Peggy opening great big space in the world of Journalism. I thought your >>>> Open Space friends and colleagues would be delighted to hear this news. >>>> Hearty Congratulations. Exciting news! >>>> >>>> Read yesterday: >>>> Journalism that Matters is excited to announce that Peggy Holman, a JTM >>>> co-founder and long-time board member is now serving as the organization?s >>>> Executive Director. >>>> http://www.journalismthatmatters.net/jtm_announces_new_executive_dire >>>> ctor >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Suzanne Daigle >>>> Open Space Facilitator >>>> NuFocus Strategic Group >>>> >>>> FL 941-359-8877941-359-8877 >>>> Cell: 203-722-2009203-722-2009 >>>> www.nufocusgroup.com >>>> [email protected] >>>> twitter @DaigleSuz >>>> Call >>>> Send SMS >>>> Add to Skype >>>> You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> OSList mailing list >>>> To post send emails to [email protected] To unsubscribe >>>> send an email to [email protected] >>>> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >>>> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OSList mailing list >>> To post send emails to [email protected] To unsubscribe >>> send an email to [email protected] >>> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >>> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20140311/f6358c30/attachment.html> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an >> email to [email protected] >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> >> >> End of OSList Digest, Vol 37, Issue 11 >> ************************************** >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >
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