No apologies necessary Ben. This is fantastic! Congratulations for convening these important conversations with others and for trailblazing with Maestro Conference by opening this virtual space. On Dec 30, 2014 12:11 AM, "Ben Roberts via OSList" < [email protected]> wrote:
> *Dear colleague (with apologies for cross-posting),* > > > > As we move into 2015, are you profoundly concerned about climate change, > serious resource depletion, and other major threats to civilization? Do > you believe that we face an urgent and challenging opportunity to transform > our social systems and cultures that are generating those crises? Are you > interested in what conversational professionals - mediators, conveners, > facilitators and your other fellow advocates and practitioners of dialogue, > deliberation, and process - could do to catalyze powerful collective shifts > that address these disturbing and exciting transformational possibilities? > > If so, know that you are not alone. We and many others feel as you do, > passionately. So many people responded to a post about this by Tom Atlee > on the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation discussion list > that three of us called for further conversation and more than 50 signed > on, half of whom participated in an initial conference call on December > 15. With this invitation, we're reaching out to thousands more in our > field to see who else feels called to this vital adventure. > > So now we ask you to join us in pioneering a dialogue and deliberation > (D&D) “community of inquiry and action" during January 2015, online using > the “hackpad” platform and live virtually (using phone and video > conferencing), to more deeply pursue this urgent question that a few dozen > of us have already begun <http://www.bit.ly/DandDTrans> exploring: > > *What do we, as members of the dialogue and deliberation community of > practice, have to be and do to enable our most positive transformational > impact, in the face of emerging global crises which fundamentally challenge > our business-as-usual habits and systems?* > > > We know there are a number of ways to come at this question, so we are > using January to explore different possibilities, while building > relationships among those of us who have passion about this topic. You’ll > see below that we’ve scheduled a number of virtual meetings, using > different methods, all in this one month—both in direct audio/video > dialogues and in online written conversations—in an effort to meet all our > different needs as D&D agents of social transformation. > > You are welcome to participate in as many or as few of the “synchronous” > events listed below as you like—and you are encouraged to participate any > time in the online dialogues underway in the hackpad forums we've provided > <http://www.bit.ly/DandDTrans>. Each virtual event can stand on its own, > and each may have different outcomes—some perhaps quite unexpected—but we > suspect that insights and energies emerging in each one will reverberate in > all the rest. > > *January 6, 2-3:30 ET *— a virtual *World Cafe* for continuing > whole-group exploration of our convening question (above), and other > related ones, in stimulating small groups. The optional "harvest" at the > end will continue until 4:30 pm ET. Later in January we'll have another > virtual World Cafe, at an evening or weekend time to be announced. Before, > during, and after these events, you can also share ideas on hackpad > (starting now). <http://www.bit.ly/DandDTrans> > > *January 9, 20, 30 (various times--see hackpad > <http://www.bit.ly/DandDTrans>) *— three virtual *Bohm Dialogues*, > providing space for deeper reflection and relationship building, available > on a reservation basis. > > *January 13, 2-3:30 ET* — a virtual *Open Space* event to enable anyone > to convene a group to pursue an inquiry or activity about which they have > passion. If you have such a passion, you can introduce it on hackpad > <http://www.bit.ly/DandDTrans> before, during, or after the audio-video > event (starting now). Later in January we'll have another virtual Open > Space event, at an evening or weekend time to be announced. Immediately > following each virtual Open Space event there will be an additional hour of > virtual group sharing and group reports. > > > As we go through the above activities together, we'll be gaining first > hand understanding about how processes we have usually experienced in > person translate into virtual environments, and about the pros and cons of > the on-line tools we will be using —topics about which we expect to reflect > more later in January. Bearing in mind that this environment and these > online tools may be new to many of us, we will go out of our way to provide > as much technical support as we can in this process. And, we also beg in > advance your forbearance and honest feedback as we explore this new > territory together. > > More information about these offerings, as well as ways to get started in > the community of inquiry right now, can be found here on the Welcome > hackpad. <http://www.bit.ly/DandDTrans> > > > What happens beyond January—with all of us together and/or in various > subgroups—is up to each of us. As hosts, we are designing the January > experience to encourage various follow-up opportunities to emerge according > to their own energy. This particular cycle of engagements will end at the > end of the month, having provided value to all who have been part of this > community during that time. But what happens next will depend totally on > the passion felt by you and the other participants, and the responsibility > and creativity you bring to your conversations with the other passionate > folks you meet in the process. > > So we welcome your participation and look forward to what will emerge > here. The more of us pursue this, the more we will learn and the more > action will result, moving us all forward. Let us know if you have > questions or comments. > > And make sure to register here if you think you may participate in any of > it > <http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/SJQ6VBHESBQ8OD>, > so we can plan for how many of us may join the adventure. > > Ben Roberts and Linda Ellinor > (for the “convening team” > <https://hackpad.com/About-the-DandDTrans-Inquiry-oG0LLT20JlU>) > > > PS: Alongside this collective inquiry and our associated > community-building efforts, we are offering a self-organized > daily opportunity to explore the deeper meaning of randomly selected cards > from *the Group Works deck* set of life-enhancing conversational design > principles. Our recent experiments with this > <https://hackpad.com/Group-Works-Card-of-the-Evening-DandDTrans-Inquiry-WzwxQeIX8WY> > have been delightfully engaging. If you wish to be on the email list > for notices about this, please let Ben Roberts know via a reply to this > email. > > > > > > *Ben Roberts* > > *The Conversation Collaborative* > > www. ConversationCollaborative.com > <http://www.conversationcollaborative.com/> > > (203) 426-1039 > > Skype: benjamin_j_roberts > > G+: [email protected] > > > > [image: tagxedo 1] > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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