Dear Michael and OS Community. This is truly awesome. What an exciting event and hosting platform.
Thanks for the invitation. Warmest regards, Robyn Robyn Stratton-Berkessel <mailto:[email protected]> > On Jun 5, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Michael Herman via OSList > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Join us for Virtual OSonOS: A Worldwide Open Learning Event... > Inviting Community, Sharing Learnings, Evolving Practice > Everywhere, July 8-11th or 9-12th (depending on where you are) > > Conference Schedule > <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iJvT9PY5kCAmnCWZ92jVdrWs8G6ugHlZN_vwg4FaNq8/edit#gid=0> > | QiqoChat Platform and Registration <http://vosonos.qiqochat.com/> | > Questions <mailto:[email protected]> > We have learned so much about bringing people together. We have imagined, > invited, and unleashed. We are agile and appreciative, artful and > improvisational. Our media is social, our networks are linked, and upstart > movements can have national and international effects. We mix the newest > technologies and the oldest human patterns. We work on peace AND high > performance, passion and purpose, sharing and storytelling. We focus on > what’s working, why it works, and how we can make more of it. > > So what? And now what? The world is under pressure, in every time zone, maybe > like never before – socially, politically, economically, environmentally, > spiritually. Everywhere, complexity, diversity, real and potential conflict, > and urgent needs are more obvious than ever. What is the opportunity here? > What is our responsibility? What are the possibilities – and the practices > that are working now – where you are? > > A Virtual Open Space on (All Kinds of) Open Space > > What are you learning about creating what you want in the world – in > organizations and markets, communities and families, body and mind? What is > your practice and what is it becoming? What can we learn and do now together > to make a difference in your work? And what could happen if we work and learn > together, all around the world, all at once, even for just a few days? This > is what we want to find out, in a four-day virtual conference experiment in > world-around self-organization. > > Anyone with a good head and a good heart, actively engaged in bringing people > together to meet the large and small challenges of our time, is invited to > join in. We want to extend and expand the decades-old tradition of the Open > Space on Open Space <http://openspaceworld.org/wp2/osonos> (OSonOS) > conferences, in thisWorld-Around, Virtual, Video Open Space on All Kinds of > Practices that Open Space – VOSonOS for short. It’s about inviting and > renewing connections, sharing learnings and insights, and evolving > practice(s), everywhere. > > How Will It Work? > > We will use QiqoChat.com to create our agenda, host (most of) our breakout > conversations in live video galleries, and capture our notes on Qiqo’s > virtual flip charts. During waking hours in your timezone, you can join any > of two opening plenaries, many different breakout sessions and two closing > plenary sessions. Stay up late or get up early for more, if you like! > > Day 1: Three opening sessions, 8 hours apart, each one followed immediately > by a 2-hour round of breakout conversations > Day 2: Six 2-hour rounds of breakout sessions, starting every 4 hours (2 hrs > on/2 hrs off) > Day 3: Six more 2-hour rounds of breakout sessions, starting every 4 hours > Day 4: Three closing circles, starting 8 hours apart. > Our full conference schedule > <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iJvT9PY5kCAmnCWZ92jVdrWs8G6ugHlZN_vwg4FaNq8/edit#gid=0> > will be created, and stay available for editing in a global community > bulletin board, also viewable at QiqoChat <http://vosonos.qiqochat.com/>. The > QiqoChat platform will let us move ourselves between breakout circles and > other meeting places. We will be able to convene breakouts via Skype, Zoom > and other platforms, or even in-person gatherings in coffee shops, if you > like. And of course, you’ll focus on the issues and areas of practice that > are most important to you. > > How to Register? > > Please register in advance at QiqoChat <http://vosonos.qiqochat.com/> for > this grand experiment, including a $20 contribution toward direct conference > hosting costs. One week before the event, we’ll open our virtual meeting > space for testing and exploration. In the meantime, please share this > invitation with friends and colleagues you would like to have join us! > > Tech Notes: All participants will be able to participate by listening and/or > viewing live sessions at QiqoChat <http://vosonos.qiqochat.com/>. You can > use your phone or computer microphone for audio connection (to speak). To > share your video (be seen), please use Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or Internet > Explorer 10+. Safari is not yet compatible. > > Co-conveners (join us!) > > Lucas Cioffi, Tricia Chirumbole, Suzanne Daigle, Karen Davis, Christy > Lee-Engel, Joelle Everett, Michael Herman, Skye Hirst, Thomas Herrmann, Peggy > Holman, Karolina Iwa, Lisa Kimball, Paul Levy, Jane Lewis, Daniel Mezick, > Anne Stadler, Alan Stewart, Linda Stevenson, Christine Whitney Sanchez, and… > you? > > Add a brief comment to add your own voice to this invitation, share something > about what you want this to be, why you think this matters, or anything else > you’d like to say to anyone joining or thinking about joining this > experiment. 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