Great idea Thomas! I see that there could be a great use for this kind of design that you are now inventing. I will try to contribute with some thoughts and ideas and follow this thread with great interest. Have a nice weekend :0)
> 16 sep. 2016 kl. 09:36 skrev Thomas Herrmann via OSList > <[email protected]>: > > Dear friends in Open Space > I write to share about an exciting project and to ask to have > feedback/ideas/experiences assisting me to refine/decide on the design I am > working on. > > The project is in a neighbouring town of about 35 000 inhabitants. They are > inviting everyone living there to explore ways to contribute to enhance the > learning amongst children/youth complementing/supporting what is happening in > the school. The top politician in the town, responsible for education/schools > is my sponsor. During the spring I had a couple of meetings with the top > politicians and managers for the school system. Then we widened the circles > and had some meetings with other interest parties , to invite more engagement > for this idea. > > We have a plan that includes follow up, to support what is emerging, decide > on next steps and make sure there is report back to what is happening and not. > > A couple of days ago we had our “final” planning meeting getting the theme > etc. Still working on wording but something like “For the future of our > children. How do we create conditions for enhanced learning for pupils in our > community?” Of practical reasons evenings are considered the best options. > Parents, pupils, teachers, business people, public workers etc etc are all > busy daytime and weekends are not considered a good option. “Everyone” will > be invited but it’s hard to say how many will come to each meeting. I guess > between 10-200 J > Now the plan is to have three 3-hour meetings in three different parts of the > small community. I have suggested a fourth meeting where all are invited for > convergence/action planning. There are of course several challenges. I am not > even sure I will suggest we use OST even though I’d love to. I think a 3-hour > meeting is the bare minimum for the simplest form of an OST meeting. On the > other hand I see possibilities for this to be looked at like an OST meeting > consisting of three occasions á 3 hours + convergence in a fourth meeting for > another 3 hours… That looks better, ey? > > There are some opportunities with this: > 1. More time for the divergent process before converging. > 2. People can choose to join several meetings, deepening their thinking > 3. People can get access to more ideas/material from the 3 meetings. > 4. There can be continued conversations online in between meetings and > approaching meeting nbr 4. > 5. There will be opportunities for people to create joint projects over > “boundaries” in the community (meeting nbr 4 and online) > > There are several challenges with this too. > 1. There will be different people in all of the meetings > a. There needs to be a proper opening each time > 2. 3 hours is very short. My plan: Opening/agenda 45 mts. Session 1 (45 > mts). Session 2 (45 mts). Individual reflection/personal commitment (15 mts). > Closing 30 mts. > a. For the actionplanning meeting (meeting nbr 4) I will probably use > re-opening, after a brief opening and reading reports/reflecting. A couple of > action planning sessions, 1 minute reportback/group and then closing. > 3. How to bind everything together to one whole > > So far I lean towards this plan but I would love to hear to your ideas, > thoughts, experiences and/or suggestions! > All the best > > Thomas Herrmann > Open Space Consulting AB > www.openspaceconsulting.com <http://www.openspaceconsulting.com/> > You reach us via phone: +46 (0)709 98 97 81 or email: > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Open Space Consulting is a small company with BIG ambitions to assist leaders > and organizations as well as local communities to tap into their full power > to achieve their dreams. We bring practical tools and knowhow to empower you > to find your way forward. > > More info > LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasherrmannopenspaceconsult > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasherrmannopenspaceconsult> > Facebook Company page: https://www.facebook.com/OpenSpaceConsulting > <https://www.facebook.com/OpenSpaceConsulting> > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]>
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