Re: [OSList] Marking a New National/Regional Educational Policy -examples of Open Space meeting being set up?

[R Chaffe via OSList]

Harrison right on the core of the issue.  One thing that may help is to locate 
the OS event at a well used local meeting place and to ensure that “coffee and 
finger food snacks” are available at a reasonable cost.  It also helps if the 
food is what the groups would normally expect at a meeting.  I have conducted 
OS meetings in all sorts of spaces,  they have been spaces where the 
participants feel comfortable!

Create the space and the people will come!

Regards
Rob

> On 31 Oct 2018, at 5:57 am, Harrison Owen via OSList 
>  wrote:
> 
> Simple answer: The right people will be anybody who cares. And you can really 
> only tell that they care when they come. Law of Two Feet.
>  
> So get the word out everywhere. Parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, 
> janitors, cooks, grounds keepers, taxi drivers, bus operators, ship captains, 
> crew, police, fire people… If they care – They will come. And for sure they 
> will be the right people. Works every time.
>  
> Harrison
>  
> From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of 
> Ingibjorg Gisladottir via OSList
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 1:20 PM
> To: oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
> Cc: Ingibjorg Gisladottir
> Subject: [OSList] Marking a New National/Regional Educational Policy 
> -examples of Open Space meeting being set up?
>  
> Dear OS community
>  
> Can anyone lead me to examples of where OS has been used in the making of 
> Educational Policy of a nation/state/community?
>  
> I think it is important to invite children, teenagers, highschool/university 
> students and young people who are recently out of school to the 
> conversations. . ..but who else should be there?  
>  
> Your insights on this and experience is appreciated if you have the 
> possibility to share it with me.  
>  
> All the best
>  
> Ingibjorg (Inga)
>  
> ingibjorg.gisladot...@gmail.com
> Reykjavik, Iceland
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Re: [OSList] Marking a New National/Regional Educational Policy -examples of Open Space meeting being set up?

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

Hi

After many discussions and sessions about inviting: minoritie, people of
less status compared to the main group of participants, vulnerable groups,
outsiders, or people who would not feel empowered to accept the invitation.
I have now a vision in my heart that my job as host or sponsorship coach is
to reach out to these groups that we want present for the open space.
Invite a representative delegation to be part of the planning process and
the wording of the theme and support them in their task to invite their
group to join with them in the event, using their own words in harmony with
the theme and purpose of the event.

I hope that brings some ideas for deliberation in reaching out to make a
solid invitation to different groups.

/Kári

On Tue, 30 Oct 2018, 21:30 Ingibjorg Gisladottir via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote:

> Dear OS community
>
> Can anyone lead me to examples of where OS has been used in the making of
> Educational Policy of a nation/state/community?
>
> I think it is important to invite children, teenagers,
> highschool/university students and young people who are recently out of
> school to the conversations. . ..but who else should be there?
>
> Your insights on this and experience is appreciated if you have the
> possibility to share it with me.
>
> All the best
>
> Ingibjorg (Inga)
>
> ingibjorg.gisladot...@gmail.com
> Reykjavik, Iceland
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Re: [OSList] Marking a New National/Regional Educational Policy -examples of Open Space meeting being set up?

[Michael M Pannwitz via OSList]

Dear Inga,

some colleagues have already reported on their experiences and I imagine 
that there are many others that could add to that.


My take on your inquiry is different. I think, to put it briefly, that 
thinking and even working on it simply reduces the space and several 
important opportunities for those actually in charge of the event at hand.


What can be done, however, and I have seen this work many times, is to 
get the people sponsoring events regardless around what challenge to 
have a planning group/preparation group for the event at hand.


This planning group is a sort of extension of the sponsor who sets up 
the planning group. The way I usually describe the planning group is to 
have a bit of a microcosm of the kind of folks the sponsor would like to 
have or expect at the event.


The planning group is set up and meets as such just once (sometimes but 
rarely more than once) around four questions:


--- what do we envision as happening after the open space event (this 
brings up their intentions, interests, expectations, dreams, etc.)

--- what should be the overall topic, question, theme for the event
--- who all needs to be at the event to have our expectations met and 
addresses our overall topic
--- what are the tasks that need to be taken on before the event and who 
is in charge of them.


Your role as facilitator is then to just facilitate the planning 
session, taking responsibility for process and structure of that event 
and leave all the content to those participating (the sponsor and his 
helpers).


This kind of planning event makes sure from the very beginning that 
nothing context oriented will happen unless folks present take it up. 
Just as in an Open Space event itself.


The Planning session as described above take about 3,5 hours. I have 
used it in my praxis about 200 times before I published the detailed 
design. If you stick to the design I would not be surprised if it were 
to work everytime.


The effect is, that the event is entirely owned by those responsible for 
it.


Have a great day
Greetings from Berlin
mmp



Am 30.10.2018 um 18:20 schrieb Ingibjorg Gisladottir via OSList:

Dear OS community

Can anyone lead me to examples of where OS has been used in the making 
of Educational Policy of a nation/state/community?


I think it is important to invite children, teenagers, 
highschool/university students and young people who are recently out of 
school to the conversations. . ..but who else should be there?


Your insights on this and experience is appreciated if you have the 
possibility to share it with me.


All the best

Ingibjorg (Inga)

ingibjorg.gisladot...@gmail.com 
Reykjavik, Iceland


--
Michael M Pannwitz
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
++49 - 30-772 8000
mmpannw...@gmail.com


Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 469 resident Open 
Space Workers in 76 countries working in a total of 145 countries worldwide

www.openspaceworldmap.org

At my publisher you find books and task cards on open space, most in 
German, some in English, some as ebooks, some multilingual

https://www.westkreuz-verlag.de/de/Kommunikation
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Re: [OSList] Marking a New National/Regional Educational Policy -examples of Open Space meeting being set up?

[Michael Herman via OSList]

here is a frequently shared favorite story, inga... complete proceedings
from "future of education in peoria," including invitation, what happened,
notes, voting results.  hosted by the school board.  invitation went home
with every kid and was posted as full-page newspaper ads.
http://www.michaelherman.com/publications/peoria.pdf   ...most interesting
result was that "parental responsibility" was top issue in voting.  the
exact opposite of what happens when the school board is empaneled on the
stage and the parents line up at the microphone in the center aisle of a
dim auditorium with one-way, stage-to-audience acoustical design.  
echoing some of what chris says, we worked hard to make a distinction
between participant stakeholders "envisioning" the future of eduction they
wanted and "enacting" it through spontaneous votes or other immediate
action.  the new superintendent took the top ten voted issues as her
working agenda for the new school year.



--

Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
312-280-7838 (mobile)

http://MichaelHerman.com
http://OpenSpaceWorld.org




On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 2:02 PM Chris Corrigan via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> I’ve used Open Space as a part of policy making work in the following
> contexts:
>
> * Working with the Ministry of Advanced Education in British Columbia on
> Aboriginal post-secondary education policy
> * Working with two alternative school programs in North Vancouver and
> Bowen Island, British Columbia to host discussions with parents and
> children around education policy
> * Working with a school district and indigenous communities in Prince
> George BC to create an Aboriginal Choice School (also used World Cafe and
> participatory decision making to create recommendations for a site for that
> school)
>
> As a part of the policy making process, Open Space is useful for including
> diverse stakeholders in the process. I would make sure that the
> participants in the process are allowed as much freedom as possible to tell
> their stories, convene there conversations and raise their issues.
> Sometimes policy makers want to convene large groups to have stakeholders
> make policy. If you are including people like students, teachers and others
> in the conversation, you need to not have the expectation that they will
> make policy.  Let the policy makers work with the results to craft policy.
> Work with the conveners of the break out sessions later to keep them in the
> loop about how their work has informed the process.
>
> If you are only working with policy makers, then the Open Space will point
> to the overall most important issues to deal with in the policy framework.
> Don’t use Open Space to make a decision, but instead, use the process the
> allow the group to explore a diversity of approaches to the issues and then
> have your core policy team work within that diversity of opinion.
>
> Those are my reflections.  Let me know if you need anything else.  I’m
> sure others will weigh in as well.
>
> Chris
>
> On Oct 30, 2018, at 10:20 AM, Ingibjorg Gisladottir via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
> Dear OS community
>
> Can anyone lead me to examples of where OS has been used in the making of
> Educational Policy of a nation/state/community?
>
> I think it is important to invite children, teenagers,
> highschool/university students and young people who are recently out of
> school to the conversations. . ..but who else should be there?
>
> Your insights on this and experience is appreciated if you have the
> possibility to share it with me.
>
> All the best
>
> Ingibjorg (Inga)
>
> ingibjorg.gisladot...@gmail.com
> Reykjavik, Iceland
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Re: [OSList] Marking a New National/Regional Educational Policy -examples of Open Space meeting being set up?

[Chris Corrigan via OSList]

I’ve used Open Space as a part of policy making work in the following contexts:

* Working with the Ministry of Advanced Education in British Columbia on 
Aboriginal post-secondary education policy
* Working with two alternative school programs in North Vancouver and Bowen 
Island, British Columbia to host discussions with parents and children around 
education policy
* Working with a school district and indigenous communities in Prince George BC 
to create an Aboriginal Choice School (also used World Cafe and participatory 
decision making to create recommendations for a site for that school)

As a part of the policy making process, Open Space is useful for including 
diverse stakeholders in the process. I would make sure that the participants in 
the process are allowed as much freedom as possible to tell their stories, 
convene there conversations and raise their issues.  Sometimes policy makers 
want to convene large groups to have stakeholders make policy. If you are 
including people like students, teachers and others in the conversation, you 
need to not have the expectation that they will make policy.  Let the policy 
makers work with the results to craft policy. Work with the conveners of the 
break out sessions later to keep them in the loop about how their work has 
informed the process.  

If you are only working with policy makers, then the Open Space will point to 
the overall most important issues to deal with in the policy framework.  Don’t 
use Open Space to make a decision, but instead, use the process the allow the 
group to explore a diversity of approaches to the issues and then have your 
core policy team work within that diversity of opinion.

Those are my reflections.  Let me know if you need anything else.  I’m sure 
others will weigh in as well.

Chris

> On Oct 30, 2018, at 10:20 AM, Ingibjorg Gisladottir via OSList 
>  wrote:
> 
> Dear OS community
> 
> Can anyone lead me to examples of where OS has been used in the making of 
> Educational Policy of a nation/state/community?
> 
> I think it is important to invite children, teenagers, highschool/university 
> students and young people who are recently out of school to the 
> conversations. . ..but who else should be there?  
> 
> Your insights on this and experience is appreciated if you have the 
> possibility to share it with me.  
> 
> All the best
> 
> Ingibjorg (Inga)
> 
> ingibjorg.gisladot...@gmail.com 
> Reykjavik, Iceland
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Re: [OSList] Marking a New National/Regional Educational Policy -examples of Open Space meeting being set up?

[Harrison Owen via OSList]

Simple answer: The right people will be anybody who cares. And you can really 
only tell that they care when they come. Law of Two Feet. 

 

So get the word out everywhere. Parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, janitors, 
cooks, grounds keepers, taxi drivers, bus operators, ship captains, crew, 
police, fire people… If they care – They will come. And for sure they will be 
the right people. Works every time.

 

Harrison

 

From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of 
Ingibjorg Gisladottir via OSList
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To: oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
Cc: Ingibjorg Gisladottir
Subject: [OSList] Marking a New National/Regional Educational Policy -examples 
of Open Space meeting being set up?

 

Dear OS community

 

Can anyone lead me to examples of where OS has been used in the making of 
Educational Policy of a nation/state/community?

 

I think it is important to invite children, teenagers, highschool/university 
students and young people who are recently out of school to the conversations. 
. ..but who else should be there?  

 

Your insights on this and experience is appreciated if you have the possibility 
to share it with me.  

 

All the best

 

Ingibjorg (Inga)

 

ingibjorg.gisladot...@gmail.com

Reykjavik, Iceland

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[OSList] Marking a New National/Regional Educational Policy -examples of Open Space meeting being set up?

[Ingibjorg Gisladottir via OSList]

Dear OS community

Can anyone lead me to examples of where OS has been used in the making of
Educational Policy of a nation/state/community?

I think it is important to invite children, teenagers,
highschool/university students and young people who are recently out of
school to the conversations. . ..but who else should be there?

Your insights on this and experience is appreciated if you have the
possibility to share it with me.

All the best

Ingibjorg (Inga)

ingibjorg.gisladot...@gmail.com
Reykjavik, Iceland
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[OSList] OS Hotline TODAY - Oct 30 12 PM EDT

[Tricia Chirumbole via OSList]

Hello all!!

So sorry for the super late notice - I've been preoccupied with gathering
in community in the wake of the Tree of Life Synagogue shootings in my
hometown. People are coming together. We held open space for listening and
dialogue, and music, and just being together yesterday in the streets -
just a few chairs and some snacks on the sidewalk...

You are warmly invited to an Open Space Hotline hangout - happening SOON!

Come meet us on Zoom, TODAY, Tuesday October 30th @12PM EDT! We will be on
for 1+ hours - Law of
Two feet applies!

** Feel free to pass it one to friends who are not on the list! **

Sign-up and post topics: http://bit.ly/OShotline

Join the call from PC, Mac, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/751609912

a.  Join by phone: +1 (415) 762-9988 or +1 (646) 568-7788 (US Toll)

b.  International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference

c.  Meeting ID: 751 609 912

Until then!
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Re: [OSList] WOSonOS 2018 in Reykjavik, Iceland | Group photo & few more

[Phelim McDermott via OSList]

Inga

These are wonderful photos and really capture the spirit of the event. I wish 
that I had been there. Great to know that people are gathering and opening 
space in these times. 

love Phelim 

> On 28 Oct 2018, at 20:06, Ingibjorg Gisladottir via OSList 
> mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>> 
> wrote:
> 
> Dear Open Space community
> 
> WOSonOS 2018 in Reykjavík Iceland took place Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; 
> the theme being "Issues and Opportunities of bringing Open Space Technology 
> to our World´s Challenges" hosted by Kári Gunnarsson. The event was also 
> NOSonOS 2018 - Nordic Open Space on Open Space - that got upgraded to World 
> Open Space on Open Space.
> 
> I like to share with you a picture of the great participants of WOSonOS 2018 
> in Reykjavik. The 42 participants came from 10 countries; Sweden, UK, The 
> Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Israel, China, US, Canada and Iceland - all 
> participants brought important contribution to the conversations. Among 
> participants were experienced Open Space facilitators as well as people who 
> had never before participated in an Open Space meeting - it was great to have 
> new people joining the OS community at the event. Two groups of university 
> students participated, one from The Netherlands and the other from Iceland. 
> Harrison Owen joined us as well in a Q session where he responded to our 
> questions with great stories and shared his valuable wisdom. Many thanks HO!  
>   
> 
> I had the honor of facilitating WOSonOS in Reykjavik and feel very privileged 
> to have had that opportunity - and to get to know wonderful people for three 
> whole days and witness their passionate conversations. This is my first email 
> ever to the OSlist but not the last! I will later send info on the proceeding 
> and a link to more pictures and videos. 
> 
> I am sending you a link to an album w/ 5 pictures: 1)The great Group 2) 
> Entrance 2)The Circle and the "Campfire" 3)Agenda wall 4)Reykjavík´s Skyline 
> celebrating the week of WOSonOS with Northern Lights  - taken from my home 
> when it was over!  Here is the link: 
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/kJ98HJrCc1MJv8849 
>  
> 
> All the best from Iceland
> 
> Ingibjorg   ( Inga ) 
> 
> Ingibjorg Gisladottir
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