[OSList] qiqo

2020-05-27 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
Heidi Saul - thanks so much for sharing your story about doing a large Open Space on QiQo last Friday night. Because it was midnight here in Perth, Western Australia, I've just watched the recording. I am feeling very excited about the possibilities of OST in QiQo. Might need to be in touch

[OSList] Brisbane Synod Open Space

2019-10-03 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
I posted a few weeks ago about the use of Open Space at an Anglican Church gathering (Synod) in Brisbane, Australia, involving 400 people. The following links provide some positive public feedback from those who attended. News article from Brisbane Synod:

[OSList] Large Open Space with Anglican Church Australia

2019-08-26 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
A few weeks ago Brendan McKeague and Michael Wood co-facilitated what might be the largest ever Open Space in Australia (certainly with a church group) when the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane took the step of hosting most of the first day of Synod (the annual large gathering of representatives of

[OSList] Podcast on OST and leadership in churches

2018-05-04 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
Thought I'd share this podcast on my experience of using OST in church leadership. https://omny.fm/shows/on-the-way/on-the-way-making-space-for-emergence-with-michael

[OSList] Invitation using youtube

2017-10-31 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
I am facilitating an Open Space soon for the Anglican Diocese of Perth soon. One of the sponsors made a two minute youtube invitation to accompany the written invitation which was being emailed. I think it's really good and thought I's share it with you. If the OSLIST mucks up the formatting

[OSList] conference stories

2017-09-07 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
Hi Open Spacers, I want to collect a few stories from people who have facilitated conferences in Open Space. This might be an entire conference beginning to end OR a partial conference (for example, where a day of OST was added at the end of a more traditional conference design). A short

[OSList] youtube clips

2017-07-03 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
Just when I think that everything in going a bit quiet on the OST front (in terms of interest), some new youtube clips show up. You know how occasionally we need an 'elevator pitch'? (Harrison has one sitting in the back of a taxi I believe). Here are a couple of animated ones I discovered

[OSList] Brett Wood Podcast

2017-05-01 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
Lovely testimony here to the power of OST, in the context of creativity. Brett Wood is my brother and he is based in Sydney. The section of the podcast specifically related to OST is at 56 minutes and 30 seconds through to 1 hour and 8 seconds. You can fast forward to that point if you want

[OSList] Now What?

2017-01-26 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
In my university a new unit it being launched called 'Active Citizenship'. We are opening space right at the beginning to garner ideas on both content and process. It's my personal hope that the unit might end up helping students to think and practice OST (and associated thinking around

[OSList] Now What?

2017-01-26 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
In my university a new unit it being launched called 'Active Citizenship'. We are opening space right at the beginning to garner ideas on both content and process. It's my personal hope that the unit might end up helping students to think and practice OST (and associated thinking around

[OSList] listeningcorps

2017-01-15 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
Dear Kai Love the vision - YES, YES, YES. Michael Wood Perth, Western Australia On 1/8/17 10:40 PM, Kai Degner via OSList wrote: Greetings- How about 1,000 community OS's? I know too few of you, but am a fellow OS convener and am happy to be back on the OSlist. I just finished 8

[OSList] Open Space in Melbourne

2016-06-13 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
For information for OSLIST folks in Australia, I am offering some Open Space training for church leaders in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne 18-19 July. I leave public trainings to the Melbourne folks but I am an Anglican priest and this is an in-house job for the Anglican church. The week

[OSList] Open Space and churches in the UK

2016-03-31 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
I'd be interested in hearing from anyone on this list who is either doing work with OST in churches in the UK, or knows of anyone who is, or who is interested in doing so. This is a primary interest of mine in Australia. I will be visiting the UK next January and am wondering what's happening

[OSList] meeting in Haiti

2015-12-02 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
John, thankyou for this post on OSLIST about the meeting in Haiti. I have passed it to some engineers at my university whose passion is doing grassroots collaboration with communities. They will find this story encouraging. From: John Engle via OSList

[OSList] powerful questions

2015-11-19 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
I think that powerful questions are usually 'short' and invite invite/enable 'future possibility' (as opposed to problem solving). Ask the question and then shut up (rather than getting nervous and trying to rephrase the question when we get confronted with silence). We have be patient and

[OSList] Interdisciplinary Research dreaming

2015-10-05 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
A few years ago I was invited by a learning and development company to facilitate a weekend of Open Space for the whole company, on the question of 'New Business Development ideas for..'x' company'. It was an incredibly creative and fun weekend in which many ideas were floated and talked

[OSList] twitter?

2015-06-03 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
What's twitter? But...to be more serious, I don't want or need another communications platform. So you twitterers go for it, but I hope the email feed continues too, for longer and deeper exploration of things Cheers Michael Wood Perth, Western Australia From: OSList

[OSList] Are You a frequent Lurker on OSLIST?

2015-01-12 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
Yeah - I'm a regular - on and off for about 10 years. Facilitating (and teaching) OST regularly/professionally. OST is great - and so is this little on-line community. Michael Wood Perth, Western Australia -Original Message- From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org]

[OSList] Are You a frequent Lurker on OSLIST?

2015-01-12 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
Yeah - I'm a regular - on and off for about 10 years. Facilitating (and teaching) OST regularly/professionally. OST is great - and so is this little on-line community. Michael Wood Perth, Western Australia -Original Message- From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org]

[OSList] Are You a frequent Lurker on OSLIST?

2015-01-12 Thread Michael Wood via OSList
Yeah - I'm a regular - on and off for about 10 years. Facilitating (and teaching) OST regularly/professionally. OST is great - and so is this little on-line community. Michael Wood Perth, Western Australia -Original Message- From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org]