Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-14 Thread John Baxter via OSList
I enjoyed your responses Harrison and Diana Daniel, regards the events I described - I have noticed similar behaviour across a few different events, and I don't think the context of invitation makes much difference (except that I can't imagine people really speaking up in an internal business

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-14 Thread John Baxter via OSList
I enjoyed your responses Harrison and Diana Daniel, regards the events I described - I have noticed similar behaviour across a few different events, and I don't think the context of invitation makes much difference (except that I can't imagine people really speaking up in an internal business

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-14 Thread John Baxter via OSList
I enjoyed your responses Harrison and Diana Daniel, regards the events I described - I have noticed similar behaviour across a few different events, and I don't think the context of invitation makes much difference (except that I can't imagine people really speaking up in an internal business

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-13 Thread Daniel Mezick via OSList
Hi John, I wonder what kind of group your report of the [prescriptive gathering] is describing. I wonder if it is: * an open-to-the-public event; like a conference, or * a community-type gathering; like people in a community of practice, or * an event inside a business org, like a

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-13 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
To: Harold Shinsato; World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? Thank you everyone for your examples... I love the demonstrations of Open Space incorporated symbiotically into the structure of a more formal event. It is making me rethink what

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-13 Thread Diana Larsen via OSList
Hi John, In my experience, trying to hold a full-on open space conference in parallel with a prescriptive (like that term) conference often has less-than-satisfying results. Several times I've been persuaded to do such a thing, and over the years I've agreed. This year, I've helped to

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-13 Thread Daniel Mezick via OSList
Hi John, I wonder what kind of group your report of the [prescriptive gathering] is describing. I wonder if it is: * an open-to-the-public event; like a conference, or * a community-type gathering; like people in a community of practice, or * an event inside a business org, like a

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-13 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
To: Harold Shinsato; World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? Thank you everyone for your examples... I love the demonstrations of Open Space incorporated symbiotically into the structure of a more formal event. It is making me rethink what

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-13 Thread Diana Larsen via OSList
Hi John, In my experience, trying to hold a full-on open space conference in parallel with a prescriptive (like that term) conference often has less-than-satisfying results. Several times I've been persuaded to do such a thing, and over the years I've agreed. This year, I've helped to

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-13 Thread Daniel Mezick via OSList
Hi John, I wonder what kind of group your report of the [prescriptive gathering] is describing. I wonder if it is: * an open-to-the-public event; like a conference, or * a community-type gathering; like people in a community of practice, or * an event inside a business org, like a

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-13 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
To: Harold Shinsato; World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? Thank you everyone for your examples... I love the demonstrations of Open Space incorporated symbiotically into the structure of a more formal event. It is making me rethink what

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-13 Thread Diana Larsen via OSList
Hi John, In my experience, trying to hold a full-on open space conference in parallel with a prescriptive (like that term) conference often has less-than-satisfying results. Several times I've been persuaded to do such a thing, and over the years I've agreed. This year, I've helped to

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Brendan McKeague via OSList
A wee story of Last year at a 200-participant (tables of 8) conference, myself and a colleague Peter Wilde (with the blessing of the organisers) offered an 'alternative' space to the mainstream process. We introduced the notion of 'self-organising' conversations at the beginning of the

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Harold Shinsato
Very much enjoy all these conversations of Guerilla Open Space. To Daniel's question where does the authority come from to take these actions?... There seems to be a point of change before the wave crests, and the authority is coming from the space itself. It goes to those who can feel it

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Diana Larsen via OSList
One more story: Since 2008,, every year at the Agile 20xx conference there has been an area called Open Jam (in homage to a now defunct Music Festival analogy). It's usually prominently located near the main traffic patterns of the conference and arranged with a variety of sub-areas variously

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Daniel Mezick via OSList
Harold says: ...The authority is in the space, just ready for some one to pick up. Where does it come from? BART Paper says: https://www.it.uu.se/edu/course/homepage/projektDV/ht09/BART_Green_Molenkamp.pdf Nonetheless individuals take on roles that serve to fill the gaps ofauthority

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Michael Herman via OSList
always there, i think, daniel. and kind of like spiritual practice, or any practice for that matter. we do the practice every day or whatever, and some days we just rock. some days we sit on the cushion or run or sing or whatever and we end up riding some kind of rocket to peak performance.

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Harold Shinsato
The Open Jam events at the Agile 20xx conferences have increasingly been the place where (at least in my opinion) the cool things happen. Even though the official story is that Open Space doesn't work in parallel, and I've definitely seen it work horribly in a software conference attempting to

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread John Baxter via OSList
Regards specifically the sub-thread on authorisation and space (@ Michael and Daniel), I came across a magnificent quote the other day, about voting and the nature of democracy. Voting is little more nor less than the periodic delegation of our inherent authority - to act on our own behalf, and

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread John Baxter
Thank you everyone for your examples... I love the demonstrations of Open Space incorporated symbiotically into the structure of a more formal event. It is making me rethink what is possible with gatherings... there is strong pressure to have prescriptive formal structures even when everyone

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Suzanne Daigle
John, some years ago I opened space in the middle of a 3 day conference. National Alliance of Arts and Culture... 350 people in a fancy hotel in Boston. No possibility of creating circle of chairs but at least we had a market place wall. I opened the space by inviting people to create a circle in

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread John Baxter
So where are all the examples of failures to open space against the tide? Who has those? They're the ones we can really learn from... A couple come to mind, essentially the same, not quite failure, but non-events at least, that reflect the story that I mentioned earlier... A small handful of

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Brendan McKeague via OSList
A wee story of Last year at a 200-participant (tables of 8) conference, myself and a colleague Peter Wilde (with the blessing of the organisers) offered an 'alternative' space to the mainstream process. We introduced the notion of 'self-organising' conversations at the beginning of the

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Harold Shinsato
Very much enjoy all these conversations of Guerilla Open Space. To Daniel's question where does the authority come from to take these actions?... There seems to be a point of change before the wave crests, and the authority is coming from the space itself. It goes to those who can feel it

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Diana Larsen via OSList
One more story: Since 2008,, every year at the Agile 20xx conference there has been an area called Open Jam (in homage to a now defunct Music Festival analogy). It's usually prominently located near the main traffic patterns of the conference and arranged with a variety of sub-areas variously

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Daniel Mezick via OSList
Harold says: ...The authority is in the space, just ready for some one to pick up. Where does it come from? BART Paper says: https://www.it.uu.se/edu/course/homepage/projektDV/ht09/BART_Green_Molenkamp.pdf Nonetheless individuals take on roles that serve to fill the gaps ofauthority

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Michael Herman via OSList
always there, i think, daniel. and kind of like spiritual practice, or any practice for that matter. we do the practice every day or whatever, and some days we just rock. some days we sit on the cushion or run or sing or whatever and we end up riding some kind of rocket to peak performance.

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Harold Shinsato
The Open Jam events at the Agile 20xx conferences have increasingly been the place where (at least in my opinion) the cool things happen. Even though the official story is that Open Space doesn't work in parallel, and I've definitely seen it work horribly in a software conference attempting to

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread John Baxter via OSList
Regards specifically the sub-thread on authorisation and space (@ Michael and Daniel), I came across a magnificent quote the other day, about voting and the nature of democracy. Voting is little more nor less than the periodic delegation of our inherent authority - to act on our own behalf, and

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread John Baxter
Thank you everyone for your examples... I love the demonstrations of Open Space incorporated symbiotically into the structure of a more formal event. It is making me rethink what is possible with gatherings... there is strong pressure to have prescriptive formal structures even when everyone

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Suzanne Daigle
John, some years ago I opened space in the middle of a 3 day conference. National Alliance of Arts and Culture... 350 people in a fancy hotel in Boston. No possibility of creating circle of chairs but at least we had a market place wall. I opened the space by inviting people to create a circle in

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread John Baxter
So where are all the examples of failures to open space against the tide? Who has those? They're the ones we can really learn from... A couple come to mind, essentially the same, not quite failure, but non-events at least, that reflect the story that I mentioned earlier... A small handful of

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Brendan McKeague via OSList
A wee story of Last year at a 200-participant (tables of 8) conference, myself and a colleague Peter Wilde (with the blessing of the organisers) offered an 'alternative' space to the mainstream process. We introduced the notion of 'self-organising' conversations at the beginning of the

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Harold Shinsato
Very much enjoy all these conversations of Guerilla Open Space. To Daniel's question where does the authority come from to take these actions?... There seems to be a point of change before the wave crests, and the authority is coming from the space itself. It goes to those who can feel it

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Diana Larsen via OSList
One more story: Since 2008,, every year at the Agile 20xx conference there has been an area called Open Jam (in homage to a now defunct Music Festival analogy). It's usually prominently located near the main traffic patterns of the conference and arranged with a variety of sub-areas variously

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Daniel Mezick via OSList
Harold says: ...The authority is in the space, just ready for some one to pick up. Where does it come from? BART Paper says: https://www.it.uu.se/edu/course/homepage/projektDV/ht09/BART_Green_Molenkamp.pdf Nonetheless individuals take on roles that serve to fill the gaps ofauthority

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Michael Herman via OSList
always there, i think, daniel. and kind of like spiritual practice, or any practice for that matter. we do the practice every day or whatever, and some days we just rock. some days we sit on the cushion or run or sing or whatever and we end up riding some kind of rocket to peak performance.

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Harold Shinsato
The Open Jam events at the Agile 20xx conferences have increasingly been the place where (at least in my opinion) the cool things happen. Even though the official story is that Open Space doesn't work in parallel, and I've definitely seen it work horribly in a software conference attempting to

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread John Baxter via OSList
Regards specifically the sub-thread on authorisation and space (@ Michael and Daniel), I came across a magnificent quote the other day, about voting and the nature of democracy. Voting is little more nor less than the periodic delegation of our inherent authority - to act on our own behalf, and

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread John Baxter
Thank you everyone for your examples... I love the demonstrations of Open Space incorporated symbiotically into the structure of a more formal event. It is making me rethink what is possible with gatherings... there is strong pressure to have prescriptive formal structures even when everyone

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread Suzanne Daigle
John, some years ago I opened space in the middle of a 3 day conference. National Alliance of Arts and Culture... 350 people in a fancy hotel in Boston. No possibility of creating circle of chairs but at least we had a market place wall. I opened the space by inviting people to create a circle in

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-12 Thread John Baxter
So where are all the examples of failures to open space against the tide? Who has those? They're the ones we can really learn from... A couple come to mind, essentially the same, not quite failure, but non-events at least, that reflect the story that I mentioned earlier... A small handful of

[OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Peggy Holman via OSList
Hi all, I got the query below from my friend Tom Atlee. It seemed like a great question for the list. Since Tom isn’t on it, I told him that I’d forward any responses. appreciatively, Peggy Begin forwarded message: From: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Date: November 10, 2014 at 12:51:54 PM PST

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Barry Owen via OSList
That sounds a bit BarCamp ish *Barry Owen* *Real Estate Strategist* Founder/Principal Broker *Pareto Realty, LLC *\pə-ˈrā-(ˌ)tō\

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
Original message From: Peggy Holman via OSList oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Date:11/11/2014 11:59 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Open Space Listserv oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Cc: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Subject: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? Hi all, I got the query below from

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread paul levy via OSList
http://rationalmadness.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/w3.jpg I wonder if anyone reading this has experiences to share of what I am about to describe. Most published stories of open space tend to go by the book. The book is often referred to as the *user *

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Royle, Karl via OSList
Great! Sent by iPhone Karl Royle Head of Enterprise and Commercial Development Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing University of Wolverhampton 01902323006 07815416698 @karlroyle. On Twitter Karlr61 Skype Www.academia.edu/karlroylehttp://Www.academia.edu/karlroyle On 11 Nov 2014, at 20:51,

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
-08:00) To: Peggy Holman pe...@peggyholman.com,World wide Open Space Technology email list oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Cc: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Subject: RE: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? Reminds me about the conference where the streaming twitter feed was projected behind

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
Technology email list oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Cc: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Subject: RE: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/ Majestic doesn't even do it justice. Tho frankly the lady with a thousand cats in her house also comes to mind. (My apologies

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Daniel Mezick via OSList
Paul, This is great. I have some questions, hopefully intriguing questions, which I hope you are willing to answer...I'm very interested in learning about /your/ thoughts on these questions Question 1 background: In this 1st person account, there are several people occupying

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
: Guerilla Open Space? Hi all, I got the query below from my friend Tom Atlee. It seemed like a great question for the list. Since Tom isn’t on it, I told him that I’d forward any responses. appreciatively, Peggy Begin forwarded message: From: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Date

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Carmela Ariza via OSList
Holman pe...@peggyholman.com; World wide Open Space Technology email list oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Cc: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Sent: Wednesday, 12 November 2014, 4:29 Subject: Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? Reminds me about the conference where the streaming twitter feed

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Skye Hirst via OSList
yeah, indeed flash mob Open Space always a great possibility. Thanks, Skye On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Royle, Karl via OSList oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote: Great! Sent by iPhone Karl Royle Head of Enterprise and Commercial Development Faculty of Education Health and

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread John Baxter via OSList
I hosted an 'Elephants' Gathering' at a conference once upon a time. I knew there were people there I wanted to talk to, but the program was of little interest. I didn't try to compete with the mainstream agenda, I put it in the evening. Nobody had any intent on the formalities of Open Space,

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Michael Herman via OSList
first, to paul, yes i've definitely done as you say. was a very small group of us, not a conference but a team meeting held too late in the day and made everyone ripe for some harmless mutiny. i led the charge or made the suggestion, and the next day we did the team meeting in open space. we

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
I remember that story Michael! Some year afterward, John Abbe came south from Eugene and we cofacilitated a two day 'recent changes camp' outside and inside of the Social Text offices in Palo Alto. Folks from Europe were there too. Jeff On 11/11/14, Michael Herman via OSList

[OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Peggy Holman via OSList
Hi all, I got the query below from my friend Tom Atlee. It seemed like a great question for the list. Since Tom isn’t on it, I told him that I’d forward any responses. appreciatively, Peggy Begin forwarded message: From: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Date: November 10, 2014 at 12:51:54 PM PST

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Barry Owen via OSList
That sounds a bit BarCamp ish *Barry Owen* *Real Estate Strategist* Founder/Principal Broker *Pareto Realty, LLC *\pə-ˈrā-(ˌ)tō\

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
Original message From: Peggy Holman via OSList oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Date:11/11/2014 11:59 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Open Space Listserv oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Cc: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Subject: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? Hi all, I got the query below from

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread paul levy via OSList
http://rationalmadness.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/w3.jpg I wonder if anyone reading this has experiences to share of what I am about to describe. Most published stories of open space tend to go by the book. The book is often referred to as the *user *

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Royle, Karl via OSList
Great! Sent by iPhone Karl Royle Head of Enterprise and Commercial Development Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing University of Wolverhampton 01902323006 07815416698 @karlroyle. On Twitter Karlr61 Skype Www.academia.edu/karlroylehttp://Www.academia.edu/karlroyle On 11 Nov 2014, at 20:51,

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
-08:00) To: Peggy Holman pe...@peggyholman.com,World wide Open Space Technology email list oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Cc: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Subject: RE: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? Reminds me about the conference where the streaming twitter feed was projected behind

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
Technology email list oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Cc: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Subject: RE: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/ Majestic doesn't even do it justice. Tho frankly the lady with a thousand cats in her house also comes to mind. (My apologies

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Daniel Mezick via OSList
Paul, This is great. I have some questions, hopefully intriguing questions, which I hope you are willing to answer...I'm very interested in learning about /your/ thoughts on these questions Question 1 background: In this 1st person account, there are several people occupying

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
: Guerilla Open Space? Hi all, I got the query below from my friend Tom Atlee. It seemed like a great question for the list. Since Tom isn’t on it, I told him that I’d forward any responses. appreciatively, Peggy Begin forwarded message: From: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Date

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Carmela Ariza via OSList
Holman pe...@peggyholman.com; World wide Open Space Technology email list oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Cc: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Sent: Wednesday, 12 November 2014, 4:29 Subject: Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? Reminds me about the conference where the streaming twitter feed

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Skye Hirst via OSList
yeah, indeed flash mob Open Space always a great possibility. Thanks, Skye On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Royle, Karl via OSList oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote: Great! Sent by iPhone Karl Royle Head of Enterprise and Commercial Development Faculty of Education Health and

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread John Baxter via OSList
I hosted an 'Elephants' Gathering' at a conference once upon a time. I knew there were people there I wanted to talk to, but the program was of little interest. I didn't try to compete with the mainstream agenda, I put it in the evening. Nobody had any intent on the formalities of Open Space,

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Michael Herman via OSList
first, to paul, yes i've definitely done as you say. was a very small group of us, not a conference but a team meeting held too late in the day and made everyone ripe for some harmless mutiny. i led the charge or made the suggestion, and the next day we did the team meeting in open space. we

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
I remember that story Michael! Some year afterward, John Abbe came south from Eugene and we cofacilitated a two day 'recent changes camp' outside and inside of the Social Text offices in Palo Alto. Folks from Europe were there too. Jeff On 11/11/14, Michael Herman via OSList

[OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Peggy Holman via OSList
Hi all, I got the query below from my friend Tom Atlee. It seemed like a great question for the list. Since Tom isn’t on it, I told him that I’d forward any responses. appreciatively, Peggy Begin forwarded message: From: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Date: November 10, 2014 at 12:51:54 PM PST

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Barry Owen via OSList
That sounds a bit BarCamp ish *Barry Owen* *Real Estate Strategist* Founder/Principal Broker *Pareto Realty, LLC *\pə-ˈrā-(ˌ)tō\

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
Original message From: Peggy Holman via OSList oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Date:11/11/2014 11:59 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Open Space Listserv oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Cc: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Subject: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? Hi all, I got the query below from

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread paul levy via OSList
http://rationalmadness.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/w3.jpg I wonder if anyone reading this has experiences to share of what I am about to describe. Most published stories of open space tend to go by the book. The book is often referred to as the *user *

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Royle, Karl via OSList
Great! Sent by iPhone Karl Royle Head of Enterprise and Commercial Development Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing University of Wolverhampton 01902323006 07815416698 @karlroyle. On Twitter Karlr61 Skype Www.academia.edu/karlroylehttp://Www.academia.edu/karlroyle On 11 Nov 2014, at 20:51,

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
-08:00) To: Peggy Holman pe...@peggyholman.com,World wide Open Space Technology email list oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Cc: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Subject: RE: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? Reminds me about the conference where the streaming twitter feed was projected behind

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
Technology email list oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Cc: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Subject: RE: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/ Majestic doesn't even do it justice. Tho frankly the lady with a thousand cats in her house also comes to mind. (My apologies

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Daniel Mezick via OSList
Paul, This is great. I have some questions, hopefully intriguing questions, which I hope you are willing to answer...I'm very interested in learning about /your/ thoughts on these questions Question 1 background: In this 1st person account, there are several people occupying

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
: Guerilla Open Space? Hi all, I got the query below from my friend Tom Atlee. It seemed like a great question for the list. Since Tom isn’t on it, I told him that I’d forward any responses. appreciatively, Peggy Begin forwarded message: From: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Date

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Carmela Ariza via OSList
Holman pe...@peggyholman.com; World wide Open Space Technology email list oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Cc: Tom Atlee c...@igc.org Sent: Wednesday, 12 November 2014, 4:29 Subject: Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space? Reminds me about the conference where the streaming twitter feed

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Skye Hirst via OSList
yeah, indeed flash mob Open Space always a great possibility. Thanks, Skye On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Royle, Karl via OSList oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote: Great! Sent by iPhone Karl Royle Head of Enterprise and Commercial Development Faculty of Education Health and

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread John Baxter via OSList
I hosted an 'Elephants' Gathering' at a conference once upon a time. I knew there were people there I wanted to talk to, but the program was of little interest. I didn't try to compete with the mainstream agenda, I put it in the evening. Nobody had any intent on the formalities of Open Space,

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Michael Herman via OSList
first, to paul, yes i've definitely done as you say. was a very small group of us, not a conference but a team meeting held too late in the day and made everyone ripe for some harmless mutiny. i led the charge or made the suggestion, and the next day we did the team meeting in open space. we

Re: [OSList] Fwd: Guerilla Open Space?

2014-11-11 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
I remember that story Michael! Some year afterward, John Abbe came south from Eugene and we cofacilitated a two day 'recent changes camp' outside and inside of the Social Text offices in Palo Alto. Folks from Europe were there too. Jeff On 11/11/14, Michael Herman via OSList