Re: Working group

2010-03-14 Thread Allison & Jim Baensch
Thank you Doug and Christina, It's a help to have the software field narrowed down a little - otherwise there are too many options to consider! This morning I have been looking into Drop.io, Maestro and Skype. Our choice will depend on the group, of course. Having some familiarity is useful,

Re: Working group

2010-03-13 Thread Allison & Jim Baensch
Hi Larry, Thank you. Having been involved in an Open Space Online meeting. some time ago, I know how well it works. Unfortunately I doubt that the association could afford its use at present. Our members mostly have small, often part-time practices, and the association is completely run b

Re: Working group

2010-03-13 Thread Allison & Jim Baensch
Hi Harrison. I do have your book, thanks, which I still read avidly before each Open Space I run (they are sadly rare). Translating the steps into this new (for me) phone situation was what I have been wondering about. Yes, I miss Brian and his sharing of Open Space. Viv and I live only an

Re: Working group

2010-03-13 Thread Allison & Jim Baensch
Hi Koos, Sadly, we are too spread out to gather in person, though it would be great to meet. There are even 2 working group members presently in New Zealand, located far from each other, I think. The rest are several hours' drive from each other in several states of Australia. So Skype so

Re: Working group

2010-03-13 Thread Allison & Jim Baensch
Thanks Doug, It's good to hear other groups have met this way. How do you manage break out groups on Skype? I have used Skype a little, but not for Open Space. Does each break out group need to make another call, using a different phone number? Or does the whole group stay together on the or

Re: Working group

2010-03-13 Thread Christine Whitney Sanchez
Hi Allison, Doug is referring to MaestroConference, http://maestroconference.com, which is the virtual platform we used for interactive phone sessions with Harrison, Juanita Brown & Nicole Boyer, David Isaacs, David Cooperrider and me during MaestroMonth last October - http://maestromonth.c

Re: Working group

2010-03-13 Thread doug
Allison-- For images too, take a look at drop.io. There are probably others like it. :- Doug. On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 22:19 +1100, Allison & Jim Baensch wrote: > Hi Koos, > > Sadly, we are too spread out to gather in person, though it would be > great to meet. > There

Re: Working group

2010-03-13 Thread douglas germann
Allison-- No breakouts on Skype, nor even on the conference calls we had (except the new one--Christine Whitney Sanchez can tell us about that). So we do things in serial order. :- Doug. On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 22:13 +1100, Allison & Jim Baensch wrote: > Thanks Doug, > >

Re: Working group

2010-03-12 Thread Larry Peterson
Another option is to try using the Open Space Online software for a conversation or tele connections like that Cisco provides to engage conversations at a variety of locations at once. Larry Larry Peterson & Associates in Transformation Toronto, Ontario, Canada la...@spiritedorg.com 416.653.48

Re: Working group

2010-03-12 Thread koos
Hi Allison, Just had a conversation last night with two good friends about this. Our conclusion was that electronic ways of meeting work much better once you have established face to face contact first. If people don't know each other from physical presence beforehand, it is much harder to

Re: Working group

2010-03-12 Thread Harrison Owen
Sounds like a natural and for help you should consult that large OS community in OZ. It's King Pin, Brian died recently but all proceeds. Give Viv McWaters a yell, and everything should work out. (v...@thereef.com.au ) Then again you could simply read The book. "Open Space Technology: A User's Guid

Re: Working group

2010-03-11 Thread doug
Allison-- The Open Space Institute-US board meets in open space monthly via conference call, using one of the free conference sites. Climate Space people met internationally for several months using Skype. And people are using Skype and conference calls to meet in open space from all over the ho