http://www.unconference.net/create-a-welcoming-inviting-space/ Sun, 08 Aug 2010 01:37:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.unconference.net/create-a-welcoming-inviting-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1589 unconference » Gender Biased Newsweek Article on Unconferences Thu, 10 May 2007 05:03:10 +0000 http://kaliyasblogs.net/unconference/?p=45#comment-1589 [...] In this spirit of making *camp events welcoming I invite the *camp organizers and community to consider the nature of the ‘rules’ that are currently held up as those that *camp events should be guided by. Perhaps the ‘rule’ that everyone who comes MUST present is intimidating to people and perhaps particularly women who might come but are shy or unsure. In a culture where low self-esteme is so prevalent a more welcoming frame and ‘rules’ might encourage more women to experiment with coming to a *camp event. It may be as simple as including at least a reference on “the rules” page to Open Space and its guiding principles might alow some *camp organizers to experiment with more welcoming ‘rules’ or guidelines for their events. [...] [...] In this spirit of making *camp events welcoming I invite the *camp organizers and community to consider the nature of the ‘rules’ that are currently held up as those that *camp events should be guided by. Perhaps the ‘rule’ that everyone who comes MUST present is intimidating to people and perhaps particularly women who might come but are shy or unsure. In a culture where low self-esteme is so prevalent a more welcoming frame and ‘rules’ might encourage more women to experiment with coming to a *camp event. It may be as simple as including at least a reference on “the rules” page to Open Space and its guiding principles might alow some *camp organizers to experiment with more welcoming ‘rules’ or guidelines for their events. [...]

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