http://www.unconference.net/unconference-principles-holding-space/ Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:16:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.unconference.net/unconference-principles-holding-space/comment-page-1/#comment-136 unconference » Mashup Camp made the Merc Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:08:56 +0000 http://kaliyasblogs.net/unconference/?p=35#comment-136 [...] Doug Gold is one of the organizers of MashupCamp - he has organized traditional tech conferences, including the gigantic and now extinct Comdex show in Las Vegas. But those conferences were losing luster with the proliferation of online information. “It rapidly became apparent that high-visibility speakers didn’t know a whole lot more than the audience. It does a good job of describing the Open Space process that we went through to create the agenda. The organizers simply put a big easel at the front of the room, displaying a grid with starting times and room numbers where discussion sessions could be held. Participants wrote brief descriptions of ideas for proposed sessions on pieces of paper. Then they lined up at a microphone to very briefly describe their ideas. Next, they were handed a piece of blue tape and pasted their paper, with the discussion idea, into any vacant spot on the grid. After about 20 minutes, Mashup Camp had a two-day agenda with 45 sessions. It also trys to simplify how you “do it” In a way that is unfortunate - missing the skill and art of holding and creating space. This subtle point is hard to see. I am very glad that they do reference Harison Owen and the fact that Open Space is not ‘new’ just new to the valley. How to hold an `unconference’ [...] [...] Doug Gold is one of the organizers of MashupCamp – he has organized traditional tech conferences, including the gigantic and now extinct Comdex show in Las Vegas. But those conferences were losing luster with the proliferation of online information. “It rapidly became apparent that high-visibility speakers didn’t know a whole lot more than the audience. It does a good job of describing the Open Space process that we went through to create the agenda. The organizers simply put a big easel at the front of the room, displaying a grid with starting times and room numbers where discussion sessions could be held. Participants wrote brief descriptions of ideas for proposed sessions on pieces of paper. Then they lined up at a microphone to very briefly describe their ideas. Next, they were handed a piece of blue tape and pasted their paper, with the discussion idea, into any vacant spot on the grid. After about 20 minutes, Mashup Camp had a two-day agenda with 45 sessions. It also trys to simplify how you “do it” In a way that is unfortunate – missing the skill and art of holding and creating space. This subtle point is hard to see. I am very glad that they do reference Harison Owen and the fact that Open Space is not ‘new’ just new to the valley. How to hold an `unconference’ [...]

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