OpenSpaceWorld: FacilitatorResources

Presenting Open Space...

[Talking About Open Space] - a document for talking about Open Space with Australian examples --AlanStewart?.

[Choosing Open Space Technology] Things to consider if you are contemplating an Open Space Meeting or if you are contemplating transforming your organization to operate as an Ongoing Open Space Organization from Birgitt Williams.

[Open Space Checklist] Here is a detailed list of everything from masking tape to microphones that you need before, during and after an Open Space event. Also included are some notes for talking to potential sponsors and writing an invitation from Peggy Holman

[Two Page Open Space Primer] The basics of doing an open space in brief. If you've attended an open space, this provides a quick reference to help lead one yourself from Anne Stadler.

[Opening and Closing an OST Event] An outline of doing an opening and closing from Peggy Holman.

MultiVoterSoftware - how to download the voting software described in Harrison Owen's User's Guide. This software is certainly not required, but can be helpful with full-blown 3-day conferences with large numbers of people or large institutions that want to move into action.

[Sample Notes-Taker Form] One version of a notes-taker form for recording discussion sessions

[Convergence - A Conversation] and [Convergence Approaches] - two articles by LisaHeft, designs for finishing Open Space in ways that support ongoing action

[Open Space Technology Notes] - a detailed description of doing open space --Rick Lindman

[Open Space Practice Resources] - collection of resources including a checklist, a template for writing invitations, a script for opening space, facilitator contract, and ongoing practice notes on all kinds of applications, variations, and adaptations. --MichaelHerman

[Forms, Lists and Agendas] - several MS Word formatted resources including sample agendas, invitation resources and report forms --ChrisCorrigan

[The Open Space section of Lisa Heft's website] - a collection of papers to read, tools to use, thoughts to share; with a subset of additional Resources for OST Facilitators

[Meeting Room Capacity Spreadsheet] - a spreadsheet that helps you calculate the number of people that a meeting room will hold in one or more circles. --Koos de Heer

[Session Card] - the Session Card was created to address the challenge of a marketplace that could be as far away as 2 miles from the several places where the convened sessions would take place. This was a men's retreat held on the grounds of Sequoia Seminar, a place with one centrally located large meeting hall (the marketplace) and several dozen small meeting areas spread out over hundreds of acres of redwood trees. Some of the small meeting locations were as much as a mile or two away from the central marketplace. I was concerned that once folks left for their "first choice" convened session, the law of two feet would be completely defeated in that they wouldn't know where to go next if it wasn't working for them because the market place was not readily available for "rechoosing." We created a form of "optional dance card" for each man to fill out before he left for any sessions. --RicGiardina?

There is also a multi-language glossary of Open Space terms and phrases at LisaHeft 's website [Glossary] -- this is growing and you are welcome to contact her at mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net if you would like to help by adding a language. This may also be helpful to those of you who are making signs of principles and law for events in different languages.