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Panels, participation and press releases – Rhizome at the Rebellious Media Conference
Both Carl and I were busy at the Rebellious Media Conference last weekend. We facilitated the 2 participant-led sessions - a short Open Space on ‘Activism and the Media on Saturday, and the “Have Your Say” session on Sunday. Neither … Continue reading
A space to learn about Open Space
Here’s a shameless plug for an event I’m facilitating in Birmingham on September 1st on Facilitating Open Space as part of the Environmental Training Network’s wider programme. The last couple of years seem to have seen a real growth in … Continue reading
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Tagged Environmental Training Network, ETN, Open Space, Open Space Technology, training
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Re-energising activists
A week ago, I spent the day in the company of NGO Capacity Building Forum folk, facilitating a day of Open Space and skill sharing. The theme for the day was Re-energising and Re-motivating Activists, and it drew a crowd from 14 … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, capacity building, Facilitation
Tagged Activism, facilitation, NGO Forum, Open Space, community activism, Open Space Technology
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Opening Open Space
One of our jobs recently was to provide some mentoring support to groups organising an Open Space in the wake of 6 Billion Ways. I spent an hour with people from FoE, WDM and the Jubilee Debt Campaign talking through … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Facilitation
Tagged 6 Billion Ways, facilitation, Open Space, Open Space Technology
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Who you gonna call?
We regularly report back via the blog on workshops, meetings and events at which we’re working. We often don’t find time to mention the support we offer by phone. I type this because towards the end of last year I … Continue reading
Posted in Facilitation
Tagged Climate Camp, co-operative, facilitation, Ghostbusters, Open Space, phone support, So We Stand, training
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Shared planets and open spaces: part 2
It seems like I’m blogging about Open Space with regularity nowadays. Awareness of the technique is clearly growing amongst the campaigning NGOs and networks with whom I do a lot of my work. And it’s being used to good … Continue reading
Consensus: the deep end
13 participants and 4 facilitators, including myself, gathered in Oxford this weekend for Consensus: in at the deep end a full weekend workshop to explore consensus decision-making in more depth than consensus training usually allows. Of course consensus is a … Continue reading
Posted in Consensus, Events, Facilitation
Tagged consensus decision making, facilitation, group agreement, margins and mainstream, Open Space, Rhizome
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Local groups: successes and challenges
The NGO Forum met on Thursday at WDM’s offices in London. The session focused on learning from each other about supporting local group networks. The topic was obviously a hot one as about a dozen new organisations responded to the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Facilitation
Tagged capacity building, Climate Camp, facilitation, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, local group networks, NGO Forum, Open Space
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Shared planets and open spaces
People & Planet have opted to use Open Space Technology for the second day of their flagship conference for student campaigners: Shared Planet. Rhizome is providing support in the form of a training for Open Space facilitators; mentoring for key … Continue reading
Posted in Facilitation
Tagged facilitation, Open Space, People & Planet, Shared Planet
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Full group or full participation?
Facilitating for full participation can be tricky. Usually we’re using techniques that break large groups down to allow quieter voices and less confident people be heard. It’s a generally accepted rule of thumb that to achieve full participation in large … Continue reading
Posted in Facilitation
Tagged facilitation, Friends of the Earth, Open Space, Plenary, small groups
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