Here are some visual links to Open Space in action. They evoke for me the spirit of Open Space, and why it is so valuable and successful, why it works, and why self-organisation is such a natural process…
Many show the simplicity of self-organisation, and how we can create much from very little. Many show the passion of the facilitators and the participants. We see natural light, and inner light shared socially. And, most of all, we see emerging action, and getting much done in the world…
(some of these links may go out of date)
The Gallery
A description and images at WorkshopBank
Sessions being created before an Open Space Marketplace. And another here.
An example of an Opening Circle
Gemma Cotterel’s excellent open space technology infographic.
Link here.
Open Space, beautifully captured in cartoon …
Link here.
A colourful collage of the Open Space Principles…
http://sparxxnotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/open-space-graphic.jpg
Be a butterfly, and float from session to session…
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zpvvdzLq1roenupo1_1280.jpg
And so it begins…
Link here.
Self-organisation is simple, self-organisation is easy…
Link here.
We make the programme, we release and realise the future…
http://uic.edu.hk/upload/ost_2.jpg
We meet in villas, the programme emerges …
http://iyeshe.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/open-space-agenda.jpg
Lloyd Dangle’s sketches of Open Space.
Link here.
Meeting, and conversation can be quicker than light…
Link here.
Some beautiful sketches of OST
Link here.
Bringing the world together…
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zru9WatZ1roenupo1_500.jpg
The big question …
Link here.
A warm, invitational Open Space web site …
http://christine-koehler.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/wosonoslondres.jpg
My session …
http://media.devoted.maworaa.co.uk/media/images/DDEdinburgh2_jpg_410x216_crop_q85.jpg
The cools cats come to Open Space …
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m53g52ASzq1roenupo1_1280.jpg
Breaking news …
http://media.devoted.maworaa.co.uk/media/images/Open20Space_JPG_410x216_crop_q85.jpg
Sharing, caring. in simplicity…
http://www.uservoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/MG_9688.jpg
Another example of simple eloquence …
http://www.transportedart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/openspace_agenda.jpg
Another image that captures the market place and the timetable…
http://limesnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/open-space-method2.jpg
Another cute cartoon…
http://twambeke.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/openspace.gif
Passion waiting to release…
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3209/2797912846_82180ffde5.jpg
The essence. It doesn’t come simpler than this…
http://vinylbaustein.net/2011/04/03/open-space-technology-my-experience/
Is this all too neat? Or does it create a sense of safeness to self-organise?
http://www.jeffwolfsberg.com/_wpJW/wp-content/uploads/Openspace.png
Gorgeous principles, gorgeously created…
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3063/2919311068_b8629e0994.jpg
Like this tagline…
http://www.showmethechange.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Open-Space.jpg
The disappearing facilitator (one less thing to do?)…
http://osioz.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/preview.jpg
Possibility, laid out, fanned out…
http://www.ncdd.org/exchange/files/photos/ncdd06_openspace.jpg
An overview of the process …
http://www.resonatenw.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Open-Space.jpg
A space for self-organisation, or an over-designed Nightingale’s Cage?
Link here.
Principles and bumble bees..
Link here.
I love this representation of the Law of Two Feet…
http://agilesensei.com/files/Law-of-Two-Feet.png
And another, more home made, even more beautiful…
http://congresscamp.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/law_of_two_feet.jpg
And here, too, a bit “musty” …
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/27/102287316_2e80df1915.jpg
This is a favourite Open Spacey wall …
http://www.wandahennig.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/shes-geeky-8.jpg
Another good overview graphic …
http://thehybridself.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/openspace_stinearensbach.jpg
Lovely home made butterflies and bumblebees …
http://rhizomenetwork.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/sdc10018.jpg
A neat overview diagram:
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0007/198349/open-space-forum.jpg
An evocative cartoon:
http://twambeke.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/openspace.gif
More to be added soon. Please add your own links at the bottom.
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