What is an open space technology?
Open Space technology is an innovative form of conferences discovered by an organizational consultant Harrison Owen in the mid -1980s. The conference on open space technology has no formal structure and lacks speakers, organizational stands and pre -processed plans. Instead, the participants sit in a large circle and propose activities, discussions and workshops they would like to start. The conference may evolve organically on the basis of everyone's contributions, continue on a day or several days depending on the program and association of various people in groups in groups from five to more than 2,000. He created from his experience as an organizer of the Peace Corps in Africa, decided to create a kind of village market where different groups of people could associate with a complex. While he initially called his idea of self -organizing meetings open space, was reported in the media as open space technology, andThis has become the standard for this type of conferences. Although it seems that it does not have a real structure, in practice it turns out that it has a more complex, more dynamic and robust format compared to any management or expert oriented type of conferences.
The conference begins with all participants sitting in a circle, while the facilitator performs a short performance and sets the central theme to be explored. Those who want to start or discuss a particular topic write it on a large sheet of paper and announce it to the whole assembly. They then publish this session on a notice board or wall, select the time and place for this particular workshop and take responsibility for the venue to appear at the venue. The program of the whole conference develops in the first or more hour and the facilitator only holds space for all participants to organize their own activities.
the only criterion for anyone whoHe suggests anything at an open space conference, is that they are the enthusiasm of this problem and continue to do something constructive about it. The four key principles that control any conference on open space technology begin by anyone showing up is an absolutely correct set of people, because everyone who participates in a certain meeting really takes care of this topic. The second principle states that whenever a session begins, it is absolutely the right time to start and avoid traditional formats. Thirdly, anything happens is the only thing that could happen, and emphasizes the need to not imitate old material. Finally, when it ends, it must really end and the problem must be behind so that everyone can move the remote other things.
by one 'law' that everyone is trying to follow in a technological meeting with an open source code set by Owen is the "Mobility Law", better known as the "Law of Two Legs". According to this Act, if the participants ofThey are responsible for using their two legs to move to another location. Participants have full freedom to fly from one session to another and maximize learning and contribution accordingly. People who move in this way are considered to be butterflies or bumblebees who are the field groups, which increases more diverse and richer. Conference with open space technology is used whenever difficult problems need to be urgent; It embodies the dynamic spirit of coffee breaks where creativity and chaos go hand in hand.