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International Social Innovations Day
1-2-3 of
ISID
1) I know the temptation is to say not another big name day. But this misses out a key social map. This day will link through google hundreds of communities and webs who were up for participating. Imagine what could happen if we could cross boundaries between all those networks, or even some of them. If people across 50 cities cannot show 1000 groups how to connect such a map, they catography's had a bad hair day
2) What if you connected your own city's views of ISID. If google shows that there are 1000 webs trying - presumably some of those are coordinated out of a city near you. Why not report your own city's linkins to collaborative Innovation. Here's a clue : try changing the 4 letters city in the bookmark you are browsing to your own city's name - if that doesnt work RSVP to me at wcbn007@easynet.co.uk so we can linkin your city to the other 50 already connecting views.
3) It would cheer some of us up a lot, if one of the candidates for what could do is the
30000 actionable ideas for resolving poverty. Or something of equal connecting magnitude!
10 Billion $ Meetups
10 Billion $ Cartographers are trying to linkin 2 things
HERE- how does one successfully connect meet-up; what are the biggest social issues people from every democracy should be mapping together
Do you have any tips on meet-up? Is there a global responsibility issue that gets to you above all others? Let's start to play!
Technical note: learning games are great becuase they can take place across parallel tables like a whist drive where afterwards each table debriefs you on how the same inputs resulted in different comversational maps and socres; similarly each game can be banked for extra insights, and a virtual community thtread could be used so that everyone could see all that). Another world class learning game if you'd prefer to meetup over that is DEMOCS
Started in Boston, Fast Company Friends with 100+ City Cells
City cells vary in activity from meeting more than once a month to irregularly. The format usually mixes a guest speaker (eg Steve Denning on KM Storytelling) with the opportunity to network over some takeaway food. What makes or breaks this format's value in different cities?
Could there be more to it - eg ways of sharing action projects or practice communities across cities?
example - without Steve Denning's superb storytelling talk at 'Friends' we wouldnt have started this timeless blog
What are your experiences of making this or similar formats most timeworthy for all that linkin, and enrichening worldwide as well as local action learnings?
Please tell us of any inspirational formats you see tested in any city
What's your favourite observation?
1)
I loved Barcelona's hosting of university students entrepreneurial project competition from around the world
2) I love the new libraries (
1) and trade fairs of knowledge(
1 that seem to be linked by Pieror Formica across such places as Estonia and Latvia and...
Peter's Lewis's Offer to Share Learnings on Leadership Mentoring with any city from Bologna to Beijing
For years now Peter Lewis and a team of coaches have been experimenting with what sorts of mentoring clubs leaders like through supporting institutions such as London's Institute of Directors. From 2005, Peter is assembling teams to offer year round leadership menoring spaces -such as the
Discover Program at Cass Business School where one day a month is put aside for leaders to meet, commune what questions they want to study next and benchmark progress. We invite submission of a few practice maps: where we hope to communally pin course modules on to see if all involved define progress similarly. Externally, this navigational exercised is being rehearsed with Cabinet and other offices in an attempt to see the best of Londoner's productivities, cultural diversity and energising visions on what collaborative innovation skills we have that can be of greatest
world service.
Each member of the Discover Faculty of 2005 is trying to build intercity connections- eg I try in my role as part of the editorial board (publishing on) assembled by Piero Formica at Bologna which connects London through Bologna to European Cities and others like Tartu, Beijing, Abu Dhabi...Also having visited 30 countries to manage in-depth surveys of what local societies want from global corporations, it seems to me that the Global University's matrix is a useful tool for leadership and brand architectures, now more than ever
Collaboration Cafe format,of London #1 Collaboration Knowledge City
London is the world's open source franchise centre for the Collaboration Cafe Format. Ask
here if you want to know how this format helps network any city's change leaders. To date collaboration cafe mentors have included:
- George Por on practising Collective Intelligence
- Andrius K on how to access some of the world's most diverse innovation projects
- Bridget Peake on how to convene open space to sustain miraculous communal or networking impacts
- Franklin Frederick, Brazilian Founder of International Free Water Academy on why water matters locally to poor people more than can be imagined by global Multinationals like Coca-Cola or Nestle; and how European (London 04) & World Social Forums are networking to ensure people's lives are not evaporated away
Naturally the connecting benefit of co-producing this cafe series is to inter-link networks across all the cafes' deepest action learnings. More details on this cafe format
here.
From Canada's Hamilton (near Toronto) & Open Space Alumni
Round open space world Chile's First 40,,Asia,,UK's 100 practitioners,,US- the spiritual home...
Re: November 21 - 23, 2004 Open Space Symposium; Theme: Issues and Opportunities for a National Culture of Peace Program in Canada -- Canadian Peace Initiative
As a result of discussions among many peacebuilders and peace educators in Canada, Senator (retired) Douglas Roche and the Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace will be hosting an Open Space Conference with a theme: "Issues and Opportunities for a National Culture of Peace Program in Canada -- Canadian Peace Initiative ("CPI")". We will be following the principles of the United Nations Culture of Peace and Non-violence Program.
The Symposium will commence at 4:00 pm Sunday November 21, 2004 with Guest Speaker David Adams (past director of UNESCO/UN International Year for the Culture of Peace) and continue to 5:00 pm Tuesday November 23, at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. We will be utilizing an Open Space Technology, to encourage the particular participation of key stakeholders (institutions and individuals) whose mandate and passions impinge upon peace and non-violence in our families, communities and world. We are inviting representatives from Federal Ministries, Provincial Governments, Education,
Religious Organizations, NGOs, business, unions, etc. The simplicity and
creativity of Open Space Technology is briefly described at:
http://ponoconsultants.com/management/what_is_ost.html and an Open Space
Technology conference is discussed in http://www.ponoconsultants.com/management/what_is_an_ost_conference.html . The professional facilitator for this event is Judith Richardson of Halifax.
I would like to take this opportunity to invite you and/or your delegate to participate in our Symposium. The Agenda and background information is available at the web site http://www.peace.ca/nationalcultureofpeace2004.htm
. The Earlybird Fee prior to October 31 is $200.00 for the 2.5 days ($250.00 after; Registration Form at http://www.peace.ca/registrationformCPI.htm ; reduced rates for students and retirees). The Fee is designed to cover our costs, and any surplus will be contributed to the Canadian Peace Education Foundation. Coffee and juice will be provided during the morning and afternoon.
You may also be interested to know that we are hosting two other major concurrent events at McMaster University:
(1) Peace and Leadership 3-day workshop November 15 - 17, 2004
http://www.peace.ca/leadershipworkshop.htm
(2) Third Annual Peace Education Conference in Canada November 18 - 21, 2004
http://www.peace.ca/CanadianAgenda2004.htm
You may wish to take some or all of these into account in your planning to visit Hamilton. Our conferences and symposium are a rare chance for Canadians from all across the country to high-light peace education, research and a Culture of Peace in Canada. Origin Judi Richardson,
Open Space Alumni
Timeless Blogs seconding this format include: War on Poverty ,10 Billion $ Mapmaking,Collaboration Knowledge Cities,Action Projects 30000,Global University,
water angelsJournalists for Humanity
