A number of real open space events are documented
online. Here are a few to start with...
Strategic Planning in Open Space -- three short stories from an export trade council,
a community college and a volunteer executive board retreat.
<http://www.globalchicago.net/mha/stories/strategy.html>
Special Projects in Open Space: Meetings that Make a Difference -- Harrison Owen's
story of the project team that built the AT&T pavilion for
the Olympic Games in Atlanta.
<http://www.globalchicago.net/mha/stories/attinost.html>
Youth Action in Open Space, Sustainable Racine Project, Racine Wisconsin --
a growing string of success stories that are emerging in Open
Space, led by local youth. <http://www.globalchicago.net/mha/stories/youthaction.html>
Opening Space in Dangerous Times -- observations from working with a small hosptal
on an Indian Reservation and a number of comments from the managers,
supervisors and assistants who participated.
<http://www.globalchicago.net/mha/stories/dangeroustimes.html>
Taking the Leap: Opening Space
for the First Time -- a personal
story of what it was like to lead a group into Open Space, the
first time around.
<http://www.globalchicago.net/mha/stories/firsttime.html>
Photos from Open Space -- worth several thousand words, these were taken
by participants at the September, 1998, Intentional Evolution
Workshop in Open Space.
<http://www.globalchicago.net/mha/workshops/sept98photos1.html>
Invitations to (and Proceedings
from) Real Open Space Events --
the MHA Workshops page contains links to the invitation and proceedings
documents from some public workshops held in open space.
<http://www.globalchicago.net/mha/workshops.html>
Worldwide Open Space Website/Portal - the center of the Open Space Tech world, with links
to stories, conversations and resources offered by practitioners
and websites around the world.
<http://www.openspaceworld.org> click Marketplace link,
then click Stories link.
Tales from Open Space
- A collection of open space technology stories written by professional
writers and edited by Open Space Tech originator, Harrison Owen.
Originally published by Abbott Publishing, now available at Harrison's
website.
<http://www.mindspring.com/~owenhh/Tales.htm>
OS Stories Collected by Chris
Corrigan - in addition to ten
of his own stories from Open Space you may find links to a further
eight stories or collections of stories from around the world.
<http://www.geocities.com/chris_corrigan/osstories.html>
The Worldwide Open Space Institute -- one of the first online repositories for open
space stories and other practitioner resources, created and collected
by Barry Owen.
<http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/9215/>