OPEN FORUM Background Paper Collection -- Paper 3
When Attention Matters and
People are more than just Talkers
Some Concerns about the Setting and Situation,
Space and Ambiente, Attention Time; Listening and Agenda Setting
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FORM & SPACE |
PHENOMENA and HIDDEN MATRIX/FABRIC behind the
DIALOGUE GAME FUNCTION around DIALOGUE & DECISION
CULTURES |
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Moderation & Hierarchy
typically in U –form, sometimes moderated in a participatory and effective
way. |
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2 |
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Frontal like in Old Education,
Master / Slave presentations of content typically without or
little interaction, ever visited a lecture? |
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Parliament There are also mixed forms like
the recent German design for "Hearings" combining 3 and 5. |
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Block Format - Multi-hierarchical
- sometimes "open" |
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F2F Dialogue Round Table layout –
in gatherings or at banquets up to 16 chairs Participative design
possible but not given as it might be moderated by someone who has a clear or
hidden agenda ! |
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5A |
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Same layout as above but with
Surprise by people visiting or taking empty chairs OR as below: |
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5B |
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the people meet in a circle with
no agenda at all, see re-inventing DEMOCRACY and DIALOGUE and DECISION
CULTURE ... |
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6 |
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Bier- table layout, lots could be
written here about hidden agendas, strategies, and tactics. I leave it for
the references below… |
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7 |
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Bar layout - the hidden
mover is the lady behind the BAR, controlling and entertaining the whole show
and her “permanent friends”. |
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Chaotic and insular arangements
for small groups, see restaurant or locations around a pool. With or without table, informal
or formal "reception". |
OPEN
FORUM Background Paper 3
Open Forum proposes a mix of methods, aware of
assumption and expectations, aware of the room layout and neighborhood and
aware of the time available, as it makes all the difference when we meet with 7
– 70 – or 700 people or online even more... and if the time available is
30 minutes 2 hours or 2 days or weeks.
Anyone interested into further material on
DIALOGUE is welcome not only to visit the „depth“ of our homepage, but also
some rich collections we recommend cordially:
Recommended
Web Pages and Encyclopedias
Re:
DIALOG and DECISION CULTURE
· UIA Collection (Anthony Judge) SELECTED WEBSITES on DIALOG
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DIALOGE AND LEADERSHIP - guide2dialog(Vanderbuilt
Uni.) COLLECTION
· OPEN FORUM Method mix proposals and MAGIC Round TABLE Rundgespräche
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OPEN SPACE in WIKIPEDIA and Open_Space On_Line
· NEW HAVEN DIALOG & David Bohm – FAQ’s
· Fuschl Conversations, TEAM I, 2002 – New Agoras FC 2004 Biuilding New Agoras
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FOLLETT FOUNDATION Collection
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MILLENNIUM PROJECT Collection
– Dialog and Peacemaking Collection
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World of NGO’s Vienna
- DIALOG: LEADER DEVELOPMENT Vanderbilt University
- Da Zi Bao and Peoples Voices, Brussels-New York, Rio ’92, WFSF Turku ’93,…
- Cultures Generations Dialog, Interantional Peace
University 1995
- Some events around Youth / EDUCATION and YOUTH / Futures and re-inventing Democracy
- World of NGO’s, Vienna,
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[UIA Encyclopedia 94-04] Encyclopedia of World
Problems and Human Potential (1994-95). 4th edition, , 3 vols., ca.
3000 pages, UIA Brussels & KG Saur Verlag, A Thomson Learning Company,
Munich, New Providence, London, Paris, http://www.uia.org/uiapubs/pubency.htm
- [Francois, 04]. C. Francois (Ed). Encyclopedia of System Sciences and Cybernetics, 2nd Edition, Saur - A Thomson Learning Company, Munich, August 2004, ONLINE
For
more you are most welcome to visit: http://open-forum.de
or just write to heiner.benking@open-forum.de or farah.lenser@open-forum.de
OPEN FORUM Background Paper Collection -- Paper 3