ecosystem of initiatives

Open Space session on Connecting Our Conversations

HOW TO CONNECT AND SCALE UP OUR CONVERSATIONS?

 

This Open Space session was convened by George Pór at the Art of Hosting training in Belgium, March 2008

Participants: George, Mushin, Erik, Louise, Andries, Minke, Toke, Simone

 

KEY INSIGHTS

 

1. Scaling up social innovation goes from loosely connected networks to communities of practice (CoP) to systems of influence. (Meg Wheatley and Debbie Freeze)

 

2. A Community of practice is primarily not about knowledge but about how we care about each other.

3. To connect and scale up conversations there needs to be a core group.  read more »