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connect with people who want/need support applying Open Space Technology?

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Michael M Pannwitz
Tue, Oct 28, 2025 11:21 AM

Dear John,

thanks for your question.

I used the most effective approach:
Put all my power and will in doing nothing.

And it always worked for me.

Peggy Holman once suggested this intervention.
I remember it worked for her.

As you can see, it took me two months to answer your question.
My hunch is that an ost gathering came your way.
Right?

25 years ago one of our colleagues in Germany

asked practitioners working with large groups to send her data.
She compiled it and found that OST was the most used approach
in the work with large groups.
She did this for several years... I cant find her results, maybe someone
else
has it in their archives.

I am quite curious to see the current figures for analogue events.
How many analogue ost events were you involved in the last 12 months?
I will compile them and just send the total number of events and the number
of os workers that accompanied them.
This, I am sure, is perfect science, best of statistics.

Have a great day and fun getting ready for the next ost event!
Greetings from Berlin
mmp

am 17.08.2025 um 09:08 schrieb John Warinner:

Thank you Michael.

What have you discovered to be the best ways to connect with people
who want/need support applying Open Space Technology?

Thank you,
John

Michael M Pannwitz
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
+49 30 7728000    mmpannwitz@posteo.de

WOSonOS will be in Kenya in November 6th-8th, 2025, have a look
https://www.wosonos2025.org/

Dear John, thanks for your question. I used the most effective approach: Put all my power and will in doing nothing. And it always worked for me. Peggy Holman once suggested this intervention. I remember it worked for her. As you can see, it took me two months to answer your question. My hunch is that an ost gathering came your way. Right? 25 years ago one of our colleagues in Germany > https://www.openspaceworldmap.org/worker/susanne-maria-weber asked practitioners working with large groups to send her data. She compiled it and found that OST was the most used approach in the work with large groups. She did this for several years... I cant find her results, maybe someone else has it in their archives. I am quite curious to see the current figures for analogue events. How many analogue ost events were you involved in the last 12 months? I will compile them and just send the total number of events and the number of os workers that accompanied them. This, I am sure, is perfect science, best of statistics. Have a great day and fun getting ready for the next ost event! Greetings from Berlin mmp am 17.08.2025 um 09:08 schrieb John Warinner: > Thank you Michael. > > What have you discovered to be the best ways to connect with people > who want/need support applying Open Space Technology? > > Thank you, > John > > Michael M Pannwitz Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany +49 30 7728000 mmpannwitz@posteo.de WOSonOS will be in Kenya in November 6th-8th, 2025, have a look https://www.wosonos2025.org/