Hi, Yes, I experienced Open Space for the first time in school and got hooked until this day... that was over 25 years ago. I have participated in and facilitated Open Spaces in schools, so yes, what you're planning is a good idea. I am wondering why you're choosing a half-day for such a controversial topic? I am wondering if you're clear on who will make decisions in the end, where and how, what will happen with the results, and what the follow-up process is. Please don't forget to plan the implementation and monitoring beforehand with your sponsor - otherwise, you can harm the community (and in the end also Open Space as a method). But if you do it well, you might get more people interested and inspired to keep working with this method and help facilitate more complex questions and processes in the future. Which would be amazing! Greetings from Berlin, Anna Caroline *Anna Caroline Türk* Mentor to Visionary Leaders +49(0)176 24872254 | TruthCircles.com <http://TruthCircles.com> On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM Eva P Svensson via OSList < everyone@oslist.org> wrote: > Hi Nicolas, > Yes Open Space had been used in schools a number of times as I recall. I > had a n Open space with kids in a school several years ago and it worked > just fine as a normal one. The thing that I had to be most attentive to was > the grown ups… They tend to try to “help” the kids handing out papers and > so on… > The only thing that we did differently was that we had a “ butterfly cafe” > since we couldn’t allow the kids to left school during school time😊 > Cheers from Sweden > > :o) > Eva > > Sänt från min IPhone > > 28 okt. 2026 kl. 20:14 skrev Nicolas Ramirez via OSList < > everyone@oslist.org>: > >  > Hello everyone > I’m Nicolás Ramírez, partner at Negotiation by Design in Bogotá, Colombia > and father of 3 kids in school age (14, 12 and 5) > Schools around the world are working through a question that goes well > beyond whether students can carry a phone: what role should technology play > in learning itself? Many schools now hand out laptops or tablets, set > homework that requires a screen, run classes on digital platforms, and are > seeing AI tools enter every assignment. Yet few have decided together, with > families, how much of this helps learning at each age, where it gets in the > way, and what children should still learn without a screen. > AI makes the question urgent, it’s moving faster than any policy, and most > schools are deciding on their own. > The debate often splits parents between ‘more technology prepares them for > the future’ and ‘less technology protects how they think,’ and students are > rarely part of the conversation. > We believe Open Space can help school communities move past that divide. > We would like to offer the school of my kids a pro-bono half-day session > for parents, teachers, school leaders and older students in Bogotá around > the question ‘How do we want technology and AI to support our students’ > learning, from early childhood to graduation?’ > Has anyone used Open Space in a school, or on educational technology, > digital learning or AI policy, anywhere in the world? > Best, > Nicolas > > <Outlook-Negotiatio.png> > > *Nicolas Ramirez Roa* > Senior Consultant & Partner · *Negotiation by Design®* > Mobile (CO) > +57 310 223 6710 (WhatsApp) > Mobile (US) > +1 346 774 4037 <(346)%20774-4037> > Email > nicolas@negotiationbydesign.com > *LinkedIn* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasramirezroa/> | *Book a > Meeting* <https://calendly.com/nicolas-negotiationbydesign/30min> > > OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org > To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org > > OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org > To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org

Michael M Pannwitz — are you here? I seem to recall you led many Open Space gatherings in schools, including the one that Anna Carolina referred to. Is there anything you can add from the organizer’s perspective? Particularly, when proposing the concept for the first time. Thanks, Peggy _________________________________ Peggy Holman peggy@peggyholman.com Bellevue, WA 98006 206-948-0432 www.peggyholman.com Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity <https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/> "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become the fire". -- Drew Dellinger > On Oct 28, 2026, at 1:37 PM, Anna Caroline Türk via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote: > > Hi, > Yes, I experienced Open Space for the first time in school and got hooked until this day... that was over 25 years ago. > I have participated in and facilitated Open Spaces in schools, so yes, what you're planning is a good idea. > > I am wondering why you're choosing a half-day for such a controversial topic? > I am wondering if you're clear on who will make decisions in the end, where and how, what will happen with the results, and what the follow-up process is. > > Please don't forget to plan the implementation and monitoring beforehand with your sponsor - otherwise, you can harm the community (and in the end also Open Space as a method). But if you do it well, you might get more people interested and inspired to keep working with this method and help facilitate more complex questions and processes in the future. Which would be amazing! > > Greetings from Berlin, > Anna Caroline > > > > > Anna Caroline Türk > Mentor to Visionary Leaders > +49(0)176 24872254 | TruthCircles.com  <http://truthcircles.com/> > > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM Eva P Svensson via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> wrote: >> Hi Nicolas, >> Yes Open Space had been used in schools a number of times as I recall. I had a n Open space with kids in a school several years ago and it worked just fine as a normal one. The thing that I had to be most attentive to was the grown ups… They tend to try to “help” the kids handing out papers and so on… >> The only thing that we did differently was that we had a “ butterfly cafe” since we couldn’t allow the kids to left school during school time😊 >> Cheers from Sweden >> >> :o) >> Eva >> >> Sänt från min IPhone >> >>> 28 okt. 2026 kl. 20:14 skrev Nicolas Ramirez via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>>: >>> >>>  >>> Hello everyone >>> I’m Nicolás Ramírez, partner at Negotiation by Design in Bogotá, Colombia and father of 3 kids in school age (14, 12 and 5) >>> Schools around the world are working through a question that goes well beyond whether students can carry a phone: what role should technology play in learning itself? Many schools now hand out laptops or tablets, set homework that requires a screen, run classes on digital platforms, and are seeing AI tools enter every assignment. Yet few have decided together, with families, how much of this helps learning at each age, where it gets in the way, and what children should still learn without a screen. >>> AI makes the question urgent, it’s moving faster than any policy, and most schools are deciding on their own. >>> The debate often splits parents between ‘more technology prepares them for the future’ and ‘less technology protects how they think,’ and students are rarely part of the conversation. >>> We believe Open Space can help school communities move past that divide. We would like to offer the school of my kids a pro-bono half-day session for parents, teachers, school leaders and older students in Bogotá around the question ‘How do we want technology and AI to support our students’ learning, from early childhood to graduation?’ >>> Has anyone used Open Space in a school, or on educational technology, digital learning or AI policy, anywhere in the world? >>> Best, >>> Nicolas >>> >>> <Outlook-Negotiatio.png> >>> >>> Nicolas Ramirez Roa >>> Senior Consultant & Partner · Negotiation by Design® >>> Mobile (CO) >>> +57 310 223 6710 (WhatsApp) >>> Mobile (US) >>> +1 346 774 4037 <tel:(346)%20774-4037> >>> Email >>> nicolas@negotiationbydesign.com <mailto:nicolas@negotiationbydesign.com> >>> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasramirezroa/> | Book a Meeting <https://calendly.com/nicolas-negotiationbydesign/30min> >>> >>> OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org> >>> To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org <mailto:everyone-leave@oslist.org> >>> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org >> OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org> >> To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org <mailto:everyone-leave@oslist.org> >> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org > OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org > To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org