2010-07-26T19:53:00.000-07:00

『大象與跳蚤』by Charles Handy 在這本書內容具啟發性高, 文字親切與坦率的書中, Charles Handy對大象與跳蚤這兩種截然不同生物的定義是：

大象：資源豐富, 提供安定與舒適的工作環境的組織
跳蚤：具有專業知識與技能, 有熱情, 具彈性, 願意學習與分享的工作者!

如此說來, 若以目前的職場分類, 可以區分的大象有: 公營組織, 營利組織, 及非營利組織。那跳蚤就是泛指服務於這些組織的工作者!

當開始起心動念有自己的部落格【空中茶水間】之後，增加了在虛擬的網路世界與朋友互動。也因為這樣，慢慢學著使用網路工具之後, 對日漸增多的社交工具的邀請, 開始問的是:有沒有一個虛擬社群可以讓我們跳蚤聚集, 熱情分享, 交換專長, 及持續學習.... ?

有了Jenny, Vincent及Karina 的鼓勵與支持, 我們四人自2010四月就開始了【跳蚤星球http://thefleaplanet.ning.com 】這個網絡的建立,... 歡迎好友們的加入！盡情發揮你的創意與想像力, 一起打造與分享屬於每個人的星球! 期待後續發展、、、

What's new

2009-07-08T21:57:00.000-07:00

Please go to the website for new information about the 17th World Open Space on Open Space (2009WOSonOS)

The 17th World Open Space on Open Space

Invitation to WOSONOS in Taiwan in October

2009-02-26T20:24:00.000-08:00

The Open Space Community of Taiwan
Open Space Institutes around the world
International Open Space Practitioners and Colleagues
invite you to

The 17th World Open Space on Open Space (WOSonOS)

A conference in Open Space, for facilitators, organizations
and colleagues who use Open Space Technology

at the Tien-Mou International Convention Center, in Taipei, Taiwan,

14-17 October 2009

What Can We Learn / Share / Teach / Explore / Discover with Each Other
about our Work Around the World With Self-Organization in Open Space?

THE SCHEDULE
Wednesday, 14 October, eveningWelcome Reception to meet old and new friends and colleagues(included in the WOSonOS registration fee, registered delegates only)
Thursday, 15 October through Saturday, 17 October, 2009
World Open Space on Open Space for facilitators, organizations and colleagues who use Open Space Technology

(the WOSonOS delegate registration fee includes: Conference fee, Wednesday evening reception, Thursday through Saturday lunches, and Thursday evening celebration dinner).

CONFERENCE LANGUAGE
English (if English is difficult for you, we will attempt to find other Conference participants to support you)

VISAS
Because of the shifting global economic and political realities, visa requirements are also in flux. Please check for your country on: http://taiwan.visahq.com/ , and/or
http://www.boca.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1443&ctNode=116&mp=2

CONFERENCE FEE:
(not yet finalized, but are working to get it within the US$300 range as it has been in previous years.)
We intend to make this Conference available to as many as wish to participate from our global community. Therefore, our fee payment philosophy is: "Pay what you can and a little bit more."
Basic Delegate Fee includes: Conference fee, Wednesday evening reception, Thursday through Saturday lunches, and Thursday evening celebration dinner.

We are seeking funds for partial support for overseas participants who might not otherwise be able to attend. So, we invite anyone who has access to contributions to help with financial assistance, to please let us know.

HOUSING
Tien Mou International Convention Center (Conference site): http://www.train-star.com.tw/index.htm
(in Chinese but you can see what it looks like!)
Room for 2 people with 2 single beds, private bath. Cost: US$ 50 for the room; US$ 25 each if shared with another participant. Wireless and parking available.
Meals not provided as part of the Registration Fee are easily available in the neighborhood.

Or you can arrange a hotel of your choice in Taipei. Below are links for a variety of the hotels on a direct bus line (#220 - roughly US$0.50/person, transportation time: about 30-40 mins.) or taxi (1 way cost is only US$6-7.50) ) to the Tien-Mou International Convention Center. Contact the hotel of your choice directly if you do not plan to stay overnight at the Convention Center. Pay particular attention to whether or not tax and service charges are included in the listed price. There are often special rates available (sometimes up to 50%, so always ask for them).

List of hotels in a variety of price ranges with easy access to public transportation to the Tien-Mou International Convention Center.

1) Grand Formosa Regent - 5 Stars US$180+
http://www.grandformosa.com.tw/English/index.html

2) Hotel Royal Taipei - 5 Stars US$150+
http://www.royal-taipei.com.tw/index-e.htm

3) The Grand Hotel Taipei - 5 stars US$160+
http://www.grand-hotel.org/newsite/html/e/ca01.htm

4) The Riviera Hotel Taipei- 3.5 stars US$125+
http://www.rivierataipei.com/FrameIndex.htm?Frame=2

5) The Ambassador Hotel Taipei - 4 stars US$160+
http://www.ambassadorhotel.com.tw/TP/ambassador_taipei.htm

6) K Hotel Taipei II (Business Hotel) - US$88+
http://60.250.8.229/hotel/reservation/reservation.php

7) Taipei Sunroute Hotel (Business Hotel) - US$70+
http://www.sunroute-taipei.com/

8) Feeling Motel
http://feelinghotel.com.tw/ US$50 (58 on weekends) Within walking distance of Convention Center

Online hotel booking sites to get good rates:
1) Hotels.com
http://tw.hotels.com/hotels/searchframe.jsp?cid=91257&currencyCode=TWD&locale=en_TW&validateCity=true&validateDates=true

2) Asiatravel.com
http://www.asiatravel.com/taiwan/taiwan.html?sid=1011&trck=&lan

3) Asiarooms.com

http://www.asiarooms.com/taiwan/taipei.html?gclid=CIHDp_vj9JgCFRIcawodalKo1A

2009 WOSONOS in Taiwan

2008-11-13T21:37:00.000-08:00

Dear All,

The final date has been set. We invite you all to the 2009 WOSONOS in Taiwan 14-17 October 2009! The event will take place in Taipei at the Tien Mou Convention Center in the northern part of the city located within a few blocks of Yang Ming Shan Mountain. In light of the chaotic economic situation, we are working to keep the expenses as low as possible and will let you know when all is finalized.

We encourage you to make your time in Taiwan an extended trip in order to visit our lovely, unique island, Take full advantage of hiking in the mountains, enjoying the seashore, museums, temples, aborigines villages, hot springs relaxing, the people, the food and more..........!

Our Conference website is in the making, thanks to the support from the San Francisco 2008 team, but you can find useful information on Taiwan by looking at the linked websites one of our current blogs or just google it:

We've had Open Space Technology events before.More pictures.

Images I am savoring from the WOSonOS -From Lisa

2008-08-06T21:03:00.000-07:00

Seeing Harrison walking in a circle of thoughtful, systems-thinking folks as everyone was kissed by the light of the sunset beaming through the Golden Gate Bridge

Seeing little clusters of folks sharing food and conversation on the sunny lawn surrounded by a eucalyptus grove

Walking into the Quiet Room to see silent thoughtful art in progress

Coming out into the sun to (literally) fall into a group of colleagues exploring movement and relationship

Feeling 'groovy' with everyone dressed up as 'hippies' for the evening dinner and party. Sampling from our International Suitcase Cuisine (items people brought along in their luggage to share for the evening social - everything from pistachio candy to caviar in a tube) - with peacock feathers and peace symbols adorning the tables

Listening for that sound of a rippling river -the sound of 100+ people engaged in conversations that matter

Colleagues from 15 countries singing folk songs together at the end of an evening in a lovely room overlooking the sailboats in the marina

A great little international morning walk group from the hostel to the event site - sharing thoughts of open space, holding space, and opening space in self and in the world

Áine Corrigan Frost energizing shoppers to browse and buy tantalizing items in the Silent Auction, her voice ringing like a clear bell across the meeting hall

Finn's bear falling...up....

'Be the Change' shoes, Taiwanese Aboriginal fabric, lovely painting of a pagoda, folk art from the Philippines and Russia, a sash from East Timor, prayer garland from Tibet, little tiny two-feet pins from Korea, chocolates from the UK, jewelry from Sweden and the US, shirts saying 'Embrace Your Grace' and 'Imagine' (on the front) / 'Opportunity' (on the back), cd's of music by our colleagues and books written by them as well, Aboriginal art shirt from Australia by way of Hong Kong, massage table, even a lovely box of condoms ;o) - all generously offered and bought at the Global Village and Silent Auction tables raising funds for the Access Queen Project

Host Team doing amazing work behind the scenes to help our welcome travelers with visa letters, home stays, room reservations, rides, special food for special needs, , welcoming buddies and more

Russian translators moving through the circles, graciously offered and thanks to Raffi for working so hard on outreaching to help us include this access

Noticing that the compostable utensils did not change shape when used with the food ;o)

Drinking in the beauty of a Closing Circle with flowers, peacock feathers, Tibetan bells and talking stick surrounded by a circle of richly diverse, happily talked out and peacefully listening old and new friends

Savoring the nutritious silence as 100+ people passed the talking stick - in complete silence - around the Closing Circle - and using that moment to appreciate each person as they held it - appreciative of how marvelous each individual was and thinking how glad that they were able to join us

Fortune cookies and descriptions of the beauty and community of Taiwan for the 2009 invitation - and a whole little table set up with folk craft and photos, fabric and images of Taiwan, plus a silk banner with the lively logo for WOSonOS Taiwan 2009

A walking international human billboard of the joys and culture of Berlin for the 2010 invitation

The San Francisco Host Team passing the WOSonOS talking stick to the Taiwanese Host Team - with some lovely wishes from us to them - shared in Chinese (thanks to our lovely Host Team member Erica)

Ahhhh. Like a good rich meal.

As I slip back into post-event work and client work, I just want to say thank you to you all for your warm support - both in person and virtually - for our work and for the World Open Space on Open Space in San Francisco.

Stay tuned for that Book of Proceedings....

Future WOSONOS 2009, 2010, 2011... and so on

2008-07-27T09:49:00.000-07:00

Following is the note of "Future WOSONOS 2009, 2010, 2011 ... and so on" which was dicsussed in WOSONOS 2008 in San Franscico.

Convener: Jessie Hsiao
Notes-Taker(s): Elisabeth Tsai, Jessie Hsiao
Other members: Jay Hung, Gail West, Shufang Tsai, Franklin Quijano, Eden

On behalf of WOSONOS Taiwan host committee, we invite you to share with us you’re your ideas, insights, experiences on following and please continue to communicate with us and send your emails to:
wosonostaiwan@gmail.com

What attracts you to come to WOSONOS
What things, images you have, impressed you till now
Personal experience you have up to date
What you’d like to pass forward to future: things, activities, traditions, spirits, on going discussions, and etc
Global funding support – what/who do you know
What do you need to know in order to help you make decision to come to WOSNOS

Discussion notes, key understandings, outstanding questions, observations, and, if appropriate to this discussion: action items, next steps:

Group wisdom on 2008/7/26

Having plenty of water (incl. hot water) available
Personal referral (i.e. Gail introduced OS to Pilipino in Japan
Friends introduction
Words of mouth
OS tries to tap energy w/the culture
Useful in Asia culture, it brings out the energy of people (who usually wait for the leader to instruct
Listen to all points of view (OS)
Hope to influence people to appreciate OS
For Asians to release themselves from the mental models, for example, this is the state of OS (a point of departure for the WOSONOS
Open up, not exactly a keynote speaker, but something like that.
How can we improve OS as an organization? Now we are just approaching it from OS points of view
Some new things, some branding of Taiwan’s WOSONOS (packaging it into a whole TWN experience, advantage of TWN reasonable priced computers, electronics products for participants to develop future business opportunities,…
Trade show schedules in TWN at that time included
Exotic things in TWN (something rare wonderful and only can be found in TWN
"Come to TWN,” free accommodations,… just need to pay fare"
Stay with local families, more interactions with the locals, (e.g. the sharing of Japanese summit – stay w/locals homestay
You make it very comfortable to go there
1/2 day tour of the place – included with package can have OS w/people in Taiwan & government to come out w/ways TO BE Taiwan’s diplomats
Interpreters in the process
List of masters from past WOSONONS – invitation to them => your presence can make a difference in ASIA!!
Use of technology – impress people with that in WOSONOS
"Taiwan is a land, full of affordable products & electronic gadgets"
Some software that factor in OS, say for note taking, like OS for strategic planning, action planning… etc.

Create our city~Taichung

2008-07-18T21:47:00.000-07:00

Sponsored by the Chionyuan Foundation (Juvenile Welfare Center), forty junior and senior high school students and Center staff met for 2 1/2 days in Open Space.

They were invited to give input to the Taichung City Government for what's possible over the next few years for the city's future as well as to form their own action groups: "Creating Our City - With Space That Belongs To Us".

The space was filled with high play, deep conversations and forming of new friendships.

The 40+ topics included: care for the environment (ecological, beautiful, safe, healthy, and with convenient transportation), a game-zone for teens, responsible money management, growing gap between rich and poor, gender education, drop out students, cultural activities, encouraging and supporting volunteers, individuals taking responsibility (for noise, clutter, clear sidewalks).

Action groups created symbols for their intentions, dramas were performed for the story they want to communicate, and the reports got entered into computers.

Lots feedback in the closing circle : having fun, feel connected, ready to involve in new things, learn to listen to different opiones...

Taiwan Touch your heart

2008-07-12T22:02:00.000-07:00

2009 Flag for WOSonOS

2008-07-06T07:23:00.001-07:00

2009 Flag for WOSonOS
Originally uploaded by Open Quest Laura.

Draft graphical image to welcome people to WOSonOS in Taiwan 2009. Designed by Laura.

Open Space Room Setting (Taipei)

2008-06-24T19:27:00.001-07:00

Open Space Room Setting (Taipei)
Originally uploaded by Open Quest Laura.

Since 2000, my colleagues and I have been applying Open Space in the Organizational Development work that we do in Taiwan and Asia. Great results were seen in not only government sectors, non-profits but also companies facing various challenges. This is the pre-open space setting for a session that I did for a high-tech company and their external vendor trying to come up with a win-win solution to break through performance. In this session we combine other facilitation methodologies (ICA ToP method) and OS is the key component of this session The group reached unprecedent sense of alignment and togetherness to move on.

I opened space at Int'l Coach Federation, Taiwan Charpter

2008-03-04T18:11:00.000-08:00

On the Sunday evening January 27, 2008, I was invited to facilitate a planning meeting for a group of coaching professionals in Taipei, by the group chairperson, which would be held on January 31.

This meeting was to be the second preparation meeting for formally establishing the organization. Over the last 18 months, there were lots of discussions and workshops conducted to talk about the future of this coaching group, but no solid implementation resulted.

I recommended they use the Open Space process. Just an hour before the meeting, the chairperson decided the theme for that evening: ICFT 2008 Development Focus and Action Plan --- I Want To Do. At 6:45pm, the meeting started with 13 participants, three brand new comers included, and worked focuse around their development and action plans for 2008.

After a very brief introduction by the chairperson, I quickly explained the principles of OST then invited the topics for the evening’s discussion from the group. There were six topics brought up and the members self-selected to discuss them. Then the five actions plans emerged – all within the next 90 minutes!

The discussion and action topics included:

Book study groups
Collaboration model between coaches
Certification programs
Publishing – successful coaching stories
Effective marketing strategy of Coaching
Enhancing images of Coaching --- combined with #5 into one action plan

During the closing circle, it took 40 minutes for the five action group reports. All the action plans were very aggressive and need more discussion and involvement of other group members. However, the energy and commitment was so great. It was 9:45 when we all headed home in the rain.

The following day, the chairperson called and told me that the action plans will be announced for the first time to all their members on Feb 24. She is expecting more people to join the efforts of making this self-organized group be successful in 2008!

Jessie Hsiao in Taipei, Taiwan, 2008/2/10

---- a similar Chinese article could be found:

http://space4break.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post_08.html

You Are Invited WOSONOS ~Taiwan October 2009

2007-05-15T21:17:00.000-07:00

This is the dream and the hope of the
Open Space Community in Taiwan!

OST History in Taiwan and Asia

Open Space Technology was first introduced to Taiwan in early 2000 through a series of public events and a training course, followed by 3 large company programs. Since that time, the number of programs and facilitators has continuously grown through the training programs, learning workshops, a listserve/website/blogs, participation in WOSONOS and other global OS events, and collegial sharing and support across the OS community. Taiwan facilitators have taken their OS skills to Singapore, Vietnam, Korea, Kenya, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Canada and the US.

Why Taiwan Now?

The time is right:
The OS community in Asia is growing, supported by world-wide practitioners offering services in Japan, Thailand, Singapore and probably countries we don’t know about

The Taiwan OS community is growing and maturing
Taiwan is a small, beautiful island, historically a global cross-road, with incredible diversity and deep spirit

OSONOS has not yet been held in North Asia

Get To Know Taiwan
http://wosonostaiwan.blogspot.com/
http://www.frontier.org.tw/ost/
http://blog.roodo.com/osttw/
http://blog.roodo.com/imagine_taiwan
Taiwan Tourist Association: http://www.taiwan.net.tw/

Different open space program of Taiwan

Commercial Times report on Open Space

2007-05-15T07:54:00.001-07:00

Commercial Times report on Open Space
Originally uploaded by Open Quest Laura.

Before Harrison's trip our efforts in promoting Open Space reached the media. The commercial times published a full page report on Open Space case study and the theoratical background write-up by myself, the client and Dr. Yu Pei-san.

Laura Hsu

Come to Taiwan 2009

2007-05-15T00:02:00.000-07:00

Rich Asia OS practitioner experience

Embody OS spirit

Come to Taiwan

2009 WOSONOS

Healing Circle Open Space in Taichung

2007-05-15T00:01:00.000-07:00

DSCN5836
Originally uploaded by Open Quest Laura.

25 healers from all over Taiwan gather in Taichung for a half day open space on healing.
In the center we have flowers and crystals.
This is before the circle opens.
Laura

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Open Space User's Guide Chinese Version 2006

2007-05-14T23:59:00.000-07:00

Open Space User's Guide Chinese Version 2006

a3_poster
Originally uploaded by Open Quest Laura.

Open Quest has published Open Space User's Guide in Chinese in 2006. This is the poster that we use in the new book launch party!
Laura