Evening and Morning news

[Steve Brigham]

Robert, you talked yesterday (below) that the evening news and morning
announcements are key sessions. I'd be curious to hear how you AND others
facilitate these segments of Open Space. In my own experience of doing two
Open Space sessions that run longer than a day I have found each of these
segments to be fairly short and sweet. And, when doing it with large groups
-- more than 100 -- the substantive reflections get held back because I
tend to just ask for relective comments of no more than a few words or at
most a sentence.

With morning announcements, often its not much more than four or five new
topics and a few reflective comments. What are others' experiences ??


As for electronic follow-up, I don't think it has as much to do about skill
or confidence but lack of intimacy. On-line web sites are a far cry from
intense face to face interaction.

Steve


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Yes Barbara,
The evening news and Morning announcements are key sessions for allowing
all participants (not just the few outspoken ones) to express their "new"
issue or to tell a story that will allow them to grow in the community.  I
think this is very hard work because the way I behave sends the messages
that the group responds to.
After three days in March people were saying I wish we were not going home
as I have just got used to the system and I have a number of issues to
discuss.   We provided the post event "virtual Forum" on the world wide web
to encourage unfinished conversations but again the world wide web is new
and different and does require a different set of skills and knowledge (may
be confidence) to use.  The reality is that not many took up the
invitation.   Yet another challenge for the facilitator to construct an
environment that breaks down these barriers.
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Robert