5 hour OS
Martin Leith
martinleith at theinnovationagency.com
Thu Apr 5 03:45:05 PDT 2001
Doug,
Thanks for your posting and welcome to the list.
Open Space sounds perfect for what you want to achieve. Ive set out a
straw man timetable (see below), which takes 4 hours 30 minutes to
complete. The additional 30 minutes could be slack to allow for overruns, or
you could have a longer lunch, or more time in the circle at the end, or
action planning, or whatever. 45 minute slots should be long enough given
the practical nature of the sessions.
My only advice is that you ask the speaker if he or she is willing to offer
the presentation as an Open Space session. If everyone signs up for it, that
s cool. But the speaker would have to be open to the possibility that no
one signs up.
If its essential that the speaker speaks to everyone, then I recommend that
you have the presentation at the beginning, before the Open Space. Once the
space has been opened, people tend not to take very kindly to it being
closed.
1100 (30) Opening circle (sponsor opens the conference then hands
over to facilitator)
1130 (15) People offer sessions and post on wall
1145 (15) People sign up for sessions
1200 (45) Open Space, round 1
1245 (45) Lunch
1330 (45) Open Space, round 2
1415 (5) Changeover
1420 (45) Open Space round 3
1505 (5) Changeover
1510 (20) Closing circle
1530 Carriages
Total time taken: 4 hours 30 mins
I hope this is useful. Please feel free to call me on 44 1273 729892 (UK
office hours) or 44 1273 675322 (home) if youd like to discuss it.
By the way, Im assuming that youve read Harrison Owens books and have a
talent for hands-off facilitation. Otherwise you might like to consider
inviting an experienced OS facilitator to help. Theres bound to be someone
in your area whos willing to contribute some time.
Wishing you success,
Martin Leith
The Innovation Agency
Brighton, United Kingdom
www.theinnovationagency.com <http://www.theinnovationagency.com/>
www.martinleith.com
P.S. Let us all know how it goes!
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