Green Building in Ithaca

[Jeff Aitken]

I like Laurel's response to Todd very much. I've experimented with
different timings for half day and full day OST events. And even as a
certified intravert I had not thought of that useful reason to keep the
sessions long enough.

Todd, I also imagine that even five committed people might do a lot of
useful soul searching and organizing in this event.

When I do 3 hours it's 45-45-45-45 minutes - opening, two sessions, and
closing.

With 4 hours I suggest that rather than a separate convergence, leave time
for two long sessions, and have the closing circle oriented toward how
people will follow up from what has taken place today. I like Chris
Corrigan's question, what are you taking out of the building? (or something
like that, sorry Chris)

It will go well!

Jeff

Once I asked some people what they were taking out of the building, and
they were so embarrassed they put it back where they found it... (ba dum
bum)

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Jeff Aitken
Inverness Ridge, CA USA
415.669.1924
ja at svn.net
trainings in open space process:
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>From  Fri Feb 23 00:08:20 2001
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Jeff Aitken wrote:

>  I like Chris
> Corrigan's question, what are you taking out of the building? (or something
> like that, sorry Chris)
>

Apology accepted (!)  Actually that line is kind of a mantra for me, and I
repeat it constantly with clients, so that we focus on the future rather than
all the cool stuf that is happening now.  Not that there's anything wrong with
being focussed on the moment, but at a certain it's time to think about "how we
get this out of the room."

I also echo Laurel's comments -  a really nice observation. I often err on the
side of longer sessions when I can, as it does give people a chance to take a
breather too.

Good luck Todd, and tell us how it goes...

Chris

PS  Q: How many cops does it take to stop a train robbery?

A: Three.  One to book the theives and two to put the train back.

Ba dum dum.


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Open Space Technology

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