About being prepared to be surprised

[kerry napuk]

Hi there

Thomas's "be prepared" story reminds me that no-thing ever goes
smoothly.  I went to one event and found no circle, no break out
spaces, no-thing.  Participants walked in and watched us set-up
around them in real time, like it was part of the performance.  Once
we were ready, the process kicked in and everything went thundering
towards the usual good outcome.  Oh, the event attracted reporters
from three newspapers and a TV crew.  But the people refused to let
the TV crew into the Community Room and the sponsors had to "create"
a breakout session for filming.

So, we get to every space at least one hour before the start to have
enough time to deal with the surprises.

Cheers

Kerry Napuk
Open Futures Ltd.
Edinburgh
Scotland

www.openfutures.com

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