AW: an open space for around 1500 people ?

[Toke Paludan Møller - InterChange]

OH yes

My picture of such a process builds...

power to the bees are most rewarding - emergence seems close when no
control or too much help is offered.....

  so much to discover

- toke

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>At 01:34 PM 11/15/01 +0000, you wrote:
>
>>hi toke,
>>
>>so many participants produce a lot of results - if they are careful and
>>write their reports, that could result in a lot of paper.
>>
>>we had the chance to accompany several open space sessions and to gather
>>results with handdrawn pictures, which we edited as picture protocolls
>>later. in German we call that VISUELLE PROTOKOLLE, in English you can name
>>it graphic recording, group graphics, vision painting ...and if you take
>>some more responsibility, visual facilitation.
>>
>
>The use of visuals is great -- for it does add a whole new level to
>the communication. But every time I have used (or seen used)
>"facilitators" for the process, I have been less than impressed. If
>you have 30 concurrent groups, you will need 30 trained facilitators
>-- and good ones are very hard to come by. More to the point, the
>addition of facilitators for any purpose takes the process out of
>the hands of the participants -- and once again puts them in the
>role of recipients -- having things done to or for them. So not only
>does the addition of facilitators complicate the process (or at
>least your headaches in "managing" the process) it also, in my
>experience, impedes the process. What I have found to be
>tremendously effect is to put up large sheets of paper and invite
>the creation of a graffiti wall. or multiple Graffiti Walls. The
>creativity can be overwhelming -- and most important -- the people
>did it all by themselves. So by all means use Group Graphics -- but
>let the Graphics be the creation of the group. I think. David Sibbet
>from SFO started a lot of this, and he is an old friend. In a
>continuing conversation I kept saying to David -- come on, Walk Your
>Talk. Let the group do the artistry. Needless to say, he never
>listened to me, and he and his colleagues/students do do great
>pictures. But there you are.
>
>Harrison
>
>>Harrison Owen
>>
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