OST for 500 in 2 days

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Jeff,
the largest os I have been involved in was with 280 people, still:
I used to be pretty worried about keynote speakers, trying to get the
sponsor to either do without or to ask the speaker to offer his topic
as one of the issues and then let whoever wanted to go to his
group...
In the meantime, I have had great experience with keynote speakers
under the condition that they keynote and the opening of the space
through the sponsor is separated by a 20 minute break..that design
seemed to even enhance the urge of the participants to get going.
The other questions you are raising are topics for the sponsor and
his planning group...the time restraints are part of the givens that
the planning group needs to be made aware of with all the
consequences.
Greetings from Berlin
michael

On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 18:01:00 -0700, Jeff Aitken wrote:

>Francesca and I are planning an OST conference, and seek counsel from you
>who have facilitated a two-day event for 500 persons.
>
>This is a statewide network of organizations which support school readiness
>and school success for young people. Two years ago a two-day conference
>(not OST) generated four priority theme recommendations for changes in
>public policy. This time, the desire is to upgrade the policy
>recommendations, plus encourage collaborative action commitments among
>organizations.
>
>If you had two full days, starting with a keynote speaker (!) and wishing
>such outcomes, how would you design it, based on your experience with a
>large group like this? We are thinking about theme, proceedings,
>prioritization, action planning, closure -- and need to be realistic about
>the time available.
>
>Many blessings
>Jeff
>
>-
>Jeff Aitken
>Consultant/Facilitator: Specialist in Open Space Process
>Intro to Open Space learning workshop Dec 12-14
>http://www.openspaceworld.com
>1800 Arch St. Berkeley CA 94709 USA - (510) 540.6576
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