Any experience/success with OS in an auditorium?
Chris Corrigan
chris at chriscorrigan.com
Thu Aug 29 20:57:26 PDT 2002
I once had a job in a stunning new facility in downtown Vancouver which is set up with rows of seats in a round, with microphones at each seat, and all the technological bells and whistles one could muster. TH facility resembles a mini United Nations, and as such is architectural eye candy, but useless in a lot of other ways.
You can see it here: http://www.sfu.ca/dialogue/ It looks like a circle to the untrained eye, although to me it looked like a theatre that just wrapped itself tightly up. My client was intent on using both it and OST. He wanted to have the agenda set on a wall that would be made from a laptop projecting the grid on a huge screen. I expressed my doubts, but said that if he wanted to see what would happen, and treat it as an experiment, I would be willing to try it. He was game.
So we did it, with me wandering around the middle of this room, and no one lifting so much as a finger to propose topics. Everything that was said found its way on to the grid, and although a lot of time was taken up negotiating the agenda, it basically seemed to work. Once people got out and into break out rooms the discussions went well. Lots of people left though and the closing circle was small.
It just did not have the same energy, although as I was sitting in the six story glass topped foyer praying to God that it WOULD work, an eagle flew over head, making for another strange bird event and somehow confirming my suspicions that in the heart of even the most predetermined structures and places, spirit still shows up.
Chris
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CHRIS CORRIGAN
Consultation - Facilitation
Open Space Technology
Bowen Island, BC, Canada
http://www.chriscorrigan.com
chris at chriscorrigan.com
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