typing their own notes...

[Harrison Owen]

At 01:40 PM 5/27/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>I just had a conversation with a client about an upcoming 2-day Open
>Space.  The group is composed lots of high-powered executives.  As my
>contact put it, "there are undoubtedly people in the group who haven't
>taken their own notes in 40 years."
>
>The planners are envisioning having staff do the typing of session
>notes.  In other words, convenors would, as always, be responsible for
>seeing that the notes are taken.  Convenors would then hand them off to
>staff to type up after their sessions.
>
>My instinct is to advise against this and invite these folks to take
>responsibility for seeing that the notes are entered themselves.  My
>client is skeptical that any sessions would actually make it into the
>computers this way.
>
>Has anyone dealt with this sort of issue?  Any thoughts?

I have had the experience and you are RIGHT Peggy!!! Having SECRETARIES DO
THE NOTES IS DISASTER. don't UNDERSTAND. can't FIND THE perpetrators, can't
read the stuff. Further more typing it in is part of the experience. Real
creativity takes place when you have a pile of notes and know that YOU have
to do it all. It is called EDITING. Getting out the good stuff. I thought
those sorts of dinosaurs died some time ago. Certainly should now. Strike a
blow for freedom. Tell 'em to type their own stuff. Or if it isn't
important enough to be included, forget it. Save everybody a lot of eye strain.

Harrison


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