closing before or after the action planning

Mayke Wagner, essence mayke.wagner at t-e-a-m.org
Tue Apr 13 12:22:26 PDT 2004


Hello to all of you!

With my first Open Space Conference coming up, I am wondering about the best
timing for the closing of the Open Space.

Here is the design:
It is a 5-day conference:
1st day: conference in traditional style
2nd day: open space
3rd day: open space
4th day: excursion related to conference topic
5th day: book of proceedings & action planning, formal closure of the whole
conference

I will be facilitating the open space days as well as the half day action
planning. My idea is to ask at the end of the 3rd day, what the participants
need with respect to action planning. Do they need to go deeper with the
issues? Do they need to get together with their fellow country men / women?
Do people of the same institution need to get together? My plan is to get an
impression where the energy lies and design a process for the action
planning based on this energy.

Here are my questions:
When do I close the open space? At the end of the open space (on the 3rd
day) or at the end of the action planning - considering that I have a day of
excursion in between?
If I do a closing at the end of the open space, when do I ask for input
about their needs for the action planning? Before the final round? Or after?

I am wondering what will happen with the energy during the excursion? Is it
better to close the open space before in order to make the "gestalt"
complete? Or will it be hard for the people to get back in the process for
the action planning after having closed the open space?

What do you think about this?

I am so excited about this opportunity to facilitate an Open Space in
Nairobi... looking forward to hearing from you!

Mayke


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