Question re: size

[Pannwitz, Michael M]

Dear Diana, dear Ellen,
irrespective of your overall design or the facilitation,
size is no problem...
People have done anything from 5, 9. 100. 400, 650, 1800 and 2108,
me, too.
People that are passionate about an issue and want to act on it will
overcome any hurdle.
You need plenty of space in the center for people to come to and jot
down their issues
and you need plenty of wallspace so that everyone can go there at the
same time during marketplace.
The chairs are set up in concentric circles, as many as you need....I
make sure that people can easily reach the center
and can walk between the concentric circles (spacing).
For pictures of the 2108 (without chairs,people sitting on pillows,
but chairs would do just as well)
go to
http://www.michaelmpannwitz.de/index.php?id=69
scroll down to 
Nr.99
click on the lower of the two pictures and you will see
a series of 92 pictures with German and English titles taking you
through all the stages, including setting up the space.

Greetings from Berlin
mmp


On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 17:17:43 -0700, Diana Larsen wrote:

>I am forwarding the following message to the list as Ellen seems to be 
>experiencing a challenge with getting subscribed. I've copied Ellen on 
>this message, if you have a response, please include her as well as the 
>rest of the list.
>
>Thanks,
>Diana
>
>Diana Larsen
>http://futureworksconsulting.com 503-288-3550
>
>
>> From: "Ellen Gottesdiener" <ellen at ebgconsulting.com>
>> Date: July 18, 2005 5:05:38 PM PDT
>> To: "Diana Larsen" <dlarsen at futureworksconsulting.com>
>> Subject: FW: question re: size
>>  
>> Hello all:
>> Maybe you can help me with..well, an issue of size!
>>  
>> I am facilitating an Open Space Marketplace in about a week which is 
>> going to be integrated into a traditional conference schedule (meaning 
>> there are scheduled classes and short tutorials). FYI, it is Agile 
>> 2005 (www.agile2005.com and our info on Open Space is on this page: 
>> http://www.agile2005.com/track/openspace/cfp ).
>>  
>> This will be the third year we are integrating OST into a traditional 
>> conference in this manner. As in prior years, we will have conveners 
>> schedule their sessions as they wish over 3 (of the 4) days of the 
>> conference. Some time slots will be concurrent with existing classes 
>> or short tutorials, and some will be in time slots that donºt compete 
>> with other sessions.  
>>  
>> While this is not the usual way to do Open Space, it worked pretty 
>> well, especially the first year when we had most people attend the 
>> Market Place and used chairs in concentric circles. (Last yearºs 
>> facilitator used a different physical setup that wasnºt so inviting 
>> and was more forceful in his facilitation style ¡ he drove the 
>> sessions, rather then let the group freely determine topics).
>>  
>> I plan to facilitate the Marketplace like the first year, but now my 
>> problem is now is: SIZE.
>>  
>> The conference has grown from 200 the first year to over 300 or so 
>> last year; I just learned they expect to have 600 to 650 attendees! I 
>> have a ballroom for the Marketplace, which we had originally planned 
>> to set up in concentric circles with 350 chairs (with aisles).
>>  
>> The question is: how to do the physical set up of the room?
>>  
>> The ballroom *might* (we are checking) accommodate 500 chairs in 
>> concentric circles which I imagine would be rather deep (e.g. 4, 5 or 
>> 6 circles deep). Would this be un-inviting? (Weºd have aisles, but 
>> would be feel reluctant to come forward with so deep of layout?). Is 
>> it important to provide as many chairs as possible and also retain the 
>> circle/mandala shape?
>>  
>> Alternatively, we could set up the 350 chairs and ask additional 
>> attendees to stand. (We will probably get more than 350 for the 
>> Marketplace..there is no other scheduled activities during this time 
>> slot and it follows the Opening Session and Keynote). However, the 
>> experience with having people stand for over 30 minutes is that people 
>> complain ¡ such was the experience of my friend and colleague, Diana 
>> Larsen (who contributes to this list).
>>  
>> Suggestions or recommendations??
>>  
>> Many thanks,
>> ~~ ellen  
>>  
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