A taster of OST meeting on 1,5 hour

[Christine Whitney Sanchez]

Hi Dear Eva,

A few years ago I found myself in a very similar situation - 1.5 hours and
120 people.  The sponsor felt very strongly that it would be beneficial for
the participants to have a longer time in their discussions and therefore
opted to have just one breakout.  The dialogue was great but it wasn't Open
Space.  Very little cross-pollination, not much chaos and way too much
domination by the "expert guests" who had given presentations earlier in the
day.

Your "first plan ( when I was hoping to have some 30-40 people) was to have
a very short opening and agenda setting (20 min) and 2 breakout spaces à 25
min each and approx. 20 min to closing and reflection over the process" will
work just great!

Hugs,

Christine

Christine Whitney Sanchez
KAIROS Alliance Inc.
2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue
Phoenix, AZ  85048
480.759.0262
www.kairosalliance.com <http://www.kairosalliance.com>


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Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 11:01 AM
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Subject: A taster of OST meeting on 1,5 hour


Hello all!
I have been given the opportunity to demonstrate or give a taste of
OST at breakfast meetings in Malmö, Gothenburg and Stockholm in the
beginning of October. Just the timeframe is a challenge i think. They
send out the invitation today and now I had a call from one of the
organizers and they had already have 119 person registred in the
first day!
So they were concerned about the large number of people and to have
the right locations. And after my first "giggeling" of excitement I
am starting to getting cold feet...
How do you do this with so many people?
My first plan ( when I was hoping to have some 30-40 people) was to
have a very short opening and agenda setting (20 min) and 2 breakout
spaces à 25 min each and approx. 20 min to closing and reflection
over the process.

How should you do - given the large amount of people? Do you think it
is "doable" as my first thougts or should you just choose one break
out session?

Ideas are mostly welcomed!!!

All the best
Eva

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