A Taste of OST - Cl;imbing out on a limb . . .
Esther Ewing
EwingChange at aol.com
Fri Sep 23 08:03:29 PDT 2005
Barry:
And what was the theme of the invitation?
Esther
I opened a very small space (1.5 hours) yesterday that seems to have grown
legs . . . I wrote a bit about this for another listserve and thought I would
share it here.
Best,
b
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Interestingly, I just completed (Yesterday) a 1.5 hour "Taster" with 35 MBA
Students at a local Graduate level Business School. The Course was a "Change
Management" course, and the Professor wished to "Expose" the students to
Open
Space Technology. We talked in great length about how to do it . . . How do
you
get a group to "Get" OST in 1.5 hours?
Here's what we did . . . and it worked magnificently :-)
I coached the professor to send out an invitation (as we do with ANY OST
event)
with a theme that would be appropriate for the students - He did so 2 weeks
prior to the session.
When they arrived at class, the room was set as if we were having a 2 1/2
day
event - Reporting Station and all.
20 Minutes - I opened the space
10 Minutes - Marketplace
20 Minutes - Sessions
20 Minutes - US West Video
20 Minutes - Closing/Discussion/Questions
We had 15 issues posted - 4 groups broke into sessions
I! made the time matrix as I would for any 2 1/2 day event and suggested to
the
group that they could certainly "carry on" with their sessions after class .
. .
As it happened, They assigned meeting times and places to complete all of
the
sessions to happen throughout the 2 1/2 day period . . . and left the class
excited about the possibility of keeping the energy flowing and ultimately
inviting the entire school (@ 450 Faculty, Staff, Students + any alumni who
cared to attend) to a larger - REAL 2 1/2 day event.
I talked to some Open Space friends before doing this and was cautioned
against
opening the space, so I was climbing out on a limb doing it . . . I think
the
real difference came in the fact that I did NOT "mess with the system" . . .
We
had a real, viable, important Theme for the participants . . .
So there you have it . . .
Good luck,
b
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