very short events - Re: Optimal Time-Slots

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Berry,
this intrigues me and I have some questions:
-who designs the Themes for the events?
-what have been Themes?
-are the issues that are posted worked on over the whole semester, 
spread out beyond 2 days or are there actually 2 days available in a block?
-what does the scheduling "after class" look like? (in terms of 
beginning times and spaces chosen)?
-is that first session of 20 minutes like a "we try it once"?
This appears to be one of those models where the facilitator is 
definitely invisible after those first 1.5 hours!
Greetings from Berlin
mmp

PS: is there a webspace of this MBA open space stuff? Pictures?

Barry Owen wrote:
> Ted,
> 
> I do a "class" for a local MBA program . . . once each semester. I open the
> space as if it is a 2 day event - Post a time matrix for the full 2 days
> with time and place post-its but no definitions of those times/places . . .
> Open the market place - The first session is 20 minutes - Leaves time for a
> short "closing/recap" . . . All done in 1.5 hours.
> 
> The participants (33 folks) post an average of 25-30 topics and never missed
> a beat - Scheduled themselves all of those sessions to happen "after class"
> . . . The professor reports back to me that the students actually did the
> sessions and effected real change.
> 
> So it turns out being a small space that self-expands :-)
> 
> B
> Barry Owen


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