Fw: [OSLIST] Large OS, short time frame - design and preparation question

[Kate Armstong]

Erich,

Thank you for so generously sharing your "2108"
experience. After the photographic journey (no German
required!), I can't imagine ever fearing leaping off
the OS cliff. There is a net!

And my favorite photo of this awesome undertaking? #16
("And how will this be done?").

Appreciatively,
Kate



--- Erich Kolenaty <e.kolenaty at aon.at> wrote:

> 
> Hi Lisa,
> 
> if you want to have a look at the Würzburg 
> Fotostory of the OS with 2108 in 
> 2003, you will find a lot of ideas at the pictures.
> 
>
http://www.transformation.at/index.php?Alias_ID=8&class=logoleiste_links
> 
> For example the great idea to mark the group spaces
> with numbered balloons!
> 
> warmly
> Erich
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Lisa Heft
>   To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>   Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:57 PM
>   Subject: [OSLIST] Large OS, short time frame -
> design and preparation 
> question
> 
> 
>   Hello, dear colleagues -
> 
> 
> 
>   I am considering doing a large Open Space - in the
> 2000 participant 
> range - in a short time (3 hours total) - it happens
> at the end of a 
> 'conventional' conference.  So it would probably be
> two 45-minute sessions, 
> a short Closing Circle and the rest of the time
> available for the agenda 
> co-creation.
> 
> 
> 
>   I have done large Open Space events and also
> large-ish ones in time frames 
> such as 3 hours (including 1500 people in an
> airplane hangar in a 
> not-quite-totally Open Space design for a 2 hour
> time frame but I'll tell 
> you that story later).
> 
> 
> 
>   This, by the way, will not include a notes-taking
> / Book of Proceedings 
> component.
> 
> 
> 
>   The issues with large OS's are so much about
> logistics - though very 
> similar to any OS: is the room big enough, is there
> enough room along the 
> wall(s) to create the Agenda Wall, can people hear
> if there are so many 
> people in the room, how is the traffic pattern to
> get to the Agenda Wall, to 
> announce topics, to get to discussion areas, are
> there a lot of helpers to 
> help move furniture and such, is there enough
> signage and can it be seen by 
> everyone in the room - things like that.
> 
> 
> 
>   The issues with short OS's are often - is there
> enough time for agenda 
> co-creation, multiple sessions, and closing circle
> comments and reflections, 
> if breakout rooms are needed are they very close by,
> is the client clear on 
> what a very short OS can deliver and what it cannot,
> does this serve the 
> participants in its shortened form, and so on.
> 
> 
> 
>   For those of you who have had experience with
> large OSs (and of course 
> anyone else feel free to add their thoughts) - is
> there anything you would 
> like to add for me to consider that I may not have
> thought of as I consider 
> this opportunity?
> 
> 
> 
>   Thanks for your thoughts,
> 
> 
> 
>   Lisa
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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