Key Personalities

[Harrison Owen]

I have been through this on a number of occasions. My advice is that if you want "names" have them come the night before, or the day before (Panals, talking heads etc) -- and when you open space, do just that. Of course i would also invite the Featured Folks to stay for the real party. The good ones will, and the rest you probably wouldn't want anyhow.


Harrison 


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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Diana Larsen 
  To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU 
  Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 12:54 PM
  Subject: Key Personalities


  Hello all,

  I'm working with two or three conference planning groups who want to  
  hold conferences completely in Open Space next year. They all have a  
  little concern about whether they can attract the kind of  
  participation they'd like without well-known KeyNote or Invited  
  Speakers - the folks whose presence justifies the participants'  
  attendance to bosses, etc.

  One planning group came up with the idea of inviting Key  
  Personalities and offering them honoraria and help with travel  
  expenses as if it were a regular conference - but asking them /not/  
  to give keynote speeches. Their names would be included on the  
  invitations to others as having committed to attend, possibly along  
  with some topics they consider proposing for the marketplace.

  Has anyone tried this before? What do you all think about inviting  
  "key personalities" to an Open Space conference? Has anyone done  
  this? What benefits/pitfalls do you see, did you experience? I have  
  mixed thoughts and emotions, and would like some further data to  
  offer the planning groups. What effect on "Whoever comes are the  
  right people" happens when some folks receive compensation for  
  attendance and others don't?

  Thanks,
  Diana


  Diana Larsen
  www.futureworksconsulting.com
  503-288-3550

  Watch for:
  "Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great" by Esther Derby &  
  Diana Larsen, available Summer 2006! Published by Pragmatic Bookshelf  
  (new title!)
  http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/dlret/index.html

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