USB-sticks/computer station during OST + some more..

[Lisa Heft]

Hi, Jimmy -

 

You said:

 

<We're also considering some way to keep the evolving agenda 

continuously posted and updated on the website so people don't have 

to return to a central location to see the agenda.>

 

Beware that you replace face-to-face interaction with the seeming ease of
helping things along with technology.  When two participants chat at the
Newsroom (a central location) that may be the seed of a future collaborative
project.  When someone takes their notes to a Newsroom they get a chance to
think and reflect upon their experience.  When someone has to walk up to an
Agenda Wall (which can also become a Breaking News Wall), that means folks
return to the main room, pass by other great conversations and get sucked
into them, feel the energy, have conversations at the wall, and so on.  So
it is the very act of returning to a central location to see the agenda that
can deliver great gifts to the participants.

 

Technology will help in many ways.  Remember also that the whole body also
takes and exchanges data in different ways (audio, kinesthetic, graphic, by
reaching out and putting something on the wall, eye contact during a
conversation rather than all eyes down at keyboards) and that random human
interaction is also "the Work" of an Open Space, as much as any session or
session content.

 

Also, regarding internet access - decide if having everyone check their
email all the time during the working meeting (the Open Space) is a good
idea.  So often we say 'please turn your phones and pagers to vibrate' and
I've also had clients eliminate internet access to the Open Space room (even
clients who use very high tech as a rule) to encourage people to focus on
the human interaction and discussions.

 

Lisa

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L i s a   H e f t

Consultant, Facilitator, Educator

O p e n i n g  S p a c e

lisaheft at openingspace.net

www.openingspace.net 

 

 

 


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