co-located open space events

[Gerard Muller]

Hello Ted,

I have tried that three times.

The first were two events where the two groups had little to do with 
eachother,
two facilitators.

The second was two paralel sessions (though the only two at that point) 
in an international
conference. two facilitators, but ............. one closing circle.

The last, last month, two sessions which I both facilitated, starting 
the one half an hour before the other,
having a wall largely made of doors and glass, and ending with a joint 
closing circle.
In this last case the two issues were related, but the solution which 
emerged from my conversations with the sponsor was to have two paralel 
sessions, but to have a joint closing.
In both openings I told the group there was another going on at the 
other side of the wall, and
- that they were welcome to open the door and look at the other agenda;
- and join a discussion there, too.

In the two events which were connected we had one set of computers, and 
one coffee/tea/lunch area.

Greetings from the snow,




Gerard Muller
Open Space Institute Denmark
Phone: (+45) 21269621
mail: gm at openspace.dk







On Mar 9, 2006, at 7:45 AM, Ted Ernst wrote:

> Traditional conferences somtimes co-locate because of their
> overlapping communities or for various other reasons.  Sometimes an OS
> event is co-located with a traditional event, maybe calling them
> tracks or whatever.
>
> What about two OS events, co-located?  I've got a brainstorm cooking
> here, with the omidyar.net members conference in July and the first
> Chicago Planetwork conference.  Two facilitators.  Two opening
> circles.  Two agenda walls.  One hotel.
>
> The alternative, of course, is to try to craft a single invitation
> that serves both groups.  Maybe that's still possible.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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