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

[Jimmy Pryor]

Lisa,

Yes, those are all good points. And I largely concur.  And I really prefer 
to not have people working on their computers during meetings.

But, a lot of people are becoming accustomed to being online all the 
time.  Having their laptops with them at meetings is the norm.  Meeting 
locations are even chosen for their WIFI.  So, I am wondering how accepting 
people will be to be told to turn off their laptops during meetings.  The 
internet access in this space is not wireless, so that could be 
restricted.  But some folks want it.  If notes are going to be written up 
on a computer at some point, I anticipate resistance to saying "You can't 
write-up the notes until after the meeting."

Certainly others on this list have encountered this?

Jimmy

At 11:39 AM 3/14/2006, Lisa Heft wrote:
>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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