Tr : opening space with very small groups

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Bonjour Esther,
  
  My expericence with very small groups is very much the same as Tres. My  worry is that the agenda seems crowded. In my experience, a  conversation takes its time which is around 90 minutes to get to the  heart of it. I understand that your group wants to have a action plan  in the same meeting. I personnaly prefer that they sleep and dream on  the conversation before they commit to a plan. It has a better chance  to stick.
  
  Good Luck ! 
  
  If you want, need, wish, you may contact me since we are neighbours
  
  Louise Brissette
  Ipsé, soi-même en latin
  +514.271.0318
  leadershipcreateur.wordpress.com
  un leadership créateur pour une écologie du travail

Communications Esther Matte <ematte at excellence.ca> a écrit :  Date :         Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:29:27 -0400
De : Communications Esther Matte <ematte at excellence.ca>
Objet: opening space with very small groups
À : OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU

  Hello everyone!

First, let me say thank you for the wonderful learning I found in the 
OSList.  I’m new to Open Space, and even though I have yet to make my 
“first big circle” as Ted put it recently, I feel more confident thanks to 
you all.

I may have two possible projects with very small groups (5-7 people) ­ 
which is what worries me.  I have participated to one OST in my 
experiential training with Diane Gibeault (fantastic!), and co-facilitated 
one with 45 people. But I simply cannot visualize how it works with as few 
as 5 people. How do you do this? Do you have several rounds of discussions? 
In separate rooms? Do people actually work by themselves and team up? Can 
you do it in approximately 3 hours ? (Maybe 20-30 minutes opening, 2 X 
40-minutes rounds of discussion or 3 X 30-minutes, action planning and 
closing).

I'm sure some of you have done this. I'll be meeting with the first 
possible group next week, and nothing is set in stone yet for the other. 
Any comments, suggestions, ideas or warnings will be very much appreciated.

Thank you very much in advance for your time!

Esther Matte
Communications Esther Matte
1011, Marie-Victorin
Verchères (Québec) J0L 2R0
www.excellence.ca

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