Practical Question

[Yaari Martin Pannwitz]

hello marty,
besides believing that a taster is a rather unfavourable way of 
getting people to open space ...
i suggest to have 3 sessions. it is a matter of increasing the choice.
imagine you have:
2 sessions and 4 spaces ... this leaves a max of 8 issues
3 sessions and 4 spaces ... this leaves a max of 12 issues
3 sessions open more options which might encourage or force to make a 
choice, to set a priority ... to bumble or butterfly or to take a 
break. it will also cause more confusion and therefore i believe it 
gives a more realistic view on open space. since it is a taster you 
try not to get the people to involved into the theme but rather on 
the process ... therefore 30min/session should also be enough.

i am slightly uncomfortable with tasters or open space in what i call 
learning situations since most likely most of the preconditions are 
not fullfilled and thus outcome and process are rather distorted.

... but .... enjoy!

... and it would be nice to know how it went!

yaari

... berlin

>
>A practical question too:
>
>I will be running an OST taster on Thursday for a group of about 30 
>- 40 people.
>
>We have three hours in total.  For various reasons, I need to leave 
>45 minutes for the intro, and 45 minute for the closing circle. 
>This leaves me 1.5 hours for the small groups.  So my options are:
>
>A.  3 sessions of 30 minutes each
>B.  2 sessions of 45 minutes each
>
>Option B would allow longer conversation, but Option A might give a 
>greater buzz.
>
>All thoughts and advice welcome!
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Marty
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