Sort of kind of Open Spaces for Microsoft

[Steven "Doc" List]

I'm working with Microsoft on a series of events called MSDN Developer  
Conference (MDC - http://www.msdndevcon.com). They are one day events  
around the country over the next few months.

They want to hold some kind of community-driven discussions in  
parallel to the scheduled presentations.

I've convinced them NOT to call these things "Open Space" because of  
the mental/emotional attachment those words have for so many people.   
We're toying with names like "The Conversation Realm" or some such.

With that background, I have two questions for this community:

Do you have suggestions for creating a hybrid thing that will  
facilitate community-driven discussions, and that will run in parallel  
with the organized, eyes-front sessions? I'm exploring basic tools  
like fishbowls, approaches like World Cafe, and others.
If you live in or near one of these cities (see the website), would  
you be interested in doing a non-paid gig for the Microsoft office in  
your region, based on whatever framework/approach we come up with?

Just for clarity, I will be facilitating a number of these, depending  
on my schedule, client commitments, and such.

I'm looking forward to whatever comes of this.

Thanks,

...Doc

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