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[Peggy Holman]

One other thought occurred to me...how about enlisting 500 people in  
moving the tables out? Gives them some exercise and clears the air  
after the speaker.
Peggy

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On Apr 1, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Michael Herman <michael at michaelherman.com>  
wrote:

> thinking a bit more about this... canadian tables or any of these  
> other options already mentioned for creating a wall will certainly  
> be workable.  so thinking again about the tables as the primary  
> obstacle, i think i can say the tables thing a little clearer than  
> yesterday.
>
> if... you make a wall someplace, get everyone to look at you, wander  
> around the tables, open heart, opening briefing, come post your  
> topics on the wall...
>
> then... create the grid such that there are 96 breakout spaces and  
> your (three, did you say?) timeslots.  you know there won't be 300  
> topics raised, but no matter.  let the tables be the gathering  
> points.  some groups of just the right size will meet at the  
> tables.  the rest of the groups, large and small will swallow or  
> slip between or push around the tables to suit themselves.  you know  
> a group of 500 will carry away anything that truly is getting in its  
> way.
>
> so the tables will waste a lot of space, and a pad or two of post- 
> its.  other than that, it's business as usual.
>
> incidently, the cafe thing i did last weekend was 20 tables of 5-6  
> in a very cozy arrangement and so the closing plenary was a 120- 
> person huddle, with 20 tables mixed in, rather than any sort of  
> circle.  worked great.  felt great.  not sure how 500 in plenary  
> huddle will work for figuring out who talks next, but i suppose  
> that's rationed with having only a few microphones.  probably  
> important to have not too much lining up at the microphone or the  
> commenters stop listening to each other and the comments  
> disconnect.  airplane restroom rules, i suppose, no lines.
>
> anyway, seems you can get them darned close and the crowd will  
> handle the rest.
>
> m
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> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Jack Ricchiuto  
> <jack at designinglife.com> wrote:
> One of the OS themes here has been and will continue to be good uses  
> of technologies to facilitate everything open space. And as a  
> shameless daily twitterer and process designer, I remind myself  
> often how the quality of our energy as inviters and conveners is  
> always more important than anything. It is our spirit that calls  
> forth the hearts of others into new conversations that deeply  
> connect, reveal, heal. At the beginning and the end of the day, it's  
> all about the listening we invite. The listening ...
>
> With gratitude, Jack
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> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Raffi Aftandelian <raffi at bk.ru> wrote:
> chris,
>
> as for the walls challenge, might the discovery of our future search  
> friends
> from a few years ago be of value here?:
>
> the use of foamcore boards to create instant walls for posting  
> flipchart
> paper wherever you are.
>
> perhaps the FS people onlist or others familiar with the generative  
> wonders
> of foamcore can chime in here...
>
> greetings from the southern suburb of tehrangeles,
> raffi
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