I did it - My First OS
Esther Matte
ematte at excellence.ca
Tue Apr 28 07:25:39 PDT 2009
Congrats Bui!
Yes, reminding ourselves of Whatever happens... is certainly a given for the
facilitator!
And you're right, it's a lot of work to prepare with the signs and
everything for only 3 hours, but it does create a special environment and
climate to work in.
Your first is done. More will come, that you’ll enjoy even more. Congrats
again, and cheers!
Esther Matte
Discover - Engage - Accomplish
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Montreal: 450.583.5849
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I did it.
I facilitated my first Open Space on Saturday. As expected, it was small
(only 7 people including myself). We only had 3 hours for discussions
and action planning. Thanks to the great suggestions on this forum, I
created the following schedule:
9-9:30 Opening (agenda creation)
9:30-10:10 Session I
10:10-10:50 Session II
10:50-11:30 Session III
11:30-12:00 Opening for Action
I did as brief an introduction as I could while still covering all the
points. 11 topics were posted. Several were combined. It was interesting
that the most central topic happened to be posted first and that
everyone joined that discussion. I think that probably everyone needed
to part of that discussion. This session also went way over time
compromising the time left for other topics. However, I don't think this
was a problem because the other topics didn't need as much discussion
once the first one had been thoroughly dealt with. I kept reminding
myself of, "Whatever happens is the only thing that could have."
As I am an integral member of the group, it was interesting staying out
of the discussion. I had told the group that I for the most part would
play a butterfly role. Someone suggested that I participate more
actively but I don't think there was any need since everything I thought
of saying, was said by someone else.
When it came to the Action Planning, things did not work quite that
well. I think there was to little time for reopening the space and
people generally got confused about what to do. It would have been
better if there had been a substantial break before that. When I noticed
the confusion setting in, I decided to facilitate more actively by
helping to identifying action items and people responsible for them
(actually all I did was write on a flip chart what people were saying).
If there had been more time, someone else might had figured out to do this.
Overall it was a great experience. Not all the topics were "officially"
discussed but they were touched on enough for everyone to be happy.
Being my first time facilitating OST, I was surprised by the the amount
of preparation needed with signs, schedule etc. For such a small group
and only 3 hours, it seemed to be overkill. I think I will simplify it
next time. Ideally we should be able to open space every time we meet,
without having to be so regimented about it.
Thanks you all for your wonderful suggestions and support.
Bui
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From: Bui Petersen <bui.petersen at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:55:00
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Subject: I did it - My First OS
I did it.
I facilitated my first Open Space on Saturday. As expected, it was small
(only 7 people including myself). We only had 3 hours for discussions
and action planning. Thanks to the great suggestions on this forum, I
created the following schedule:
9-9:30 Opening (agenda creation)
9:30-10:10 Session I
10:10-10:50 Session II
10:50-11:30 Session III
11:30-12:00 Opening for Action
I did as brief an introduction as I could while still covering all the
points. 11 topics were posted. Several were combined. It was interesting
that the most central topic happened to be posted first and that
everyone joined that discussion. I think that probably everyone needed
to part of that discussion. This session also went way over time
compromising the time left for other topics. However, I don't think this
was a problem because the other topics didn't need as much discussion
once the first one had been thoroughly dealt with. I kept reminding
myself of, "Whatever happens is the only thing that could have."
As I am an integral member of the group, it was interesting staying out
of the discussion. I had told the group that I for the most part would
play a butterfly role. Someone suggested that I participate more
actively but I don't think there was any need since everything I thought
of saying, was said by someone else.
When it came to the Action Planning, things did not work quite that
well. I think there was to little time for reopening the space and
people generally got confused about what to do. It would have been
better if there had been a substantial break before that. When I noticed
the confusion setting in, I decided to facilitate more actively by
helping to identifying action items and people responsible for them
(actually all I did was write on a flip chart what people were saying).
If there had been more time, someone else might had figured out to do this.
Overall it was a great experience. Not all the topics were "officially"
discussed but they were touched on enough for everyone to be happy.
Being my first time facilitating OST, I was surprised by the the amount
of preparation needed with signs, schedule etc. For such a small group
and only 3 hours, it seemed to be overkill. I think I will simplify it
next time. Ideally we should be able to open space every time we meet,
without having to be so regimented about it.
Thanks you all for your wonderful suggestions and support.
Bui
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