I did it - My First OS

[Kári Gunnarsson]

Congrats Bui!


2009/4/28 Bui Petersen <bui.petersen at gmail.com>:
> 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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Bestu kveðjur, Kári Gunnarsson
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