I did it - My First OS

[Shikha Shrestha]

Congrats Bui!

The first experience always have a greater impression. Good to know that all
went well, there always will be things that could be improved, but at least
you succeeded in creating a space for discussion, as i facilitator we just
create a favorable space for people to communicate.

These small things like good preparation of signs and decoration of agenda
wall do make difference. Do keep sharing your experiences.

congratulations!

shikha

On 4/29/09, Kári Gunnarsson <kari.gunnarsson at simnet.is> wrote:
>
> 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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