Incentive to participate?

Michael M Pannwitz mmpanne at boscop.org
Thu Aug 27 03:11:51 PDT 2009


Dear David,
your univ wants to plan strategically.
Hmmm!
On a weekend, inbetween, at times when people are usually not at work.
This seems not to send a signal that the univ actually cares much about 
strategic planning and is not really ready to invest in such esoteric 
stuff.

Or, is it really the "univ" that wants such things?

Strategic planning is serious stuff and serious stuff (less so than fun 
stuff, thats true) needs some really first class conditions (great food 
is normal at os events), such as prime time, great facilities, a real 
budget and some really serious planning (its about strategic planning, 
after all) by a group mirroring in some way the organisation and its 
surroundings that are involved with univ (students, for instance, 
alumni, foundations supporting the univ, competing univs....just faculty 
and staff is a pretty small and maybe even homogeneous segment of univ, 
a situation in which the forces of selforganisation will not be enticed 
to really unfold their full power).

As far as bribing is concerned, I would leave those details to the 
planning group. If there are special, hard to get people or groups that 
the planning group wants to have at the event they need to get an 
invitation that they cant turn down.

All the best for a productive and joyful event!
Greetings from Berlin
mmp
David Cox wrote:
> My univ is considering using Open Space for strategic planning. The
> event probably will need to be held at a time when faculty are not
> "officially" on campus - before a term, during a term break, or after a
> term. The question has come up about offering an incentive (e.g., nice
> meal, book purchase, door prizes) to encourage faculty participation. A
> part of me wonders if bribing people to attend (or rewarding them
> depending on your perspective) goes against the grain of simply inviting
> faculty and staff to bring their passion to the event because they care?
> I would greatly appreciate hearing what folks on the listserv think.
> Thank you. David Cox
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