[OSLIST] Help!
Michael Herman
michael at michaelherman.com
Tue Mar 31 20:43:05 PDT 2009
okay, so now you want us to start posting on all the reasons for them to
bail on the opening speaker? <grin> m
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Michael Herman
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On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Chris Corrigan <chris at chriscorrigan.com>wrote:
> This just continues to give hope and inspiration.
>
> The irony here is that the client IS familiar with Open Space and wants
> Open Space type outcomes, just the kind that are expected froma conference
> of 500 people spending three sessions in Open Space. We're harvesting
> proceedings using laptops and a news room and uploading them to a webiste.
> Nothing unusual there. And many of the participants will know what to do as
> well, so that helps.
>
> For me the circle is an entirely practical piece...it's about first of all
> creating enough space to logistically make an open space meeting work.
> Second, it's about the centre and the rim and that physical and metaphysical
> structure, and third it is about the invitation on how to work together.
> Some of the ideas for creating a metaphysical circle here are pretty cool,
> and we will have lots of youth at this gathering and perhaps we can press
> them into service.
>
> The good news is that this flood of creative responses has given me the
> energy and optimism I need to continue to engage the client constructively
> and we had a good call today to talk about removing the tables. It's not a
> reticence to have a circle in this case...it's a purely logistical
> consideration in terms of a few other things that are happening around the
> Open Space - meals and an opening speaker.
>
> So that's where we stand tonight.
>
> Many thanks for the continued generosity.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:50 PM, douglas germann <76066.515 at compuserve.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Chris--
>>
>> What do these 500+ folks love to do? Can you take what they love and
>> turn that into an offer for how to make the space work?
>>
>> You could create a circle without the table barriers by having people
>> turn their chairs around to face people at the tables behind them--when
>> they turn around, voila! No tables!
>>
>> What Larry said about getting people away from the tables conjured up a
>> picture for me--like a dance party--an ever-growing "snake" line of
>> people threading their way amongst the tables, dropping off people to
>> individual circles.... If it does not work as is, this picture might
>> suggest something fun to someone on the list....
>>
>> ...Like maybe helium balloons with the topics attached and snaking
>> around the tables to gather participants....
>>
>> :- Doug.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 13:43 -0700, Chris Corrigan wrote:
>> > This is what I need guys...thanks for the wisdom, and keep it coming.
>> >
>> > You're never too old to be stumped, and never to experienced to ask
>> > for help!
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Esther Matte <ematte at excellence.ca>
>> > wrote:
>> > I’ve had a soft/fabric covered and we used both pins and blue
>> > 3M tape. I thought the tape wouldn’t hold, but it did!
>> > Throughout the whole day too!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I’ve also had a stage, and used it as the newsroom. Worked
>> > wonderfully – nice overview of the room, good feeling of a
>> > “whole”.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The tables are definitely a downer… but I would say trust the
>> > process. Instead of walking the circle, walk the tables. Take
>> > more time maybe and make sure you do a lot of eye contact.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > And if you do this with the tables, let us know the results
>> > and the feeling of it.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > If anything else comes to mind, I’ll send another message.
>> > Good luck and have fun too!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Esther Matte
>> >
>> > Discover - Engage - Accomplish
>> >
>> > New York: 212.755.0551
>> >
>> > Montreal: 450.583.5849
>> >
>> > www.excellence.ca
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Message d'origine-----
>> > De : OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] De la part
>> > de Chris Corrigan
>> > Envoyé : 31 mars 2009 15:38
>> > À : OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>> > Objet : [OSLIST] Help!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I've been at this a long time now, but I've run up against a
>> > situation like this. I'm stumped and looking for help.
>> >
>> > I;ll be opening space for a gethering of 500+ people. The
>> > client is completely unwilling to set the room in a circle.
>> > Instead, we will have 96 tables with 6 chairs at each table
>> > packed into a spacious but full ball room facing a stage. The
>> > walls of this room are incredible...they appear to be actually
>> > stuffed with cotton and covered in fabric. There is little
>> > hope of putting anything on the walls.
>> >
>> > On the plus side we will have lots of AV, so there is a goodly
>> > amount of technology available to play with for agenda setting
>> > and huge screen projection.
>> >
>> > I'm worried on a number of levels as you can imagine, but at
>> > the moment I'm trying to put that all aside and figure out, in
>> > this worst case scenario, what is the best thing we could do
>> > to Open Space? Anyone been faced with similar constraints?
>> > Help me out here...
>> >
>> > All tips and support I get on this, I'll roll up into a little
>> > document on "what to do when nothing is what you need it to
>> > be" and we can share it out.
>> >
>> > OSLIST group mind...activate!
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
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>> > CHRIS CORRIGAN
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>> >
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> Open Space Technology
>
> Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot
> Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com
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