[OSLIST] Help!

Tue Mar 31 21:07:57 PDT 2009

Lemme tell ya...it's been a long day!

:-)

Chris

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Michael Herman
<michael at michaelherman.com>wrote:

> 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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> 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
>>> >
>>> >         --
>>> >         CHRIS CORRIGAN
>>> >         Facilitation - Training - Process Design
>>> >         Open Space Technology
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>>> > CHRIS CORRIGAN
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>> Facilitation - Training - Process Design
>> Open Space Technology
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CHRIS CORRIGAN
Facilitation - Training - Process Design
Open Space Technology

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