OST 1,5 day: Any suggestion?
Christine Whitney Sanchez
cwhitneysanchez at gmail.com
Thu Oct 29 12:37:26 PDT 2009
The film is beautiful and uplifting, Deborah! Thanks so much for
sharing your journey with us. The faces say it all!
I am putting together a collage of opening/closing circle photos,
which I will post to openspaceworld.org when it's complete. Might
Colibris grant permission to use the photo of their concentric circles?
Warm wishes from chilly Phoenix,
Christine
Christine Whitney Sanchez
Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy
480.759.0262
www.christinewhitneysanchez.com
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On Oct 28, 2009, at 12:46 PM, Déborah Maarek wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Thank you so much for your suggestion and ideas! I've learned lots
> of new tools and ways to do a OST...
> Our next meeting is november 12th, I will share your ideas with the
> host and the comity team.
>
> Here is the link for the Colibris film: http://www.colibris-lemouvement.org/index.php/TH/Pages-classiques/forumcolibris
>
>
> I really have the feeling that we are a team! The ost team!
>
> Wish you the best,
>
> Deborah
>
>
>
>
> Déborah Maarek
>
> Awareness Consulting
>
> Rue de Toulouse, 15 - 1040 Brussels, Belgique
>
> T: +32 (0) 2 219 33 35 - Gsm: +32 (0) 495 38 98 88
>
> deborahmaarek at awareness-consulting.net
>
> www.awarenessconsulting.com
>
> Skype: deborahmaarek
>
>
> Le 24-oct.-09 à 00:03, Diane Gibeault a écrit :
>
>> Hi Deborah,
>> Many great suggestions and models were shared and they can all work
>> depending on what your client group needs.
>>
>> Here are minor additions or variations related to your day-1 & day-2,
>> opening day-2 question, setting priorities or not and action
>> planning for
>> large groups.
>>
>> - 1st NIGHT: if is a regular gathering to which people will come, my
>> impression is that it is better to get them hooked on the powerful
>> experience of OS right away. That will ensure they will return the
>> next day,
>> asking for more. They will be satisfied that they have had enough
>> time to
>> discuss the topics that matter most to them.
>>
>> - DISCUSSIONS ON DAY-2 : Yes, the break between the discussions and
>> convergence is very important and it could be the lunch period on
>> day 2
>> which would give you time for 2 rounds of an hour and a half (1:30)
>> each on
>> that morning - time to better experience the law, bees and
>> butterflies (very
>> important components of OS). This also allows you to reduce rounds
>> to only
>> 2, on the night before with real time for food and informal chatting.
>>
>> - REFLECTION TIME BEFORE CONVERGENCE: The lunch hour gives
>> participants more
>> time to complete adequately their reports (instead of rushing after
>> 1 round
>> on day-2 morning) and gives time for some silent reflection if
>> wanted or
>> some talks in pairs or larger informal groups. Time also for the
>> News room
>> team to post reports on the wall for participants to read. A
>> reminder email
>> the next day after OS to incite people to go look at reports
>> attached or on
>> a web helps.
>>
>> - OPENING ON DAY-2: you asked if you should repeat the opening. If
>> many
>> participants are just joining, you can do a very abbreviated
>> version of the
>> opening so you don't loose the energy of the rest of the group.
>> Point only
>> to how one expresses their passion about the theme by posting a topic
>> (explain how, ie the grid, market place) and takes responsibility
>> (flip side
>> of passion) by documenting discussions. You might speak to the law
>> (so
>> fundamental!) then invite them to ask other participants about the
>> principles, bees & butterflies. That will give them a way to
>> integrate
>> easily and will show them that OS is about cooperation.
>>
>> -PRIORITIZING OR NOT: There are circumstances where setting
>> priorities may
>> be useful although like others I too have found that prioritizing
>> of issues
>> is less important than going straight to action planning...for many
>> groups.
>> Verifying the following circumstances with your client group may
>> give you an
>> answer.
>>
>> When the organization and participants want to act on a collective
>> vision,
>> having everyone involved at the Open Space event participate in
>> choosing
>> priorities can be critical to creating that collective focus.
>> Participants
>> of intact organizations who experienced the absence of priority
>> setting have
>> said they wanted to focus on group priorities instead of committing
>> organizational energy and resources to what they felt were
>> priorities of
>> individuals.
>>
>> Prioritizing is also useful when leaders believe that organizational
>> resources, time and money can only be committed to a limited number
>> of
>> initiatives or that some sequencing is desirable.
>>
>> -ACTION PLANNING - The processes Michael describes with people
>> summarizing
>> their plan on one large sheet and participants walking around works
>> best
>> when there are many plans. A blank sheet can be added below that
>> summary
>> where people are invited to add their names if interested in
>> contributing or
>> post their question if any. Presentations in plenary tend to put
>> people to
>> sleep especially after in OS because they have worked so intensely
>> until
>> then.
>>
>> Follow your instincts and Enjoy!
>>
>> Diane
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
>> Déborah
>> Maarek
>> Sent: 20 octobre 2009 13:17
>> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>> Subject: [OSLIST] OST 1,5 day: Any suggestion?
>>
>> Hello again,
>>
>> Working on a OST for Rennes City in France, I would like to have you
>> experience about the timing to propose for a 1,5 day event!
>>
>> One of the pb is that the host is afraid that many people will come
>> only the
>> first day or only the second day.
>> How can we manage this kind of situation?
>>
>> Just to give you the context: The OST is about Rennes, post carbon
>> city.
>> They have to reach -20% CO2 in 2020 and they want to consult the
>> citizen
>> (around 100 to 160 participants: inhabitants, companies, politics...)
>>
>> My idea is to do most of the emergence part during the first day:
>>
>> Day 1
>> 16:00 Opening
>> 17:00 Discussion 1
>> 18:00 Discussion 2
>> 19:00 Discussion 3
>> 20:00 News of the day
>> 20:45 End of the day
>>
>> Day 2
>>
>> 9:00 Morning news*
>> 9:30 Discussion 4
>> 10:30 End of writting the reports
>> 11:00 Reading
>> 12:30 Vote of priorities
>> 13:00 Lunch
>> 14:00 Action Plan
>> 15:30 Action Plan presentation
>> 16:15 Personal Action Plan
>> 17:00 Final cercle
>> 18:00 End of the day
>>
>> My idea is that after the morning news, I will explain to the "new"
>> participants the process so that they are not lost and they can do
>> the 4th
>> discussion.
>> Would it be strange?
>>
>> I imagine that it is very short for printing 100 or 160 reports
>> after the
>> 4th discussion...
>> But also if I take more time, what would the participants do during
>> this
>> "off" time?
>>
>> If you have any suggestion, ideas or experience, I would love to
>> hear them!!
>>
>> Thank you for your help and support
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Déborah
>>
>> Déborah Maarek
>> Awareness Consulting
>> Rue de Toulouse, 15 - 1040 Brussels, Belgique
>> T: +32 (0) 2 219 33 35 - Gsm: +32 (0) 495 38 98 88
>> deborahmaarek at awareness-consulting.net
>> www.awarenessconsulting.com
>> Skype: deborahmaarek
>>
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