OST 1,5 day: Any suggestion?

Harrison Owen hhowen at verizon.net
Thu Oct 29 14:27:20 PDT 2009


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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Déborah
Maarek
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:47 PM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: OST 1,5 day: Any suggestion?

 

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/forumcolib
ris

 

 

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

 

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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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