Demo OS in 90 minutes?

[Gail West]

Both test 1 and 2 received about an hour apart.  Pretty good!
Gail


>(okay, here also is my second test to see if I am back on the 
>OSLIST, able to post and to receive - thanks Michael for your 
>thoughtful attention and thanks to the Boise person as 
>well...here...goes... with my signature in plain text, not in the 
>usual colors or font I use....and sent about an hour after my 
>earlier message...)
>
>Thanks for inviting this, Annamarie -
>
>It helps me explore where my own points of 'going for it' are - and 
>where I tell a client it is not the right tool when there is so 
>short a time:
>
>I have also done very short Open Spaces - I bow to Jeff Aitken who 
>inspired me in this area when I was holding so tightly to 'no 
>shorter than three or four hours'.
>
>However, I am a big believer of analyzing overarching objectives, 
>desired outcomes, context of the task and what comes before and 
>after this particular meeting connected to that task, designing in 
>appropriate and useful participant-driven documentation and more.
>
>I then ask myself: with this short a time availability, and for 
>these objectives and desired outcomes, what is the right tool for 
>the deliverables? (including Open Space, World Cafe and other great 
>dialogic tools - and knowing that Open Space has different 
>deliverables depending on the amount of meeting time).
>
>I am also passionate about access and inclusion. So another question 
>I ask myself is - is making very short discussion rounds or only a 
>few minutes to post topics favoring only the quick responders in the 
>room - and does that give a sense of the overall group's interests 
>or issues.
>
>I consider how one of the useful elements of Open Space is 
>*multiple* sessions so people can see their thoughts link and change 
>across the sessions, and as the conversations progress, notice 
>things they didn't see before.
>
>I am also very big on documentation - a way to provide data for the 
>ongoing work of the group - more than the feeling of the moment of 
>conversation.
>
>I ask the host if more time is available (including that lunch, 
>including that networking time - whatever I can get to expand the 
>meeting length) and I explain why more is better.
>
>I explore what other designs would deliver what the host is asking 
>for in a way that allows for reflection or emergence or breathing 
>room.
>
>And if I end up using OS (which I have done on occasion for such a 
>short time) it is because there is no other alternative which will 
>provide the desired outcomes and deliverables in this short of a 
>timeframe.
>
>I do not use a part of Open Space and call it Open Space. If I use 
>one element or adjust it (for example just the part about inviting 
>people to think of topics they are passionate about, making a sign, 
>posting it on the wall and being amazed at the diversity of thought) 
>I do not call it Open Space.
>
>And I look out for opportunities to invite the group or host to a 
>full-on Open Space sometime soon, so they will come to know the 
>difference in what is possible and how the mind (and relationships, 
>and networking, and discovery) work over longer times in Open Space 
>together.
>
>Thank you for inviting the question - I had fun opening up my brain 
>to see how I do things when asked to do short Open Spaces.
>
>
>Lisa
>
>Lisa Heft
>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
>Opening Space
><mailto:lisaheft at openingspace.net>lisaheft at openingspace.net
><http://www.openingspace.net>www.openingspace.net
>
>
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