[OSList] Short meeting to taste Open Space

[Lisa Heft]

Hello, Danilo -

Here is something I have found to be useful.
For something like this I do not squeeze Open Space into something.  
But I do give a taste - a snapshot of Open Space with an interactive  
moment.

I set up the room just like an Open Space.
- circle of chairs (for 100 depends on the room size - circle or  
concentric rings)
- papers and markers in the center
- posters of guidelines and insects and theme on the walls (and I  
think of a focusing question / theme that is crafted to be interesting  
and important as if it was a day- or two-days-long Open Space for this  
particular group - a compelling theme)
- discussion area signs posted around the room
...and so on.

I open, invite them to think about the theme, explain principles and  
law and process just as I would do for a true Open Space.
They write topic signs and post them on the wall, just as they would do.

And then I freeze the action and say...

'Looking at the topics on the Agenda Wall - do you see sessions you  
would like to go to?'

And they always say yes. Then we do questions or whatever works.

Try to get more of that hour - it's important and you will want to  
take time to allow them to think of more and more and more topics and  
let them fill that wall...

And if you are able to, you might want to show at the end some Books  
of Proceedings that show knowledge-exchange, researcher and university- 
based Open Space events. To show them the documentation component.

Cheers from a cloudy-and-also-blue-sky afternoon in California USA,

Lisa

Lisa Heft
Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
Opening Space
lisaheft at openingspace.net

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On Apr 5, 2011, at 2:29 PM, Danilo Kozoderc wrote:

> Dear  all,
>
> I need a suggestion. I am starting to cooperate with university  
> center for technology transfer.
>
> I will have possibiliti to present Open space on a meeting which  
> will last for one hour and I will probably have 30 minutes.  There  
> will be about 100 professors and researcers from all parts of  
> university. They are kind of not used to collaborate and exchange  
> knowledge and ideas.  Idea is that after this first meeting we  
> establish kind of open space for colaboration and exchange.
>
> My challange is: how to make tis 30 min? I don't want to have only  
> theoretical presentation. But also this people are also used to old  
> form of such meetings. Any suggestion will be welcomed.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Danilo

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