[OSList] Large group small main room

[Thomas Herrmann]

Hi Lisa and txs for reminding me of these special needs which may not always
be easy for people to express. 

Txs for helping me stretch my thinking. Much can still happen in the
planning meeting, so I stay open to see where they come from, where and how
they are and where they want to go. My experience is that much can change
from my first impression when facilitating a group through those questions.

I don’t expect action planning to be in the design, from the info I have
today. 

 

I will let you know what happens in the planning meeting! 

 

All the best 2U

Thomas

 

Från: Lisa Heft [mailto:lisaheft at openingspace.net] 
Skickat: den 8 april 2011 07:10
Till: thomas at openspaceconsulting.com
Kopia: 'OS LIST'
Ämne: Re: [OSList] Large group small main room

 

Hi, dear Thomas -

 

About the small room - you know what I'm going to say, Thomas: just keep in
mind that there are participants who may have physical abilities and
disabilities you may not know about / may not see by looking. So if you are
asking some folks to sit on the ground or stand for a long period this may
or may not be comfortable for some people who are too shy to ask for
different seating or to speak up mid-process to say they need to sit or
move. So my recommendation is to think about physical access, movement, room
to breathe, room to think, and peoples' personal (and not always obvious)
abilities.

 

Koos you had some excellent thoughts and advice. Including...I wonder if
there are more than several little things which are sparking your intuition,
Thomas - about this not being the best event for Open Space?

Such as some already set elements, talking about action but perhaps a
majority of participants will not need action, a thought about if action is
not supported or sustainable once they leave the meeting is it realistic to
include action planning as part of this meeting? And the other stuff planned
the 'have to do' - of course you will see if this is something adjustable or
if it breaks up the Open Space time in some way and prevents peoples' arc of
thinking and interchange and flow.  And if you have to do too many things
earlier in the meeting - what does that do to the Open Space? 

 

I know you will ask all these questions and think of all these
possibilities.

 

But most importantly - what does your intuition - not just your brain - tell
you?

When is the point you push through with OS, and when do you sense that it is
a great opportunity for some other amazing interactive dialogue stuff that
is not OS?

 

I am interested in hearing how your thoughts unfold as you learn more from
this client (and from yourself),

 

Lisa


Lisa Heft

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lisaheft at openingspace.net

 

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