[OSList] Half-day Open Space?

[doug]

Gray--

It can work. A lot depends on what the client wants out of it.

Last week I did an open space complete with opening, and closing circle
in 2.5 hours. I struggled with whether to do 1 or 2 breakout sessions,
but went with one longer one and that was the right decision. I prefer
going longer than shorter.

So it might be important how you parcel out the 6 hours you do have.
Remember lunch can be a session time.

What does your client want out of the session? How would you divide the
day--how many breakout sessions?

			:- Doug. Germann






On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 13:41 -0500, Gray Miller wrote:
> I have a bit of a crisis as I am trying to negotiate an open space for
> a relatively large (500-700 attendee) conference that would like to
> incorporate Open Space.
> 
> Namely, I was just informed (via text message, before the meeting)
> that rather than having a full day, I will have about 6 hours
> (beginning at 11:30) to make the open space happen.
> 
> I already have some of the excellent words I've heard from Lisa Heft
> in mind for talking to the event manager. However, I'm curious if
> anyone else has had experiences with successful half-day Open Spaces
> (or other event models) and how that looked. I'd also be interested in
> hearing attempts that didn't work; my impulse initially is to say to
> the manager "perhaps open space is not the approach we should take
> here." 
> 
> However, part of that is being in unfamiliar territory; I've only done
> OS in multiple-day setups.
> 
> Any ideas or resources would be appreciated,
> 
> Gray
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