[OSList] Half-day Open Space? - Different convergence

[Diane Gibeault]

Hi Elder,

This approach of an Action Sheet as you describe below works well for short OS 
events even if participants have not read reports at the News wall and other 
reports to be completed after the closing. 

I also use it for multiple OS consultations where the client does not want 
actions developed until all consultation events have taken place but wants to 
know what people are passionate about for possible follow-ups. 

Where the client also wants to know about collective priorities for the 
consultation or for the organization in relations to the purpose of the OS 
meeting, I do a separate sheet, a "Survey on Priorities" requiring no name 
(anonymous like a vote), with the following question:  
·      Given our goal reflected in our theme,  
·      Given the needs of the organization, clients and staff, and 
·      Based on the discussions at this event, formal and informal:
What are the 3 priorities we, as an organization, must act on now?

The 2 sheets (priorities and actions) are put in separate piles in the centre of 
the circle for compilation and distribution after the event. 

A separate meeting for "OS on Action" can follow using the consolidated 
priorities and the list of action ideas as the new starting point. 
Alternatively people are invited to follow their passion and participate to 
different meetings organized around actions that stand out from the 
compilation. 
In addition, they can be invited to act on whatever else they have passion for, 
as long as they consult and coordinate with the existing channels of decision 
making in their unit and organization.

Where action development is to be taking place separately of the OS event, I 
find that the simplicity of this approach (action sheet, and priority sheet 
where applicable) brings flexibility and makes OST more accessible. I hope this 
is helpful to you.

Diane



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From: ELEDER AURTENETXE PILDAIN <eleder.aurtenetxe at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tue, July 19, 2011 4:28:43 AM
Subject: Re: [OSList] Half-day Open Space?

Hi Gray, my experience is as follows: someone approaches asking for OS as they 
have seen me do other OS and they liked it, and they witnessed the closing 
circle some time...
They want to do a participation stuff and think about OS because of this. They 
usually have just some hours (lately we did some one-days, half-days and even 
one 90-minutes).
I explain them ...

	* what ideal conditions for OS are
	* that at least one-day would be needed for a good airing of a subject, but 
that we can try and have them see what the potential could be
	* that I just know doing OS and believe it´s the best way, even for a shorter 
meeting
	* what results would be like (auto-organization, passions made public, good 
conversation, responsibility -or lack of and insight about it-, the briefing of 
the convs, maybe action proposals,... the spirit and discovering, maybe, that 
there is a  better way to live & work). Not few for some hours, is it?then I let 
them decide. I am as frank as I can and avoid getting attached to a desire of 
doing OS. In fact OS is all the time happening and one can put oneself out of 
the way and do a bit less work... :-)!

As Barry O. one day made me see, it always works.

I take half-days and so as something for newcomers to have a taste of OS, and 
expalin it in advance. That´s why I prefer two shorter sessions than just one 
long. 


Action ideas: before closing it could be interesting a call for action as 
follows: distribute a sheet and ask people: "after the conversations, is there 
something calling for action inside you?": write some words on it and your name, 
state it, put it in the center and we will redistribute it with the reports. I 
wonder whether this would be useful or just one more thing not to do... any 
views on it?

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2011/7/18 Gray Miller <graydancer at gmail.com>

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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