[OSList] Signing up for sessions

Stéphane Brodu stefbrodu at gmail.com
Wed Nov 23 10:58:41 PST 2011


Tanks a lot for this sharing.
We can feel the dynamics inside the exercise.

I facilitate an open space with 200 people in a few days.
I'll surely share on the list !

Sb
Le 23 nov. 2011 06:07, "Rob van der Eyden" <
robvandereyden at veranderarchitect.nl> a écrit :

> Hello all,****
>
> ** **
>
> I still wanted to share some of my experiences in the Open Space I
> facilitated a couple a weeks ago. The event was a ‘Veranderdiner’
> (Changediner) that we organize a couple a times a year for a network of
> people interested in behavioral change. Topic this time was: ‘What can I do
> to make the world a better place?’.  About 20 people showed up.****
>
> ** **
>
> We had positive reactions on the event, lively conversations, new people
> met. Valuable experience gained in facilitating an Open Space. All good.
> About the Open Space ‘technique’:****
>
> **·         **We asked the participants to set up the circle of chairs
> for them self. Worked really well.****
>
> **·         **The agenda we had lying on floor in the middle of the
> circle. After a short introduction, I asked the participants for their
> topics / sessions. Lot of (very diverse) topics were raised, each put an a
> paper. Each paper was put somewhere at the agenda, but mostly not at a
> specific location / timeslot. That was probably because I did not put
> post-its on the agenda, that could be taken by everyone that wanted to host
> a session (so will do that next time). So we ended with a stack of topics
> suggested to be discussed, but no agenda yet…****
>
> **·         **So on to ‘signing up’: based on the discussion on the OS
> List, I decided to ask the participants to sign up for the topics they were
> interested in by putting their name on that paper. Result? Nobody did that,
> but the buzz did certainly get going. And probably a bit different than it
> should, because we did not have clear topics assigned to location/timeslot.
> I ‘managed to’ leave it to the group to figure it out. There were some
> participants that started trying to organize the whole thing (“let’s do it
> like this…”), but in some way several groups formed about some topics
> (which were probably all different from the ones posted in the first run)
> and they got to work and have a good time.****
>
> **·         **I did feel some struggle within me during the event. Before
> we got started one of the participants told me about a (to me very good and
> clear) topic he wanted to discuss, but for some reason he did not raise it
> in the group, but chose to raise another topic (to me very vague). I felt
> some regret, decided to let it go, but when another topic related topic
> came up, I did make a reference. That went nowhere, so probably I should
> have stayed out in the first place. Later when I listened in to some of the
> conversations, I got the feeling that some participants were more involved
> than others, so I started wondering ‘why don’t they use their 2 feet?’ and
> ‘should I remind them about that possibility?’ I did not. Any other
> experiences on that? I had the idea that participants still feel it as not
> done / not polite to leave a session…  Guess I am still trying to find the
> balance letting the group do it themselves and trying to influence / taking
> care of the participants ****
>
> **·         **We closed with a nice ‘talking stick’ closing circle with
> warm reactions. ****
>
> ** **
>
> So probably I did not do it all by the book, but still I look back to a
> great event and am looking forward to try again ;-)****
>
> ** **
>
> Again: thank you all for sharing your thoughts on signing up earlier.****
>
> ** **
>
> Best regards, Rob           ****
>
> ** **
>
> *Van:* oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:
> oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *Namens *Rob van der Eyden
> *Verzonden**:* dinsdag 8 november 2011 21:30
> *Aan:* 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'
> *Onderwerp:* Re: [OSList] Signing up for sessions****
>
> ** **
>
> Wow! How good to see how ‘alive’ this open space community is. Thank you
> all for all your valuable thoughts on signing up. I will try to find my way
> based on your suggestions and I will share my experiences with you
> afterwards.****
>
> ** **
>
> Best regards, Rob****
>
> De Veranderarchitect B.V.****
>
> Rob A.I. van der Eyden
> *"Change is disturbing when it is done to us, exhilerating when it is
> done by us" (K. Moss Kanter)*
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> www.veranderarchitect.nl****
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