[OSList] Open Space flip charts, signage and proceedings

[Jennifer Hurley]

I agree with everything Michael said, except that I think with very large
rooms and lots of discussion circles, it can be helpful to group the
colors of balloons in different parts of the room to give people an
interim clue about which part of the room their discussion is in. When
they get to the right color, they can use the numbers to navigate. We
coordinated the colors of the sticky notes with the colors of the balloons
to give an immediate visual clue. This trick doesn't work as well if the
colors are all mixed up throughout the room.

Jennifer Hurley
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On 9/28/11 3:29 PM, "Michael M Pannwitz" <mmpanne at boscop.org> wrote:

>...when using new stuff, test it.
>The Team for the 2000+ event tested various balloons... actually we had
>a ball doing this months before the event, got helium tanks, got various
>markers, and had some expert advice from the balloon place in Berlin.
>It takes high quality balloons. The markers need to be water based
>(Neuland). It takes various sizes of balloons for different weights, it
>all just needs to be tested in advance.
>It worked like a charm at the event, no hitches other than us
>underestimating the number of issues... having extra balloons, new
>spaces were created by just continuing on the numbering (we had 50
>spaces, 50 balloons, each with a number starting with 1, 2, 3 etc.) that
>is, 51, 52, etc.
>We only used one color balloon and one color marker... all they are
>needed for is identifying a space, so no need for several colors or
>differenly colored markers, thats just confusing although it might look
>pretty... you need simple, plain guidance that does not get people on
>unproductive tracks.
>
>Have a ball
>mmp
>
>
>On 24.09.2011 18:47, Birgitt Williams wrote:
>> Just popping in with a quick note as we are leading workshops and thus
>> busy. In the summer, in a huge OST, we had a big problem with this
>> balloon topic. We knew we could¹t write on them. The client also wanted
>> the letters to be big enough to see. Labels were created. Large balloons
>> were purchased. The helium tank was used to fill them but somehow, it
>> was not a high quality. Within an hour, all balloons had sunk to the
>> floor from the weight of the Avery labelsŠand we had a lot of problems
>> in the OST as a result.
>>
>> Best wishes all,
>>
>> Birgitt Williams
>>
>> *From:*oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
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>>Mezick
>> *Sent:* Saturday, September 24, 2011 10:56 AM
>> *To:* oslist at lists.openspacetech.org; mmpanne at boscop.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Open Space flip charts, signage and proceedings
>>
>> Sheesh! Here is what I am learning....is this actually true??
>>
>> *Writing on Latex Balloons:* Will pop quickly. The inks in markers break
>> down latex. No go.
>>
>>
>> mmpanne, did you experience this? Is the whole issue 'overblown' (pun
>> intended)
>>
>> Please advise.
>>
>>
>> I'm imagining balloons popoong like popcorn and freaking people out
>>
>> We are doing experiments now. I hope this popping-ink thing is a urban
>> legend.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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