[OSList] Half the conference participants doing open space?

Bhavesh Patel bhavmail at gmail.com
Fri May 25 05:45:18 PDT 2012


Just wondering if the workshops could be considered pre-defined sessions...
meaning the circle is opened and individuals present the topics they would
like to convene, including the workshops, and it all goes on the agenda
wall and the 100 decide where they would like to be...

The workshop time slots and space may have already been selected due to
needing boards or powerpoints or tables, etc...

If workshops have a maximum number then sign up sheets would be needed on a
first come first serve basis, and I guess people would not be allowed to
buzz in and out...

Some workshop leaders need to be prepared for the chance that no-one is
interested in their workshops at that moment and so no-one comes...

I am planning to experiment with something like this in the Summer during a
conference...

I wonder if anyone has tried anything like that before...


Smiles Bhav...




On 25 May 2012 11:49, Sandy Gee <wildbalance at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
> *Me & Request for Help:*
> I've informally been around OST for over a decade and facilitated a number
> of events. But this latest I've been asked to do is a challenge I'd
> appreciate your thoughts/comments on....
>
> *The Challenge:*
> Its a one day psychotherapy conference with expected attendance of 100+
> participants. But unfortunately the venue has already been booked and paid
> for and the only large enough space for all is an auditorium with fixed
> rows. The next largest room is a space that could hold a circle of a little
> over 50 (and no room for 2nd concentric circle). They already want most of
> the morning to be conventional presentations so the OST slot was to be for
> the afternoon (maybe with the marketplace the last slot before lunch).
> I'm thinking that a fixed row auditorium just won't work for OST.
>
> *My Idea:*
> So I'm wondering about having just *half the conference* do OST! (and the
> other half sign up in advance to pre-offered workshops) - I've no idea if
> this could work or if it would be too divisive. This group have always had
> a very conventional set up before, they're a fairly straight/conventional
> crowd and the organisers are anyway worried about introducing OST and how
> it'll go down.
> But maybe the more stuffy conventional ones could do the pre-scheduled
> (and big name) workshops (and sign up in advance). And we've got a 50 max
> space for OST participants.
>
> *Comments?*
> Has anyone ever tried something like this?
> What are your thoughts?
> Do you think it could work?
>
> I'd SO appreciate any input!
> Thanks
> Sandy
>
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