[OSList] number of topics and number of timeslots, presence board members

Koos de Heer koos at auryn.nl
Tue May 29 22:37:11 PDT 2012 

Hi Chris!

Great metrics. In my experience, the 30% band 
runs a little longer. I have had several meetings 
of between180 and 200 people where there were around 60 topics.

Maybe the length of the conference also plays a 
role. These were 1.5 day meetings (which I like very much).

Cheers

Koos


At 01:01 30-5-2012, Chris Corrigan wrote:
>Jeroen...and back to one part of your original question...
>
>In groups of up to 50 I usually prepare breakout 
>space enough for half of those people to host 
>topics over the course of the event.  Therefore 
>a group of 40 needs 20 breakout spaces.  Spread 
>over two timeslots, that means 10 breakout 
>spaces.  Spread over three timeslots, well why 
>not?  Still 10 spaces.  You can never have too much space.
>
>For groups 50-100 I assume something like 30 
>sessions will be held.  For group of 100-200, up 
>to 50 sessions will be held.  200-500, perhaps 
>80.  Groups bigger than 500 can generate 
>sessions at a rate of 15% of the total number of 
>people:  600 will produce up to 90, 800 might produce 120 and so on.
>
>So a formula...
>
>0-50 = 50%
>50-100 = 30%
>100-200 = 25%
>200-500 = 20%
>600+ = 15%
>
>How does that equate with other's 
>experience?  Pannwitz Sr. keeps good records...does that match?
>
>Of course these are approximate ranges, but that 
>helps me prepare.  Always err on the side of preparing too many spaces.
>
>Chris
>
>On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Linda Stevenson 
><<mailto:stevenson8899 at msn.com>stevenson8899 at msn.com> wrote:
>Hi, Jeroen,
>
>I have used the following information 
>successfully with clients - some of it may be of 
>some use to you tomorrow, especially the last sentence!
>
>Good luck,
>Linda
>
>
>
>Self-Organization and Open Space Technology
>
>The phenomenon of self-organization is not new. 
>It has been around a few billion years. However, 
>the intentional focus on self-organization 
>utilizing Open Space Technology with 
>organizations and communities, with just a 25 year history, is relatively new.
>
>Self-organization and complexity theory were 
>first talked about by scientists. It simply 
>means that groups and communities as they come 
>together have an inherent capability to organize 
>“all by themselves.” From bacteria, bees, ant 
>colonies, and now groups of people - what they 
>all have in common is the ability to engage, 
>collaborate, and create higher, more 
>successfully adaptive, levels of functioning.
>
>Open Space Technology is designed to leverage 
>that natural power of self-organization to 
>create more effective organizations and 
>communities. Such a process requires not only a 
>new way of thinking about process, but also about leadership and facilitation.
>
>
>Originated by Harrison Owen, the Open Space 
>process has been used throughout the world in 
>organizations of every kind and size from 5 to 
>3,000 participants. He began designing Open 
>Space Technology when, after spending a year and 
>a half helping to shape and organize a large 
>international conference, the evaluations 
>indicated that the best part of the highly 
>structured event were the coffee breaks!
>
>That was an “ah-ha”moment for Harrison who then 
>set out to design a process that was so 
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>the help of some friends and colleagues Open 
>Space emerged.In hindsight, the coffee break and 
>Open Space are quite simply highly effective and 
>efficient examples of deliberately tapping into 
>the power of self-organization – the natural 
>ability of groups and communities to creatively 
>collaborate and successfully adapt. The elegance 
>and simplicity of the process as well as the 
>powerful collaborations and the effective results always surpass expectations.
>
>Margaret Wheatley describes the relevance of 
>self-organization to organizations and communities as follows:
>
>In self-organization, structures emerge. They 
>are not imposed. They spring from the process of 
>doing the work. These structures will be useful 
>but temporary. We can expect them to emerge and recede as needed.
>
>It is not the design of a specific structure 
>that requires our attention but rather the 
>conditions that will support the emergence of 
>necessary structures. When we work with 
>organizing-as-process rather than 
>organization-as-object, it changes what we do. 
>Processes do their own work. Our wonderful 
>abilities to self-organize are encouraged by 
>openness. We, like all life, can anticipate what 
>is required of us, connect with those we need, and respond intelligently.
>
>The success of Open Space Technology depends on 
>establishing and trusting that the following 
>“conditions” can set the stage for self-organization:
>
>An important issue
>Levels of complexity
>Rich diversities of opinions and participants
>Plenty of passion
>Potential for conflict
>Genuine sense of urgency
>Given the complexity of any human system, the 
>process itself may sound too simple, but the 
>results are unbelievably effective and 
>efficient. OST always works, provided the 
>initial “conditions”are met and the integrity of the process is honored.
>
>Open Space thrives on new connections, new 
>learning, and new ways of being together. From 
>finding common ground and experiencing trust, 
>there emerge more effective collaborations, 
>structures, and leadership through continued 
>partnerships and communication based on passion 
>and taking responsibility for any next steps 
>which are identified during the process.
>
>Opening such a collaborative space will allow 
>the discovery of not only the issues and 
>opportunities, but also the greater capacities 
>needed.  It also can unleash the creative 
>leadership potential, talents and resources of 
>everyone involved while allowing them to take 
>responsibility for the emergent outcomes. 
>Everyone involved will become the champions for 
>necessary change. As Margaret Wheatley 
>insightfully points out “people don’t resist 
>change, they resist having it imposed on them.” 
>In other words, people don’t get behind 
>something they were not involved in helping to create.
>
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 23:03:43 +0200
> > From: <mailto:jrn.rmrs at gmail.com>jrn.rmrs at gmail.com
> > To: <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
>
> > Subject: Re: [OSList] number of topics and 
> number of timeslots,presence board members
> >
> > Hi Linda,
> >
> > thanks for the offer. Tomorrow I have a talk with members of the
> > projectgroup. I'll keep you posted on the outcome and depending on the
> > outcome of this talk I might take you up on your offer.
> >
> > all the best
> >
> > jeroen
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