[OSList] Ending a one day OST with 775?

[Lisa Heft]

Hi, Pernilla -

One thing I would add is that the very youngest people cannot read to  
make choices from written topic headings or notes on the wall - so  
perhaps, just as you might do with a multi-language group - you might  
have 'translators' to read for them.
Also, it is very hard for most people to keep a chain of audio bits  
(like one topic said after another after another) in their heads to  
then make a choice.
So you might think about how the youngest people can have the same  
sense of a body of information and diverse choices to select between  
as the other-aged people.

Which brings to mind a question: why is it necessary to make a  
'decision' at the end of this event?
Might it work better to design a way for everyone to
- receive the full notes post-event
- have some time to read and integrate the knowledge - including for  
the youngest to have a conversation circle with someone going through  
the notes
- in order to then be better informed to...
- ... prioritize in a way that best fits each of their abilities /  
cultures?
(By that I mean - perhaps the youngest can talk about something, mark  
or color each topic on some sort of work sheet based on how they are  
feeling about it during this post-event notes-read-through  
conversation, and show prioritization that way.  People of other  
abilities can prioritize based on a survey sheet or SurveyMonkey or  
voting software or...?

Again: how to equalize everyone's ability and access to information...?

I love that you are going with a combination of your wonderful rich  
experience and your 'gut feeling'...

Let us know how it goes,
Lisa



>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> I¹ve been doing Open Space for over 10 years, some big and some  
>>> small but
>>> most of them for only one day. Right now I¹m planning a one day  
>>> Open Space
>>> at a school with 775 students, 16-18 years, teachers and  
>>> politicians. The
>>> pre-group, with mostly students, decided on the theme ³What do you  
>>> want to
>>> change in our municipality?² (I tried to argue for develop/expand  
>>> instead of
>>> change, but they didn¹t want to develop all the bad things...).
>>> I might add that the politicians are really excited about this and  
>>> they have
>>> decided to return to the school within 2 months with feedback on  
>>> the issues
>>> that involves their work.
>>>
>>> My question is how to end this Open Space the best way. I haven¹t  
>>> done a big
>>> group like this for a few years and since then I¹ve changed some  
>>> things -
>>> ³one less thing to do². I used to do prioritizing with dots in big  
>>> groups
>>> but lately I just give space for reflections or invite for action  
>>> planning,
>>> depending on the group.
>>>
>>> The pre-group was worried that the 1st-graders would be too shy to  
>>> announce
>>> their issue in the microphone. I¹m not too worried about that, but  
>>> I¹m not
>>> sure that inviting for action planning is a good idea. It might  
>>> just be the
>>> ³known voices² of the school that steps up (that would probably  
>>> change if
>>> the Open Space went on for two days).
>>>
>>> My gut feeling now is to do prioritizing, call out the top 5  
>>> issues, let
>>> everybody say one word each in the microphone and then end it with  
>>> the
>>> turn-around-and-take-the­next-step. That will probably only take  
>>> one hour
>>> (young people are usually fast). What do you think?
>>>
>>> This is the schedule for now:
>>> 8:30 Introduction and creating the wall
>>> 9:30 Session 1
>>> 10.40 Session 2
>>> 11:45-13.15 Lunch (not negotiable time)
>>> 13:15 Session 3
>>> 14:20 Coffee break, time for finishing report and getting back in  
>>> the circle
>>> 14:45  ???
>>> 16.15 Ending time
>>>
>>> Rainy greetings from Sweden and Stockholm!
>>> Pernilla Luttropp
>>>

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