[OSList] 120 minutes of Open Space ..

Fri Apr 12 13:55:28 PDT 2013

Harrison : You are a wise man, I agree with you. Is is very relative, my
best moment in my live was only one hour long but it was very transforming
to me, it was not long but so powerful! It was a real awakening to me.
When my son was almost dying in a hospital he was there 11 days that seemed
to me as 3 months or more
Adriana

2013/4/12 Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net>

> Nice Paul. When people get all upset about the amount of time (not enough,
> too short, wrong sort) my puckish side tends to put in an appearance with a
> question: How long does it take to have a good idea? Sometimes it seems
> like a whole lifetime, and not much shows up. But in the moment it’s
> momentous. One might even say timeless. Or something.****
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> *From:* oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:
> oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *paul levy
> *Sent:* Friday, April 12, 2013 1:15 PM
> *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list
> *Subject:* Re: [OSList] 120 minutes of Open Space ….****
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> Whilst I agree and resonate with the sentiment of "if only you had longer
> than two hours", I don't agree that shorter open spaces "short change"
> participants. And I am someone whose most wonderful OS experience was at an
> Open Space that ran for four days!****
>
> So, here's an alternative perspective - one that distinguishes Open Space
> Technology from Opening Space. ****
>
> Opening Space can take one second and be vital and wonderful. When our
> eyes meet a stranger and we smile - that can be opening space, especially
> if we self-organise, taking or giving ourselves permission to break with
> the "rule" of never smiling at strangers or the structure of "always
> walking on by.****
>
> Open Space Technology takes a bit of time to set up, and therefore longer
> is often suggested as better (though even Open Space Technology can bet set
> up in a few minutes, rather than the 45 mins it is often strung out to).
> Also quite a few open space fans see open space is so good for the world,
> that any minutes not doing are a kind of terrible shame. That distaste for
> structure is plain silly and a bit vain.****
>
> Opening Space lies beyond time, though it manifests for us on timelines
> and in space. We can open space during five minutes for a life-changing
> conversation. We can open space for two hours, or two days, or two decades.
> ****
>
> Often less can be so much more - and this applies to number of minutes too.
> ****
>
> Opening Space needs only permission to self-organise and the principles of
> OST are great to enable that self-organisation.****
>
> So, for me, two hours is what it is, and it is potentially as powerful as
> a lifetime. Two hours is not "not longer" - it is 120 gloriously potential
> minutes.****
>
> Open Space for it and trust the community to make use of it. Out of it
> might come some restlessness to open more space. Or not.****
>
> I believe it is a fallacy to equate open space as being always better if
> longer. I'm not sure we have really begun to see how OST can embrace an
> hour, though I've heard some inspiring stories. Moments of wow happen in
> moments, and not always because they took place in hours of not wow. They
> emerge. And they can emerge across a crowded room between two strangers in
> a second, and change the whole universe, just as much as they can emerge at
> an open space conference over 8 hours.****
>
> You have two hours and that is what you have! Open Space for two hours and
> trust to what opening space can do with anything, anywhere, anytime.****
>
> warm wishes****
>
> Paul ****
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> On 12 Apr 2013 17:02, "Jeff Aitken" <r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com> wrote:****
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> Last year at the height of the Occupy gatherings, we brought 130
> people together for a two hour evening. I did a 30 minute opening, we
> had two 30 minute sessions for 24 topics, and used the final 30
> minutes for report-backs from the convenors of the topics, focused on
> what ideas or plans they are taking 'out of the room'. It was a very
> high energy gathering. Of course we wish we devoted a day or more.
>
> Because of the size of the church hall and the fact that some
> breakouts were in another building, I felt ok about designing for two
> sessions instead of trying three. For example I noticed elders taking
> their time moving from place to place. However, if there were well
> over 30 topics I can see that would have been a spatial challenge to
> work with.
>
> Jeff
>
> On 4/12/13, chris grady <chris at chrisgrady.org> wrote:
> > Dear Chris
> >
> > I recently did 200 doctors and patients in 3 hrs, and I'm about to do a
> > follow up with 300 in the same time !!
> > We offered stenographers roaving around the room to help with notetaking,
> > and whilst we had the Newsroom for effect we didn't push participants to
> > have to do their own writing up.  The challenge was to move them from the
> > circle to get started. I underplayed the time for merging sessions and
> > marketplace so we kept it moving.  The individual agenda sessions were
> set
> > at 2 timeslots of 45 minutes each with no break.  This was not ideal,
> and I
> > don't know how it will work with an extra 100 people in the room.  Time
> > will tell.
> >
> > I am hoping the medics will like Open Space so much that they will
> realise
> > allowing it to breathe more will help
> > I didn't stint on the time for the opening circle - because I needed to
> > calm them after an hour of key note speeches which the medics insisted
> was
> > also needed.   They are reducing that front-end speaching this time round
> > having seen the effect of Open Space.
> >
> > Good luck
> > Cheers
> >
> > Chris
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> > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Chris Altmikus @ iDeA-Link <
> > chris.altmikus at idea-link.eu> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello dear Open Space friends,
> >>
> >> I am preparing for a very short OS Session, 120 minutes ... with some
> >> 100+
> >> participants, french- and/or german-speaking.
> >>
> >> Any experience and guidance you may be willing to share on how to open &
> >> structure such a ... short ... space ? How crisp can I make the opening,
> >> which I will be doing in both German & French... What is the additional
> >> thing I can drop or leave doing ... ?
> >>
> >> Gratefully yours    +    Chris
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