[OSList] 120 minutes of Open Space ….

Fri Apr 12 14:26:27 PDT 2013

Adding my voice Chris...in support of this "Taste of Open Space",

French/German how delightful!  A short story that speaks to the impossible
becoming possible. Two or three years ago, there was an opportunity to host
an Open Space at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL with
students, faculty and community leaders -- 75 to 80 people with only 75
minutes alotted.   The Topic: *Creating a Sustainable Tampa Bay.*

We decided to split the group in two - two rooms; our facilitator
instructions bare minimum; one juicy round of discussions; used integral
flip chart notes on the news wall for the briefing book which we later
photographed. This single event then turned into round 2 and round 3 in
subsequent weeks (each 75 minutes -- the class time period with everyone
together).

Our last session in Open Space became an action session with priority
setting. Many great initiatives one of which is that students wanted a
place to congregate, to be together -- a cafeteria or something. A few
years later, this initiative became a beautiful 81,000 square-foot
University Student Center with a ballroom, dining facilities, meeting
rooms, outdoor verandas and a six-story residence hall. The residence hall
accommodates nearly 200 residents in two-person bedrooms. The ballroom and
meeting spaces are available for public rental and conferences. Here
is the book
of proceedings<http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/daigle_Suzanne-268460-usf-sp-wheatley-leadership-series-connection-parners-education-ppt-powerpoint/>of
this 7-week event.  Lots of pictures that give you a flavor of what
can
happen in 75 or 90 minutes.

*Remarkably, this is where we are hosting the World Open Space on Open
Space in May 2013.*  I remember asking many folks on our OS list about the
wisdom of facilitating an Open Space with so little time. Just as you are
doing now Chris. What got invented was worth every second! Today, I
celebrate because many of these students, faculty and community leaders
will be hosting the world at the May Open Space and this Saturday we are
expecting about 100 people  at an Open Space event titled : "Sustainability
beyond Borders".   It is a seeding event for May.  We are so excited!

Come check it out... Not too late to register! WORLD OPEN
SPACE<http://wosonos2013.crowdvine.com/>
Not only will we enjoy our time together as new and experienced
practitioners but you will get to meet a vibrant multi-generational
community who are all anxiously awaiting your arrival.

Have fun Chris!

Suzanne

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:02 PM, 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
> >
> > Chris Grady
> > Chris Grady.Org
> >
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> > For more information on CGO Surgeries for theatremakers and emerging
> > artists
> > And for work using Open Space Technology go to www.chrisgrady.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >>
> >> *Chris Altmikus*
> >>
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