[OSList] Closing circle 700 people

[Christine Whitney Sanchez]

Hi Thomas,

In bigger closing circles with limited time, I’ve also used standing mics with scattered questions on the jumbo tron such as What had heart and meaning for you?, What surprised you? What got you moving?  What will you do?  What do you most want to share?  That has allowed me to quickly invite people to share whatever they want to - and they sure do!  

Gray, I love the 4-way stop.  

Hugs to you from a brilliant, warm spring morning in the Arizona desert…

Namasté,

Christine 

Christine Whitney Sanchez
Innovation Partners International
Phoenix, AZ, USA  +1.480.759.0262
www.innovationpartners.com


On May 9, 2014, at 8:43 AM, Graydancer <graydancer at gmail.com> wrote:

I've done a couple of closing circles with 500+ people. We set up four microphones around a central area and everyone was in a big circle around it. We invited people to come up and share what they needed to, while also informing them of the time limits. 

People queued up in lines around each mic and my job as facilitator was much like a traffic cop at a four way stop, inviting people to approach each mic in turn. 

Though, in truth, I wasn't actually needed much once things got going - like a 4-way stop, people understood when it was their turn, and most of my time was simply spent listening. We easily made the time limit, and (I think) everyone who wanted to share got to do so. 

I should thank Lisa Heft for reassuring me that this kind of thing would work, as I had kind of panicked when they first asked me to run the event. But magically the amount of time seems able to remain static regardless of the number of people.

Hope that helps,


Gray
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On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:34 AM, John Watkins <johnw536 at mac.com> wrote:
How about a small-ish fishbowl open seating inner circle with microphones, and concentric circles outside that for everyone else.  Anyone wishing to share concluding thoughts comes and sits in an open seat in the inner circle, shares, and then takes part in the conversation or leaves to open their seat to someone else.  Others in the outer circles may ask questions or reflect on what they are hearing from the fishbowl inner circle using a roving microphone, or they may come take a seat in the inner circle to participate in that conversation.

John

On May 9, 2014, at 8:26 AM, Thomas Herrmann wrote:

> We'll have about 30-40 mts for our closing circle in a weeks time. I have yet not decided finally on the procedures for this. Any experiences and/or ideas you want to share would be appreciated.
> Best regards
> Thomas Herrmann
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