[OSList] Holding Open Space for 2,000 attendees

[Michael M Pannwitz via OSList]

Dear Meredith,

you will not believe this: Its exactly the same as doing an os-event 
with 100 or any other size...

All you need to adjust for is the number of folks attending, the number 
of breakout spaces needed, the amount of food, the number of toilets, 
how many copying machines if you want to do a traditional 
documentation... and it only takes 1 facilitator (in the case at hand, 
see below, we had two because they insited on having it in two 
languages) and a fairly large team (not counting cooks, personnel for 
the toilets, catering...)

To give you some visual impression of the one HO and humble me 
facilitated for 2108 folks in Würzburg in beertents on a huge plaza, 
look here
> http://www.transformation.at/documents/OS_Wuerzburg_minimized.pdf

This was produced by one of the participants and a seasoned hand in 
facilitating os-events, Erich Kolenaty
here is his entry in the Open Space World Map
> http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/moreinfo/businesscard.php?p_id=48&country_name=Austria&c_id=11

For me it was angstfull at a diffeent level but when it started it 
seemed to be the most selfmangaged and easy event I ever was involved 
in. In face, it needed to be selfmanaged considering that there is no 
way you can pre-set a structure... other than the circles (I think we 
had 12 consecutive circles), an enormous bulletin board, etc.)

Enjoy your event!
And report on it on this grand LIST.

Greetings from Berlin
mmp

PS: If you are interested in the really nitty-gritty, the role of task 
cards, etc. call me.


On 31.05.2016 15:44, Meredith Woolard via OSList wrote:
> Has anyone had experience running an Open Space session for 2,000
> attendees?  If so, I’d love to learn about the logistics and how you
> managed to make it work for such a large group. Thanks!
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Michael M Pannwitz
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