[OSList] number of breakout groups
Birgitt Williams
birgitt at dalarinternational.com
Thu Jun 6 12:17:15 PDT 2019
There are considerations regarding break-out spaces and the main space that
go beyond the metrics presented so far. Clients, over time have helped me
to understand
1.I need to pay attention to sound so that the break out circles are not
all clustered in the main room, near each other, making it super hard for
the many with hearing challenges to hear...and to participate fully.
Hearing challenges related to listening with too much background chatter
need to be considered.
2.need to pay attention to toxicity in the air and ask that participants
avoid the use of scented products....those who are sensitive to smells such
as perfumes get headaches and more...and have difficulty participating
fully.
3. need to pay attention to some simple safety measures for those with
failing eyesight...such as avoiding situations of markers left about on the
floor...a safety hazard
There is more to be considered...for the many people with different
challenges be they physical or mental health challenges. I hope others
could add to this list based on experience.
I prefer to have no breakout space planned for the plenary room, and then
use this room as my backup room for the unexpected...and there is always
something unexpected that happens.
Wishing all those who are so passionate about Open Space Technology
continued joy with this impactful work!
in genuine contact,
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On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 11:06 AM Lori Palano via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> Thanks everyone! It is good to at least see these "rules of thumb" to have
> a place to start the estimation. And certainly there is always more space
> when people want it!
>
> Lori
>
>
>
> Le jeudi 6 juin 2019 09 h 23 min 07 s UTC−4, Thomas Herrmann via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> a écrit :
>
>
> I usually have the main room with the circle as an extra space if more
> groups than I have prepared for will happen. I give the prepared breakout
> spaces each a number starting the furthest away so the logic stays, even if
> more breakout spaces are created.
> Says
> Thomas Herrmann
>
>
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: OSList <oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org> För Dr. Christian
> Kemper via OSList
> Skickat: den 6 juni 2019 12:03
> Till: World wide Open Space Technology email list <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Kopia: Dr. Christian Kemper <kemper.christian at gmail.com>; Michael M
> Pannwitz <mmpannwitz at gmail.com>
> Ämne: Re: [OSList] number of breakout groups
>
> Am 06.06.19 um 01:10 schrieb Michael M Pannwitz via OSList:
>
> > I wonder what additional parameters other than than number of
> > participants and length of the event would have to be considered for a
> > more reliable tool to predict the number of issues to be expected at
> > an OST event.
>
> Hihi, Michael:-)
>
> As far as I experienced there is no rule or reliable answer to this
> question - it depends on so many factors (e.g. how urgent is the os, how
> complex the question, how unknown the answer, how conflictual the problem,
> how diverse the group and so on).
>
> But one thing I was able to see so often is that the younger the people
> are the more issues they raise. In open spaces with children there are
> sometimes as many issues as people participate, the maximum I saw was
> 1.3 issues per person (in a 1.5 day os with around 100 people).
>
> I also remember one girl who raised eleven issues in a three-day open
> space with six starting times.
>
> And i remember the boy, who negotiated his issue in the same open space
> over the whole time, again and again and supplemented and expanded it and
> finally probably negotiated with all 250 people right up to the action
> planning. It was: "Cocoa instead of milk in the breaks". At the next
> meeting he reported and justified with a broad chest and proudly that it
> was not implemented after he had gone through all school instances (and
> democracy learned from it).
>
> Sunny greetings to all of you!
>
> Christian
>
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> >
> > Greetings from Berlin
> > mmp
> >
> >
> > Am 05.06.2019 um 17:37 schrieb Harrison Owen via OSList:
> >> And then there was the time when Michael Pannwitz and I had 2108
> >> participants… And I think we ended up with 175 Groups. We grossly
> >> under-estimated (75) – but fortunately you can add groups as many as
> >> you need. The People are always right, and they will claim the space
> >> they need. Facilitators are only guessing – and then just get out of
> >> the way J
> >>
> >> Harrison
> >>
> >> *From:*OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On
> >> Behalf Of *Lori Palano via OSList
> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 5, 2019 9:51 AM
> >> *To:* oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> >> *Cc:* Lori Palano
> >> *Subject:* [OSList] number of breakout groups
> >>
> >> Hello all
> >>
> >> A number of years ago I seem to remember a resource shared on this
> >> list that calculated an average number of breakout groups that tended
> >> to show up according to the total number of participants based on the
> >> cumulated experience of this community. Does this ring a bell with
> >> anyone? I think it was an excel sheet. I'd like to find it again, but
> >> so far my searching hasn't lead to anything.
> >>
> >> Here's hoping!
> >>
> >> Lori
> >>
> >>
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