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At 08:00 AM 7/27/99 -0400, you wrote: <br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Mark:<br>
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What strikes me most strongly is that your concurrent breakout sessions
are probably too long - I would schedule sessions for a 3/4 hour
each in your breakout times - my experience is that 3/4 hour is about the
right length of time.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Esther</blockquote>*************************************************************<br>
And here is where Open Space is definitely a "each to his/her
own" sort of thing. The 1 1/2 hour time slots work well for me in
anything over ad day long Open Space. Since I won't do anything less than
a day -- hour and on half is normative in my book. Can it be less? Of
course... and when the group is small with little travel required between
meeting spaces ... doubtless it will work. But optimal "cooking
time" -- 1 1/2 hours. <br>
<br>
Harrison <br>
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