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At 01:40 PM 5/27/2003 -0700, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>I just
had a conversation with a client about an upcoming 2-day Open
Space. The group is composed lots of high-powered executives.
As my contact put it, "there are undoubtedly people in the group who
haven't taken their own notes in 40 years."</font><br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>The planners are envisioning having staff do
the typing of session notes. In other words, convenors would, as
always, be responsible for seeing that the notes are taken.
Convenors would then hand them off to staff to type up after their
sessions.</font><br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>My instinct is to advise against this and
invite these folks to take responsibility for seeing that the notes are
entered themselves. My client is skeptical that any sessions would
actually make it into the computers this way.</font><br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>Has anyone dealt with this sort of issue?
Any thoughts?</font><font face="arial"></font></blockquote><br>
I have had the experience and you are RIGHT Peggy!!! Having SECRETARIES
DO THE NOTES IS DISASTER. don't UNDERSTAND. can't FIND THE perpetrators,
can't read the stuff. Further more typing it in is part of the
experience. Real creativity takes place when you have a pile of notes and
know that YOU have to do it all. It is called EDITING. Getting out the
good stuff. I thought those sorts of dinosaurs died some time ago.
Certainly should now. Strike a blow for freedom. Tell 'em to type their
own stuff. Or if it isn't important enough to be included, forget it.
Save everybody a lot of eye strain.<br><br>
Harrison<br><br>
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