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G'day Joe <br><br>
I have used this recently at a three-day national conference -
non-residential - about 100 folks - theme: Spirituality in Leadership and
Management. <br>
For days two and three, the mornings had keynote addresses and then
traditional smorgasbord offerings after lunch - three streams to choose
from - <br>
1) presentation of papers - academic stream<br>
2) workshops - interactive, facilitator-directed stream<br>
3) Open Space - 2 x one hour conversation sessions<br><br>
First day about 4 people came into the 'space' initially - had a
conversation, were joined by another couple - had some further
conversations - were satisfied with the choices; second day first session
6 people - later joined by about 10 others - very stimulating and
energised - people who admitted to being overloaded with info and wanted
some time for good conversations...<br>
From my perspective - this was about using the framework of OS for
creating space for conversation - it worked insofar as the right people
came etc - and received what they needed at the time. <br>
Was it Open Space? dunno about that...certainly a version of OS - though
not very satisfying for me as space-holder - in comparison to the 'real
thing' ....eeek, what am I saying? since my views are irrelevant
(other than 'silent witness' ) in the 'evaluation' in any event - the
folks who came created their own space and whatever happened
happened...<br><br>
I would offer this again within such a conference setting - at the very
least it gave participants an articulated 'freedom-option' that was not
normally available to them (or so they believed...!)<br><br>
Brendan<br><br>
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At 04:35 PM 8/2/2004, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="arial" size=2>2.
Having OS as one Workshop option at a Conference - so people could choose
to do traditional workshops or engage in a 2 or 4 hour
OS.</font></blockquote></body>
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