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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"Does the number of allocated
meeting places designated by the facilitator actually affect the number of
issues (and associated breakout groups) that the group comes up with?"</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Not in my experience. If there are more
issues, make more spaces. And if you can’t think of any – just tell
the people to find their own space. They always do. The mother of all
mis-calculations occurred when </span></font><font color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>Michael Pannwitz</span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'> and I took on
the 2008 folks in </span></font><font color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>Germany</span></font><font color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>. We predicted 150
sessions/spaces. Turned out there were 236 (Michael’s count). Fortunately
we had been designating breakout areas with gas balloons with numbers on them, all
over the floor. When it became clear that we had way under-estimated the number
required more balloons were filled quickly. I don’t think any of the
participants noticed, or if they did, they just thought it was part of the
show. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>OSLIST</span></font><font
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Joe Bowers<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Monday,
February 28, 2005</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Allocating Breakout
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Does anybody have any thoughts
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"Does the number of allocated
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks for any input.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Joe Bowers<br>
The Centre for Success, Health & Happiness<br>
612 9858 1569<br>
0403 395 488<br>
<a href="mailto:joe@successandhappiness.com.au">joe@successandhappiness.com.au</a><br>
<a href="http://www.successandhappiness.com.au">www.successandhappiness.com.au</a></span></font></p>
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