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Hello Ralph,<br>
<br>
I like what you've described a lot and consider taking some of it into
an upcoming Open Space. It will be 1/2 day + 1 day + 1/2 day action
planning so much more time, but I still like your asking for what came
up repeatedly during the session and then marking favorites and feel
like trying it out.<br>
<br>
A specific question: How do you let them mark the favorites, with
sticky dots or markers or what? And how many votes does everybody get?<br>
<br>
Thanks for your answer,<br>
Marei<br>
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Ralph Copleman schrieb:
<blockquote cite="midC0ECDE23.C3DB%25rcopleman@comcast.net" type="cite">
<title>Doing it all in one day?</title>
<font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Greg Vaughn and all,<br>
<br>
Here’s what I think about trying to do it all in one day...<br>
<br>
I don’t bother trying to get proceedings printed, let alone distributed
and reviewed. That’s for later. I operate out of the belief that one
day is not enough to truly explore the territory (the “issues and
opportunities”) <i>plus</i> come to conclusion about priorities plus
formulate action plans. You can do it, but it will not, in my
experience, have much sticking power. And the larger the group, the
more challenging it is to make the energy last. <br>
<br>
So I open space, hold the space, close the space.<br>
<br>
The latter, for me, requires about 20 minutes (not counting a closing
circle, which I always do in one form or another, sometimes abbreviated
to one word or phrase per person).<br>
<br>
</span></font>
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<li><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Ask people
what themes came up repeatedly regardless of topic or session. Ask
someone to note these on flip charts.
</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Keep going
until everyone who wishes has a chance to mention the theme they
noticed.
</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Take the
resultant flip charts, spread them on the floor, ask people to mark
their favorites. Might be three, five, seven, etc. Depends on the
size of the group and the number of items on the chart. Count them up
if there’s time. Certainly count them up if you’ll be moving on to
action planning the next day. Otherwise, simply promise the info will
be available shortly in written form (after the coordinators pull it
together and send it out).<br>
</span></font></li>
</ol>
<font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br>
(Where did I learn to do it this way? I do not remember, but I think
from Harrison. Is it in the book?)<br>
<br>
Simple, fast, everyone’s involved, no fancy footwork on my part. I can
think of a thousand group dynamics issues and eventualities that I have
not covered by doing things this way. My conviction is few if any of
them really matter. Dealing with them, I have learned from finally
acknowledging feedback I could not hear for years, was more about my
needs than the client’s. Organizations of all types may be better
served if we open the space W I D E and let lots of air and light in
than if we merely crack a window for a brief time in the name of
completing the entire exercise in a short period.<br>
<br>
Ralph Copleman</span></font>
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