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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=SV
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear fabulous Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=SV
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks for your response.
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It went to me directly but I just assume it was
intended for the list, so here it goes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Agree with what you wrote about having
speakers etc first but the time – according to how the overall design is
right now, will not make that possible.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So, I have not yet had a chance to speak
more than briefly with the organizer – and got some info via email. Don´t
know for sure if they are flexible to the plan they sent me. I will share some
reflections with them and then we´ll arrange a pre-meeting to find out what
they want more than open up some space. The event will be in November.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The OS-afternoon will, according to the
current plan, be at the same time as there are multiple workshops to choose
from. So maybe 100 or several hundred. They will have to make choice when
registering. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So the plan is to have these workshops the
afternoon of the first day + one hour and 15 minutes in the morning the 2<sup>nd</sup>
day. Then a couple of lectures and finally a summarizing “debate-kind-of-thing”
lead by a “famous” Swedish journalist...quite traditional.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I like your idea of using Worldcafé for
the extra time the 2<sup>nd</sup> day – that´s a good option which might
fit in the design. But I find it difficult not to have a closing to the OST,
but do understand your point! So one way, you mean, could be to use Worldcafé as
an invitation to reflect on what happened the afternoon before – kind of
closing? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Had another email from Kerry, off line, to
invite people to form virtual action teams to outline plans for priorities
voted on the first day. Is also an option which may fit! That might be combined
with a closing circle for the OST – but then they will have to go on to
these lectures....or use their feet. This design could allow for 3 sessions the
first day + evening news. Then morning news, re-opening, short action meetings,
closing circle. A bit stuffed, but could work too.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As mentioned, the choice of design will be
informed once we know more about the purpose/theme for the OST-meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Lots of hugs and thanks – I will let
you know how it goes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=SV style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Från:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=SV style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
Lisa Heft [mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Skickat:</span></b> den 3 maj 2007 01:18<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Till:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">thomas@openspaceconsulting.com</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Ämne:</span></b> RE: Another hour and 15
minutes? (X-posted OS/<st1:PersonName w:st="on">GC list</st1:PersonName>s)</span></font><span
lang=SV><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Hi, fabulous
Thomas –</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>You wrote:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'><</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <i><span style='font-style:italic'>I have been
invited to facilitate an OST meeting as part of a large 1,5 day national
conference. About 1000 participants who will be able to choose different workshops
for the major part and have some gatherings together too. The sponsor wants to
have an OST-meeting for 4 hours the afternoon of the first day as one option to
other workshop kind of stuff – and there is a possibility to use another
hour and fifteen minutes the following morning – before the whole group
meets again for the rest of that day. Of course it sounds interesting to
get some more time but I am not sure how to design this. Of course we will have
some pre-planning but I am already starting to think about possibilities to use
that extra time. Any ideas</span></i>??</span></font><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>I always
counsel conference organizers to use Open Space for the *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>last</span></b>* 4 hours of the conference –
sort of a ‘what do we all want to learn and share together before we all
go our separate ways?’. You know this of course, Thomas – if
OS happens earlier there is the possibility that the participants will not want
to sit still in the more traditional workshops after that. But perhaps
you have already had this conversation with the organizers and this
afternoon-of-first-day is what you have. I have had the okay experience
where if you put the OS in the late afternoon and people get to leave after
that (go to dinner, do whatever) the energy keeps ‘percolating’
– I would caution against the conference doing anything to
‘close’ the afternoon and that energy.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Is the entire
conference doing the OS? Or just some participants? To me that may help
inform how you use the 1.5 hours the next morning. It is possible though,
either way, that you could I suppose use it for people sharing their
experiences from the day before. It might be interesting to use World
Cafe as a method for that. Otherwise it will feel like closure and then
the conference has to go on.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>I have done
short-form OS where we set up for 2000 people because we did not know how many
attendees would come and it was a 2,600-person conference. It all worked
well – as usual, it can be a bit tricky to design the appropriate text
for the program and multiple messages throughout the conference to give
participants an idea of / interest in / draw to the Open Space portion –
but you know how to do that, as well, dear Thomas...</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Waving to you
from sunny <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Lisa</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>___________________________</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>L
i s a H e f t</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'>Consultant,
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><a
href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></font></a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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