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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'>Hello, fabulous
Christine and others –</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=2 color=navy
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:navy;font-style:italic'>One of our biggest challenges is physical space.
In a previous posting, I got wonderful feedback suggesting that we create more
space by eliminating tables. Picture 1500+ circles of six. Have any
of you ever done a longish meeting with small circles but no tables?
If so, what did people do with all their stuff? This group will be laden
with artifacts they pick up in the exhibit halls, notebooks, personal items,
water, etc.</span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=2 color=navy
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:navy;font-style:italic'>Thanks in advance for any ideas or experiences
you can share</span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></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 often am facilitating
for large conferences where eliminating tables can be very useful.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Consider,
though, that some people with certain disabilities / different abilities need
to sit at tables and would not be able to comfortably participate without
that. So perhaps a survey question pre-conference asking people about
their special needs including needing a writing-leaning surface may help.
Then you can look after those people / assign a volunteer / ask participants to
all help them move a little ‘tv tray’ or other small table surface
wherever they need to be as they mix and match with other participants in other
areas of the room through the different large-scale processes.</span></font></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'>Other than
that, four things come to mind. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=2
color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>providing a
backpack or, as mentioned, large ‘tote’ bag to each conference
participant</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=2
color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>informing and
agreeing with the hotel/conference center banquet staff about the different
times during the days when they can walk through the audience and pick up cups,
boxes from lunch, etc.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=2
color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>helping that
site staff by going through the room periodically to re- position the chairs
(as without a table you want to create space that is safe to navigate through
and invites the circles)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=2
color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>placing on the
floor in every chair circle either a hotel bussing tray covered in a lovely
cloth napkin(s) or just placing a few cloth napkins on the ground in the center
of each group - upon which you pre-set the materials needed for each
large-scale group process. Gives a sense of space, a place for the tools,
a center for the circle, and if done well, a lovely thing to look at.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>(Trays can be
pre-set another day – it takes a very long time to do this – hours and
hours – more if you are needing to create replacement trays for / or shifting
materials for [for example] Open Space and then for a next afternoon or day
World Cafe)</span></font></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'>Amazing work
you are doing, sister Christine,</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></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></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'>Consultant,
Facilitator, Educator</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'>O p e n i n
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href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></font></a></span></font></p>
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