Congrats Bui!<br><br>The first experience always have a greater impression. Good to know that all went well, there always will be things that could be improved, but at least you succeeded in creating a space for discussion, as i facilitator we just create a favorable space for people to communicate.<br>
<br>These small things like good preparation of signs and decoration of agenda wall do make difference. Do keep sharing your experiences.<br><br>congratulations!<br><br>shikha <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/29/09, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kári Gunnarsson</b> <<a href="mailto:kari.gunnarsson@simnet.is">kari.gunnarsson@simnet.is</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Congrats Bui!<br> <br> <br> 2009/4/28 Bui Petersen <<a href="mailto:bui.petersen@gmail.com">bui.petersen@gmail.com</a>>:<br> <br>> I did it.<br> ><br> > I facilitated my first Open Space on Saturday. As expected, it was small<br>
> (only 7 people including myself). We only had 3 hours for discussions and<br> > action planning. Thanks to the great suggestions on this forum, I created<br> > the following schedule:<br> ><br> > 9-9:30 Opening (agenda creation)<br>
> 9:30-10:10 Session I<br> > 10:10-10:50 Session II<br> > 10:50-11:30 Session III<br> > 11:30-12:00 Opening for Action<br> ><br> > I did as brief an introduction as I could while still covering all the<br>
> points. 11 topics were posted. Several were combined. It was interesting<br> > that the most central topic happened to be posted first and that everyone<br> > joined that discussion. I think that probably everyone needed to part of<br>
> that discussion. This session also went way over time compromising the time<br> > left for other topics. However, I don't think this was a problem because the<br> > other topics didn't need as much discussion once the first one had been<br>
> thoroughly dealt with. I kept reminding myself of, "Whatever happens is the<br> > only thing that could have."<br> ><br> > As I am an integral member of the group, it was interesting staying out of<br>
> the discussion. I had told the group that I for the most part would play a<br> > butterfly role. Someone suggested that I participate more actively but I<br> > don't think there was any need since everything I thought of saying, was<br>
> said by someone else.<br> ><br> > When it came to the Action Planning, things did not work quite that well. I<br> > think there was to little time for reopening the space and people generally<br> > got confused about what to do. It would have been better if there had been a<br>
> substantial break before that. When I noticed the confusion setting in, I<br> > decided to facilitate more actively by helping to identifying action items<br> > and people responsible for them (actually all I did was write on a flip<br>
> chart what people were saying). If there had been more time, someone else<br> > might had figured out to do this.<br> ><br> > Overall it was a great experience. Not all the topics were "officially"<br>
> discussed but they were touched on enough for everyone to be happy.<br> ><br> > Being my first time facilitating OST, I was surprised by the the amount of<br> > preparation needed with signs, schedule etc. For such a small group and only<br>
> 3 hours, it seemed to be overkill. I think I will simplify it next time.<br> > Ideally we should be able to open space every time we meet, without having<br> > to be so regimented about it.<br> ><br> > Thanks you all for your wonderful suggestions and support.<br>
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