Seconding Dianne and Michael here. I've occasionally had a one hour mmorning session and two 1.5 hour afternoon sessions, or vice versa depending on times and how rigid the caterers are with lunch etc. <div><br></div>
<div>Never done anything like your grid though Doug. Seems on the face of it to have too much of *me* in it. </div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Diane Gibeault <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:diane.gibeault@rogers.com">diane.gibeault@rogers.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">When it's possible, the way to go is to set time slots of 1.5 hours as per<br>
Harrison's original method. I noticed people can then really apply the<br>
principles and exercise the law, the bumblebees and the butterfly. Over time<br>
they actually feel the need to. Otherwise, they easily fall back to the<br>
regulated behaviors of time directed action because that is the condition<br>
the time framework is creating with its shorter time slots.<br>
<br>
When it's not possible, and that does happen, I've been instinctively doing<br>
what Michael Herman described earlier to take into account the group's<br>
particular situation and need for depth (deeper discussions) or breadth<br>
(more topics, connecting and networking). I hadn't name it so clearly so<br>
thanks Michael for putting it so clearly into words.<br>
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Diane<br>
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> On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:15 AM, douglas germann<br>
> <<a href="mailto:76066.515@compuserve.com">76066.515@compuserve.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi--<br>
><br>
> Anybody use an aperiodic grid for OS?<br>
><br>
> Here's what I mean: In the big room at an OS meeting, we can<br>
> have many<br>
> simultaneous conversations going on at once, and the physical<br>
> space used<br>
> varies comfortably with the size and needs of the group. How<br>
> about time,<br>
> too?<br>
><br>
> A couple of weeks ago I facilitated an annual retreat for a<br>
> Meeting of<br>
> Quakers. It was opening some space, but was not OS.<br>
> Nevertheless I think<br>
> I learned something: We made the conversation time slots<br>
> unequal:<br>
><br>
> 10:15 75 min<br>
> 11:30 30 min<br>
> 12:00 90 min<br>
> 13:30 150 min<br>
> 13:45 60 min<br>
> 14:45 20 min<br>
> 15:05 Closing circle<br>
><br>
> Has anyone tried something like this in OS? See any good in<br>
> it? I think<br>
> I want to try it again....<br>
><br>
> :- Doug.<br>
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