<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi, Pernilla - <div><br></div><div>One thing I would add is that the very youngest people cannot read to make choices from written topic headings or notes on the wall - so perhaps, just as you might do with a multi-language group - you might have 'translators' to read for them.</div><div>Also, it is very hard for most people to keep a chain of audio bits (like one topic said after another after another) in their heads to then make a choice.</div><div>So you might think about how the youngest people can have the same sense of a body of information and diverse choices to select between as the other-aged people.</div><div><br></div><div>Which brings to mind a question: why is it necessary to make a 'decision' at the end of this event?</div><div>Might it work better to design a way for everyone to </div><div>- receive the full notes post-event</div><div>- have some time to read and integrate the knowledge - including for the youngest to have a conversation circle with someone going through the notes</div><div>- in order to then be better informed to...</div><div>- ... prioritize in a way that best fits each of their abilities / cultures?</div><div>(By that I mean - perhaps the youngest can talk about something, mark or color each topic on some sort of work sheet based on how they are feeling about it during this post-event notes-read-through conversation, and show prioritization that way. People of other abilities can prioritize based on a survey sheet or SurveyMonkey or voting software or...?</div><div><br></div><div>Again: how to equalize everyone's ability and access to information...?</div><div><br></div><div>I love that you are going with a combination of your wonderful rich experience and your 'gut feeling'...</div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Let us know how it goes,</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Lisa</div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br> -----Original Message-----<br><snip><br> <br> Iıve been doing Open Space for over 10 years, some big and some small but<br> most of them for only one day. Right now Iım planning a one day Open Space<br> at a school with 775 students, 16-18 years, teachers and politicians. The<br> pre-group, with mostly students, decided on the theme ³What do you want to<br> change in our municipality?² (I tried to argue for develop/expand instead of<br> change, but they didnıt want to develop all the bad things...).<br> I might add that the politicians are really excited about this and they have<br> decided to return to the school within 2 months with feedback on the issues<br> that involves their work.<br> <br> My question is how to end this Open Space the best way. I havenıt done a big<br> group like this for a few years and since then Iıve changed some things -<br> ³one less thing to do². I used to do prioritizing with dots in big groups<br> but lately I just give space for reflections or invite for action planning,<br> depending on the group.<br> <br> The pre-group was worried that the 1st-graders would be too shy to announce<br> their issue in the microphone. Iım not too worried about that, but Iım not<br> sure that inviting for action planning is a good idea. It might just be the<br> ³known voices² of the school that steps up (that would probably change if<br> the Open Space went on for two days).<br> <br> My gut feeling now is to do prioritizing, call out the top 5 issues, let<br> everybody say one word each in the microphone and then end it with the<br> turn-around-and-take-thenext-step. That will probably only take one hour<br> (young people are usually fast). What do you think?<br> <br> This is the schedule for now:<br> 8:30 Introduction and creating the wall<br> 9:30 Session 1<br> 10.40 Session 2<br> 11:45-13.15 Lunch (not negotiable time)<br> 13:15 Session 3<br> 14:20 Coffee break, time for finishing report and getting back in the circle<br> 14:45 ???<br> 16.15 Ending time<br> <br> Rainy greetings from Sweden and Stockholm!<br> Pernilla Luttropp<br> <br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>