<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Once people get a taste of the OS event, my experience is also that they tend to stay longer. So after some form of encouragement to attend the whole event as Michael suggests, I would add: "For those who nevertheless have to make a choice, we invite you to participate as early on as possible in the event so you can see what are the key moments for you." Among the topics posted, some burning issues may just affect their plans. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>This will keep interested those who do not need babysitting or prefer
their employer not be contacted or do not wish to discuss their reasons </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>...and it aligns with the spirit of the law of the two feet. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Diane</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Michael M
Pannwitz <mmpannwitz@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> World wide Open Space Technology email list <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 25, 2013 9:50:52 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [OSList] Help please ~ In the invitation, how do I encourage participation in a whole multi-day event?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>Dear Chris,<br clear="none">How about including this part of your email in the invitation, slightly <br clear="none">edited by me<br clear="none"><br clear="none">"There has never been a meeting of this length in our community<br clear="none">before. We are all busy with work and kids, and some are asking,<br clear="none">"Can I just come to one or two of the days/sessions instead of all<br clear="none">three?"<br clear="none">Our meeting is part of a strategic planning
process and includes both <br clear="none">in-depth discussion and concrete project planning for our school and <br clear="none">community.<br clear="none">Attending the entire meeting guarantees that you can introduce and <br clear="none">discuss your issues and also shape the needed actions and projects.<br clear="none">If you want to come to the whole event but cant see how it is going to <br clear="none">work for you, call us. We might help with baby-sitting, let your <br clear="none">employer know about the need for you to be at the gathering...."<br clear="none"><br clear="none">So, as sponsor, I would first try to frame the invitation and other ways <br clear="none">of contacting potential participants for full-time participation.<br clear="none">AND invite people to call if they need assistance. AND I also have found <br clear="none">that folks attending part time (never experienced that all come <br clear="none">part-time) are taken in by the
people at the event...<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I have found (as facilitator) that people bringing their kids to such <br clear="none">events is grand... just make sure there is some space for them and food <br clear="none">and bathrooms and the participants seem to take care of it quite <br clear="none">naturally (after all its open space in which selforganisation turns <br clear="none">up)... and kids also are known to participate productively, they are an <br clear="none">asset!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">With schools and community events and others that involve volunteers I <br clear="none">have experienced that a design on Friday afternoon (3pm until 7:30pm), <br clear="none">Saturday (10 am to 5pm) and Sunday (best started with a light lunch at <br clear="none">12:30, so that people dont have to cook) and action space from 1:30pm <br clear="none">until 5pm allows people to be at the event full time without missing too <br
clear="none">much of work...<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Have a grand time with your event!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Cheers<br clear="none">mmp<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 25.10.2013 12:13, Chris Weaver wrote:<br clear="none">> Hi OSlist,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> In the role of co-sponsor rather than facilitator, I am crafting an<br clear="none">> invitation to a multi-day "all-stakeholder" OST for a public school<br clear="none">> and its community.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> There has never been a meeting of this length in this community<br clear="none">> before. Everyone is busy with work and kids, and many are asking,<br clear="none">> "Can I just come to one or two of the days/sessions instead of all<br clear="none">> three?"<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> The meeting is part of a strategic planning process and includes a<br clear="none">> convergence.
Continuity in this meeting will be a great asset.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> The sponsoring group can respond to this question of "Is it okay to<br clear="none">> just come for part of it?" in several ways: in the invitation<br clear="none">> itself, on the online RSVP form (designing fields for people to sign<br clear="none">> up for part rather than whole), in conversation with people, and in<br clear="none">> other messages to the community (letter from board president &<br clear="none">> executive director, etc).<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> If you were the sponsor or facilitator, how would you answer this<br clear="none">> question?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Thanks! Chris<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">>
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