<div dir="ltr">Tricia,<div><br></div><div>I have done exactly this with a local MBA program</div><div>It worked so well that they didn't invite me back after the 3rd time because the School Administration was not keen on the turmoil caused by the students expressions of freedom and demands for change.</div>
<div><br></div><div>My "Way" was simply to Open Space as if it were a 3 Full Day Event.</div><div>This Time/Place Post-it matrix reflected what any 3 day event would have (Opening - Sessions - Lunch - Sessions - Evening News - Party . . . ending with Closing)</div>
<div>The opening was normal - No difference than if it were the full 3 days</div><div>Each time I did it, the groups of 30ish students posted @ 30 Issues</div><div>We had time for 1 session (45 minutes) and had 4 Break-out spaces</div>
<div>Then we had Evening News.</div><div><br></div><div>At the end of evening news, I simply made the suggestion that they could complete the remaining 26 sessions at other times. What happened was unfathomable to me and the sponsoring Professor . . . The students self-organized and DID arrange times and places (Coffee Shops) and "completed" the sessions on the wall in a period of about 3 weeks.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The topic all three times was centered around "Rankings of MBA programs and how their MBA program could improve their standings"</div><div><br></div><div>The School Administrators were always invited but never showed up, and they had all the power and squashed all efforts by the students to effect change . . . I think the professor was ultimately forced to describe Open Space Technology rather than demonstrating.</div>
<div><br></div><div>DO-IT</div><div><br></div><div>You'll have a blast.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>b </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Tricia Chirumbole <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tricia@mojocollaborative.com" target="_blank">tricia@mojocollaborative.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi all!<div><br></div><div>I am writing to request your advice and experiences with open space in classrooms - this is for a one time MBA class. </div>
<div><br></div><div><b>the upcoming engagement:</b></div>
<div>I have been invited to hold an Open Space style class for MBA/International Affairs students in a Global Perspectives class on Feb 24th at George Washington University (my former MBA program). The standing theme of this class in the prof's curriculum is, "Putting it all together"</div>
<div><br></div><div><b>background: </b><br></div><div>This invite was born from discussions I have been having with the professor of the aforementioned class, about the opportunities of introducing some Open Space and Scrum practices into their MBA program - she is also the Associate Dean and involved in program development. </div>
<div><br></div><div>My real interest was to explore opportunities not just for actual classroom time, but also for other components, such as: The kick-off orientation week for FT MBAs, Curriculum/program planning, and for executing projects. My pet titles include: Hacking my MBA, and the Agile Classroom. </div>
<div><br></div><div><b>the conundrum: </b>So, this is cool, BUT, I am concerned about the short time frame (2.5 hours) and the isolated nature of the engagement. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I would very much like anyone's direct experience or insight on holding classes OS style or holding similarly short, one-off Open Space engagements. I know they are done, I can envision how I would do it, but I still feel concerned that I may have jumped on low hanging fruit that may not be the best format for sharing these practices. </div>
<div><br></div><div>For me, I can definitely see open space style classes and "agile" classrooms w/out multi-day OS summits, but I see them flourishing more as part of an ecosystem of principles and cultures being practiced, rather than as a one-off classroom brouhaha!</div>
<div><br></div><div>All thoughts welcome - thank you in advance! :)))))</div><div><br></div><div>Tricia Chirumbole</div><div>Open Space Facilitator, Certified Scrum Master<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Mojo Collaborative</div>
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