<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Yup…same with me.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And also we have new tools available to us. A tool I helped build a couple fo years ago called “SMS Harvest” allows people to text their responses to a phone number and for us to instantly generate a wordcloud from the results that gives us an interesting over view of people’s experiences. You can do this simultaneoulsy as people share from mics on the floor and have the whole thing captured by a graphic recorder.</div><div><br></div><div>The link for our tool is here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://smsharvest.com/">https://smsharvest.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On May 9, 2014, at 12:04 PM, Harrison Owen <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Thomas -- My experience is that the number of participants and the available<br>time has never been a problem. I have worked with groups up to several<br>thousand, and used the same approach every time. Come the closing, I simply<br>remind people of the ending time (they can figure the difference) and then<br>with one or several mikes, each equipped with a "runner" (that's me and a<br>friend or two) -- invite people to share as they wish. And when we get to<br>the "ending time" -- switch off the mikes and go for closure/hugs/kisses --<br>Out of Here! Always works.<br><br>Harrison<br><br>Harrison Owen<br>7808 River Falls Dr.<br>Potomac, MD 20854<br>USA<br><br>189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)<br>Camden, Maine 04843<br><br>Phone 301-365-2093<br>(summer) 207-763-3261<br><br><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com">www.openspaceworld.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.ho-image.com">www.ho-image.com</a> (Personal Website)<br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST<br>Go to:http://<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: OSList [<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] On Behalf Of<br>Thomas Herrmann<br>Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 11:26 AM<br>To: OSLIST<br>Subject: [OSList] Closing circle 700 people<br><br>We'll have about 30-40 mts for our closing circle in a weeks time. I have<br>yet not decided finally on the procedures for this. Any experiences and/or<br>ideas you want to share would be appreciated.<br>Best regards<br>Thomas Herrmann<br>_______________________________________________<br>OSList mailing list<br>To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a> To unsubscribe send an<br>email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>OSList mailing list<br>To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org<br>To unsubscribe send an email to OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org<br>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br>http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>