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Thanks for that report Diana. My first foray into Open Space I set
up an online system to allow folks to propose (but not commit) to
topics. Very few of those early proposals were actually convened the
actual day of the OST, same as Diana reported. I stopped doing that
after my second event.<br>
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When I've seen session time/space allowed to be scheduled more than
a day in advance, both for technology unconferences and for multiple
day Open Space events, my experience is that people are much less
present to what is alive in the moment. People pay less attention to
each other. The session proposals revert to a more standard
conference style, with more prepared presentations. More self
promotion. Less group coherence fostered. Less Open Space.<br>
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What I've see is that it works much better to leave the marketplace
time/location blank before the morning openings, even for multiple
day open space events. And it also helps to make sure everyone knows
we will make more meeting locations for their topics so they don't
panic and rush to fill the first slots or give up when the market
place seems full.<br>
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I've seen the holding space method work. That might diffuse the
pressure a little. Though my experience is it still works best, as
Harrison reports, if the wall is completely blank each morning.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Harold<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/17/17 11:09 AM, Diana Larsen via
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<div id="AppleMailSignature">No advice. Just a story. </div>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature">Last week I opened space for a group
that decided (reasons) to limit hosts to their one most
"passion/responsibility" topic per day on the marketplace. Some
folks were sure they'd want more and others had new topics that
emerged that they wanted to remember for the second day. </div>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature">We accommodated their concern by
giving it a space. By the end of the day about a dozen topics
had been posted into a "holding space" to the side of the
marketplace on the same wall. </div>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature">The next morning when we had morning
announcements of the new topics for the 2nd day, only three of
the twelve were moved and scheduled with time/room stickies on
the new day marketplace. When I asked about the remainders,
people said: - they'd changed their minds because something
seemed more compelling now; - the person who'd proposed it was
actually asking someone else to take responsibility who didn't
want it; - the person who posted it couldn't come back for the
second day; - etc. </div>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature">That was just one of the "be prepared
to be surprised" moments I experienced in that event. </div>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature">So, the answer to the question about
"what's most important for your learning right now" seems to
morph even more quickly than we might expect! Overnight (!)
things that were "too important to leave out" can fade and other
needs take precedence. </div>
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On Sep 17, 2017, at 09:23, Bhavesh Patel via OSList <<a
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of the Marketplace you could simply have an ideas wall,
and anyone who has an idea for a session the next day
could stick it up there without any feeling of commitment.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Then
the next day open the Marketplace with the usual blank
wall, remind people that today is a new day and all are
free to do what they want, remind them to check out the
wall of ideas from yesterday if they want to... and then
business as usual...</div>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">OR
offer 15min to browse the ideas wall... then rip all the
ideas down, throw them in the bin, and start the Open
Space!<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">And
why are you limiting the number of spaces/sessions in an
Open Space?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One of the things that concerns
me is that the whole Marketplace could fill before
the opening. I could have them take down their
topics and describe them, but I guess I’m
concerned about lack of spontaneity and whether
that would have a negative impact on the
experience.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes. The only issue with
a large conference is that people often
forgot what they posted, when and where and
so on. In my experience You still need to do
an opening if you want everyone to be really
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convener for a very large Open Space. At
the closing circle, there were requests
for modifications next year. This OS has
been occurring at an annual conference
that has formal, pre-selected papers
sessions on the first day. One request
for next year was to put the Marketplace
on the wall the day of the formal
sessions, and allow OS attendees so post
sessions on the Marketplace based on
questions/ideas that come up on the first
day. Assume we will have 400 to 450
attendees next year and space for 21 to 28
OS sessions.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have
experience with populating a Marketplace
in this way?</p>
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