Hello, Bui - 1) At an 'Ocean Education' OS that I facilitated for the Smithsonian we only had a stage curtain available for the Marketplace. We used heavy pins to hold up taped-together several long sheets of table paper which we then used to post the session data - it worked great, no problem and the sponsors saved the whole marketplace as an archive - now in the Smithsonian collection, I suppose. For those in the DC area, the OS helped inform the 'sustainability education' aspect of what is now the 'Ocean Hall' exhibit in the Natural History Museum - the largest the Smithsonian has ever mounted.
2) For temple bells, I use them only to gather folks at the beginning, and to call everyone together for the closing circle. I find that sessions arrange themselves without closing and opening new ones with the bells. It always works! Best to All - Steve On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Bui Petersen <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm facilitating an OS forum this coming Saturday, and I have a couple of > questions that I hope someone could answer. > > 1) I just noticed that the room we're using has no useable wall for posting > sessions etc. None of the walls are entirely flat (bumpy, concrete pillars, > window frames etc.) What have you more experience people used in such > circumstances? One option I'm considering is using some moveable curtains > wall (that are available) and attach some corrugated plastic to the curtain > rack. It would have to be some light material because the rack is not super > sturdy. But I'm sure there are other options I have not thought of. > > 2) I got some nice temple bells that I have not used before. Those of you > who used them, how and when do you use them? Does anyone ever use them to > remind participants that it's time for the next session to begin? Once at a > very small meeting (and very short) people had difficulty wrapping up the > conversation and go to the next session. Could it be that when there is only > 45 minutes allocated for each session that the flow from session to session > become less organic. > > FYI: we're expecting 60+ people. > > Thanks so much for your help and suggestions. > > Bui Petersen > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
