This answer is the one I was thinking, and I thought it addressed Danilo's question beautifully. A little sample, a little taste, and an engaging question to bring out the point at the end.
Lovely, Lisa, lovely. Cheers from a gray and drizzly day in Gothenburg, Sweden, ...Doc On Apr 5, 2011, at 11:57 PM, Lisa Heft wrote: > Hello, Danilo - > > Here is something I have found to be useful. > For something like this I do not squeeze Open Space into something. But I do > give a taste - a snapshot of Open Space with an interactive moment. > > I set up the room just like an Open Space. > - circle of chairs (for 100 depends on the room size - circle or concentric > rings) > - papers and markers in the center > - posters of guidelines and insects and theme on the walls (and I think of a > focusing question / theme that is crafted to be interesting and important as > if it was a day- or two-days-long Open Space for this particular group - a > compelling theme) > - discussion area signs posted around the room > ...and so on. > > I open, invite them to think about the theme, explain principles and law and > process just as I would do for a true Open Space. > They write topic signs and post them on the wall, just as they would do. > > And then I freeze the action and say... > > 'Looking at the topics on the Agenda Wall - do you see sessions you would > like to go to?' > > And they always say yes. Then we do questions or whatever works. > > Try to get more of that hour - it's important and you will want to take time > to allow them to think of more and more and more topics and let them fill > that wall... > > And if you are able to, you might want to show at the end some Books of > Proceedings that show knowledge-exchange, researcher and university-based > Open Space events. To show them the documentation component. > > Cheers from a cloudy-and-also-blue-sky afternoon in California USA, > > Lisa > > Lisa Heft > Consultant, Facilitator, Educator > Opening Space > [email protected] > > Ask me about these 2011 workshops for facilitators and others who convene > people: > - The Open Space Learning Workshop > - May 4-6 and December 14-16 - San Francisco, USA > - June and October - Santiago, Chile (en español) > - June - Buenos Aires, Argentina (en español) > - The Power of Pre-Work - August 24-26 - San Francisco, USA > - Documenting Dialogue - Coming soon > > > On Apr 5, 2011, at 2:29 PM, Danilo Kozoderc wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I need a suggestion. I am starting to cooperate with university center for >> technology transfer. >> >> I will have possibiliti to present Open space on a meeting which will last >> for one hour and I will probably have 30 minutes. There will be about 100 >> professors and researcers from all parts of university. They are kind of not >> used to collaborate and exchange knowledge and ideas. Idea is that after >> this first meeting we establish kind of open space for colaboration and >> exchange. >> >> My challange is: how to make tis 30 min? I don't want to have only >> theoretical presentation. But also this people are also used to old form of >> such meetings. Any suggestion will be welcomed. >> >> Best regards. >> >> Danilo > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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