Many thanks to Justin and Spark too! Justin, appreciate that you dug up so many archived conversations. I just read them all and did a bunch of preparation for tomorrow’s open space – my first one. Cheers, Leslie
From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Stanley Park Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 8:40 PM To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] Open Space for just 2 hours and 10 people - any advice? Leslie, Yoy seem to unserstand the spirit of OST. Your schedule looks wonderful. You might include 1 minute "Thank you for Coming. Do whatever is necessary" coming from the Boss, only if necessary. Stay being totally Present & absolutely Invisible. The OS magic will be played by the group themselves. So just leave them do it! Bravo you spark 2011. 12. 24. 오후 5:26에 "Justin T. Sampson" <jus...@krasama.com<mailto:jus...@krasama.com>>님이 작성: Dear Leslie, Since my first time facilitating Open Space was also for a small group with just a few hours, and I also asked lots of questions on OSLIST :), I just dug up those conversations in the archives for your reference. If you feel like reading more, here you go: I first asked about "Open Space for small groups" here: http://lists.openspacetech.org/htdig.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org/2006-August/thread.html#17376 Coincidentally, someone else asked about "opening space for very small groups" here: http://lists.openspacetech.org/htdig.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org/2006-September/thread.html#17697 and reported on her experience here: http://lists.openspacetech.org/htdig.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org/2006-October/thread.html#17808 And I asked more questions about "Robert's in the midst of Open Space" here: http://lists.openspacetech.org/htdig.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org/2006-November/thread.html#18016 and finally reported back about "My first time" here: http://lists.openspacetech.org/htdig.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org/2006-November/thread.html#18025 Cheers, Justin On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Leslie Zucker (Creative/DC) <lesl...@creativedc.com<mailto:lesl...@creativedc.com>> wrote: Hello everyone, I got such great feedback last time I tried this, I’m giving it a second try… thanks in advance. I have been asked to facilitate a small group of just 10 people in a pilot test of a short Open Space of just two hours. I tried to get more time, but that’s all the boss felt comfortable with. It’s already scheduled for this coming Wednesday the 28th – that’s in 6 days, gulp! The purpose is to gather their input for an initial training needs assessment. The 10 people are all from the same division within my company – but not my division. I will facilitate it – my first time facilitating an Open Space. The invitation to them and agenda I’ve drafted are below…. Any reactions, words of advice, wisdom, tips, etc? Invitation I plan to send to the invitees tomorrow… What training matters to you? What is urgent now? Come join us for a fun and provocative gathering on Wednesday, December 28th 2:00 - 4:00 PM to discuss these questions. Held in the large conference room – 7th floor. No need to bring or prepare anything – just yourself and an open mind! By the end of this gathering…. • Every issue of concern to anybody will have been raised, if they took responsibility for doing that. • All issues will have received full discussion, to the extent desired. And just a day or two later, the issues and discussions will be documented and in the hands of all participants. And from here down is my own preparation… Draft Schedule 2:00 - 2:30: Opening Circle / Create agenda / Marketplace (with 2 timeslots, 3 locations each) 2:30 - 3:00: Session 1 3:00 – 3:30: Session 2 3:30 - 4:00: Closing Circle Preparations Signs of: • 4 principles, • 1 law, • two questions, • time slots, • location of groups Graphics of: • bumblebee, • butterfly, Supplies: • Masking tape, • markers, • flip charts, • construction paper (for the agenda topics), • Blank template for notetakers: Title of session, Convener, List of participants, Discussion and recommendations Leslie S. 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