Hi Chris!
Great metrics. In my experience, the 30% band
runs a little longer. I have had several meetings
of between180 and 200 people where there were around 60 topics.
Maybe the length of the conference also plays a
role. These were 1.5 day meetings (which I like very much).
Cheers
Koos
At 01:01 30-5-2012, Chris Corrigan wrote:
Jeroen...and back to one part of your original question...
In groups of up to 50 I usually prepare breakout
space enough for half of those people to host
topics over the course of the event. Therefore
a group of 40 needs 20 breakout spaces. Spread
over two timeslots, that means 10 breakout
spaces. Spread over three timeslots, well why
not? Still 10 spaces. You can never have too much space.
For groups 50-100 I assume something like 30
sessions will be held. For group of 100-200, up
to 50 sessions will be held. 200-500, perhaps
80. Groups bigger than 500 can generate
sessions at a rate of 15% of the total number of
people: 600 will produce up to 90, 800 might produce 120 and so on.
So a formula...
0-50 = 50%
50-100 = 30%
100-200 = 25%
200-500 = 20%
600+ = 15%
How does that equate with other's
experience? Pannwitz Sr. keeps good records...does that match?
Of course these are approximate ranges, but that
helps me prepare. Always err on the side of preparing too many spaces.
Chris
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Linda Stevenson
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
Hi, Jeroen,
I have used the following information
successfully with clients - some of it may be of
some use to you tomorrow, especially the last sentence!
Good luck,
Linda
Self-Organization and Open Space Technology
The phenomenon of self-organization is not new.
It has been around a few billion years. However,
the intentional focus on self-organization
utilizing Open Space Technology with
organizations and communities, with just a 25 year history, is relatively new.
Self-organization and complexity theory were
first talked about by scientists. It simply
means that groups and communities as they come
together have an inherent capability to organize
all by themselves. From bacteria, bees, ant
colonies, and now groups of people - what they
all have in common is the ability to engage,
collaborate, and create higher, more
successfully adaptive, levels of functioning.
Open Space Technology is designed to leverage
that natural power of self-organization to
create more effective organizations and
communities. Such a process requires not only a
new way of thinking about process, but also about leadership and facilitation.
Originated by Harrison Owen, the Open Space
process has been used throughout the world in
organizations of every kind and size from 5 to
3,000 participants. He began designing Open
Space Technology when, after spending a year and
a half helping to shape and organize a large
international conference, the evaluations
indicated that the best part of the highly
structured event were the coffee breaks!
That was an ah-hamoment for Harrison who then
set out to design a process that was so
elemental it could not fail and just as
compelling as a really good coffee break. With
the help of some friends and colleagues Open
Space emerged.In hindsight, the coffee break and
Open Space are quite simply highly effective and
efficient examples of deliberately tapping into
the power of self-organization the natural
ability of groups and communities to creatively
collaborate and successfully adapt. The elegance
and simplicity of the process as well as the
powerful collaborations and the effective results always surpass expectations.
Margaret Wheatley describes the relevance of
self-organization to organizations and communities as follows:
In self-organization, structures emerge. They
are not imposed. They spring from the process of
doing the work. These structures will be useful
but temporary. We can expect them to emerge and recede as needed.
It is not the design of a specific structure
that requires our attention but rather the
conditions that will support the emergence of
necessary structures. When we work with
organizing-as-process rather than
organization-as-object, it changes what we do.
Processes do their own work. Our wonderful
abilities to self-organize are encouraged by
openness. We, like all life, can anticipate what
is required of us, connect with those we need, and respond intelligently.
The success of Open Space Technology depends on
establishing and trusting that the following
conditions can set the stage for self-organization:
An important issue
Levels of complexity
Rich diversities of opinions and participants
Plenty of passion
Potential for conflict
Genuine sense of urgency
Given the complexity of any human system, the
process itself may sound too simple, but the
results are unbelievably effective and
efficient. OST always works, provided the
initial conditionsare met and the integrity of the process is honored.
Open Space thrives on new connections, new
learning, and new ways of being together. From
finding common ground and experiencing trust,
there emerge more effective collaborations,
structures, and leadership through continued
partnerships and communication based on passion
and taking responsibility for any next steps
which are identified during the process.
Opening such a collaborative space will allow
the discovery of not only the issues and
opportunities, but also the greater capacities
needed. It also can unleash the creative
leadership potential, talents and resources of
everyone involved while allowing them to take
responsibility for the emergent outcomes.
Everyone involved will become the champions for
necessary change. As Margaret Wheatley
insightfully points out people dont resist
change, they resist having it imposed on them.
In other words, people dont get behind
something they were not involved in helping to create.
> Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 23:03:43 +0200
> From: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
> To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
> Subject: Re: [OSList] number of topics and
number of timeslots,presence board members
>
> Hi Linda,
>
> thanks for the offer. Tomorrow I have a talk with members of the
> projectgroup. I'll keep you posted on the outcome and depending on the
> outcome of this talk I might take you up on your offer.
>
> all the best
>
> jeroen
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