dear douglas: thanks for the summary; my only suggestion is to use your 2 feet when you think you should: that may open up even more space! best, michael catalano ---------- >From: "Douglas D. Germann, Sr." <76066....@compuserve.com> >To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >Subject: 5 Hour OS >Date: Sun, Apr 22, 2001, 6:02 PM >
>Hi-- > >Thought you would like to know the results of this 5 hour OS that so many >of you helped me with. > >My special thanks to Albert Schinazi and Michael Herman: Michael for >spending over an hour with me on the phone answering questions and coming >up with ideas--as well as countless e-mails, and Al for actually coming to >the meeting and helping me with on the spot questions! > >We ended up with about 16 people: 10 members and 6 guests. After some >motivational stuff and business (about 20 minutes) the meeting was turned >over to open the space. > >The speaker who was scheduled to present and who had then graciously agreed >to have his presentation as one of the OS sessions offered his session in >the 10:30 am slot. When we got to the marketplace, the President pointed >out to me that that would not work since the meeting announcement had him >down for 1:00 and "several people" were coming just to hear the speaker. I >suggested she talk with the speaker and see if he would move his time, >which she and he did. > >When it came time to have the 1:00 session, the other convener, a guest, >asked if he could cancel his session, since he had only one other person >signed up. I said he could if he could get agreement from the person signed >up for his session. He did and we ended up with one session, speaker >standing at the edge of a big circle, with flip chart, speaking. > >As many of you suggested, this took the energy out of the group, although I >do not think many recognized it. I found myself sitting there wishing there >were another session to use my two feet to go to. > >When we did the closing Listening Stick Circle, the discussion was at the >shallow end of the pool. But the comments indicated the day seemed to have >been received well: lots of people were glad to get to know each other >better, many questions were answered (my two main hopes for the meeting), >and people were reminded of some things that they needed to be doing. > >The only two comments I had during the day were both that conversations >tended to wander from the assigned topics. (Al gave me an excellent way to >respond, next time I get such comments.) I attributed this to the fact that >we were dealing with professional speakers, who just love to talk! > >If we repeat this next year, I would say it would have been better for this >group (Indiana Chapter, National Speakers Association) to have had 4 >sessions at 45 minutes, rather than 3 at 75 minutes. > >We did computer reports, which I will forward to all members of our chapter >as well as everybody who attended. > >Thank you all for your help. I found this group as giving and sharing as I >have come to expect from people in NSA, which says a lot (those of you who >are members of NSA know what I mean)! Also, I feel I have found a new >supportive group of friends, with spirit. I intend to stick around. > >Thanks! > > :-Doug. Germann > http://www.FootprintsintheWind.com > d...@footprintsinthewind.com > >* >* >========================================================== >osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >------------------------------ >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, >view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, >Visit: > >http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
