OH yes
My picture of such a process builds...
power to the bees are most rewarding - emergence seems close when no
control or too much help is offered.....
so much to discover
- toke
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At 01:34 PM 11/15/01 +0000, you wrote:
hi toke,
so many participants produce a lot of results - if they are careful and
write their reports, that could result in a lot of paper.
we had the chance to accompany several open space sessions and to gather
results with handdrawn pictures, which we edited as picture protocolls
later. in German we call that VISUELLE PROTOKOLLE, in English you can name
it graphic recording, group graphics, vision painting ...and if you take
some more responsibility, visual facilitation.
The use of visuals is great -- for it does add a whole new level to
the communication. But every time I have used (or seen used)
"facilitators" for the process, I have been less than impressed. If
you have 30 concurrent groups, you will need 30 trained facilitators
-- and good ones are very hard to come by. More to the point, the
addition of facilitators for any purpose takes the process out of
the hands of the participants -- and once again puts them in the
role of recipients -- having things done to or for them. So not only
does the addition of facilitators complicate the process (or at
least your headaches in "managing" the process) it also, in my
experience, impedes the process. What I have found to be
tremendously effect is to put up large sheets of paper and invite
the creation of a graffiti wall. or multiple Graffiti Walls. The
creativity can be overwhelming -- and most important -- the people
did it all by themselves. So by all means use Group Graphics -- but
let the Graphics be the creation of the group. I think. David Sibbet
from SFO started a lot of this, and he is an old friend. In a
continuing conversation I kept saying to David -- come on, Walk Your
Talk. Let the group do the artistry. Needless to say, he never
listened to me, and he and his colleagues/students do do great
pictures. But there you are.
Harrison
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