Just coming home from a beautiful Open Space with Michael Pannwitz in Wolfsburg, where we worked as Visual Recorders, drawing 150 pictures representing about 30 sessions, we are still buzzing with all the themes. It makes such a difference for the participants when they can walk to the picture wall inbetween and look at all the contributions. it is not only a method of recording, but also a source for new insights and ideas which can be brought into the following sessions. And afterwards we can produce picture brochures and CD's and leporellos to record the OST results. Mit freundlichen Gruessen Best regards
Reinhard Kuchenmueller VISUELLE PROTOKOLLE Munich Germany Tel: +49-89-202 447 48 http://www.visuelle-protokolle.de Here are two alternatives I've used. One is hanging flip chart notes taken during sessions on the news wall. If just seeing what others said is all that's necessary, you can do a "gallery walk" before the closing circle. Admittedly the notes still suffer from some of the editing issues already mentioned but because they're visible during the sessions, they belong to everyone. If there is a need for people to have hard copy, you can take digital photos and quickly turn them into readable prints. Alternatively, if the notes are not going to be used immediately, I have passed around a list in the closing circle asking notetakers to put their names, e-mail addresses and their topic on paper. I give them an e-mail address and about 2 days to get the notes to me. Everyone gets a web site address where they can find the notes in 4 days. While follow-up is generally required with a few folks, this has worked successfully a number of times. Peggy
