A couple of months ago we had a conversation here about using OST in a conference setting as a "workshop" session. I did that in August with the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements world congress which was held in Victoria, Canada. We held a four hour OST on "The Way Forward: Opportunities for growth and influence of the organic movement." We had about 45 people come, from four continents, and although the session wasn't very well advertised or really well understood, and the room set up was laughable, we got some good conversations going.
The only thing that was really different was the fact that the Law of Two Feet was really in full force, and very few people stayed for a closing. Only eight people were left at the end of the session, nearly all of them somewhat relieved to be avoiding a 1500 person plenary, and the attendant mingling that comes before and after that. So, here's the thing. Several of us have done this now, and no doubt we are wiser for it, so it's time to share the knowledge. At http://www.chriscorrigan.com/ifoam you will see the proceedings of our session. If you click on http://www.chriscorrigan.com/ifoam/ifoamreport.pdf (that link does NOT appear on my site)you can read the report I wrote for the conference organizers based on the feedback of our participants and some of my own thinking. I suspect that this could form the basis for a piece written in collaboration with whoever wants to on ways to use OST in the context of a traditional conference. So that's my session. I'll be convening it right here, but if we get a neat little group going to work on it, we'll move to that sunny corner over there, where we can use html and coloured text and stuff.... --- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Bowen Island, BC, Canada http://www.chriscorrigan.com [email protected] * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
