Doug and All It is not clear to me why you are having 3 sessions a week apart and if there will be similar theme throughout.
Nor what action is proposed based on outcomes. I have had what are seemingly two similar experiences. . 'Duplicate' sessions a few days apart, one on a weekday evening and repeated on the weekend to cater for people's availability constraints. These were separate 3 hour sessions, with no ostensible continuity to them except that a few people came to both. Interestingly some of these were apparently uneasy about the process initially (there was a very contentious issue of concern to this group). When they came the second time they got right into it. . Duplicate sessions on the same day. This was for the staff, residents, relatives and board members of a large aged care facility. The two sessions were organised to accommodate people's shift work and and other factors. In this case I repeated the introduction to OST for the newcomers in the afternoon session and invited them and also those who had been present earlier to post new issues. All the initial postings were up on the market place and the proceedings of the morning session were also on display. There were different kinds of follow up to these two enterprises; that's another story! I wish you well With love Alan Adelaide ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas D. Germann, Sr." <76066....@compuserve.com> To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 4:52 AM Subject: Continuity of week-apart sessions? > To my good friends-- > > Upcoming in about 3 weeks is a series of 3 public OSTs on the topic, > "Influencing Senior Healthcare and Well-Being." > > The sessions will be on 3 consecutive Wednesdays. > > We are hoping for 40 or so people--seniors, care-givers (such as adult > children of the seniors), physicians, nurses, technicians, nursing home > people, senior apartment providers, pastors and others. > > Each session will be 3 hours, which will be two meeting periods for the > individual groups. > > It is possible that we will have new people at each session. > > How would you establish continuity from one Wednesday's session to the > next? Would you walk the circle each time, and explain the guidelines, law > of two feet, butterflies and bumblebees, or do something different? Would > you sub-theme each of the three days? Who has done something like this? > Dave Koehler? Michael Herman? Others? > > Help! > > :-Doug. Germann > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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
