I have had a couple of occasions where I adapted OST in an abbreviated fashion, and it seemed to work quite well. The most recent was a two-day conference in Lithuania where the first day-and-a-half were devoted to presentations by doctors and medical students (despite requests from the convenors to make these participatory and interactive, almost all were essentially lectures using PowerPoint). After lunch on the second day, I opened up the space so that participants (who were also doctors or medical students) could identify issues around which they had passion that might continue the work begun at the conference. The shift in energy in the ensuring self-directed, smaller group discussions was almost palpable. This was the first time most participants had the opportunity to really work together - and to do so in their native language (almost all the presenters were from the US and presented in English; participants were either Lithuanian or Latvian; simultaneous translation was done in English/Russian - at least one of which was a second languages for participants. In the self-formed groups, they worked out translation issues among themselves.) With two hours, we did two sessions back-to-back, but I think one would have worked. Each group was asked to capture key points on newsprint and then briefly share highlights orally with the full group. The information on the newsprint was later transcribed and shared with all participants. More importantly, however, participants were able to identify and spend some time working with others who had shared interests, which provided a basis for what promised to be ongoing collaborations and a foundation for change, which were underlying objectives of the event. Interestingly, because the conference was scheduled on a Friday/Saturday, several participants did not return for the second day; those who were there on Saturday must have been the right people. Best,
tim t...@timlannan.com -----Original Message----- From: Darcy Cunningham [mailto:dar...@maine.rr.com] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 3:39 PM Subject: OS use - looking for similar use history I am using OST in a (I think) unique way and wondered if others have done something similar and/or might have words of wisdom. It does feel a bit risky - but- trust the process! I am using OS the final morning of a 3 day conference. [snip] * * ========================================================== 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
