I have been thinking of doing it in a similar way with the 2 day os with 650 people coming up on May 11 and 12 in Oberhausen in Germany. Thanks Larry for your report. mmp
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:57:53 -0500, Larry Peterson wrote: >Thomas > >--I often do something similar to what Carla does -- find some symbolic >object to use as a talking piece (I don't call it a talking stick as I >believe that has a particular meaning with aboriginal communities.) > >--However, with 600 in a half-day with 1/2 for a closing I sometimes use >the microphone in the following way. I would tell people about the >talking piece -- the mike. I would carry the mike around the room once, >making eye contact down the rows and letting those who want to say >something do so. I would not say a word, other than encouraging people >to say something if they want to. You have to be present but invisible >in doing this. It does reduce the number of speakers, just as putting >the mike on the floor or on stools somewhere in the circle. It depends >if you have a hard stop for time. It often elicits the key comments. I >also kneel or sit down when the person is speaking so that I am less >visible. > >Larry > >Larry Peterson >Associates in Transformation >Toronto, ON, Canada >416.653.4829 > >[email protected] >www.spiritedorg.com > >* >* >========================================================== >[email protected] >------------------------------ >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, >view the archives of [email protected]: >http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > >To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: >http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg i.G. Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany ++49-30-772 8000 www.boscop.de www.michaelmpannwitz.de Check out the new Open Space World Map now with 196 Open Space Workers in 42 countries www.openspaceworldmap.org * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
