Dear friends Thanks for your suggestions, I will share how it goes, right now I feel like strolling around the raws with the mike. You/we are such a great community! Glad to be part of it! Kind regards Thomas
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]För Pannwitz, > Michael M > Skickat: den 23 mars 2005 01:11 > Till: [email protected] > Ämne: Re: Large OS-meeting 600 persons > > > 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 * * ========================================================== [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
