Thanks, Paul.
By 'form' I was thinking more of design, but your suggestions are really appreciated and I think will come in handy immediately for another project I am currently volunteering with that has a lot of work groups and who are struggling to cover all areas well in their meetings. Thanks again! Cheers, Wendy _____ From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: September 6, 2005 10:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: learning report - OS for 60 teachers in Northern BC Canada (longish) In a message dated 9/5/05 11:44:31 PM, [email protected] writes: So while I know it is a stretch to get action planning into a one day, and work hard to help sponsors stretch to that extra half day.for the times when that just isn't possible, I am beginning to believe that I need to continue to work at a form that will support the grounding effect of action planning for one day events. Something that is both graceful and respectful of where participants are at after a day of meaningful conversation. Wendy, Not sure what you meant by 'form', but there is a physical form (very pedestrian) that I have used to great effect. We doubled the productivity of an entire mill in one year, 20 people meeting weekly and concluding with the following form filled out. I don't know how to send a form, so am just describing it verbally, it's very simple. sheet of paper, usually 8-1/2 x 11, sometimes easel sized if we wanted to write more. Left hand column, maybe 1 1/2 inches wide headed by the word "WHO" Middle column, probably 6 inches in width, headed by "WILL DO WHAT" Right hand column, remaining width, usually about 1 inch, headed by "BY WHEN" Very simple. Then, in each meeting, the person(s) responsible under "WHO" would report all their actions and accomplishments and the next steps they were taking, and answered questions. Their names could and did appear under different areas of expertise and responsibility but they reported on all their named actions as a block. We finished in 3 hours and the results were out and posted one hour later for all to see. 26 different spots in the mill complexes. Then the teams could see what had been done and what had been committed to and get busy getting it done. Sincerely, Paul Everett * * ========================================================== [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
