"How can Students help our school deal with B-School Rankings?" This was a topic of passion because apparently business schools are VERY in tune with rankings . . . where their school stands in relationj to other business schools . . .
-- What does your "way" move you towards? Barry Owen The Owen Group Keller Williams Realty The fastest growing, most innovative real estate firm in North America! 105 Westpark Dr Suite 100 Brentwood, TN 37027 615.568.2123 http://www.geocities.com/barryo.geo -------------- Original message -------------- Barry: And what was the theme of the invitation? Esther I opened a very small space (1.5 hours) yesterday that seems to have grown legs . . . I wrote a bit about this for another listserve and thought I would share it here. Best, b ---------------------------------------------------------------- Interestingly, I just completed (Yesterday) a 1.5 hour "Taster" with 35 MBA Students at a local Graduate level Business School. The Course was a "Change Management" course, and the Professor wished to "Expose" the students to Open Space Technology. We talked in great length about how to do it . . . How do you get a group to "Get" OST in 1.5 hours? Here's what we did . . . and it worked magnificently :-) I coached the professor to send out an invitation (as we do with ANY OST event) with a theme that would be appropriate for the students - He did so 2 weeks prior to the session. When they arrived at class, the room was set as if we were having a 2 1/2 day event - Reporting Station and all. 20 Minutes - I opened the space 10 Minutes - Marketplace 20 Minutes - Sessions 20 Minutes - US West Video 20 Minutes - Closing/Discussion/Questions We had 15 issues posted - 4 groups broke into sessions I! made the time matrix as I would for any 2 1/2 day event and suggested to the group that they could certainly "carry on" with their sessions after class . . . As it happened, They assigned meeting times and places to complete all of the sessions to happen throughout the 2 1/2 day period . . . and left the class excited about the possibility of keeping the energy flowing and ultimately inviting the entire school (@ 450 Faculty, Staff, Students + any alumni who cared to attend) to a larger - REAL 2 1/2 day event. I talked to some Open Space friends before doing this and was cautioned against opening the space, so I was climbing out on a limb doing it . . . I think the real difference came in the fact that I did NOT "mess with the system" . . . We had a real, viable, important Theme for the participants . . . So there you have it . . . Good luck, b -- What does your "way" move you towards? Barry Owen The Owen Group Keller Williams Realty The fastest growing, most innovative real estate firm in North America! 105 Westpark Dr Suite 100 Brentwood, TN 37027 615.568.2123 http://www.geocities.com/barryo.geo * * ========================================================== [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 Esther Ewing The Change Alliance - Building Organizational Capability 330 East 38th St., Suite 53K New York, New York 10016, USA Phone: 212-661-6024 Fax: 866-296-6712 Distributor of Panoramic Feedback (www.panoramicfeedback.com) Kolbe Index (www.kolbe.com) Certified Network Member - Team Management Systems (www.teammanagementsystems.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 * * ========================================================== [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
