Frank, Very cool. Sounds like WikiVanning, though we went for 2 solid days, took a break for WikiSym and had 2+ more days. Here's our dashboard agenda wall (just like you're table, no timeslots): http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedernst/55188695/ Here's some of what I wrote about that event: http://tedernst.com/wp/?p=295
Not sure how well a no time-slot plan works with more people. peace, ted On 2/23/06, Frank Deitle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ted, enjoy seeing you on the list! > > My experience: > I had a two and a half hour meeting at a coffee shop with 4 people last > week. We were all familiar with Open Space. I put a stack of blank business > cards in the middle of the table with some pens, anounced our theme > (planning an ecovillage summit in open space), and asked for topics. We then > scribbled about 12 topics in the next 5 minutes or so, remembering halfway > through that it would be good to announce them as we write them. All the > topics were scattered randomly on the table. Then we just went at it picking > one topic after another, often tangenting off onto other topics (some which > were on the agenda and some which were not). There were no time slots. Two > of us spontaneously took notes. People regularly got up to use the bathroom > or whatever and the conversation continued. Very open spacey without much of > the open space formalities. I should re-iterate that all of us had a pretty > good understanding of open space ethos (and we were all passionate about the > theme). It worked very well in all our opinions. The cards definitly helped > us focus our lively conversation. We could always come back to "what was on > the table". We finally got tired and lost energy before we covered all the > topics or resolved even a fraction of the issues but we now have a good > record of the territory we are trying to cover, commitments to future > action, and energy and enthusiasm for future collaboration. > > As I write this, I find myself wondering how this would work in the context > of the topic discussions within a regular open space event? I like the > fractal nature of the idea: self-similarity of the system at all levels. > Sounds like a good OSonOS topic. I'll have to try it at my next big open > space. > > Peace, > Frank Deitle > > > On 2/23/06, Ted Ernst <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Excellent conversation. > > > > I've facilitated two (monthly) 1.5 hour events, with a 3rd one coming > > up in a month. I didn't bother with time slots so far, there's just > > no time with opening in and closing. Anyone have similar experiences > > with a series of very short events? Or something to add? > > > > peace, > > ted > > > > > > > > -- > > Humanize the Earth! http://tedernst.com > > Open more space! http://www.openspaceworld.org > > Chicago event July 14-16: http://moreandmore.us/ > > skype: TedErnst > > google talk/jabber: [email protected] > > > > * > > * > > > ========================================================== > > [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 -- Humanize the Earth! http://tedernst.com Open more space! http://www.openspaceworld.org Chicago event July 14-16: http://moreandmore.us/ skype: TedErnst google talk/jabber: [email protected] * * ========================================================== [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
