Practice of Peave on Whidbey Island in 2003 was four days I think...or 3.5anyway. I found it very comfortable.
Chris On 3/9/06, Lisa Heft <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thomas, I run up to you, kiss you, dance with you, eat herring with you… > > > > Oh. Where was I? > > > > Jimmy, in my experience, about 2.5 days of Open Space delivers the goods - > I'd ask you a design question back again – what is the purpose of the OS, > how does it fit in to some overall longer (is that what you are thinking > of?) event, what does it want to accomplish therefore how long should you > design your event, and so on. > > > > There is such thing as saturation point, of sensory overload. Of being > physically tired from all that talking, laughing, puzzling, challenging, > solving, wondering, and running around from group to group in an environment > full of text and words and people and ideas. Of capacity. Of bodies minds > and hearts being able to take in more versus being full. Of giving people > percolation time, down time, reflection time, replenishment time. > > > > Having said that, I know others have tried longer OSs (I seem to recall, > Gerard, didn't you and Annette and colleagues do a many days one in…2000, > was it? was it 10 days 10 themes? Were there days off in between?) in > Denmark? > > > > …or am I just imagining things? > > > > Lisa > > > > PS: Thomas said: > > Oooaoo, I agree with Lisa although I´m a bit more modest in my response. > Klockrent would be a clear Swedish respons. Kind of "right on target". > > > > ___________________________ > > *L i s a H e f t* > > Consultant, Facilitator, Educator > > O p e n i n g S p a c e > > [email protected] > > www.openingspace.net > > > > > > * * ========================================================== > [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 > -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.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
