Hello Ted,
I have tried that three times.
The first were two events where the two groups had little to do with
eachother,
two facilitators.
The second was two paralel sessions (though the only two at that point)
in an international
conference. two facilitators, but ............. one closing circle.
The last, last month, two sessions which I both facilitated, starting
the one half an hour before the other,
having a wall largely made of doors and glass, and ending with a joint
closing circle.
In this last case the two issues were related, but the solution which
emerged from my conversations with the sponsor was to have two paralel
sessions, but to have a joint closing.
In both openings I told the group there was another going on at the
other side of the wall, and
- that they were welcome to open the door and look at the other agenda;
- and join a discussion there, too.
In the two events which were connected we had one set of computers, and
one coffee/tea/lunch area.
Greetings from the snow,
Gerard Muller
Open Space Institute Denmark
Phone: (+45) 21269621
mail: [email protected]
On Mar 9, 2006, at 7:45 AM, Ted Ernst wrote:
Traditional conferences somtimes co-locate because of their
overlapping communities or for various other reasons. Sometimes an OS
event is co-located with a traditional event, maybe calling them
tracks or whatever.
What about two OS events, co-located? I've got a brainstorm cooking
here, with the omidyar.net members conference in July and the first
Chicago Planetwork conference. Two facilitators. Two opening
circles. Two agenda walls. One hotel.
The alternative, of course, is to try to craft a single invitation
that serves both groups. Maybe that's still possible.
Thoughts?
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