Gerard, I'm very curious why you choose seperate circles in the times when the issues were related, and why you co-located dis-similer events in that instance. Thanks much for sharing!
peace, ted On 3/10/06, Gerard Muller <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? > > > > > > -- > > 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
