Thank you, Gerard, this is fantstic! On 3/13/06, Gerard Muller <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Ted, > > Thanks for your question. The case where two dissimilar events were > co-located, > the sponsor was a conference centre organisation using a series of Open > Space events > in different content areas to find out what future trends there would > be and how to cooperate > with different stakeholders within that particular area. There was a > series of 8 or 10 events > and two of these happened to be on the same day. > > In the second case, the two paralel sessions were related, and taking > place within an international conference. > However my sponsor had hired me to do the one session, the other one > had been organised separately. > Although the two issues were related, I felt that by combining them > there was a risk of having a great session > which my sponsor would feel had not addressed their issue enough. By > the way there was a interesting observation: > in the one group issues were posted all over the place, in the other, > mainly consisting of economists, the agenda was > filled in like an excel spreadsheet, starting at the top left hand > corner, and proceeding to the second discussion round > after the first seemed complete. > > As it happened, talking to the collegues facilitating the other session > we decided that there would be a likely > overlap and that during the course of the event we would discuss having > a joint closing circle, which we did. > > In the last case, the issue was - given the fact that part of the > younger generation (according to some) lives unhealthily - > what could be done to change that. Discussing who to invite with the > sponsor we easily made a list of stakeholders. > It became more difficult when I raised the point that actually these > young people were the key stakeholder. > As my sponsor was concerned this would work, I proposed having two > paralel events with a glass wall between > and a shared coffee etc. area. Also here we had a joint closing circle. > Some of the main conclusions were that > (a) the other stakeholders had little or no idea of how young people > look at healthy, (b) crossing the boundary had been > the most important experience > > Greetings from Denmark > > > > > Gerard Muller > Open Space Institute Denmark > Phone: (+45) 21269621 Skype: openspace1 > Mail: [email protected] > > > > On Mar 10, 2006, at 4:40 PM, Ted Ernst wrote: > > > 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 > > > > * > * > ========================================================== > [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 >
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