You have your work cut out for you! Four circles are fine -- just as long as you leave enough room in the center so that folks can move about when they come up to post issues. My rule of thumb is MORE SPACE! You might save a little bit with fewer laptops -- for a group that size (300) my number would be 15, maybe even 10. However, you are cramming a great deal in a small time/space slot. So you may need the additional ones to deal with the traffic. If it were me, I would be looking around for some additional space -- anywhere. In the coffee shop, out of doors, down at the corner bar. The problem with using just the "big room" is that you will have a lot of chair shifting, noise, confusion and general hubbub. It will probably be OK -- but I would still be on the lookout for some more space. Even a little bit.
Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 Skype hhowen Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website www.ho-image.com OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kathleen Osta Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 3:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Room Set-Up Questions Hi there, I'm doing a 4-hour Open Space session for 300+ people in a hotel ballroom that is 80 feet x 150 feet. Using a to-scale room diagram, it looks like I may have to have 4 concentric circles because I plan to have several aisles, e.g., at least 7. I've never had that may concentric circles and wanted to know if that's workable. I also plan to have about 21 lap tops in the News Room in one corner of the room, which will chew into small group space around the perimeter of the room. Since I won't have quite enough space around the perimeter of the room for all 18 small groups, about how many can I put in the middle of the room (once the space is cleared because people have taken their chairs with them)? Experience input requested, please. Thanks. Kathleen Osta Kathleen S. Osta Vital Clarity 15 Hunters Way Asheville, NC 28804 828-253-8343 office 828-231-5565 cell 828-253-8284 fax www.vitalclarity.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 * * ========================================================== [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
