Ted,
I feel your pain. After having wrestled with the jellyfish of
planning an OS within a traditional conference a few times now, I'm
ready to cry "uncle!" I think you're doing really well to get any
time for evening news _or_ morning announcements. I had hold my
ground to have opening and closing times set aside (and, in one case,
space as well).
When I asked the list about opening space within a traditional
conference, Harrison said he doesn't do it. I'd been recruited, so I
tried to make it work. Now I'm converted to his position. ;-) Open
Space only conferences for me.
And, since it the situation you've got...If you want participants to
show up for the closing OS within a traditional conference, I suggest
sticking to the evening news slot. Gets them in the habit of ending
the day in OS, and gives a greater chance they'll show up for closing.
Good Luck!
Diana
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On Dec 14, 2006, at 2:35 PM, Ted Ernst wrote:
not sure this is possible - since we're interfacing with a
traditional conference, I can't just set my own arbitrary times
that don't respect the framework - I tried that in August and there
were just too many distractions. We did morning news during a
coffee break after a keynote and people were too busy with coffee
to come. The closing was during another coffee break and people
wanted to get good seats for the keynote that would follow. Of
course I'll squeeze in if I have to, but can't shave lunch and
expect anyone will pay any attention :-)
On 12/14/06, Michael Herman <[email protected]> wrote: ted,
surely you could do morn news as usual, shave lunch and the last
session by 15 mins each to scare up an evening 30 mins. or find just
15 for the evening news time and let it naturally claim a bit more, on
the strength of its own momentum at the time? mh
On 12/14/06, Ted Ernst <[email protected] > wrote:
> 3 day traditional conference (WikiSym) with dedicated time for
open space
> opening first day and evening news on days 1, 2 and 3 (3rd day
we'll do a
> closing instead). The initial draft schedule doesn't have
morning news on
> days 2 or 3. If I cannot get those put in the schedule, would
you recommend
> swapping the day 1 and 2 evening newses for day 2 and 3 morning
news or
> leave it as is? I'm inclinded to think morning news is more
important then
> evening news given the choice. I hate having the choice, and
maybe I don't
> have the choice, but would like opinions in any event. Thanks!
>
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