Dear Oscar! I would support your idea to have a 3-hours OS as a part of the conference. I would make an opening as short as possible and would plan 45 minutes for it. But it depends on how many people will participate and how much time they will nedd for proposing the topics. Two sessions of 45 minutes is enough for good conversations. I would give more time for closing. If you have the possibility to print copies of all reports almost instantly and distribute them to all participants - that's great! If not and you will give them reports later or send via e-mail it would be good to give them some time to share their experience and to really feel the collective wisdom in the container of the closing circle. I know that normally the closing circle is not for the reports, only for sharing of the experience, what has been learnt and so. But our practice of many short (3 hours) OST meetings with different categories of civil servants and other groups shows that it's really important to have time for collective communication in the circle at the end. We actually have presentation of the reports and have good group discussions. After that closing with bells around the circle - giving everybody chance to say something. The group size vary between 12 and 60. Even at the internation events like Global Leadership Forum we practice to have 3 hours OS with groups up to 90, using different languages (Russian and English). Good luck with your event!
Marina Tyasto Novosibirsk, Russia -----Original Message----- From: Oscar Franzen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 8:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OSLIST] OS or not? Hi All! I'm going to facilite a 3 hours discussion session as the last part of a 1-day conference here in Sweden. I wanted to make it a 1-day OS meeting, but now there will be keynote speakers before lunch (10-13), and discussions after lunch (14-17). Is it worth trying a 3 hours OS, or should I try something else? I'm thinking of a pretty tight schedule with a 1-hour opening session, 2 x 45 min breakouts and 20 min to finish. No printed proceedings, just photocopies of breakout notes. Some feedback is very much appreciated! Best wishes, Oscar -- Oscar Franzén Ekologiska Lantbrukarna Sågargatan 10A 753 18 Uppsala tel +46-(0)18-10 10 21, +46-(0)18-10 10 06 www.ekolantbruk.se [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
