Yes Christine...I have a sticky wall of my own...probably that is what we are going to have to do in this case as well.
Chris On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:45 PM, douglas germann <76066....@compuserve.com>wrote: > On behalf of Christine Whitney Sanchez: > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Christine Whitney Sanchez <cwhitneysanc...@gmail.com> > > Date: April 2, 2009 10:06:46 AM GMT-07:00 > > To: OSLIST <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> > > Subject: Re: [OSLIST] RE : [OSLIST] Help! > > > > > > Chris, have you ever used sticky walls > > (http://www.ica-usa.org/store/products.htm)? I almost always do and > > find that it speeds up the posting and facilitates the negotiation > > process between session hosts. For the 1800 participants at the 2005 > > Girl Scout convention we used 17 rolling walls covered by sticky walls > > to create the marketplace. Worked great. > > > > > > Warm wishes from a perfect Phoenix morning, > > > > Christine > > Christine Whitney Sanchez > > CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy > > 2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue > > Phoenix, AZ 85048 > > 480.759.0262 > > milagr...@cox.net > > www.christinewhitneysanchez.com > > > > On Mar 31, 2009, at 8:26 PM, Chris Corrigan wrote: > > > > > This just continues to give hope and inspiration. > > > > > > The irony here is that the client IS familiar with Open Space and > > > wants Open Space type outcomes, just the kind that are expected > > > froma conference of 500 people spending three sessions in Open > > > Space. We're harvesting proceedings using laptops and a news room > > > and uploading them to a webiste. Nothing unusual there. And many > > > of the participants will know what to do as well, so that helps. > > > > > > For me the circle is an entirely practical piece...it's about first > > > of all creating enough space to logistically make an open space > > > meeting work. Second, it's about the centre and the rim and that > > > physical and metaphysical structure, and third it is about the > > > invitation on how to work together. Some of the ideas for creating > > > a metaphysical circle here are pretty cool, and we will have lots of > > > youth at this gathering and perhaps we can press them into service. > > > > > > The good news is that this flood of creative responses has given me > > > the energy and optimism I need to continue to engage the client > > > constructively and we had a good call today to talk about removing > > > the tables. It's not a reticence to have a circle in this > > > case...it's a purely logistical consideration in terms of a few > > > other things that are happening around the Open Space - meals and an > > > opening speaker. > > > > > > So that's where we stand tonight. > > > > > > Many thanks for the continued generosity. > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:50 PM, douglas germann > > > <76066....@compuserve.com> wrote: > > > Chris-- > > > > > > What do these 500+ folks love to do? Can you take what they > > > love and > > > turn that into an offer for how to make the space work? > > > > > > You could create a circle without the table barriers by > > > having people > > > turn their chairs around to face people at the tables behind > > > them--when > > > they turn around, voila! No tables! > > > > > > What Larry said about getting people away from the tables > > > conjured up a > > > picture for me--like a dance party--an ever-growing "snake" > > > line of > > > people threading their way amongst the tables, dropping off > > > people to > > > individual circles.... If it does not work as is, this > > > picture might > > > suggest something fun to someone on the list.... > > > > > > ...Like maybe helium balloons with the topics attached and > > > snaking > > > around the tables to gather participants.... > > > > > > :- Doug. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 13:43 -0700, Chris Corrigan wrote: > > > > This is what I need guys...thanks for the wisdom, and keep > > > it coming. > > > > > > > > You're never too old to be stumped, and never to > > > experienced to ask > > > > for help! > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Esther Matte > > > <ema...@excellence.ca> > > > > wrote: > > > > I’ve had a soft/fabric covered and we used both > > > pins and blue > > > > 3M tape. I thought the tape wouldn’t hold, but it > > > did! > > > > Throughout the whole day too! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I’ve also had a stage, and used it as the > > > newsroom. Worked > > > > wonderfully – nice overview of the room, good > > > feeling of a > > > > “whole”. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The tables are definitely a downer… but I would > > > say trust the > > > > process. Instead of walking the circle, walk the > > > tables. Take > > > > more time maybe and make sure you do a lot of eye > > > contact. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And if you do this with the tables, let us know > > > the results > > > > and the feeling of it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If anything else comes to mind, I’ll send another > > > message. > > > > Good luck and have fun too! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Esther Matte > > > > > > > > Discover - Engage - Accomplish > > > > > > > > New York: 212.755.0551 > > > > > > > > Montreal: 450.583.5849 > > > > > > > > www.excellence.ca > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > > > De : OSLIST > > > [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] De la part > > > > de Chris Corrigan > > > > Envoyé : 31 mars 2009 15:38 > > > > À : osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > > > Objet : [OSLIST] Help! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been at this a long time now, but I've run up > > > against a > > > > situation like this. I'm stumped and looking for > > > help. > > > > > > > > I;ll be opening space for a gethering of 500+ > > > people. The > > > > client is completely unwilling to set the room in > > > a circle. > > > > Instead, we will have 96 tables with 6 chairs at > > > each table > > > > packed into a spacious but full ball room facing a > > > stage. The > > > > walls of this room are incredible...they appear to > > > be actually > > > > stuffed with cotton and covered in fabric. There > > > is little > > > > hope of putting anything on the walls. > > > > > > > > On the plus side we will have lots of AV, so there > > > is a goodly > > > > amount of technology available to play with for > > > agenda setting > > > > and huge screen projection. > > > > > > > > I'm worried on a number of levels as you can > > > imagine, but at > > > > the moment I'm trying to put that all aside and > > > figure out, in > > > > this worst case scenario, what is the best thing > > > we could do > > > > to Open Space? Anyone been faced with similar > > > constraints? > > > > Help me out here... > > > > > > > > All tips and support I get on this, I'll roll up > > > into a little > > > > document on "what to do when nothing is what you > > > need it to > > > > be" and we can share it out. > > > > > > > > OSLIST group mind...activate! > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > -- > > > > CHRIS CORRIGAN > > > > Facilitation - Training - Process Design > > > > Open Space Technology > > > > > > > > Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot > > > > Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com > > > > > > > > Principal, Harvest Moon Consultants, Ltd. > > > > http://www.harvestmoonconsultants.com > > > > > > > > * * > > > ========================================================== > > > > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > > ------------------------------ > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > > > view the > > > > archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > > > > > > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn > > > > about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > > > > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > > > > > * * > > > ========================================================== > > > > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > > ------------------------------ > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > > > view the > > > > archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > > > > > > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn > > > > about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > > > > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > CHRIS CORRIGAN > > > > Facilitation - Training - Process Design > > > > Open Space Technology > > > > > > > > Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot > > > > Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com > > > > > > > > Principal, Harvest Moon Consultants, Ltd. > > > > http://www.harvestmoonconsultants.com > > > > > > > * * > > > ========================================================== > > > > > > > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > > ------------------------------ To > > > > subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the > > > archives of > > > > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > > > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To > > > learn about > > > > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > > > > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > CHRIS CORRIGAN > > > Facilitation - Training - Process Design > > > Open Space Technology > > > > > > Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot > > > Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com > > > > > > Principal, Harvest Moon Consultants, Ltd. > > > http://www.harvestmoonconsultants.com > > > * * ========================================================== > > > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To > > > subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > > > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > > > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > > > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Facilitation - Training - Process Design Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com Principal, Harvest Moon Consultants, Ltd. http://www.harvestmoonconsultants.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
