Hello Eva,
To the many questions and suggestions you've received, I'll add a
story. I was asked to do a keynote at a conference on Open Space.
Since Harrison had sent them my way because he had a conflict and had
originally intended to do it, I didn't think twice. I said "yes".
Then I discovered that what they wanted for the keynote was an Open
Space. They were expecting 150 people and I had... 1.5 hours!
Since this story is in the OSlist archives, I've copied it below.
One last item about this story that I discovered recently. It turns
out that the person who wanted the OS keynote was Steve Cady, who
joined with Tom Devane and me for the second edition of The Change
Handbook. Steve had never seen an Open Space. It was his way of
experiencing the process and he had no idea what he was asking by
requesting it be done in 1.5 hours.
appreciatively,
Peggy
On Aug 3, 2004, at 3:57 PM, Peggy S. Holman wrote:
Ralph -- I had a really different experience with 90 minutes. I'm
guessing
that it was because the topic was real (not just a demo).
It was the keynote for the Bowling Green MSOD Alumni conference. They
wanted the 150 or so participants to experience Open Space. After
my first
thought of "impossible", I thought, "why not?"
It worked incredibly well! I was amazed at the energy of the group
and that
they really did move from topic to topic. It was like watching a
speeded up
video of an OS. For the closing circle, I invited people to reflect
using a
word or phrase. This actually left time in the closing for Q&A on
OST.
Mind you, I did this for graduates of an OD program who were as
interested
in the form as they were the content of the gathering.
My take on it was that it would be impossible to do any subject
justice in
90 minutes. Given that,
rather than set the expectation of even one quality conversation,
use the
time for another purpose: to invite people to notice who else has
passion
for the same topics as you. 20 minutes to open, three 15 minute
sessions,
20 minutes to close about does it. In that time, people will find
out the
range of subjects of interest and who else cares about them.
They'll be
able to touch in with the folks they meet after the OS. And another
benefist
is that it leaves participants with a very different embodied
experience of
what OST is.
Joe -- to your second question - OS at a conference. I have also
done this.
It was a conference track that ran in parallel with other more
traditinal
sessions for the last 2 days of a three day conference. Some people
stayed
for the whole OS, others floated in and out. They loved it.
home in Seattle at last,
Peggy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Copleman" <rcople...@comcast.net>
To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 6:41 AM
Subject: [OSLIST] Brief demonstrations
Joe Bowers, Harrison and all,
I agree that doing an OS demonstration is challenging. I did a 90-
minute
version once for a group of colleagues. Had three 20-minute sessions
squeezed in. It was awful. Everybody looked bored. Never again.
On the other hand, I did a 30-minute thing for a client once
involving the
top 20 managers in an American airline company. They kept pressing
me for
an explanation, so during a break I hurriedly made the posters and
stuck
them on the walls. Then I reconvened everyone in a circle and did
the
opening. That's all. No postings. No actual open space.
They loved it. A month later I was doing a one-day event for them to
explore their frequent-flier program, customers included.
Ralph Copleman
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On Jun 25, 2009, at 3:49 AM, Eva P Svensson wrote:
Hello!
I have been asked to do an Open Space with about 800 people. That’s
great – BUT as it’s looks right now – there will only be 1,5 hours
timeframe for the entire thing……
What do you think about that? Would you recommend to go for it –
what would you do????
I know I have done a taster on OS in 1,5 hour with 100 people and it
went well – but 800…
What would you do?
Sunny warm greetings from Sweden
:o)
Eva
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