I like your questions, Michael. They're similar to ones we've used for Journalism That Matters.
Frankly, I have little energy for feedback instruments. My partners feel it is important for briefing funders. So I have helped to shape the questions so that they mostly focus on what participants got out of the experience. We don't get many responses. And I still don't see much value in it. Though it has been handy in responding to some foundation questions specifically asking if we've done a post-event evaluation with participants. Peggy __________________________________ Peggy Holman Journalism that Matters 15347 SE 49th Place Bellevue, WA 98006 425-746-6274 www.journalismthatmatters.org www.peggyholman.com Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity On May 24, 2011, at 8:42 AM, Michael Herman wrote: > i have always advised against feedback and evaluation forms, harold, because > i can only imagine two main kinds of feedback: the food was too cold/room > was too hot (which really doesn't matter) and there should have been a > session/design for this or for that (which really just pushes responsibility > for their experience back to the hosts). the only kind of feedback or > evaluation that seems useful would be to help suggest that this was worth > doing, so as to support funding for more of the same, but anyone funding more > of them ought to be able to evaluate the proceedings themselves to decide if > the event worked. when a form of some kind is an absolute non-negotiable > must do, i suggest three questions of this sort: what did you see happening > during the event? what got done because of the event? and, given that, what > are the issues or opportunities you would put on the wall next time? the > answers to these more directly evaluate the work of the group and feed > directly into the writing of future invitation(s). in this way, there is no > break in the action, ownership, responsibility, etc. there's a bit more, and > some different questions, posted here: > http://www.michaelherman.com/cgi/wiki.cgi?EvaluatingOpenSpace > > m > > > -- > > Michael Herman > Michael Herman Associates > 312-280-7838 (mobile) > > http://MichaelHerman.com > http://ManorNeighbors.com > http://OpenSpaceWorld.org > > > > > > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Harold Shinsato <[email protected]> wrote: > What do Open Space facilitators think about soliciting "feedback" as part of > an improvement process for a series of Open Space events? > > I was initially resistant to the idea because it is definitely "one more > thing to do", but I do wonder if an appreciative inquiry style feedback > solicitation could be powerful. > > I notice that the Journalism That Matters event in Detroit had a feedback > form - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RYP6TPT. So clearly some Open Space > facilitators think this is a good idea. > > Any experiences? Any thoughts? > > -- > Harold Shinsato > [email protected] > http://shinsato.com > twitter: @hajush > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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