Greetings, In the first OST meeting that I facilitated, the 20 participants formed a single group around the session proposed by a key participant. As a result, the conversation happened among 5 persons while the others watched. At the beginning of the next time slot, the proponents did not move to their proposed places, so the big session took all the available time. Still, a proponent still complained that his topic was not addressed, even as he failed to make himself available to discuss the topic.
In the second OST meeting that I facilitated, the pattern was about to happen again. I intervened, and proposed that the big topic would be addressed better in two smaller groups that allowed everyone to engage in the conversation. The two groups met and, when it was time for the coffee break, one of the groups moved next to the other and the groups presented their conclusions to each other. Overall, it worked very well, with the ~20 people meeting in 4-5 sessions instead of just one. On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 16:25, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. > I agree with Thomas in that working with smaller groups is slower than with > larger groups. > It's been my experience that I have thought "this is going to be quicker and > more simple" and what tends to happen is that there is more intimacy and > openness. > Love > Elisabeth > > Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Movistar > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Herman <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected]: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 08:09:29 > To: World wide Open Space Technology email > list<[email protected]> > Reply-To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSList] 12-15 people: the dynamics > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
