Really liked this pre-OS group planning process Michael, thanks for sharing...
From my iPad On 30/05/2013, at 18:33, Michael M Pannwitz <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Eleder, > the core idea of the planning meeting is that its not me as facilitator to do > stuff that the sponsor of the event (and his planning group) can do > themselves. > So the first step is to find out who the sponsor is. This might sound silly, > but in real life it is often surprising that it is not clear at all. > If you find, that you yourself are the sponsor you can stop worrying and find > a facilitator for your event. > If you know you are not the sponsor and know who the sponsor is, tell him/her > that, after it is clear it is going to be an event using OST (which means the > prerequisites are in place, this must not be clear to you but the sponsor > needs to find out), that a planning group needs to gather. > This group should in some way mirror the organisation/community/group that is > expected to gather in the open space event. Usually, the planning group > consists of 5 to 20 people. > They need to be invited by the sponsor to the planning meeting. > > Ok, here is the design of the planning meeting which takes 3,5 hours either > before lunch or later in the morning with lunch as a break or in the > afternoon or early evening... preferrably in the space in which the os also > is planned > > 10:00 Break, Arriving, Coffee ….. > > > 10:30 Welcome by the sponsor who introduces the facilitator for the > following steps > > Introducing ourselves All > Introducing the agenda Facilitator > > 10:45 The Day After > What is happening on "Monday, June 17, 2013, the day after the event? > Which perspectives do I see now? What has changed? > > The group itself creates a Mindmap with their thoughts/inputs > > 11:15 My Theme for the Open Space event > Individually 3 minutes, > All announce their themes 2 minutes, > Work in subgroups 15 minutes > Reporting to the whole group 5 minutes > Weighing the Themes 10 minutes > > > Break beginning at noon > Time for a look at the large meeting room and lunch > > > 2:00 Our Theme / provisional > Characteristics of an action-orienting theme…. > A small group (3 to 5) of volunteers sit in front of the entire group and > designs the theme for the meeting, provide an extra chair for inputs from > the large group, fish-bowl style. > > 2:45 Who all needs to be at the conference? > So that the expectations expressed for the day after under the chosen > theme will actually be met > Brainstorm, identify participants essential for the process > Check the Theme, still ok? > > 3:15 Nuts and Bolts > Collect things to do > Who will take care of what? > > 3:45 How was it today > > > 4:00 End > > This design has been used hundreds of times and works with any group, even > teachers, lawyers, scientists and mixtures of them and especially well with > children and in neighborhood groups in all cultures around the globe. > > I will seperately send you a pdf documentation with pictures of a planning > meeting. > > Greetings from Berlin > mmp > > > > On 30.05.2013 16:56, Eleder_BuM wrote: >> >> >> >> Michael, you say,... >> /"if they in fact meet and follow the simple design I have described on >> this list."/ >> / >> /could you tell us more about this design? >> >> Thanks so much for your attention, >> >> Eleder >> >> ____ > _______________________________________________ > 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
