HI all! Lisa, I just propmted in to read your message. Very welcome. Very good points, specially (for me) the one regarding the Closing Circle. Thanks!
Enjoy life! Eleder 2014-06-18 22:30 GMT+02:00 Lisa Heft - <[email protected]>: > Hello, Arno and others - > > I am one of those who analyzes and reflects about anything that someone > (including me) wants to add or adjust in participant-driven dialogue forms, > including Open Space. > > What of wha-we-would-loveto-add might shift the participants’ own > dynamics, what looks like it adds but for which there may be an ‘offset’ to > consider, what does that then mean and so on. > An Open Space / World Cafe / etc. group is a living system, so I think how > that thing-they-or-I-wish-to-add may affect that system. Not that it is > good or bad, just that... Even if I or my client like something ourselves, > for our own way of working - I feel it is valuable to reflect on why's and > what-ifs. > > So for example: Here is what I think about when I think about inviting a > visual documenter to an Open Space meeting. > > - In the Opening Circle / agenda co-creation section, participants are > *already* writing topics in their diverse handwriting, in diverse marker > colors, and naming in their diverse voices what are their topics, as they > post them on the wall (kinesthetic, graphic, relational, other modalities > included). So I am imagining that there is not the need for a visual > documenter at this point in the meeting. > > - Discussion sessions: A visual documenter cannot hear all the > discussions, so would be perhaps a roaming documenter / would document a > sample. Is this useful? Does this add? I still would have participants > writing their own text as in any process I am using for participant-driven > work (Open Space included) - I want documentation to be ‘owned’ by > participants - both so it is in their ‘voice’ and so they step up to that > wonderful shared co-responsibility. Not a reason to use or not use a visual > documenter, just something I would think about. And I always invite > participants to document in the way they see things - via text, mapping the > conversation, sketching, poetry - whatever they feel best documents their > conversations. > > - I have seen people use documentation forms for participants (not in Open > Space but in other small group discussion work) that is a visual template > for taking notes. Would this be useful, helpful, collect more or deeper > documentation than a non-visual template - these are the things I would > think about. When I see for example flip-charts used I find that often the > images there make more sense to the people who were actually in the group. > So even if I had a visual template I was using for the participant groups I > might also encourage text. So the knowledge they are sharing would be more > universally accessible. > > - Am I thinking of using / adding an element just because *I* like it / > find it comfortable / think people *should* be enhanced by it? If so, it is > oh-so-often about me (and my wishes for them), rather than about them. > > - Documentation design: Is the visual report / photos, etc. accessible to > all participants? Do they all have access to graphics, or pdf files, or > computer time for viewing photos? Can they show those back to their funders > / supervisors if needed? Is the information easily in their hands > post-event? Does the overall documentation tell the story of the > conversations? Do they ‘own’ the creation of it, if possible - do they play > a major part in creating it / making sure it says what they meant and said? > > - Closing Circle: Here is one of the times when a visual documenter can > hear what is happening across the room - as participants reflect upon their > experience. I always have someone scribe these closing comments as I feel > it is incredibly useful to the participants and the client. So I always > include that in the documentation design. I say “I” but of course all these > things are discussed and reflected upon by myself and my client / client > team. Closing Circle is a time when to me it is sometimes useful for a > visual documenter to capture images, patterns, themes - as some really > great visual documenters can. And that -plus- the text of the participants’ > closing comments and reflections may be a multiple-modaility way of showing > participants’ thoughts back to them. > > - Resources: A visual documenter deserves to be involved in pre-work > meetings (or at least see emails / receive ongoing notes) - instead of > simply walking in the room when the meeting starts. They, too are skilled > consultants. They see things through a different lens, can add thoughts, > and most importantly, their knowledge of the pre-work conversations informs > their work at the event. They too deserve payment, and ideally, at market > rate. Does the organization have funding to pay them what they deserve for > these hours of work, experience and expertise? Something to consider as > well. > > All of these are things that come to my mind when this possibility or > offer comes into discussion with my clients for upcoming dialogue events - > Open Space or otherwise. > > Thanks for inviting the question… > > Lisa > > > On Jun 16, 2014, at 11:24 PM, Arno Baltin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Open Minds and Hearts! > > I had wonderful experience to open Space with friends, graphic > facilitators. > As the client was a bit in trouble to state the Question/Problem in one > sentence (the invitation included about 5 sentences which called invitees > to share they thoughts on how, where and why should we (Tallinn University) > move on keeping in mind year 2020. The results should become the input for > mid-range strategic plan. So as there was no consensus on this "one > sentence" I asked my friend to draw the Question. > You can see the results via the link > <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/28eb3vo70k5izep/AAD3cPzFMxRIrcTGcibpf0Bca> > > (The Question is the last photo in the row.) > > I am curious if anybody has tried this route already and what are your > experience with inviting graphic facilitator to OS. > > Be well! > > Arno > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
