Dan, I’d say for any kind of facilitated event, Open Space or otherwise - when someone asks for an event with a very short lead-up - it’s very healthy to ask why, why now, what’s the crisis, what is served by taking important time for thorough invitation and thoughtful pre-work, is your zooming in to make a quick-turnaround thing happen supporting wellness or crisis response, if it is a crisis, doesn’t it deserve better (all kinds of things including thought, invitation, resource assessment, whatever) - all those good questions. The ‘how to get the message out’ part is perhaps the easiest - the ‘why’ / ‘to what end’ / ‘does this serve’ is to me one of the essential conversations of pre-work and thinking about doing an event …
Lisa On Oct 9, 2014, at 3:00 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <[email protected]> wrote: > I am asking for help. Will you help me figure out if the following is > effective? > > > Background: > > I have a OST client who wants to get the OST Invite out there with just 27 > calendar days to go...on a Friday! There are not many (if any) ways for the > Sponsor to send it sooner... > > Ouch. I'm not fond of this idea. > > I explained that 6 weeks was best and 4 was really pushing it, at the start > of the conversation about doing the OST event. > > Today I offered these "creative" suggestions (ugly hacks?) to patch this > less-than-30-days situation: > > > > <SUGGESTIONS> > > I also suggest that we get the handbills out there, in the public areas, and > put this link on it: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/ > > I suggest we also send out a pre-Invitation 'save the date' email with just a > little info and a link, and get those handbills out there, these actions will > get it out there into the ecosystem and allow us to make use of the full 4 > weeks. > > ....these ideas, and any other ideas you have for talking it up and getting > it out there are probably good ideas now. Before we act let's chat tomorrow > about this OK? > > </SUGGESTIONS> > > > > I am asking for help. > > Do these 2 non-standard ideas work OK in your view? > > Or am I making a mockery of the OST process by doing this? Are these "ugly > hacks?" > > Is this OST heresy, or a good-enough idea? > > I welcome your replies! > > Sincerely, > Daniel > > -- > Daniel Mezick, President > New Technology Solutions Inc. > (203) 915 7248 (cell) > Bio. Blog. Twitter. > Examine my new book: The Culture Game : Tools for the Agile Manager. > Explore Agile Team Training and Coaching. > Explore the Agile Boston Community. > _______________________________________________ > 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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