Dear Susan,
yes, thats my feeling too, 15 to 20 breakout spaces for 30 to 40 issues.
Jeffs response on "combining or abandoning" topics got me to reflect on
the word "topic". From work wayback with structured brainstorming I
remember a group of 25 "generating" between 30 to 50 topics.
With os crowds and my use of the word "issue" (with talking a bit about
what is meant with "issue" in contrast to "topic or idea or something I
am interested in", mentioning passion, urgency etc.) I find that there
was decreasing tendency of combining or abolishing. Actually, when
someone suggested to combine issues I would suggest in a very low-key
way that this was not illegal and add something like: What might look
and sound very similar often turns out to be different in an important way.
As a participant I have become quite uncomfortable, irritated or even
foaming when I had a facilitator go to the Bulleting Board and "cluster"
stuff... turning into a space invador. My reaction, I suppose, got me to
be cautious with "combining".
How is your take on the impact of the "words" we use?
Cheers and good luck with a very short event!
mmp
On 26.01.2015 22:59, Susan Partnow via OSList wrote:
Hello dear OSers... I am planning a very short OS here in Seattle at the
WOW (Women of Wisdom) conference - Sunday afternoon, Feb 15 - and trying
to call the rule of thumb for anticipating the likely number of sessions
to plan for - We have two brief OS times and expect ~100 participants.
Any educated guesses as we plan for delineating break out spaces? Thanks!
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