Hey Thomas, I like the 3 'openings' and my only suggestion would be to hold off on the shape of the fourth meeting. It is definitely about converging, but exactly how might reveal itself along the way.
I love the idea that all the meetings are open and some may even come only to the fourth meeting. Smiles Bhav... On 16 September 2016 at 10:36, Thomas Herrmann via OSList < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends in Open Space > > I write to share about an exciting project and to ask to have > feedback/ideas/experiences assisting me to refine/decide on the design I am > working on. > > > > The project is in a neighbouring town of about 35 000 inhabitants. They > are inviting everyone living there to explore ways to contribute to enhance > the learning amongst children/youth complementing/supporting what is > happening in the school. The top politician in the town, responsible for > education/schools is my sponsor. During the spring I had a couple of > meetings with the top politicians and managers for the school system. Then > we widened the circles and had some meetings with other interest parties , > to invite more engagement for this idea. > > > > We have a plan that includes follow up, to support what is emerging, > decide on next steps and make sure there is report back to what is > happening and not. > > > > A couple of days ago we had our “final” planning meeting getting the > theme etc. Still working on wording but something like “For the future of > our children. How do we create conditions for enhanced learning for pupils > in our community?” Of practical reasons evenings are considered the best > options. Parents, pupils, teachers, business people, public workers etc etc > are all busy daytime and weekends are not considered a good option. > “Everyone” will be invited but it’s hard to say how many will come to each > meeting. I guess between 10-200 J > > Now the plan is to have three 3-hour meetings in three different parts of > the small community. I have suggested a fourth meeting where all are > invited for convergence/action planning. There are of course several > challenges. I am not even sure I will suggest we use OST even though I’d > love to. I think a 3-hour meeting is the bare minimum for the simplest form > of an OST meeting. On the other hand I see possibilities for this to be > looked at like an OST meeting consisting of three occasions á 3 hours + > convergence in a fourth meeting for another 3 hours… That looks better, ey? > > > > There are some opportunities with this: > > 1. More time for the divergent process before converging. > > 2. People can choose to join several meetings, deepening their > thinking > > 3. People can get access to more ideas/material from the 3 meetings. > > 4. There can be continued conversations online in between meetings > and approaching meeting nbr 4. > > 5. There will be opportunities for people to create joint projects > over “boundaries” in the community (meeting nbr 4 and online) > > > > There are several challenges with this too. > > 1. There will be different people in all of the meetings > > a. There needs to be a proper opening each time > > 2. 3 hours is very short. My plan: Opening/agenda 45 mts. Session 1 > (45 mts). Session 2 (45 mts). Individual reflection/personal commitment (15 > mts). Closing 30 mts. > > a. For the actionplanning meeting (meeting nbr 4) I will probably > use re-opening, after a brief opening and reading reports/reflecting. A > couple of action planning sessions, 1 minute reportback/group and then > closing. > > 3. How to bind everything together to one whole > > > > So far I lean towards this plan but I would love to hear to your ideas, > thoughts, experiences and/or suggestions! > > All the best > > > > Thomas Herrmann > > Open Space Consulting AB > > www.openspaceconsulting.com > > You reach us via phone: +46 (0)709 98 97 81 or email: > [email protected] > > > > Open Space Consulting is a small company with BIG ambitions to assist > leaders and organizations as well as local communities to tap into their > full power to achieve their dreams. We bring practical tools and knowhow to > empower you to find your way forward. > > > > *More info* > > LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ > thomasherrmannopenspaceconsult > > Facebook Company page: https://www.facebook.com/OpenSpaceConsulting > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Past archives can be viewed here: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > [email protected] >
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