Thanks for that report Diana. My first foray into Open Space I set up an
online system to allow folks to propose (but not commit) to topics. Very
few of those early proposals were actually convened the actual day of
the OST, same as Diana reported. I stopped doing that after my second event.
When I've seen session time/space allowed to be scheduled more than a
day in advance, both for technology unconferences and for multiple day
Open Space events, my experience is that people are much less present to
what is alive in the moment. People pay less attention to each other.
The session proposals revert to a more standard conference style, with
more prepared presentations. More self promotion. Less group coherence
fostered. Less Open Space.
What I've see is that it works much better to leave the marketplace
time/location blank before the morning openings, even for multiple day
open space events. And it also helps to make sure everyone knows we will
make more meeting locations for their topics so they don't panic and
rush to fill the first slots or give up when the market place seems full.
I've seen the holding space method work. That might diffuse the pressure
a little. Though my experience is it still works best, as Harrison
reports, if the wall is completely blank each morning.
Regards,
Harold
On 9/17/17 11:09 AM, Diana Larsen via OSList wrote:
Hi Jean,
No advice. Just a story.
Last week I opened space for a group that decided (reasons) to limit
hosts to their one most "passion/responsibility" topic per day on the
marketplace. Some folks were sure they'd want more and others had new
topics that emerged that they wanted to remember for the second day.
We accommodated their concern by giving it a space. By the end of the
day about a dozen topics had been posted into a "holding space" to the
side of the marketplace on the same wall.
The next morning when we had morning announcements of the new topics
for the 2nd day, only three of the twelve were moved and scheduled
with time/room stickies on the new day marketplace. When I asked about
the remainders, people said: - they'd changed their minds because
something seemed more compelling now; - the person who'd proposed it
was actually asking someone else to take responsibility who didn't
want it; - the person who posted it couldn't come back for the second
day; - etc.
That was just one of the "be prepared to be surprised" moments I
experienced in that event.
So, the answer to the question about "what's most important for your
learning right now" seems to morph even more quickly than we might
expect! Overnight (!) things that were "too important to leave out"
can fade and other needs take precedence.
Diana
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http://futureworksconsulting.com
On Sep 17, 2017, at 09:23, Bhavesh Patel via OSList
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Instead of the Marketplace you could simply have an ideas wall, and
anyone who has an idea for a session the next day could stick it up
there without any feeling of commitment.
Then the next day open the Marketplace with the usual blank wall,
remind people that today is a new day and all are free to do what
they want, remind them to check out the wall of ideas from yesterday
if they want to... and then business as usual...
OR offer 15min to browse the ideas wall... then rip all the ideas
down, throw them in the bin, and start the Open Space!
And why are you limiting the number of spaces/sessions in an Open Space?
On 16 September 2017 at 21:32, Jean Richardson via OSList
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Thank you. Yes, I would do an opening.
One of the things that concerns me is that the whole Marketplace
could fill before the opening. I could have them take down their
topics and describe them, but I guess I’m concerned about lack of
spontaneity and whether that would have a negative impact on the
experience.
--- Jean
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Yes. The only issue with a large conference is that people often
forgot what they posted, when and where and so on. In my
experience You still need to do an opening if you want everyone
to be really ground in their responsibility.
Chris.
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On Sep 16, 2017, at 11:07 AM, Jean Richardson via OSList
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Yesterday I was the convener for a very large Open Space. At
the closing circle, there were requests for modifications
next year. This OS has been occurring at an annual
conference that has formal, pre-selected papers sessions on
the first day. One request for next year was to put the
Marketplace on the wall the day of the formal sessions, and
allow OS attendees so post sessions on the Marketplace based
on questions/ideas that come up on the first day. Assume we
will have 400 to 450 attendees next year and space for 21 to
28 OS sessions.
Does anyone have experience with populating a Marketplace in
this way?
--- Jean
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