Re: [OSList] Tips for working with Translators during Open Space event

Great input so far. I would like to tell a beautiful little story. Thomas Herrmann once facilitated an OST meeting for us speaking only in Swedish, deliberately doing the opening and so on in a language that none of us understood. It worked wonderfully and we had a lot of fun. It helped that

Re: [OSList] Tips for working with Translators during Open Space event

That's really helpful Lisa - thank you! Warm regards, Andrew PS: Planning for an Open Space gathering in Marysville 2017 has begun. 15 years after the last one On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Lisa Heft - wrote: > Hi, Andrew - > > I find that for Open

Re: [OSList] Tips for working with Translators during Open Space event

Hi, Andrew - I find that for Open Space, there are times when a skilled translator may be helpful, and times when “whisper translation” amongst fellow participants may be helpful. I have used a lot of full-group capacity/visibility tricks like putting a colored dot on peoples’ name-tags to

[OSList] Tips for working with Translators during Open Space event

Hi All, I'm helping a client prepare for an Open Space event - 400 people, and within the audience there will be a group of 10-20 koreans who will require a translator. I'd love to hear stories and tips on what people have found to work well... Warm regards, Andrew -- Andrew Rixon PhD

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Re: [OSList] Whatever happens...

Dear Tony and all you others out there, thanks for asking about the mutilation/abbreviation of "breakout space" (b/o space). In this particular case the abbreviation sucks most of life and most of the juice out of one of the central aspects of OST. Now OST, Open Space Technology, does not