Hello Esther,
I have had a couple with less than ten people. There's a few thoughts I
have about OS and a small group:
- it seems to be even more important than with a large group to have a
central question which is very powerful. After all, if you have 300
participants and some really want to do something else,
that's one thing. If you have a few people, it could feel different
(meaning I am not sure whether it would really be different, because I
haven't experienced that yet).
- I have also with the smaller groups done a full opening but with
smaller groups sometimes comes a smaller room. If the circle is very
small, space can get cramped. So I suggest to make
sure you have space enough
- I have worked with teams in an organisation which had held 10-15 open
space events. Each team member in the leadership team had actually been
trained in OST.
Several times OST was used in creating the agenda and process for a
team meeting, but without the whole opening. Worked well.
Greetings from (today) Holland,
Gerard Muller
Open Space Institute Denmark
Phone: (+45) 21269621 Skype: openspace1
Mail: g...@openspace.dk
On Sep 19, 2006, at 2:29 PM, Communications Esther Matte wrote:
Hello everyone!
First, let me say thank you for the wonderful learning I found in the
OSList. I’m new to Open Space, and even though I have yet to make my
“first big circle” as Ted put it recently, I feel more confident
thanks to you all.
I may have two possible projects with very small groups (5-7 people)
which is what worries me. I have participated to one OST in my
experiential training with Diane Gibeault (fantastic!), and
co-facilitated one with 45 people. But I simply cannot visualize how
it works with as few as 5 people. How do you do this? Do you have
several rounds of discussions? In separate rooms? Do people actually
work by themselves and team up? Can you do it in approximately 3 hours
? (Maybe 20-30 minutes opening, 2 X 40-minutes rounds of discussion or
3 X 30-minutes, action planning and closing).
I'm sure some of you have done this. I'll be meeting with the first
possible group next week, and nothing is set in stone yet for the
other. Any comments, suggestions, ideas or warnings will be very much
appreciated.
Thank you very much in advance for your time!
Esther Matte
Communications Esther Matte
1011, Marie-Victorin
Verchères (Québec) J0L 2R0
www.excellence.ca
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