Chris-- I for one am having trouble understanding what is going on in these three-hour slots. Could you give a little more detail, please?
For instance, what is a typical invitation theme? What kinds of conferences have you done these with? What were the results that made them so good? Do you have a marketplace and wall, one or two sessions? Thanks, Chris! :- Doug. PS: I am at # 62 in The Tao of Holding Space. I have to pause after about every two.... This is great, Chris! :- Doug. On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 23:33 -0700, Chris Corrigan wrote: > I have been doing these kinds of events for years, sometimes offering > what Zelle and Maureen offer as "keynote facilitation." It works well > if we have a good plenary speaker and if there is an easy transition > from the speaker to open space. If the speaker is cool with what and > how their speech is being offered it is a great way to stimulate > discussion. If not, then it tends to fall flat. Remember: passion > and responsibility. In a conference setting, the passion comes from > the inspiration of the keynote plus people's individual questions and > the responsibility rests with each person to take advantage of the > Open Space to further their learning. When space is opened fully for > this "fantastic results" can often follow. Much depends on the design > and clarity of purpose for all the components. Help your sponsoirs to > see the big picture and make sure the keynotes and the participants > are clued in to how and why this will work and things will be fine. > > Cheers, > > Chris > * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist