Harrison - You wrote; Lisa -- I have tried the multiple mikes, but always ran into the problem you faced. It is hard to tell who is speaking next. So I have gone back to a single mike, and I hold it. It doesn't slow the process down at all -- people just queue up. And frankly the long queue is part of the "theatrics" -- Also if I have the only mike it is much easier to deal with the incipient and actual speech makers. Dare I say it? -- Control the situation. . .
Hmmmm (I say with a smile) - can this really be Harrison.talking about *control* ??? Often in smaller groups (up to 100 or less) when I invite people to post topics I put down the microphone in the center of the circle and go sit down in the circle. To me it is like an 'it's all about you now, not me' moment. In larger groups I find it's all about traffic, sound and focus - and I try to find ways to assist in that as I think about design, talk to the audio technicians at the site, and so on. Definitely when I have used more than one mike I have added visuals like those globes to show the group who's talking next (and the assistants holding mikes know they are taking turns in a clockwise direction). If there's one microphone (I most often choose the 1 mike approach) I stay in the center of the circle to hold the microphone - though I notice I tend to sit on the ground to provide focus to the person standing up to announce. It makes me feel like a little flower holding up a microphone blossom to the sunshine of their announcement. Lisa ___________________________ L i s a H e f t Consultant, Facilitator, Educator O p e n i n g S p a c e 2325 Oregon Berkeley, California 94705-1106 USA +01 510 548-8449 <mailto:lisah...@openingspace.net> lisah...@openingspace.net <http://www.openingspace.net> www.openingspace.net * * ========================================================== 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 * * ========================================================== 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
