Hi Dear Eva, A few years ago I found myself in a very similar situation - 1.5 hours and 120 people. The sponsor felt very strongly that it would be beneficial for the participants to have a longer time in their discussions and therefore opted to have just one breakout. The dialogue was great but it wasn't Open Space. Very little cross-pollination, not much chaos and way too much domination by the "expert guests" who had given presentations earlier in the day.
Your "first plan ( when I was hoping to have some 30-40 people) was to have a very short opening and agenda setting (20 min) and 2 breakout spaces à 25 min each and approx. 20 min to closing and reflection over the process" will work just great! Hugs, Christine Christine Whitney Sanchez KAIROS Alliance Inc. 2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85048 480.759.0262 www.kairosalliance.com <http://www.kairosalliance.com> -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]On Behalf Of Eva P Svensson Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 11:01 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: A taster of OST meeting on 1,5 hour Hello all! I have been given the opportunity to demonstrate or give a taste of OST at breakfast meetings in Malmö, Gothenburg and Stockholm in the beginning of October. Just the timeframe is a challenge i think. They send out the invitation today and now I had a call from one of the organizers and they had already have 119 person registred in the first day! So they were concerned about the large number of people and to have the right locations. And after my first "giggeling" of excitement I am starting to getting cold feet... How do you do this with so many people? My first plan ( when I was hoping to have some 30-40 people) was to have a very short opening and agenda setting (20 min) and 2 breakout spaces à 25 min each and approx. 20 min to closing and reflection over the process. How should you do - given the large amount of people? Do you think it is "doable" as my first thougts or should you just choose one break out session? Ideas are mostly welcomed!!! All the best Eva * * ========================================================== 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