With this helpful thread, I'm remembering why I started to move away from the full 1.5 hour time periods.
I facilitated a number of daylong and evening events that were open to the public, although participants were drawn to the themes around sustainability and the future of the region. I found that in a daylong event, the energy seemed to drop in the late afternoon if the sessions were a full 1.5 hours. This did not happen with 75-minute sessions, and we had time for a more involved closing circle with next steps. The evening events were 3 hours long, with a 45 minute opening, two 45 minute sessions, and a 45 minute closing. These were high-energy, very exciting events, although different in quality from a longer open space. One person compared it to a one-night stand rather than a committed relationship. (!) Still, some of the small groups turned into ongoing working groups. Like others, I use sessions of 1.5 hours in events that last longer than a day. Jeff Aitken Petaluma river valley San Francisco bay area * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
