Hello Gerard,
Thank you so much for your comments.
I've never done action planning before and convergence is way beyond me!
Michael Herman and Chris Corrigan have written about non-convergence
and I can resonate with that. So I'll try Michael's News/Now/Next/Nuts
approach. I am going to invite people to read the Book of Proceedings,
especially the conversations they did not attend. Did they notice any
patterns in the discussions, anything that kept coming up again and
again no matter what the topic? This is what we have done here so
far—now how do we get it out of the room? What needs to happen next?
What part of all this do you feel willing to take further? Then I will
reopen space with an invitation to post action topics about what needs
to happen next: who is interested, who else to invite, when to meet,
what to do first.
That's what I think so far, any way. Am I on the right track here?
Feedback is most welcome!
Best regards,
--Beverley
On Feb 23, 2007, at 10:13 AM, Gerard Muller wrote:
Hello Beverly,
Could you say a bit how you intend to do your action planning ?
Reading your story I thought about a pattern I have observed in quite
a number of Open Space meetings,
which is that a limited number of topics seems to be discussed in many
groups, no matter the topics these groups
"officially" have on the agenda. And these recurring topics often are
not mentioned as such on the agenda at all.
If I have a day and a half, as the first step on the second day I
often ask whether there are any really important topics which we have
forgotten on the first day, or which have been discussed but are not
mentioned as such on the first day's agenda.
These are then added.
The alternative I sometimes use is to simply reopen for action
planning.
In both cases new topics may be put up that people feel like
discussing, even though the invitation is to move
towards action planning - and the new ones may never reach the stage
of becoming an action plan - but then,
that's the only thing that could happen.
Greetings from a snowstorm in Svenmark,
Gerard Muller
Open Space Institute Denmark
Phone: (+45) 21269621 Skype: openspace1
Mail: g...@openspace.dk
On Feb 23, 2007, at 6:10 PM, Beverley Neff wrote:
Hi folks,
With the help of a good team, I am hosting and facilitating a day and
a half OS next weekend here in my own community. (Send your prayers!)
The theme is "Living Together on Saturna Island: Issues and
Opportunities". I am expecting about 40-50 people. Saturna has about
300 residents, even more part time residents.
Saturday is a full day with three breakout session. Sunday is a half
day, with distribution of the Book of Proceedings, reopening for
action planning (one session) and then a closing circle.
Sunday we meet from 9 AM to 2 PM. And here is my dilemma: I love the
idea of the Book of Proceedings on each chair when people come in
early for coffee. And yet I still want to ask if there are any other
topics that have come up after a night's sleep. If so, we could have
one more time slot for breakout sessions before we reopen for action
planning and one shorter session for immediate next steps, followed
by a half-hour lunch break and closing circle.
If there are no further topics, then we'd have the option of going
right into non-convergence and finishing early. Nobody would mind
that!
What do you think? Should I include that first Sunday time-slot in
the time/space matrix on Saturday or just offer it on Sunday? Should
I drop the whole idea?
Any feedback will be deeply appreciated by this relative newbie to
facilitating OS.
Many thanks for being there!
Beverley Neff
Saturna Island, BC Canada
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