In a message dated 3/23/2007 2:10:31 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, susan...@comcast.net writes:
I have been invited to offer Open Space as one of 6 workshop sessions at a conference – so I will need to attract participants who have other specific offerings to choose from. (This is a conference for diverse grantees from a foundation that supports small NGOs dealing with vulnerable populations.) Has anyone offered OS in such a setting? How have you described it in the program as an offering? What lessons did you learn? I plan to assemble a small group of representatives who will attend the conference to help me frame the question. Thanks for any suggestions, I have offered it and NO ONE came. I think the trick is to have a compelling topic that speaks to the grantees (which I did not) and then, without advertising it, conduct the session in Open Space. One suggestion that cropped up on this listserv was to assure that maybe two high profile attendees will be "participating", (maybe it's your small group of representatives) which will serve to draw people into the room. Of course you have to get those high profile attendees to participate. Julie Denny Resolutions People talk...people listen...things change. 31 Poe Road Princeton, NJ 08540 TEL 609-921-9021 FAX 609-921-2255 CELL 914-522-5214 _www.resolutionsforyou.com_ (http://www.resolutionsforyou.com/) ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. * * ========================================================== 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