Hi all, I'm one of the organisers of a conference for agile software development in Norway (http://smidig.no/smidig2007/talks). It's two days and both days will have lots of 10 minute talks before lunch (lightning talks) and OST after lunch. We're expecting 250-300 people to attend, and I'm starting to get a little overwhelmed about the OST sessions. I have attended several smaller Open Space meetings, but never this big, so I was hoping someone with experience of big OST meetings can give some advice:
* Is 3 times 45 minutes topics (and 15 min break) ok? * How many topics should we strive to create? * How long should each participant get to suggest a topic? * Should we split up the introduction/topic suggestion in two big groups? My main worry is that with a big group like this it will be challenging to create enough topics (and do it within a reasonable time) so that people can put good use of the three hours they have each day. I've read that OST has been used on much larger groups, but I'm a little puzzled about the logistics. Any help appreciated! * * ========================================================== 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