Marty, I've run a bunch of 3 hour open spaces, and I prefer 45 - 45 for two sessions. There's enough time for people to get some depth with a topic, and yet if their topic is over in 10 minutes it's easy for them to move to another session.
Jeff Aitken San Francisco ________________________________ > Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:41:49 -0500 > From: ma...@becomingme.com > Subject: Practical Question > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > > > > A practical question too: > > > > I will be running an OST taster on Thursday for a group of about 30 – 40 > people. > > > > We have three hours in total. For various reasons, I need to leave 45 > minutes for the intro, and 45 minute for the closing circle. This leaves me > 1.5 hours for the small groups. So my options are: > > > > A. 3 sessions of 30 minutes each > > B. 2 sessions of 45 minutes each > > > > Option B would allow longer conversation, but Option A might give a greater > buzz. > > > > All thoughts and advice welcome! > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Marty > > * * ========================================================== > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join * * ========================================================== 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
