Wow! Chris this is really pushing me to think - there must be a way to push the boundaries of technology here ;-)
Is there wireless technology available? Can there be a laptop on every table? Could you then do a live/virtual opening in person and on-screen using dimdim or some other 'virtual' meeting software? And if each laptop was also connected to a writing pad, could the agenda be created on the screen, hand-written and then shared on a google doc? I'm brainstorming here, as you can see. I reckon you need to find someone who a techo whiz AND knows open space. Johnnie maybe? It's the 500+ people that does my head in! Could you have a mini agenda setting on each table? Would love to skype about this one. Cheers Viv On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Chris Corrigan <ch...@chriscorrigan.com> wrote: > I've been at this a long time now, but I've run up against a situation like > this. I'm stumped and looking for help. > > I;ll be opening space for a gethering of 500+ people. The client is > completely unwilling to set the room in a circle. Instead, we will have 96 > tables with 6 chairs at each table packed into a spacious but full ball room > facing a stage. The walls of this room are incredible...they appear to be > actually stuffed with cotton and covered in fabric. There is little hope of > putting anything on the walls. > > On the plus side we will have lots of AV, so there is a goodly amount of > technology available to play with for agenda setting and huge screen > projection. > > I'm worried on a number of levels as you can imagine, but at the moment I'm > trying to put that all aside and figure out, in this worst case scenario, > what is the best thing we could do to Open Space? Anyone been faced with > similar constraints? Help me out here... > > All tips and support I get on this, I'll roll up into a little document on > "what to do when nothing is what you need it to be" and we can share it out. > > OSLIST group mind...activate! > > Chris > > -- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > Facilitation - Training - Process Design > Open Space Technology > > Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot > Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com > > Principal, Harvest Moon Consultants, Ltd. > http://www.harvestmoonconsultants.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 -- Viv McWaters Beyond the Edge Pty Ltd PO Box 665 Torquay Victoria 3228 Australia + 614 1713 5406 * * ========================================================== 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