I once used paper table cloths (from my chinese restaurant) which were left overs from a World Café. Each table or two (or maybe more if you have so many people!!) was a time slot. We signed the times slots with the helium balloons which also served as location marks for the sessions. Wishing you a joyful Open Space Carla
Met vriendelijke groet, drs. C.J.P. (Carla) Vliex __________________________________ senior Adviseur Twynstra Gudde Adviseurs en Managers Stationsplein 1, 3818 LE Amersfoort Postbus 907, 3800 AX Amersfoort Telefoon 033 4677376 Mobiel 06 53 927407 E-mail c...@tg.nl Internet www.twynstragudde.nl <http://www.twynstragudde.nl/> P Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Be Green! De informatie verzonden in of met dit bericht is afkomstig van Twynstra Gudde en uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Het bericht kan vertrouwelijke en persoonlijke informatie bevatten. Indien dit bericht u abusievelijk is toegezonden, wordt u vriendelijk verzocht onmiddellijk per e-mail of telefonisch contact op te nemen met de verzender van dit bericht en wordt u verzocht dit bericht te vernietigen. Openbaarmaking, vermenigvuldiging, verspreiding en/of verstrekking van deze informatie aan derden zonder toestemming van de verzender is niet toegestaan. The information sent by or through this email message, has been sent by Twynstra Gudde and is only for the strict use of the addressee. In the event you are not the intended recipient you are kindly requested to contact the sender of this message by email or by telephone immediately and delete this message. It is not permitted to publish, copy, circulate and/or provide any of this information without permission of Twynstra Gudde. ________________________________ From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Herman Sent: dinsdag 31 maart 2009 23:30 To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Help! hey man. first thought, if you must post on a (vertical) wall... canadian tables. next, better thought, i think... tabletops as the wall. current topic on top of the pile. frame it as a move toward major compliance... make the tables the focus and gathering points. some groups will be too big and will push some tables around. let the people move the tables out of their way. let them open as much space as they need. i like the laptop and wifi option, too... but don't think it's essential. good luck! m -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates http://www.michaelherman.com http://www.ronanparktrail.com http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org http://www.openspaceworld.org 312-280-7838 (mobile) On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:38 PM, 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 * * ========================================================== 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 * * ========================================================== 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
