Hi Déborah,
You have had some excellent advice on the program
design already. There is much to say about
storytelling and I do not have much time at the
moment, so this will have to be short. I am sure
you can find more in the archives of the listserv.
Storytelling is important especially in cases
where a lot has happened and there is pain and
frustration in the group. But even where that is
not the case, it always works to create a common
ground for the group to work forward. To share
the past with each other builds the foundation to
create a clear picture of the present and to work on a future together.
There are many ways to facilitate storytelling,
depending on the size of the group, the theme of
the conference and the situation the group is in
(e.g. if there is a lot of grief). There are two
different ways that I like personally.
One is to create a timeline, much like in Future
Search. There is a long blank banner of paper on
the wall, made of flip charts, from left to
right, that represents the timeline from a point
in the past (10, 20 or 30 years, depending what
you think is a meainingful timeframe, do not make
it too short). If you want, you can split it into
three parallel timelines: one for individual
events, one for events related to the
organization or community, and one for events
related to the outside (country, world,
whatever). Everybody writes/draws anything that
is important to them on the timeline with a
marker. After that, small groups (6-10) sit
together to discuss the timeline, pick out what
is important to them and share their stories
about it. At the end, the small groups report back what they have learned.
The other is to split into small groups right
away (agin, 6-10 people) and to give them a
question to get the stories started. A question
could be for a community: "When and how did you
come here and what made you stay?" For an
organization: "What do you like best about
.....(the organization)?" or "Describe a time or
a moment when you have felt most alive,
successful and connected in your organization."
These questions have been derived from
Appreciative Inquiry. Here, as well, you can let
the small groups report back what their learning has been.
I am sure there are many other ways to do it; you
can also work with Glad/Sad/Mad. Sorry I have no
time to elaborate further... I hope this gives you an idea anyway.
Koos
At 08:37 21-10-2009, you wrote:
Hi Koos,
Thank you so much for your answer!
Regarding the time, the participants are part of
a group of people who come every tuesday night
(from 18:00 to 21:00) to listen ton conference
about "transition town, energy, climat change, new currencies...".
Each tuesday there is one conference, than a
break with food, then a second conference and food again.
That's why we had the idea to do the first half
day until 21:00 with food supply during the 2 last discusisons.
I think your right that it is strange to have a
session in the second morning. It would be
better to make them happen all in the same period.
I am curious about what you call storytelling?
How do you facilitate that? Wouldn't the
participants be surprise and maybe not so happy
just to tell or listen to stories?
Can you tell me more about that?
Best regards,
Déborah Maarek
Awareness Consulting
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Le 20-oct.-09 à 22:37, Koos de Heer a écrit :
Hi Deborah,
Looking at your program, the first thing that
comes to mind is that it will work, as Open
Space always works when done with good
intentions. The second thing is that it feels a
little strange to have three sessions on one
side of the night and the fourth session on the
other side. For me, the night is a boundary and
I usually use it in that way. Usually when I do
a 1,5 day Open Space event, I have a full day
first with all the sessions and then the
morning of the second day for convergence and
action planning. The night is the time when
everything from the sessions can settle down and boil and simmer and stew.
In your time frame, with a night and a full
day, I would consider doing just storytelling
and sharing on the first day, and sessions as
well as convergence on the second day (sessions
in the morning, convergence in the afternoon,
that gives you the lunch break for printing reports).
My third thougt looking at your program is that
folks will get very hungry when dinner is at
21:00, but maybe that is normal in France.
By the way, I have abandoned the priority
voting. I find it sort of messy and clumsy. I
simply open the space again, with a new agenda
for action planning. Very elegant and powerful.
Good luck
Koos
At 19:17 20-10-2009, Déborah Maarek wrote:
Hello again,
Working on a OST for Rennes City in France, I
would like to have you experience about the
timing to propose for a 1,5 day event!
One of the pb is that the host is afraid that
many people will come only the first day or only the second day.
How can we manage this kind of situation?
Just to give you the context: The OST is about
Rennes, post carbon city. They have to reach
-20% CO2 in 2020 and they want to consult the
citizen (around 100 to 160 participants: inhabitants, companies, politics...)
My idea is to do most of the emergence part during the first day:
Day 1
16:00Opening
17:00Discussion 1
18:00Discussion 2
19:00Discussion 3
20:00News of the day
20:45End of the day
Day 2
9:00Morning news*
9:30Discussion 4
10:30End of writting the reports
11:00Reading
12:30Vote of priorities
13:00Lunch
14:00Action Plan
15:30Action Plan presentation
16:15Personal Action Plan
17:00Final cercle
18:00End of the day
My idea is that after the morning news, I will
explain to the "new" participants the process
so that they are not lost and they can do the 4th discussion.
Would it be strange?
I imagine that it is very short for printing
100 or 160 reports after the 4th discussion...
But also if I take more time, what would the
participants do during this "off" time?
If you have any suggestion, ideas or experience, I would love to hear them!!
Thank you for your help and support
Best regards,
Déborah
Déborah Maarek
Awareness Consulting
Rue de Toulouse, 15 - 1040 Brussels, Belgique
T: +32 (0) 2 219 33 35 - Gsm: +32 (0) 495 38 98 88
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