Hi Annamarie, I just led an open space in 60 minutes, and it worked fantastically well.
The group was 20 government-contractor engineers, systems thinkers and change agents and was one of the kickoff talks for a semi-private forum in LA. My wife and I gave a 3-hour event called Mastering the Art of Alignment into Action, which was designed as a bodymind experience for learning to observe thoughts, observe the body as context for thoughts, observe the body's contribution to choice, and then an hour of OS to move bodymindfully into action. The theme was, "How can we use inner alignment to inspire our actions as community?" Of course, the bodymind work was not necessary for a successful OS, though for our design it worked well for a full inner to outer spectrumed event. In any case, by the time we moved to our hour of OS, it looked like this: 10 minutes to explain the marketplace process, guidelines and law of two feet. 10 minutes to create the marketplace and self-organize into groups. One 30 minute conversation utilizing two feet. 10 minute closing. For our purposes, it worked really well. The level of engagement, passion, and ownership/responsibility was high. Only two people had participated in OS before. So...a 90 minute demo is possible! Go for it! Warmly, Alex Alex Iglecia 650-479-LIFE (5433) 650-714-2267 (ATT Moblile) web. http://www.alexiglecia.com follow. http://twitter.com/AlexIglecia linkedin. http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexiglecia On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Annamarie Pluhar < annama...@pluharconsulting.com> wrote: > Hoping this gets through... I tried to send a few days ago... > > > Hi all, > > I'm wondering if anyone has opened space for a 90-minute session? And if > so, how'd it go? I'm thinking it would take 20-30 minutes before groups > started talking, so there may be time for one session? Closing circle of 15 > minutes? It seems too short to me. I'm asking because I'm considering > proposing OS for a group that meets once a month of between 20-40 people. > > Harrison will say go for it. I'm wondering whether anyone has. > > Thanks! > > > Annamarie Pluhar > > Pluhar Consulting > Results through effective group process > http://www.pluharconsulting.com > 802.451.1941 > *802.579.5975 (cell)* > > > > > > > > * * ========================================================== > 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
