* Greetings!
I am an Art of Hosting practitioners at the University of Minnesota and I am currently designing a large half-day Open Space event. The University of Minnesota's main campus is in Minneapolis-St.Paul and we have 4 other campuses in our system throughout the state. For this event, there is a desire to have our campus in Duluth, MN host an OS at the same time and connect with our participants in the Twin Cities. We expect to have 50-75 people in Duluth and 600+ in the Twin Cities. I think we can make it happen technically, but I could use some advice about the design to determine what is reasonable for interaction between the two locations. Does anyone have experience running simultaneous Open Spaces? Any best practices or tips? Thanks! More of the context and tentitive plan is below. - Jen Mein Bringing together members of the University of Minnesota Information Technology Community to connect and engage in the building of a “we” culture. Goals: 1. Kick off the “we” culture. (i.e., help move the IT community past an “us/them” and into a “we”) 2. Provide an opportunity for people across the University system to connect with others with shared interests. 3. Create an environment that is fun and informal and celebrates community. **Proposed Flow:** Time Minutes Topic 12:30 30 Appetizers, Meet & Greet 1:00 45 Opening - Creating the agenda 1:45 55 Self-Organized Discussions - Round 1 2:40 45 Self-Organized Discussions - Round 2 3:25 10 Walkabout - Read discussion notes posted on flip charts 3:35 10 Feedback in large group 3:45 15 Announcements and official thanks 4:00 -- End of Session With 400-600 participants; we would likely have 50-60 discussions happening over the two rounds. Thus, we will need to identify 25-30 breakout spaces within and around the large group meeting spaces. *
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