Lisa, Thanks much for this. Indeed it struck me when you first coached me on OS the importance you gave to "participant-driven documentation", I like that notion a lot... Also the tip for written reflections in the closing circle, great!
Instead of using cards, I'm thinking about circling a couple of iPads/tablets so that those contents get immediately available digitally. I wish I could be with you in SF in August, the hostel with a Golden Gate view is so tempting... But it is precisely the week I will be with in the beautiful Algarve south of Portugal with my family. Best, Paul From my iPad On 24/06/2013, at 02:40, Lisa Heft <lisah...@openingspace.net> wrote: > Yes Paul - our mutual learning on this list is similar: > Open Space is not Open Space without all the elements - whether online or in > person: > > Opening Circle > Co-created agenda (without the facilitator helping or clustering, > synthesizing or rushing) > Multiple discussions around the big room (whatever that is for online) - > ideally, without the breakout areas isolated or hidden from one another - so > people notice 'across the room' what is going on > Ideally, several session times > Closing Circle for comments and reflection > > And ideally, documentation design that helps all participants share knowledge > across the groups, rather than just get their own knowledge from whatever > group they happened to attend. > > The interesting thing, I have found, is that - because so many people do not > have the model - in face-to-face or online meetings - of the power of > *sharing* notes, often people take notes only for themselves, and then take > those notes 'home.' > > So I find that the power of shared participant-driven documentation is also > an opportunity for new learning for groups - no matter what is the process we > find is best-fit for a meeting, retreat or conference. > > What do others think? > > Thank you for sharing your reflections and your experiences, Paul, > Lisa > > Lisa Heft > Consultant, Facilitator, Educator > President Emerita, Open Space Institute US > Fellow, Columbia University Center for International Conflict Resolution > Opening Space > > > > On Jun 22, 2013, at 5:43 AM, Paul Nunesdea wrote: > >> Stéphane, withy pleasure! >> >> Google hangouts is brilliant but we need to pay attention to a few context >> variables for optimal design in a hybrid meeting (majority face to face) and >> a few remote participants, like this one I had the honor to serve. >> >> I was lucky because the meeting had an expected start in a small groups OS >> (thank you List) everybody wanted to stay in the same topic 'so the group >> sticked together' ... But after a couple rounds a parallel track emerged and >> in the closing circle the great learning emerged about meeting effectiveness >> and Law of two feet become clearer. >> >> The parallel group e-mailed me there report so I added manually to the >> Hangouts report. >> >> If it was not like this I had to have each group member with a Hangout >> session log in instead of sharing one session with the 9 people in the same >> room. >> >> Hangouts is designed for remote meetings where each participant has an >> individual login to the same shared space. >> >> The surprise element in Hangouts is that Agile folks seem to be using it a >> lot so there is a free tool there that can be adopted for OS Marketplace, >> provided each user as an individual login access or (in my case) if you use >> an interactive display where the group can touch and move themes directly >> from the shared screen with the same login. >> >> My learning was: >> - I underestimated the importance of the Opening Circle as an instrumental >> step to instill OS principles and the group behavioral norms they convey >> which are counter-cultural to participants in small groups and this is much >> more important than in large ones (specially as meeting format expectations >> are different) >> - Opening Circle in hybrid meetings is even more critical when participants >> have never experienced a OS meeting the burden of explaining technology >> needs to be added. I would think about having a pre-OS with all remote >> participants have a sandbox session to play with the tools so when opening >> the circle everybody is already in the same page. >> >> Hope this answers your question, >> Best >> Paul > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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