hello lucas let go …!
trust the group to find its own rhythm … or not. if it is all about self-organization and self-organizing and i strongly do believe, that it is … embrace the chaos and order will come by itself. enjoy yaari On 22.03.2015, at 15:10, Lucas Cioffi via OSList wrote: > Hi All, > > I checked the OST User's Guide and the OS List archives, but I didn't find > any mention of what format the breakout sessions can/should take. > > During some but not all OS events I've attended, facilitators have mentioned > that breakout sessions should be conversations rather than presentations. > > The OS philosophy would say "there's no need to suggest how to run a breakout > session" and "empower the participants to choose their own formats for each > session" and "do less" and "it just happens". However, we all know from > firsthand experience that some breakout sessions are more personally > satisfying/rewarding than others, just as some 3-person coffee break > conversations during normal conferences are better than others. > > Here are some potential problems with breakout sessions if they are > implemented poorly by participants: > There can be too many sub-topics for the breakout session so some ideas do > not get brought up at all. Most of the time people do not brainstorm all the > topics at the beginning of a session and they dive right into the discussion > of the first issue that comes to mind. So they don't ever know all the > topics that are on everyone's minds. > Some people do no feel comfortable for various reasons related to > introversion, discrimination, or office politics, so they never speak up. As > facilitators, we know ways to avoid this but the participants may not know > how to avoid these meeting pitfalls. > One person dominates the discussion. The built-in remedy for this is that > everyone else votes with their feet and leaves to form their own breakout > session later, but sometimes this doesn't happen and it's simply a lost > opportunity for everyone. > Here are my questions for the group: > 1. What formats to the breakout sessions usually take at events that you > facilitate, and are some of these formats better than others in your opinion? > 2. What formats could breakout sessions take? Someone usually starts with > why they convened the session, but then what usually happens? What could > happen? > 3. What meeting tools/aides/games can help improve the quality of breakout > sessions? > > Thank you for your insights! > -- > Lucas Cioffi > Facilitation Community of Practice on QiqoChat > Charlottesville, VA > 917-528-1831 > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org yaari pannwitz 015771987461
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