I agree with Ralph's perspective below. If you need an out, say to the
boss, that participants will not be in a sit-in-chairs, listen to a speech
mode, and therefore will be a great disservice to his speaker. If he wants
his money's worth out of the presentation, save it for a more appropriate
ti
Chris,
you've received excellent advice from so many, I hesitate to add just
this thought. it sounds to me (from what you wrote) that the manager
might be concerned that you've left a "free" spot in the middle of a
work day. many managers want to ensure that "their people" aren't
squandering tax
Chris,
it is my experience that injecting "stuff" from the outside into an Open Space
event disrupts the free flow of thought. Therefor - I would not go along with
the keynote speaker. A possibility (if what this person has to say is of value)
is to let him/her speak in the space between the formal
first, to chris,
i had a similar situation earlier this year. not an intact group, but
the annual meeting/conference of a state association of healthcare
execs. the program was 1 1/2 days. the second half day was for
workshops. the first full day was all open space...except for the
lunch. absol
Dear Chris, Jay et al:
Two relevant experiences from my OS Facilitation experience come to mind.
#1 The Nov. 1996 annual convention of the Rocky Mountain Cohousing
Association (RMCA) [now The Couhousing Network (TCN)], a Friday eve -->
3:00 pm Sunday event, on the theme COHOUSING: FROM VISION TO
Hi Chris:
My feelingdefinitely no speaker. Yes call and cancel. Although I have not
experienced this dilemma myself, the many stories that I have heard and read
about OS indicate that mixing didactic and OS in the day, be that trying to add
a speaker in the middle of OS or inserting OS int
Chris & Jay: I agree with Ralph. Chris: A speaker that everyone is
expected to attend in the middle of Open Space can deadly. It shifts people
back into dependent, listening mode. There are no good solutions if it has
to happen that day. However, the speaker could go at breakfast and then
Open t
Jay
My feedback: too many rules and structures. I think: either the
presentations of software go up on the board with all the other postings
or they happen before or after the open space.
Ralph
Chris,
Speakers are death to open space. Put another way, open space is death
to speaking presentations. Others here may put things in more spiritual
terms, but that about sums it up for me. I ran an OS once that had a
speaker at lunch. Couldn't for the life of me convince the client to
drop t
Hi - I am brand new to this list serve but have worked with OS type processes
and workshops. My thinking is that you are accountable for holding the space
and you will be giving that up if you allow for such a large unknown. I would
want to have a conversation with the manager and secure her buy in
Hello Bridgit: I just read of your Dead Moose stories and I love the name. In
my work (with churches) I have always talked of them as the elephant in the
room, partly because even though every one is trying to talk around it they
are also seeing it from their own point of view. But I do love the id
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