Re: Logistics Questions - large OS

2001-04-12 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Dear Meg, I second HO. And then there is a funny thing I have noticed several times. Even if you have breakout spaces in the central meeting room using room dividers so that everything is very flexible, large groups will crowd closely together without using the possibility of expanding their space

Re: Logistics Questions - large OS

2001-04-12 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Meg-- It's interesting how much easier it was last week to let participants sort things out for themselves when they were all speaking Russian and I didn't know what the questions were, let alone the answers! Relax and enjoy, I think it will be great! Joelle Everett * *

Re: Logistics Questions - large OS

2001-04-12 Thread Martin Leith
Meg, Sounds like a typical OS meeting to me! We usually put the capacity of the room in a corner of the Post-it, circled. So if someone takes a Post-it saying (12) and they can see they have 20 signatures, they can find a bigger room – or arrange for more chairs – before getting to the room. Thi

Invitations for Opens Space on Business Planning

2001-04-12 Thread Murray Willmott
Greetings to fellow listers from the ever-growing colder land of Oz, I am talking with a prospective client next Friday who is wanting to run an Open Space for his business planning day to be held in May. My guess is that we will get to writing an invitation sometime during the meeting and I'm loo

Re: Powerpoint Again

2001-04-12 Thread Murray Willmott
Me too please*s* Murray At 03:01 PM 11/04/01 -0700, you wrote: >Some time back, someone developed a power point presentation about Open Space. I remember one of the pictures was about a coffee break. The person shared the power point file with all of us. I must have deleted my copy. If any

Re: languages

2001-04-12 Thread kerry napuk
Jo Hmm, a challenge. Introduction might be useful if highlights done in few other languages, using good English speakers from audience who volunteer. When I did 1.5 days in Romania, my facilitation was pared to 22 minutes total, leaving the rest of the event to the translater who evolved int

Re: Logistics Questions - large OS

2001-04-12 Thread Harrison Owen
At 09:21 AM 4/12/01 -0400, you wrote: I am co-facilitating, along with Bruce Craig, a one day open space event sponsored by the FAST Co. Toronto Chapter of Friends, on Thriving in Change. We are expecting anywhere from 75 - 150 people; will know more closer to the day, but so far 50 have signed u

Re: Invitations for Opens Space on Business Planning

2001-04-12 Thread Michael Herman
whoops. got that invitations address wrong... http://www.michaelherman.com will go to the homepage http://www.globalchicago.net/invitations will go directly to the invitation resources section. -- Michael Herman 300 West North Avenue #1105 Chicago IL 60610 312-280-7838 voice 312-280-7837 fax

Re: Invitations for Opens Space on Business Planning

2001-04-12 Thread Michael Herman
hello murray... have just completed a whole new section of my website. it's called 'invitation resources' and has what i think are four excellent examples of invites from businesses. there are other things in this collection, as well. have a look for yourself at http://www.michaelherman.com/inv

Logistics Questions - large OS

2001-04-12 Thread Meg Salter
I am co-facilitating, along with Bruce Craig, a one day open space event sponsored by the FAST Co. Toronto Chapter of Friends, on Thriving in Change. We are expecting anywhere from 75 - 150 people; will know more closer to the day, but so far 50 have signed up. The location is the Business Schoo

Re: Invitations for Opens Space on Business Planning

2001-04-12 Thread Meg Salter
I have used OS for business planning sessions, although I don't have an invitation (inspirational or otherwise) I can share with you. Sample phrases that pop into mind: - come and be part of it, help make it happen, create our future going forward, insert your reality into the planning process - so

Re: Invitations for Opens Space on Business Planning

2001-04-12 Thread Bruce Halliday
Murray, We have had success in applying Apppreciative Inquiry and OS together in business planning with an agency in the Canadian public service. We worked with the leadership team to identify issues and opportunities to be addressed in the business plan - mainly around OD, OE, HR- and then used th