Re: [OSList] 120 minutes of Open Space ….Fwd: [OSLIST] Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2013-04-12 Thread Peggy Holman
Begin forwarded message: > From: Peggy Holman > Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Demo OS in 90 minutes? > Date: April 15, 2010 9:08:42 AM PDT > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Reply-To: OSLIST > > Hi Annamarie, > > To add to the examples you've already heard, I did a 9

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?- Response

2010-04-16 Thread Suzanne Daigle
2010 07:22:12 To: Subject: Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?- Response Wow! What a response! Thanks all of you - forgive me that I'm not going to respond to everyone individually but I'll try to respond to all the different thoughts and suggestions amid further explanation. SItuation: A

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-16 Thread Mark Pixley
ursday, April 15, 2010 10:41 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: [OSLIST] Demo OS in 90 minutes? Hoping this gets through... I tried to send a few days ago... Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has opened space for a 90-minute session? And if so, how'd it go? I

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-16 Thread Gail West
Both test 1 and 2 received about an hour apart. Pretty good! Gail (okay, here also is my second test to see if I am back on the OSLIST, able to post and to receive - thanks Michael for your thoughtful attention and thanks to the Boise person as well...here...goes... with my signature in plai

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?- Response

2010-04-16 Thread Annamarie Pluhar
Wow! What a response! Thanks all of you - forgive me that I'm not going to respond to everyone individually but I'll try to respond to all the different thoughts and suggestions amid further explanation. SItuation: A local bank sponsors a monthly brown bag networking event for women business

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
When I tell a potential sponsor that it always takes me 6 full days of work to prepare for, set up and follow up on an ost event and 7 if it goes for 1 day, 8 for 2 days and 9 for a three day event I am always happy to see that they rather not do a short event or no event at all. I know from a fe

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread a...@alanhalford.com.au
Hi Anamarie, My first Open Space five months agao was an impromptu offering at a business cocktail evening, and it went over 40 minutes with a very short closing circle and the feedback was positive toward the process best of luck alan Alan Halford & Associates Mediation and Conflict Transfo

AW: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Catherine Pfaehler
- 272 64 32 c.pfaeh...@open-space-begleitung.ch www.open-space-begleitung.ch <http://www.open-space-begleitung.ch/> _ Von: Annamarie Pluhar [mailto:annama...@pluharconsulting.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. April 2010 21:02 Betreff: Demo OS in 90 minutes? Hi all, I count

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Anne A Hiha
her parts of life between the potential is exciting. Regards Anne Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:41:19 -0400 From: annama...@pluharconsulting.com Subject: [OSLIST] Demo OS in 90 minutes? To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Hoping this gets through... I tried to send a few days ago... Hi all, I'

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Hej Annamarie, join us at the WOSonOS in Berlin in May, there are a bunch of passionate dancers in the crowd that grew to 150 today! Cheers mmp here the link: http://www.boscop.org/events/508-wosonos-2010 Annamarie Pluhar schrieb: Hej Eva! If it is easy for you to send the report, I'd love

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Alex Iglecia
Hi Annamarie, I just led an open space in 60 minutes, and it worked fantastically well. The group was 20 government-contractor engineers, systems thinkers and change agents and was one of the kickoff talks for a semi-private forum in LA. My wife and I gave a 3-hour event called Mastering the Art

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Steve Cochran
Hello, All - I'm opening a space here in Asheville NC on Monday 4/19 that will have an hour or less. Here's the "invitation" from today's newspaper (see the last line of the story, that says, "...participants will break off into groups...") - but WE know what will happen :-) Best to All - Steve -

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Harrison Owen
iates in Transformation > > Toronto, Ontario, Canada > > la...@spiritedorg.com   416.653.4829 http://www.spiritedorg.com > > > > > > > > From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa Heft > Sent: April-15-10 2:27 PM > To: osl...@

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Eva P Svensson
Hi Anna-Marie I have also done an OS-taster in 90 min. I guess if you go into the archives you'll find my report. Or I could send it to you iff list if you want. In short I think it was 30 min opening, one 45 min session and 15 min closing just as you said and it worked (of course:)) beautif

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Michael Pannwitz
Dear Annamarie, for our weekly meetings of the berlin open space cooperative we (all remembering open space well ;) open the space silently recalling the opening. Then issues come up pretty quick... However most of the time we do meet for more than 90 minutes and have just extended the meetings fr

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Suzanne Daigle
a...@spiritedorg.com   416.653.4829 http://www.spiritedorg.com > > > > > > > > From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa Heft > Sent: April-15-10 2:27 PM > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Demo OS in 90 minutes? &

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Larry Peterson
Transformation Toronto, Ontario, Canada <mailto:la...@spiritedorg.com> la...@spiritedorg.com 416.653.4829 <http://www.spiritedorg.com/> http://www.spiritedorg.com From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa Heft Sent: April-15-10 2:27 PM To: osl...@l

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Artur Silva
Amen. (I am very religious today ;-) Artur --- On Thu, 4/15/10, Lisa Heft wrote: From: Lisa Heft Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Demo OS in 90 minutes? To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 11:27 AM (okay, here also is my test to see if I am back on the OSLIST, able to post

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Chris Corrigan
I've done ones that short, not with any great glee, but it was the right process for the right time. It works fine with a small group. Obviously a group of 100 or more in a 90 minutes session is a big ask because the sheer numbers of people moving around eat up time. I once had 90 minutes to

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Diane Gibeault
Hi Annamarie, With a group of 3 facilitators, space was opened for 2 hours in 7 different villages on various days. Everyone was invited by the school board to discuss how to better support the students in their learning. Parents, teachers, students and others said it was the best consultatio

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Wendy Farmer-O'Neil
Thank you for this reply Lisa--and for asking this question Annamarie. I appreciate the thoughtfulness of your response Lisa. It is easy for me, when i am passionate about something (and i'm pretty passionate about OST), to get very focused on the benefits and good reasons for using a part

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Lisa Heft
(okay, here also is my second test to see if I am back on the OSLIST, able to post and to receive - thanks Michael for your thoughtful attention and thanks to the Boise person as well...here...goes... with my signature in plain text, not in the usual colors or font I useand sent about a

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Suzanne Daigle
Annamarie, Last fall, I opened space in 75 minutes with great trepidation initially but it worked. It was a student/community/teachers group with 2 separate groups of 40 participants each. We were 2 facilitators in two separate rooms. It was part of a six-week program on “Creating a Sustainable

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Annamarie Pluhar
Hej Eva! If it is easy for you to send the report, I'd love to see it. Yes, this is a taster. I think my group will love it. P.S. I have many friends who play Swedish and Norwegian folk music. I dance myself - usually the Norwegian Telespringar. Annamarie Pluhar Pluhar Consulting Results

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Lisa Heft
(okay, here also is my test to see if I am back on the OSLIST, able to post and to receive - thanks Michael for your thoughtful attention and thanks to the Boise person as well...here...goes... with my signature in its colored font intact - if this does not work I will try with a plain text

Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Annamarie Pluhar
Hoping this gets through... I tried to send a few days ago... Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has opened space for a 90-minute session? And if so, how'd it go? I'm thinking it would take 20-30 minutes before groups started talking, so there may be time for one session? Closing circle of 15 m

Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-15 Thread Peggy Holman
Hi Annamarie, To add to the examples you've already heard, I did a 90 minute conference keynote years ago that was in Open Space. I found the story is in the archives from 2004. I giggled because I told my story in response to someone asking the question you just asked! So I've copied the wh

Demo OS in 90 minutes?

2010-04-13 Thread Annamarie Pluhar
Hi all, I count as a lurker. I'm wondering if anyone has tried to open space for a 90-minute session? And if so, how'd it go? I'm thinking it would take 20-30 minutes before groups started talking, so there may be time for one session? Closing circle of 15 minutes? It seems too short to me. I