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The Explanation
The Facilitator asks everyone to recognise all
the other attendees by making eye contact
with theme.
The Facilitator states the theme and explains
the background to Open Space Technology,
the Agenda and Booking Process, the Four
Principles and the One law.
Finally the Facilitator asks the group to "Be
prepared to be surprised" and repeats the
Theme prior to the agenda being decided by
the attendees
Creating the Agenda
The attendees propose topics by moving to
the centre of circle writing their topic on a
post-it and announcing it to the circle.
The topic owner allocates it to time and place
on the matrix. This element finishes when the
no one else wishes to propose a topic.
Topic owners have to provide a record of their
discussion to the event organisers. They will
be published to all attendees.
MarketPlace
The attendees choose the topics they wish to
attend by adding their names to the matrix.
The agenda can also be optimised by anyone.
Dealing with clashes and opportunities to
merge discussions.
Break
Session 1 starts by the discussion owners
initiating their discussions at their choosen
location. Everyone is free to move between
discussions.
Lunch
Session 2
Session 3
Feedback from everyone
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