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GroupSize:812people
Instructions:
Chooseathemethatthegroupwishestodiscuss.
Formintoacircleandaskforavolunteertostartthediscussion.
Thispersonspeaksuptoaminuteorsoaboutthethemechosen.Nointerruptions
areallowedduringthisfirstroundoftalking.
Aftertheminuteisup,thefirstdiscussantyieldsthefloorandthepersonsittingto
thediscussant'sleftspeaksforaminuteorso.
Theseconddiscussantmustshowinhercontributionhowwhatsheissaying
springsfrom,orisinresponseto,thecommentsofthefirstdiscussant.
Afteraminuteorso,theseconddiscussantstopsspeaking,andthepersontoher
leftbecomesthethirddiscussant,andthusthediscussionmovesalltheway
aroundthecircle.
Onceeveryonehashadtheirchancetospeakinthisfirstroundthenthediscussion
movesintoopendiscussionnogroundrulesapplyinthisopenconversation.
Tosumup:
1.Inthefirstroundoftalknoonemaybeinterruptedwhilespeaking
2.Noonemayspeakoutofturninthecircle;
3.Eachpersonisallowedonlyaminuteorsotospeak;
4.Eachperson,inallcomments,muststrivetoshowhowhisorherremarksspringfrom,
orrespondto,thecommentsofthepreviousdiscussant.
5.Aftereachdiscussanthashadaturntospeak,thefloorisopenedforgeneral
conversation,andthepreviousgroundrulesarenolongerinforce.