Open forums provide people an opportunity to discuss issues. Open forums may be a place, meeting, or event that involves the free exchange of information and ideas, typically — though not always — in a government context. Open forums are public and unrestricted, meaning anyone can participate in them as long as they follow ...

Open Discussion is the term used to describe unstructured dialogue within a meeting. In an open discussion, anyone present can speak for as long as they like, and there are no rules governing turn-taking, topic adherence, or other constraints on the discussion. Unless otherwise stated by the meeting leader, open discussion ...

Open forums are designed to bring together youth from a particular country to discuss real and relevant issues that they deal with in their communities.   It gives youth a platform for safe, open discussion to reflect and express what they face in their every day lives.  Open Forums can range from 5 to 50 young people.  The topics can range from poverty, violence, HIV and AIDS, issues in the cities, language barriers, to environmental degradation. Also it gives youth a unique opportunity to describe and share how these issues are affected their regions, as well possible ideas how to effect change. ...

The Open Discussion Forum is THE place for NAEYC members to have conversations, make connections, and share online! All online discussions in Hello happen here in the open forum. The Open Forum is co-moderated by the Interest Forum Facilitators, and the individual interest forums maintain separate space in Hello for ...

Open Forum Format In the beginning two or three speakers with differing viewpoints to briefly present their view for three to five minutes. The floor is then opened to a facilitated public discussion that encourages dialogue and interaction for an hour and a half or two hours.