Joanna: Add just to add a slighty different take on these great comments...
Don't worry...YOU'LL get it too! Have fun and please give us the story! Chris On 9/5/06, kerry napuk <k...@napuk.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Dear Joanna and Jasmine I feel the hardest task of a facilitator is to* let go and give up any notion of control*. After all, it is the participants' event, not yours. They own the process and the outcomes. You are just there to show them how it works. So, advice about trusting the process is spot on. But, more important, trust yourself! As Harrison says, if you have a good heart and know about the process, it will be fine. Brian Bainbridge gave me comfort at one OSonOS by saying that he always forgot to mention something during the introduction but the process always worked. So, don't worry about that either. People have an innate desire to engage with each other and society has created structures and organisations to stop this happening. Once space is opened, therefore, Harrison advises you to just get out of the way - human nature will do everything else! Convergence is another topic with many different views. We prefer voting by dots to create priority issues and taking the priorities with any other issues that emerge into action planning. The more time you have, the more time for planning and creation of action teams. Good luck and let the OSLIST know how you get on. Kind regards Kerry Open Futures Edinburgh Scotland www.openfutures.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
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