Don, I do something a bit different to help a group notice where the energy to go forward is. Based on the idea that the "personal is universal," I will ask people to spend a few moments quietly reflecting on where they PERSONALLY wish to invest their time and energy toward manifesting what they have explored during their time together. Depending on group size, I'll have them write and post their personal choices or write and speak them. I may have the clump them together if that seems appropriate. What invariably happens is the desires for action coalesce into a handful (1-5) of items and in the process, the feeling of connectedness among the group is re-inforced.
Peg Holman -----Original Message----- From: Don Ferretti <dferr...@placer.ca.gov> To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 9:12 AM Subject: Re[2]: Process question >Is the trip necessary? > >Just to clarify where I'm coming from on this. For me, and my style, the use of >a metaphor is part of a graduated response to a group's request for help in >prioritizing (usually at the end of the meeting). The first cut may be that that >people just automatically start working on the top priority. No need to propose >a process there. If that isn't working then maybe just asking the question is >enough and something pops up. Further up the scale could be a a quick metaphor. >I see dots, n/3, developing criteria and stuff like that further up the scale >yet. When I do offer the metaphor path, I'd like to try images other than a >house. Maybe a tree? Anyone used metaphors? > >One of the things that caught my attention most in the whole Open Space meme is >that self-organizing systems don't need a facilitator to organize them. I like >remembering that when I'm with groups of people. > >Thanks for the response.........../Don Ferretti >______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
