Dear Laura, I have worn shoes like yours before, and I so appreciate your sharing with the list throughout your high-wire journey. I send my admiration and congratulations. If my experience can be trasferred to yours, you may expect the angels of Open Space to deliver to you your PhD soon -- in fact, exactly when you need it.
Con Amor, Chris ---------- >From: Laura Gamboa Herrera <laur...@planetclub.org> >To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >Subject: [OSLIST] Results >Date: Mon, Apr 16, 2001, 9:28 AM > > My dear friends from the open space world, so I have to tell you that my > training with "be prepare to be surprise" was intense. I guess that after this > little conference that I had, I got my PHD on this matter (just a joke!) > And now I would love to share some of my stories: > > 1- It was supposed and organized to be a three days conference and the last > week I had to change it to a one day event. > > 2- I was expecting the minimum 10 participants and only 5 showed up > > 3- I planned that all the introduction will be around 1 hour or 1 and a > half....and suddenly I gave all the explanation in 15 minutes.....as I was > realizing that the participants were so dissaponted that they were not that > much. > > 4- During this introduction I told them to close their eyes and started to > think about why they attend to the conference, and I can tell you that this > helped me a lot to calm down the negative feelings (that actually I was able to > feel them, eventhough they were not talking). > > 5- So when they started to post their topics on the wall.........I felt such a > relief, cause at least there was one topic at each session..........so as there > were two topics on the first one, I told them to subscribe.......and suddenly > the group decided not to divided, so they said that it was very related and > they work the whole session on it.....which, of course it just surprised > me........but this is about what open space is all about, right? > > 6- Little by little the group started to be a group and not only > individuals.....of course they were a little bit lost about the thing that they > were in charge of everything..........but thanks God, all the logistics > (materials, coffee, food, computers, etc. were just perfect).......so it was up > to them. > > 7- In the afternoon, they just decided that the topic in the morning was very > related..........so instead of another topic, they continued working on the > same one.........I can tell you at this point, I was wondering what should I > do....interrupt them or not. Anyway I thought that as it is their space, its up > to them. I guess that at this point you already know what happened on the > third session.........THE SAME. And one of the participants were telling me, I > hope that at the end we will have tangible results.(but in a very nice way, and > actually she was one of the most proactive participants) > > 8- After the three sessions, I realized that they have just done a list of the > problems in Costa Rica about the Sustainable Development (the topic was: > Sustainable Development: Union of Efforts). So at the closing part, I inspired > them to analize them and think about next steps and tasks to take in order to > change this.....and I leave them alone for a while. When I came back, I > realized that they had just make a list of ideal scenarios, and ideal > situations....but not realistic ones. At this point, I got in......and I > thought it was not bad, as I was not only a facilitator, but also the > responsible to follow the next steps (cause this event was the first step to > open an office in Costa Rica). So I explained them that it all depended on us. > That we should write down specific tasks that when we cross the door of the > room, everybody will now what to do after the meeting.........I CAN TELL YOU > THAT THEY REALLY LIKED IT. > > 9- To be short (eventhough I was already long...ha,ha,ha) the closing part was > the best one..........the energy was up to the skies, and everybody was just > one.............I loved it. > > > Hope this story help you or at least make you laugh ;O) > > Greetings, > > Laura > > Laura Gamboa Herrera > Phone: (506) 226-3184 > Fax: 001-603-761-7394 > P.O. 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