Helen, you articulated beautifully exactly what I felt as I read the two themes. "Hearing our voices today.....for tomorrow" really grabs my guts, whereas the other sounds too dry and a bit confusing as to the intent - it shifts the focus away from the now and how the now will impact the future into this hazy hodge-podge of now and yet-to-be. The other issue is there is a world of difference between voicing priorities (which may fall on deaf ears) and having those priorities HEARD. I'd definitely wanna go with the being heard.
Sounds like a great event, Chris - lookin' forward to hearing the story! Laurel. -----Original Message----- From: Helen Patterson [mailto:h...@paradise.net.nz] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:11 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Working over a theme with a group on a conference call Hi Chris I noticed I was grabbed in the belly when I read the words as I feel they connect to a sensory, intuitive realm and are very much in the NOW. and grabbed by the head when I read "Voicing our priorities for today and tomorrow" as I felt a shift to a thinking realm and a shift in timezone as the present and the future were kind of combined. My feeling is that in the subtle realms these 2 statements are light years apart or another way of saying it is that perhaps they come from 2 different worlds. Kind regards Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Corrigan <cor...@interchange.ubc.ca> To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 4:44 PM Subject: Re: Working over a theme with a group on a conference call > "J. Paul Everett" wrote: > > > Hey, Chris, no fair. Here you were grabbing my gut without telling me the > > theme. Can you share what the Inuit came up with?? > > > > Tee hee......ok. > > The essence of the conversation was around how we choose a theme that focusses > attention on a national strategy for Aboriginal youth. That was bound to be > dry. When I stole one of Michael Herman's questions and asked them "What > would make this conference and WILD success?" the reply came from one of the > youth that it would be a wild success if the voices of Aboriginal youth would > be heard (is that all? i asked myself....tells you something about the state > of conferences in this day and age huh?) > > After that comment came out the Inuk youth suggested "Hearing our voices > today...for tomorrow." That soon became something like "Voicing our > priorities for today and tomorrow." > > The whole notion of giving voice to the real concers of Aboriginal youth > rather than feedback on a government strategy is what drew people in by their > guts. It might not be the most inspipring theme you've ever heard (see > Richard's!!) but it was a sea change in thinking for these guys. And most > importantly, it was something that the whole diverse group could live with. > > I think this one is gonna be a stunner myself. All the conditions are ripe > for it to be a success. Naturally, I'll let you in on my impressions after > the event. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > -- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > Consultation - Facilitation > Open Space Technology > > http://www.chriscorrigan.com > cor...@interchange.ubc.ca > > RR 1 E-3 > 1172 Miller Road > Bowen Island, BC > Canada, V0N 1G0 > > phone (604) 947-9236 > fax (604) 947-9238 > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html