and, in the spirit you bring here, john... let's keep in mind that if we want a number of ongoing activities to come out of this, and want them to continue to unfold in an open space way, it is important for the leaders of those (downstream spaceholders) to have seen us pulse back and forth across this line, so that they can do it in their followup groups. sometimes it's even beneficial to discuss such movement and merging of the two sides, facilitator and sponsor, while the first event is still going on. this is what we were getting at in the 'beyond convergence and training' conversation at metanet.
two more cents from me. m john engle wrote: > let's keep in mind that the facilitator is in the room as well. thus, s/he > could help to complete the expertise equation. > > plus, lets keep in mind that sometimes we're facilitating open space with a > group of people with whom we have a common interest in solving a problem. > perhaps its a group of people in my community. perhaps the solutions that we > come upon are going to require help from as many people in the community as > possible, me included. and if i'm going to be helping to carry out a > solution in my community, i should participate in conceiving the strategy. > > sometimes i don't participate in small group sessions at all. some time i do > a fair amount. > > my two cents. > > john > > http://www.beyondborders.net/experiment.htm > > _________________________________________________________________ > Rejoignez MSN Hotmail, le plus important service de messagerie > http://www.hotmail.com/fr > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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 -- Michael Herman 300 West North Avenue #1105 Chicago IL 60610 312-280-7838 voice 312-280-7837 fax http://www.michaelherman.com ...an invitation. * * ========================================================== 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