Raffi-- People do and will present lectures and trainings in Open Space, and some of these sessions will be effective. If this is the intention, might be good to say so. But I suspect that the elaborate boundary-setting that you suggested might rub people against the grain a bit, once they have been introduced to the principles of OST.
I've been on both sides of this one as a participant. I've offered a workshop that has been effective in other settings, and found it did not work out as well in Open Space. I've convened sessions where I asked an honest question and had magnificent conversations. I find I like that better; other people are more interesting when they have space to expand, explore, open to others, dance with ideas. I've been in sessions convened by others which took me to places I could never have arrived at on my own. I don't think there is any one right answer for all situations. I'm just discovering what it fun, and productive, for me. Joelle * * ========================================================== 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
