Hi, Wendy - and welcome! You wrote: < I find that I am wanting to create a support team who understand Open Space and who will help to maintain the continuum or field of experience for the participants. I understand that it is not necessary for successful OST facilitation, but I am wondering if it is worth experimenting to see if there is a qualitative difference for the participants and/or the facilitator--a deepening, I suppose. I guess I am seeing a tandem approach to facilitation, where one facilitator takes on the "face time" as Harrison put it, while the other provides support--at the wall, at the computer stations--wherever presence can arise to open more space. Thoughts?>
I always have or create a "Dream Team" (that's what I call it) of the host and their colleagues. These are my fellow space holders. They are the ones whom I feel carry the energy and spirit of the event both before it (in their planning, their invitation and community building) and after it (in sustaining the momentum post-event). So the energy does not revolve around me or a team I might bring in. Just my way of thinking about it (what do others think?) Lisa ___________________________ L i s a H e f t Consultant, Facilitator, Educator O p e n i n g S p a c e 2325 Oregon Berkeley, California 94705-1106 USA +01 510 548-8449 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.openingspace.net> www.openingspace.net * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
