Following on my appreciation for Arnold Mindell's book "Sitting in the Fire", in which he introduces "deep democracy", I also want to appreciate his partner Amy Mindell's book called "Metaskills", meta-skills, which discusses the deeper capacities that a facilitator of deep democracy might try to develop to improve as a facilitator.
It's a great resource for facilitators of all kinds. Now I want to appreciate the work of Michael Herman, Chris Corrigan, and others who are, it seems to me, discussing a list of "meta-skills" for Open Space facilitators. Jeff Aitken Petaluma river valley San Francisco bay area -----Original Message----- From: Patricia Haines <levelgr...@kaxy.com> Sent: Nov 4, 2005 6:42 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Deep Democracy * Open Space * Other systemic methods -this is another example of why and how listservs are important: I never heard about Deep Democracy - or Open Space - or the World Café - in grad school! even though I was supposedly preparing for work in participatory program planning - thanks to you all for sharing so generously from your knowledge and experience! My organization, the Level Green Institute, is planning to host a series of week-long residential Folk School sessions this coming summer. Colleagues from the national network of community-based groups that draw on the Nordick model have asked that one of the strands in each session be on grassroots organizational capacity-abuilding. In addition to non-profit management and entrepreneurship, I'm thinking that five days on methods for participatory envisioning and planning would be very valuable. Since ven Cornell's Adult Ed program doesn't offer this, I'm thinking that we could cover Open Space, Deep Democracy, World Café, Search Conferences, and Participatory Action Planning - any other ideas? I'd welcome your thoughts - Patricia Haines---- Original Message ----- From: Esther Ewing <ewingcha...@aol.com> To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 15:52:28 EST Subject: Re: Deep Democracy * Open Space * Other systemic methods > > > If you look in the archives, I posted about Deep Democracy to this list > about 7 or 8 years ago. I believe my email address back then was > eew...@inforamp.net . It's good to see Myrna's website up and writing. Her > stuff is very > powerful. > > Esther Ewing > > Hi Chris, > > Another great resource, one which has some case studies of how OS has been > used as a democratic tool is: > > The Tao of Democracy by Tom Atlee. > > His website, co-inteligence.org is a great resource as well (he notes > Harrison's book as "The how-to manual for one of the simplest, most powerful > self-organized collective processes we have.") > > Tom is a dedicated, brilliant thinker concerned with Democracy in all its > forms, especially when it involves everyday citizens in the decision > making/creating/resolving processes. > > I highly recommend Tom Atlee, and his book. > > with grace and love, > > Zelle > > ************ > Zelle Nelson > Engaging the Soul at Work/Know Place Like Home/State of Grace Document > > _www.stateofgracedocument.com_ (http://www.stateofgracedocument.com/) > > _zelle@maureenandzelle.com_ (mailto:ze...@maureenandzelle.com) > > office - 001.828.693.0802 > mobile - 001.847.951.7030 > > Isle of Skye > 2021 Greenville Hwy > Flat Rock, NC 28731 > USA > > Chris Macrae wrote: > > Last week I was lucky enough to talk to Myrna Lewis , originator of Deep > > Democracy _http://deep-democracy.net_ (http://deep-democracy.net/) for 2 > hours elapsed, during a 4 day > > network meeting "organizational Democracy" in Washington DC > > _http://clubofdc.blogspot.com_ (http://clubofdc.blogspot.com/) > > > > I got convinced of several things that I would be delighted to discuss more > > with anyone interested: > > > > Along with open space, deep democracy is a truly simple/original design for > > systemically intervening with a view to resolve conflicts > > > > since they are both systemic methods, we could benefit by understanding how > > they can best intefrface with each other in particular sorts of contexts, as > > well as what other systemic methods both tend to interface with repeatedly > > > > cheers > > chris macrae _wcbn...@easynet.co.uk_ (mailto:wcbn...@easynet.co.uk) > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > This mail sent through _http://www.easynetdial.co.uk_ > (http://www.easynetdial.co.uk/) > > > > * > > * > > ========================================================== > > _OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU_ (mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu) > > ------------------------------ > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > > view the archives of _osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu:_ > (mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu:) > > _http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html_ > (http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html) > > > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > > _http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist_ (http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist) > > > > > > > -- > > <ETH>Ïࡱá > * * ========================================================== > 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 > > > > > Esther Ewing > The Change Alliance - Building Organizational Capability > 330 East 38th St., Suite 53K > New York, New York 10016, USA > > Phone: 212-661-6024 > Fax: 866-296-6712 > > Distributor of Panoramic Feedback (www.panoramicfeedback.com) > Kolbe Index (www.kolbe.com) > Certified Network Member - Team Management Systems > (www.teammanagementsystems.com) > > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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 "Never doubt that a group of committed citizens can change the world - indeed, it's the only thing that can." - Margaret Mead -- This email was brought to you by Kaxy Mail http://www.kaxy.com/free_email_account.htm * * ========================================================== 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 * * ========================================================== 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
