Lisa¹s story reminded me of how I think OS has changed my everyday practice. After practicing open space and reading this list for some time, I find myself very aware of thinking of many things in terms of ³invitation²--inviting people to participate, inviting ownership, etc. Even when I am not using ³OST², I am trying to use invitations to ³open space².
Jennifer Hurley On 11/10/05 7:50 AM, "Tonnie van der Zouwen" <i...@tonnievanderzouwen.nl> wrote: > Hi Lisa, all, > > Great work you are doing with Open Space (or with the principles of Open > Space). Thank you for sharing. The stories in this OSlist inspire me to go on > with spreading the approach, because it realy works. In all sectors and with a > wide range of questions. > > Like Harrison I am amazed about the richness of the experiences and the > sources you all bring in. It is of great help to me in promoting the use of > Open Space and other Large Scale change methods based on the same principles. > I just linked our website to the OSliste and some stories, like that of Kenny > Moore. > > Michael Pannwitz drawed my attention to the fact that in the Netherlands there > is no stammtisch yet. Maybe we can start one next year? > > Tonnie > > >> >> >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >> Van: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] Namens Lisa Heft >> Verzonden: woensdag 9 november 2005 23:33 >> Aan: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >> Onderwerp: Talking Circle in Prison >> >> >> >> >> Hi, all >> >> >> >> I just wanted to share that last week I was working inside two women¹s >> prisons in Central California. >> >> >> >> One of the things I was doing was training inmates who are peer health >> educators on a new curriculum I developed that teaches other inmates who >> are about to be released about HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, sexually transmitted >> diseases, how substance use affects disease transmission and progression, >> self-esteem, and communication in relationships. >> >> >> >> The other thing I did was the reason I was thinking of you all I also >> attend the annual prison health fair at several prisons, where I set up a >> circle of chairs so people can just talk and converse and ask questions >> about absolutely anything that is important to them. Because that is >> health, too. >> >> >> >> So this last time I had the pleasure of hosting an all-day talking circle. >> Or maybe I should call it a listening circle? >> * * ========================================================== 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