Gabriela: it is one of my favourite things, to celebrate milestones with other OST facilitators. whether it is ted's first or your seven year anniversary, a little reflection and solid good cheer is always in order.
So congratulations on seeing your vision come to life and for giving such a significant gift to our community. *clink* Chris
On 7/17/06, Gabriela Ender < gabriela.en...@openspace-online.com> wrote: > > To my old and new friends in the OSList, [LONG TEXT] > > > > TODAY, on July 17th, 2006 it is exactly SEVEN years ago that my life > changed completely. Seven is a magic number in my entire life and so I > want to share some memories with you on this day. Its also an invitation to > those of you who VIRTUALLY like to clink a glass of vine, martini, beer, > juice or water with me or who want to be simply in spirit with me today ;-) > > > > It was during a great time in my life, a time full of wonderful > face-to-face work as an independent consultant for organisational > development, and as a facilitator and trainer of OST, a time of feeling > completely congruent with the principles of OST, feeling balanced and happy, > coming home from a 2,5days OST project the day before, … I just wanted to > take a nap in my sunny peaceful garden chair. I looked forward to enjoy the > "here and now", to feel the sunshine on my face and to listen to the birds. > What followed has changed my life completely. > > > > I was almost fallen into sleep as I experienced an extraordinary deep > flash of inspiration. I will never forget this unique moment. In my inner > eye I saw every single detail of the entire Open Space Internet Methodology, > the software structure, the name, the real-time procedure, the role of a > virtual facilitator, the application fields, the effects, the value-based > synergies between different methods, the "do-it-yourself access" for all > kinds of interest-, learn- and work groups, the value for change > facilitators without additional trainings, the enrichment for ongoing OST > processes and open space organizations, for sustainable learning systems and > for the greater good of our globe ( e.g. environment protection and > self-organized problem solving and collaboration across distances and > boundaries). Finally I could see how this online methodology will enable > completely new All-Embracing Participatory Architectures (online & offline). > This was a true deep, crazy and life changing moment. A moment in which I > could clearly see all what I had experienced in my work ( e.g. as > responsible for a 120 staff company) and as working for interdisciplinary > holistic oriented organizational development during the last 15 years ... > this all combined with the face-to-face opportunities of the present and the > new online opportunities of the future. > > > > I needed two further weeks in order to try to understand what happened. > It was such a clear call that I had no chance to say no to this "new unborn > baby", no chance to not follow this vision and no chance to realize it in > any other way. Mothers, you know what I mean ;-) > > > > What followed was a process of "letting go" of almost all of the > beautiful soul enriching face-to-face OST facilitator and trainer work. > Sometimes a very hard time, especially when I had to let go clients and > income. But driven by the deep believe that all will be for the best I > followed the vision. Fortunately I had no detailed picture about all the > challenges and how long everything will last :-). So I went many years > through very dry desserts of ongoing investments, risks, endless tasks and > endless details, and lots of diverse privations. But everytime the right > people showed up to help bringing the project to its next steps. > > > > This year is again a year of huge investments as we are in the process > of developing the second edition of the conferencing system. An edition to > which my team and I are looking very much forward -- it will fulfil many > user desires collected over the last 4 years. We are sure, a great tool will > become even better. And when I see feedback and recommendations from > OpenSpace-Online organizers and participants (of all ages) coming from > different fields (economy, society, politics, education, research), > different countries and different cultures it warms my heart - then I always > know it was and is right to be on this pioneer path. Our "growing" E-BOOK > shows lots of these wonderful testimonials and user feedback. As soon as > OpenSpace-Online(r) 2.0 will be available (planned for the end of 2006) I > will be delighted to invite you to a next international OpenSpace-Online on > Open Space Technology (OSOonOS). > > > > Be part of "making my day today" :) ... Let me know, if you like to > VIRTUALLY clink a glass of vine, martini, beer, juice or water with my team > and me. If so please write directly to: gabriela.en...@openspace-online.com > . Today it will be again a sunny summer day in Berlin (like it was in > 1999) and I surely will take some time in the afternoon to sit in my old > good garden chair ... now in the age of 7x7 years ... feeling connected with > the magic of life and with many old and new good friends around the globe > and looking forward to have one "real" glass of vine (red vine from > California) together with great people in the evening. > > > > Thanks to all of you dear colleagues from the OSlist (and the Genuine > Contact List), who supported and support the innovation in so many wonderful > ways! Each help is a huge help! > > > > And again a big THANK YOU to you dear Harrison for discovering amazing > OST and for making so many miracles and surprises possible! I will never > forget your supportive words and encouraging wishes as I shared my vision > with you in the very early beginning of this special journey! > > > > Cheers, Skoal, Prost! > > And Peace for all of you! > > > > Warmly, > > Gabriela > > > > P.S. Be ready to be surprised, if you rest from your daily tasks, > groundbreaking visions can change your life completely ;-) > > <http://www.openspace-online.com/oso_en/tmpl/willkommen/be_ready_to_be.html > > > > > > P.P.S. If you want to help us to get the word out - please forward our > updated E-BOOK with new testimonials and user feedback. 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