Hi Esther, I am happy to see that not only did you enjoy your OS failitation experience but also that my client whom had asked me for a reliable replacement in my absence is also happy of the referral and of the outcomes.
I'm on my way back from doing OST training in Switzerland and am catching up on emails you sent me and the OS List regarding your OST facilitation. I look forward to our conversations when I return next week but in the meantime wanted to congratulate you and along with colleagues of the os-list give you some feedback on that question you raised. I was confident that you and the group would arrive at great doings and "beings" ...eventhough the client was posing certain challenges by givinig ambiguous signs regarding responsibility and follow-ups. As per our discussions early on, you were attempting to meet her needs while keeping space open for participants and you followed your level of comfort in dancing between that force that tended to close space and your desire to open as much space as possible while respecting givens of the sponsor and being open to the energy of the group at the event and what emerges at different phases. As you indicated, you added a few options on the Action plan guide trying to meet both needs. I'm sure next time, you will emphasize more, verbally at the time of convergence, the part on personal passion. I say that because that's what your instinct is now telling you - it's obvious by the way you posed the question, you are just confirming your own learning. Congratulations again on your success and I want to tell you that as you know, my confidence in you was there fully. You've just added colours to the rainbow. Diane You wrote: This particular client was very specific not to insist very much on the responsability side of OS, because people are disseminated in a large territory with low access to technology, so it's not practical to work in groups, and all have an already very heavy workload. The client still wanted action planning in order to have a basic game plan for each priority and act as a "global coordinator", calling on people for their help when needed. So I mentioned personal responsibility without > emphasizing it in my opening (since the time was short, that was fine!).I did, however, add a point to the action planning form so that > people could state what they would like to do in implementation, if and how they would like to be personally involved. I think it can work > for that group, as they already have regular conference calls and > intend to put OS action plans on the agenda every time. ..... That being said, I still wonder if maybe I should > have put a little more emphasis on personal responsibility anyway, as it is really what makes things happen. Even though people are > geographically apart with low access to technology, there's still that need for the first phone > call or action that will bring others. Any thoughts? > > Esther ========================================================== > 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