Dear Christine!
What a lovely suggestion and I can already feel the radiant energy!
I just
had a chat with Thomas and asked him to think of me tomorrow night
between
5.30 pm - 8.30pm Swedish time. And if you'all out there would be
with us in
thoughts and hold space for us - WOW. I know that it will help me to
stay
and breath - that's for sure!!
Love and hugs!
:o)
Eva
Bästa hälsningar
Eva P Svensson
EPS Human Invest AB
Member of Beyond Performance Group
"Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt välmående
företag
och organisationer"
Anåsbergsvägen 22, 439 34 ONSALA
Besöksadress; Norra Allégatan 8, Göteborg
Tfn: 0300-615 05, Mobil; 0706- 89 85 50
www.epshumaninvest.se
Skype: eva.p.svensson
Besök gärna min blogg; www.epshumaninvest.blogspot.com/
"Jag kan inte lära dig något. Allt jag kan göra är att ställa frågor
till
dig, och låta dig själv finna svaren." Sokrates
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Ämne: Re: SV: Any experiences of OS and demonstrations?
Dear Eva,
I'll chime in with an experience that wasn't open space but did
involve an intensely polarized situation. A citizen task force had
been chartered by a City Council to recommend a strategy for dealing
with a large number of day laborers who congregated on the streets of
the city. Part way through the process a hate group showed up, along
with the police.
Every week, as I prepared to facilitate, one task force member always
came early and sat directly across the circle from me. I commented on
this one day, telling her that I felt that she was helping me to hold
the space for the highest outcome. She smiled and said that she was
merely representing a group back at her church that sat in silence
during our meetings to help us hold the space.
If you will tell me the timeframes of your meeting, I will hold the
space with you. Perhaps you could ask the organizers to invite their
networks to hold the space with all of you. If our worldwide open
space community of practice would do the same, just imagine how you
and everyone at the event will feel as you invite and breathe.
Love,
Christine
Christine Whitney Sanchez
Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy
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On Feb 22, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Eva P Svensson wrote:
Dear Lisa and Harrison,
Why am I not surprised with your answers :) Invite and breath :)
And I will! The theme is already set and so is the invitation and
yes we think that some of the people "against" who are organizing
the demonstration will come as well - and I think that is good - and
I do hope that they respect the format and don't be "space invaders"
- that is my biggest worry right now - that some of them will try to
invade the freedom to everybody to bring forward what is on their
heart and mind.
The meeting is about a proposal from a city about how to develop and
build/change a part of a city - and it's a "hot potato" i.e a lot of
feelings against and some pro of course. And the open space will be
a step in the formal procedure that they have to have - to inform
the citizens so that they have a chance to react on the proposal.
So - how do you handle a Space Invader? Any tips there?
Sooo grateful for you being out there!!!
:o)
Eva
Bästa hälsningar
Eva P Svensson
EPS Human Invest AB
Member of Beyond Performance Group
"Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt välmående
företag och organisationer"
Anåsbergsvägen 22, 439 34 ONSALA
Besöksadress; Norra Allégatan 8, Göteborg
Tfn: 0300-615 05, Mobil; 0706- 89 85 50
www.epshumaninvest.se
Skype: eva.p.svensson
Besök gärna min blogg; www.epshumaninvest.blogspot.com/
"Jag kan inte lära dig något. Allt jag kan göra är att ställa frågor
till dig, och låta dig själv finna svaren." Sokrates
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Owen
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Ämne: Re: Any experiences of OS and demonstrations?
If you really want to blow everybody's mind invite the demonstrators
to join the circle. When you have conflict (which it sort of looks
like you do) the solution is to keep opening the space until there
is room for everybody who cares to come. Of course if the
demonstrators don't care to come -- just want to stand on the
outside and do whatever, that is their choice.
Harrison
Harrison Owen
7808 River Falls Dr.
Potomac, MD 20854
USA
Phone 301-365-2093
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Eva P Svensson
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:41 AM
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Subject: Any experiences of OS and demonstrations?
Hi all!
I'm on my way to hold spAce at an OST meeting where the organizers
are
expecting a demonstration against the proposal that is the theme for
the meeting! Any of you that have any experience from that?? Would
be most grateful for advice how to handle a situation like that!!
Snowy greatings from Sweden
:o)
Eva
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