Can you share the document please? Sent from my iPhone Carla Dancy Smith
On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:31 AM, Allison & Jim Baensch <mb...@iinet.net.au> wrote: Hi Thomas, Thank you for this information. I did part of the Genuine Contact Program training some years ago. At that stage, I was not aware of an online version. While I was studying at uni, I stopped receiving Genuine Contact emails. It would be sensible for me to look into software further. I would really appreciate your sending the document that you mentioned. My best address for that would be <mb...@iinet.net.au> Thanks, Allison. On 13/03/2010, at 4:39 AM, Thomas Herrmann wrote: Dear Allison I have put quite a lot of energy into developing methods for distance meetings, together with other collegues. We use an online version of Whole Person Process Facilitation (The Genuine Contact Program) to facilitate distance meetings - with great results. Some pieces I also used in some of the telephone conferences we have had with OS-Institutes through the last years. I start by asking each participant to draw a circle on a piece of paper (can be prepared beforehand by the facilitator if you have a suitable software which allows you to use common whiteboards (we have a license for LiveMeeting). Then each person has a seat in the circle. This gives you as facilitator at least two options using rounds and placing an object in the center for people to take if they want to speak. This way people may speak until they are finished w/o being interrupted. Using a good software can give you more options - showing documents, whiteboards, textdocuments, spaces for break out groups, video and whatever. That way it's easier to have variation, give space for different learning styles and have high energy throughout the meeting and also achieve more! Maybe Skype is good enough these days, even if you will not have all the functions mentioned above. Earlier we had lots of problems with interruptions using Skype, MSN and other freeware. So now we had LiveMeeting for a year. We gathered some experiences (for facilitators and participants) in a document a couple of years ago -time to update - but I could send it to you if you like. Warm regards Thomas -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] För Allison & Jim Baensch Skickat: den 11 mars 2010 23:32 Till: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Ämne: Working group Hi All, I am unsure how to proceed and would appreciate your suggestions or thoughts. As one of a hundred members of an Australian professional association, I have offered to be on a new, nine person working group. I was asked to set up this group, by ringing people who had expressed interest in the association's future. (Concerns had been expressed by several members about our future and how to establish a suitable structure.) The working group had been asked to look at structures including incorporation and to write a constitution for the association. Members of the working group are scattered through much of Australia, so phone or similar meetings are more likely than face to face. There is some interest in using Open Space. One member of the group recently attended a 5 day Open Space gathering and was most impressed. I have sent the openspaceworld web site to group members. For some reason I am having difficulty with finding the next step. I guess it has to do with invitation. And with knowing how we can best 'meet' if Open Space is chosen as our group's meeting and operating structure. It might be to do with finding a suitable technology. The bodywork we all perform has many of the same principles as Open Space, in a physical way. 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