Dear Ms. Lisa,
What a lovely way to start the day - by reading your telling of the ' ' session. Thank you! Just what was called for (some silent time) as I head down to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View to set up for Kaliya and Co's 10th 3 day Internet Identity Workshop, which has been run in full-on Open Space these past 5 years. I have the privilege of facilitating this time along with news room assistance and overall holding space support from the wonderfully present and organized Kas Neteler (who is winging her way home - I hope smoothly - from WOSonOS as I type this) so that Kaliya can participate in the important discussions about our Identities on the Internet. So appropriate that these folks have been using Open Space for their discussions that ultimately affect all of us who use the WWW! Thanks to all of you who have tweeted and posted from WOSonOS in Berlin - it has provided a great flavor and spirit of what you all have shared these past days, nourishing us from afar. With gratitude a full breath and a deep bow (which I learned about from you Toke :-) Heidi h e i d i n o b a n t u s a u l Facilitation Coaching Process-Design Santa Fe, NM & San Francisco, CA cid:3335440423_8885839 Mobile: 505.470.5131 Skype: heidi.nobantu.saul EMail: he...@nobantu.com Web: www.nobantu.com <http://www.nobantu.com/> Twitter: http://twitter.com/nobantu P Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa Heft Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 10:19 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: WOSonOS Berlin - the " " session Dear colleagues - It is Saturday morning in Berlin and I look forward to a lovely breakfast with Gail West (Taiwan), Brendan McKeague (Australia) and Matilda Leyser (England), then off to the WOSonOS for the final day of the event. I just wanted to share with you all that I so enjoyed a group I hosted yesterday at the WOSonOS (It will not be in the Book of Proceedings because we decided not to stress out about the Friday deadline for handing notes in). I held up a blank piece of paper as my topic sign, selected a time and space and placed the sign on the Agenda Wall. People gathered and sat in companionable silence in a circle. Then I wrote some thoughts on cards such as: ___ Choices Sit in silence Communicate in silence Experience an activity that can be done to help people reflect in silence *before* discussion ___ Other cards said: Documentation? Someone to note the time? (or something like that) ___ In silence, we 'discussed' and agreed upon the agenda (the time card was tossed away into the air, the documentation was my camera) We agreed to move from the sit-in-silence to the 'communicate in silence' portion of our session. Much mutual appreciation, twinkling eyes and laughter, exploring little movements together, a bit of running around for some of our members, some putting of things on heads, some sitting laps and a high portion of silliness followed. Then we shifted into the 'an activity that can be done to help people reflect in silence before discussion' portion of our agenda. I guided folks (in silence, which is not usually how I explain the guidelines) a reflective activity I have designed - and some of you have helped me field test this activity in past WOSonOS and OSonOSs - which invites participants to answer four questions by drawing their responses (no text allowed). The process is called 'Graphic Window'. After reflection and drawing in response to four questions, we spoke again, going around the circle and sharing what each person drew and what they reflected upon as they heard each of the four questions. ___ It was all so lovely and nutritious - especially to have silence in the midst of a high-talk environment such as an Open Space. I bow (silently) with (silent) thanks to my fellow explorers, Lisa Lisa Heft Consultant, Facilitator, Educator Opening Space lisah...@openingspace.net www.openingspace.net * * ========================================================== 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