Thanks for your question, Birgitt. There is something that I have done at times when time is short and the group is large that I didn't know to do in 2004. Invite people to take 5 minutes to reflect in pairs or triads, then open the circle any reflections to be spoken to the whole. That gives every voice a chance to be heard by someone.
appreciatively, Peggy _________________________________ Peggy Holman pe...@peggyholman.com 15347 SE 49th Place Bellevue, WA 98006 425-746-6274 www.peggyholman.com www.journalismthatmatters.org Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become the fire". -- Drew Dellinger On Oct 27, 2011, at 6:33 PM, Birgitt Williams wrote: > I think that this approach will get the job done at one level of > consciousness. I would not do it this way in terms of my honor of circle > work…when a circle is opened, there is also a closing of the actual circle > that brings about completion. I wonder if there is a way to do the closing > practiced by those of you with really large groups, and also do something to > include each and every person to close the circle? I look forward to reading > your creativity about this…if you care to add. > > Birgitt Williams > www.dalarinternational.com > > From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org > [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Peggy Holman > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:44 PM > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > Subject: Re: [OSList] closing circle with lots of participants was: how to > find resources? > > The OS with 2,100 street kids followed the same pattern as Christine and > Harrison described. Hope u can go for it! > > Peggy > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 27, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Christine Whitney Sanchez > <cwhitneysanc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Eva, similar to Harrison, at the 2005 Girl Scout Convention with 1700, we put > microphone stands in 4 of the "fire marshall aisles" and invited people to > share what had heart and meaning, what got you moving, what touched you, etc. > We only had 10 minutes to do the closing and this worked wonderfully well. > > If you would like to see how this worked, some of the closing comments can be > found at the end of CONNECTED: Transforming the Conversation at the 2005 > Convention : Thousands of Girl Scouts use Open Space Technology and World > Cafe to focus on the Core Business Strategy at the 2005 Girl Scout National > Convention. > > May this dream of you and your friend come true so that you can build on the > best of the past and perhaps innovate new closing circle process. > > Love from a brilliant afternoon in Bisbee, Arizona, a few miles from the > border with Mexico, > Christine > > Christine Whitney Sanchez, Partner > Innovation Partners International > 480.759.0262 > www.innovationpartners.com > <clip_image002.png><clip_image004.png> > > On Oct 27, 2011, at 12:19 PM, Harrison Owen wrote: > > > Eva – when you have a bunch (2108J) a workable approach is to say something > like “We have XX minutes and if anybody cares to share their experience, > their hopes or dreams – raise your hand and I will give you the mike. Just > remember that we have to be out of here by ??:?? o’clock.” When we reach the > magic moment I take back the mike, pass it to the sponsor for a final > farewell. Always seems to work. > > Harrison > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > Camden, Maine 20854 > > Phone 301-365-2093 > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST > Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org > [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Eva P Svensson > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:53 AM > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > Subject: [OSList] closing circle with lots of participants was: how to find > resources? > > OK, > I give up :-) Sorry but it's faster this way - to ask you guys directly. My > question that I was looking for the answer in the archives was and is - How > do you do/ how to handle a closing circle when there is thousands of > participants in an OS meeting. I mean it could take very loooooooooong....... > I tried to remember the name for the 2108 participants OS but don't > remember... > > How did you do that? > All the best > :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 > > > > > > > > > 26 okt 2011 kl. 21.17 skrev Eva P Svensson: > > > Thanks Michael!! > I will check it out - what I am looking for is how did you do closing circle > in a huge OS meeting - for example yours with 2108 participants :-) > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > 26 okt 2011 kl. 16.53 skrev Michael M Pannwitz: > > > Dear Eva, > go here > > http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/ > > If you enter for instance "circle" in the search window you get > > **** Calling the Circle > **** Calling the Circle > **** Expanding the circle > **** Expanding the circle > **** the dark side of circle practices > **** the dark side of circle practices -- and related themes > **** talking circle reflections > **** Help! -- The Circle > *** the dark side of circle practices > *** the dark side of circle practices -- and related themes > > > Any help? > cheers > mmp > > > On 26.10.2011 15:55, Eva P Svensson wrote: > > Hi dear list-members! > How do I do when I want to search in the files - the OS-list files that is? > Anyone out there to help? > All the best from a autumn-like rainy Sweden > :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 <http://www.epshumaninvest.se/> > Skype: eva.p.svensson > Besök gärna min blogg; www.epshumaninvest.blogspot.com/ > <http://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." 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