Lovely story! Thanks! Hege from Norway 5. okt. 2012 kl. 20:17 skrev Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net>:
> Thank you Chuni for sharing this story. Every so often a dream comes true, > and when it does, isn’t it wonderful! > > 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 > chunili2...@yahoo.com > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 2:01 PM > To: OSLIST > Subject: [OSList] Open Space with Children's System of Care in NJ > > This is an open letter. > Dear Harrison and Suzanne, > > I wanted to drop you a note to tell you that the wish I made in Jan 2011 in > New York (when we first met) had just come true a couple of weeks ago. I > remember saying to myself then: "This open space format would be so > beneficial to the NJ Children's System of Care that I need to figure out a > way to sell it to my agency and the entire System!" > > Well, on 9/20 and 9/21, we held a two-day Children's System of Care Call to > Collaboration convening for Monmouth County. My agency MonmouthCares > sponsored the event, my Executive Director was the host, our partner > Community YMCA donated the camp ground as the venue, and I was the > facilitator. > > Everything went beautifully! 60 system partners came representing the > government, schools, juvenile justice system, behavioral health services, > mobile response system, family support services, youth advocacy, etc. Weather > was great and the open space environment couldn't have been better. > > And the best part of this journey is that it wasn't me who drove the project. > It was one of our supervisors who created a vision from last year's strategic > planning retreat, which I facilitated using Open Space, and took the > initiative to make this happen. I watched the entire leadership team in my > organization doing this without me having to convince anybody. I did little > in the preparation; I just showed up, opened the circle, held the space, and > closed the circle. And for that, they thanked me for my "leadership" and gave > me a pair of Tibetan bells as gift! > > Seriously, now that the word has gone out, my next wish is to take it to the > government and the state level. > > Looking forward to seeing you next week! > > Chuni Li > New Jersey > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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