Congratulations, Jamie! It sounds like a fine event and a good one to build on in your work.
I am interested in your P.S. topic. My first thought is how wonderful it would be, at some point. for students who have learned and prepared to facilitate an OST for a larger group in the student body, around a topic that matters to them. Cheers, Chris On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Jamie Colston <jamiecols...@googlemail.com>wrote: > Dear All, > > Thank you for you ears, thoughts and advice over the last couple of weeks. > I really appreciate it. Just to let you know that I opened space on > Tuesday. It began at 9.07 (rather than 9am when there were only 3 people > there and I was extremely concerned!). However we had 16 students, 6 > governors and a deputy head there for the full event (well deputy head had > to leave at 11.15 to teach). We also had a further 3 teachers drop, 30 > aspiring teachers from the local university who came to watch for 5 mins > and ask questions and a trainee head teacher who dropped by. The head of > the school joined us at the beginning (where he looked concerned) and at > the end (when he thankfully heard a lot of extremely positive feedback and > was therefore very happy). > I held the whole space calmly allowing the craziness and the flow just to > be and designed the ending process at about 10.30, about half way through > the open space when I was struggling because I had none of the graphic > facilitation team who were supposed to be helping with the event. > I laugh now because truly it is funny how it all managed to come together > and work. I love it because it just does! > With love and gratitude > > Jamie > > P.S If anyone is interested I am would love to work out how to build open > space into the overall flow of the leadership development I am doing with > the students. > > > -- > *Jamie Colston* > > Enabling young people to design inspiring events and host conversations > that matter to them, empowering them to find their voice and take practical > action towards creating a sustainable, peaceful and equitable world. > > * > * > > *M: *07909 442006 *E: *jamiecols...@gmail.com* * > > *FB/Linked In/Skype:* Jamie Colston *Twitter*: spearthwarrior > > *Nowhere ecl www.now-here.com/ecl* > > *Green Vision Movement www.greenvisionmovement.org* > > **** <http://www.bathamptoncsa.wordpress.com/>* * > > _______________________________________________ > 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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