Hi Lourdes, Thanks for catching my U.S.-centric view. St. Louis is in the state of Missouri in the U.S.
Peggy On Dec 18, 2013, at 2:43 PM, Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring <adri...@diazberrio.com> wrote: > Peggy: HI! where is St Louis? > > > 2013/12/18 Peggy Holman <pe...@peggyholman.com> > Hello my friends, > > I received the inquiry below yesterday from a colleague who is looking at the > possibility of doing an Open Space with a group of Jewish leaders in St. > Louis. He’s provided a brief description below. > > If you are in St. Louis and are interested, please follow up with Tony. > > appreciatively, > Peggy > > > > __________________________________ > Peggy Holman > Journalism that Matters > 15347 SE 49th Place > Bellevue, WA 98006 > 425-746-6274 > www.journalismthatmatters.org > www.peggyholman.com > Twitter: @peggyholman > JTM Twitter: @JTMStream > > Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity > Check out my series on what's emerging in the news & information ecosystem > > > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "Granillo, Anthony R" <anthony.r.grani...@boeing.com> >> Subject: RE: OST facilitator - St. Louis >> Date: December 17, 2013 at 2:44:33 PM PST >> To: Peggy Holman <pe...@peggyholman.com> >> >> Peggy, since you’re the known entity with the listserv I’d appreciate the >> help. I was in the Millstone Institute Fellows Program this year. The >> program started last year so only two years old and still in the growing >> pains stage of development around what it is trying to accomplish. A key >> element is to develop a group of diverse Jewish leaders from various >> communities of interest to the point where they can trust and be open enough >> to work together across boundaries that can seem mutually exclusive to >> working together. >> >> >> In order to do this the director of the program wants to create an >> environment where people can challenge each other in a safe way without >> eliciting feelings of judgment or attack that could result in people >> shutting down or disengaging. A big part of that is building trust and >> getting to know people on a human level. From my experience with Open Space >> it seemed like a natural fit for this purpose, which the director >> acknowledged both this year’s and last year’s cohort really struggled with >> and did not achieve to the degree she hopes for. I suggested the >> possibility of using Open Space as a good way to start that community >> building. That it could be a good way to get a new group of people to take >> ownership of the opportunity they had signed up for with a calling question >> something like this (it definitely needs refinement): “How will we create >> for our cohort a place where we can explore and challenge our core beliefs >> around Jewish leadership and community that is safe and non-judgmental so >> that at the end of our time together we will feel like one group with a >> common purpose.” >> >> >> The director was pretty interested in the concept and plans to discuss the >> possibility with a consultant she works with on content development. I said >> I’d try to do a little leg work myself to see if there was someone local to >> STL that had experience in Open Space facilitation that could explain better >> than me. >> >> >> >> >> >> --tony >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > -- > > Adriana Díaz-Berrio Ph.D. CRHA > (514) 739 2268 > www.diazberrio.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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