Re: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.

[Mark Sheffield via OSList]

Welcome, Lisa! Many people who have known and worked with you over the years 
have been wondering how you were doing …

- Mark Sheffield

From: OSList  On Behalf Of Lisa Heft 
via OSList
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 4:44 PM
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list 
Cc: Lisa Heft 
Subject: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.

Hello, OSLIST friends -

I have not written anything here since 2016 - although I am still sitting in 
the circle and listening in.
Some of you are dear friends from across the years (note my new email, by the 
way). A few of you have mentioned that it might be nice if I wrote to the list 
about how I am doing.

This message is long, because a) I have not visited in awhile, b) I am having a 
conversation with you here in my head over time, and c) in Open Space, even a 
group of 1 can have a rich conversation for an entire session or longer - and 
can then share their documentation of that exploration back to the rest of the 
group in their Book of Proceedings. Of course you have a choice to read it or 
delete it.

Those of you who know me extra-well know that - since you have known me - I 
have while working as a facilitator and educator also been very involved in the 
care of elderly parents. What just a few of you know is that I have also been 
living with a health condition called 
ME/CFS. That condition has 
progressed. I am fortunate that I am still able to care for myself, although 
here is one way to describe this particular invisible-to-others disability: I 
have to rest in-between putting on my right shoe and my left shoe. But I can 
still put on my shoes ;o)(and hey, who needs shoes in COVID quarantine??)  
To understand the impact of this health issue (for people who have it much much 
worse than I do), perhaps your country offers access to a sobering yet 
beautiful documentary called Unrest.  A few years ago 
I realized that true, radical wellness meant that I must release even those 
things I love (love love love facilitation and teaching about facilitation - 
love it). I did not feel sad releasing my client work - I felt lighter. I still 
grieve not being able to teach and facilitate, and in so many diverse settings, 
countries and cultures. But I knew immediately that it was the right thing to 
do. Last year my amazing father died, this year my amazing mother-in-law died, 
and after two decades of parental care, now my wife and I have more time and 
energy to care for our selves.

Interestingly, I never thought of myself as disabled until recent years, 
because I simply lived my life. However, since my parents raised me in a 
richly-diverse world, I have always had a passion for seeing / imagining / 
designing with a priority of and focus on access and inclusion. So here I am in 
an embodied experience exploring things I always imagined might be someone 
else's experience. Fascinating.

I write this next part simply to share my background, with those of you who 
have not yet met me: I have facilitated for 40-something years. My interest 
area is dialogic methods that scale up (only one facilitator needed for a group 
of 5 or 3000+), that work across country and culture (without requiring 
participants to learn someone else’s vocabulary; without working through the 
facilitators’s own cultural filter), and in which participants frame their own 
experience (rather than the facilitator doing so). When I say 'dialogic', I 
mean those processes which engage participants in internal and external 
dialogue (conversation with self, conversation with others). And when I say 
conversation, I do not mean everyone has to speak aloud. Witnessing - fully 
listening - is participation just as much as speaking. I use existing and 
custom-designed processes which engage participants in silent reflection, 
kinesthetic and graphic thinking, improv, role play, poetry creation, movement, 
and (no surprise!) such methods as Open Space, World Cafe and Focused 
Conversation Method. Here is another way of 
showing who I am (there are so very many different ways of seeing / naming / 
showing one's self).

And now I write this part to share what I feel so proud of - and because 
writing this shows me back to myself, with you as witness to my "prouds". I 
have much more life to live, but this is also a point of my life where I am 
reflecting a bit. I am so proud of having been able to learn so much from and 
with so many of you. I am amazed (but not surprised) about how Open Space (I 
will call it OS) works. I have used it in over 20 countries, and within those 
countries with participants of many mixes of cultures and countries of origin. 
I have used it when only one person showed up, and with groups of 3500. I have 
seen groups use it to figure out how to spend a billion dollars of funding over 
the next several years, in a way that was different than they did before, to 
bring positiv

Re: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.

[Thomas Herrmann via OSList]

I hear you 
I love you
I cheerish our dances
My super hero name is from now on Patience. 

Patiently Thomas
❤️❤️

Skickat från min iPhone

> 12 juni 2020 kl. 22:43 skrev Lisa Heft via OSList 
> :
> 
> 
> Hello, OSLIST friends -
> 
> I have not written anything here since 2016 - although I am still sitting in 
> the circle and listening in. 
> Some of you are dear friends from across the years (note my new email, by the 
> way). A few of you have mentioned that it might be nice if I wrote to the 
> list about how I am doing. 
> 
> This message is long, because a) I have not visited in awhile, b) I am having 
> a conversation with you here in my head over time, and c) in Open Space, even 
> a group of 1 can have a rich conversation for an entire session or longer - 
> and can then share their documentation of that exploration back to the rest 
> of the group in their Book of Proceedings. Of course you have a choice to 
> read it or delete it. 
> 
> Those of you who know me extra-well know that - since you have known me - I 
> have while working as a facilitator and educator also been very involved in 
> the care of elderly parents. What just a few of you know is that I have also 
> been living with a health condition called ME/CFS. That condition has 
> progressed. I am fortunate that I am still able to care for myself, although 
> here is one way to describe this particular invisible-to-others disability: I 
> have to rest in-between putting on my right shoe and my left shoe. But I can 
> still put on my shoes ;o)(and hey, who needs shoes in COVID quarantine??) 
>  To understand the impact of this health issue (for people who have it much 
> much worse than I do), perhaps your country offers access to a sobering yet 
> beautiful documentary called Unrest.  A few years ago I realized that true, 
> radical wellness meant that I must release even those things I love (love 
> love love facilitation and teaching about facilitation - love it). I did not 
> feel sad releasing my client work - I felt lighter. I still grieve not being 
> able to teach and facilitate, and in so many diverse settings, countries and 
> cultures. But I knew immediately that it was the right thing to do. Last year 
> my amazing father died, this year my amazing mother-in-law died, and after 
> two decades of parental care, now my wife and I have more time and energy to 
> care for our selves.  
> 
> Interestingly, I never thought of myself as disabled until recent years, 
> because I simply lived my life. However, since my parents raised me in a 
> richly-diverse world, I have always had a passion for seeing / imagining / 
> designing with a priority of and focus on access and inclusion. So here I am 
> in an embodied experience exploring things I always imagined might be someone 
> else's experience. Fascinating.
> 
> I write this next part simply to share my background, with those of you who 
> have not yet met me: I have facilitated for 40-something years. My interest 
> area is dialogic methods that scale up (only one facilitator needed for a 
> group of 5 or 3000+), that work across country and culture (without requiring 
> participants to learn someone else’s vocabulary; without working through the 
> facilitators’s own cultural filter), and in which participants frame their 
> own experience (rather than the facilitator doing so). When I say 'dialogic', 
> I mean those processes which engage participants in internal and external 
> dialogue (conversation with self, conversation with others). And when I say 
> conversation, I do not mean everyone has to speak aloud. Witnessing - fully 
> listening - is participation just as much as speaking. I use existing and 
> custom-designed processes which engage participants in silent reflection, 
> kinesthetic and graphic thinking, improv, role play, poetry creation, 
> movement, and (no surprise!) such methods as Open Space, World Cafe and 
> Focused Conversation Method. Here is another way of showing who I am (there 
> are so very many different ways of seeing / naming / showing one's self).  
> 
> And now I write this part to share what I feel so proud of - and because 
> writing this shows me back to myself, with you as witness to my "prouds". I 
> have much more life to live, but this is also a point of my life where I am 
> reflecting a bit. I am so proud of having been able to learn so much from and 
> with so many of you. I am amazed (but not surprised) about how Open Space (I 
> will call it OS) works. I have used it in over 20 countries, and within those 
> countries with participants of many mixes of cultures and countries of 
> origin. I have used it when only one person showed up, and with groups of 
> 3500. I have seen groups use it to figure out how to spend a billion dollars 
> of funding over the next several years, in a way that was different than they 
> did before, to bring positive impacts to programs, outcomes and communities. 
> Survivors of foster care or violenc

Re: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.

[christine koehler via OSList]

So great to hear form you Lisa. 
Always very inspiring to read you.
Sending you big hugs from across the ocean.
Christine 

> Le 12 juin 2020 à 22:43, Lisa Heft via OSList 
>  a écrit :
> 
> Hello, OSLIST friends -
> 
> I have not written anything here since 2016 - although I am still sitting in 
> the circle and listening in. 
> Some of you are dear friends from across the years (note my new email, by the 
> way). A few of you have mentioned that it might be nice if I wrote to the 
> list about how I am doing. 
> 
> This message is long, because a) I have not visited in awhile, b) I am having 
> a conversation with you here in my head over time, and c) in Open Space, even 
> a group of 1 can have a rich conversation for an entire session or longer - 
> and can then share their documentation of that exploration back to the rest 
> of the group in their Book of Proceedings. Of course you have a choice to 
> read it or delete it. 
> 
> Those of you who know me extra-well know that - since you have known me - I 
> have while working as a facilitator and educator also been very involved in 
> the care of elderly parents. What just a few of you know is that I have also 
> been living with a health condition called ME/CFS 
> . That condition has progressed. 
> I am fortunate that I am still able to care for myself, although here is one 
> way to describe this particular invisible-to-others disability: I have to 
> rest in-between putting on my right shoe and my left shoe. But I can still 
> put on my shoes ;o)(and hey, who needs shoes in COVID quarantine??)  To 
> understand the impact of this health issue (for people who have it much much 
> worse than I do), perhaps your country offers access to a sobering yet 
> beautiful documentary called Unrest .  A few years 
> ago I realized that true, radical wellness meant that I must release even 
> those things I love (love love love facilitation and teaching about 
> facilitation - love it). I did not feel sad releasing my client work - I felt 
> lighter. I still grieve not being able to teach and facilitate, and in so 
> many diverse settings, countries and cultures. But I knew immediately that it 
> was the right thing to do. Last year my amazing father died, this year my 
> amazing mother-in-law died, and after two decades of parental care, now my 
> wife and I have more time and energy to care for our selves.  
> 
> Interestingly, I never thought of myself as disabled until recent years, 
> because I simply lived my life. However, since my parents raised me in a 
> richly-diverse world, I have always had a passion for seeing / imagining / 
> designing with a priority of and focus on access and inclusion. So here I am 
> in an embodied experience exploring things I always imagined might be someone 
> else's experience. Fascinating.
> 
> I write this next part simply to share my background, with those of you who 
> have not yet met me: I have facilitated for 40-something years. My interest 
> area is dialogic methods that scale up (only one facilitator needed for a 
> group of 5 or 3000+), that work across country and culture (without requiring 
> participants to learn someone else’s vocabulary; without working through the 
> facilitators’s own cultural filter), and in which participants frame their 
> own experience (rather than the facilitator doing so). When I say 'dialogic', 
> I mean those processes which engage participants in internal and external 
> dialogue (conversation with self, conversation with others). And when I say 
> conversation, I do not mean everyone has to speak aloud. Witnessing - fully 
> listening - is participation just as much as speaking. I use existing and 
> custom-designed processes which engage participants in silent reflection, 
> kinesthetic and graphic thinking, improv, role play, poetry creation, 
> movement, and (no surprise!) such methods as Open Space, World Cafe and 
> Focused Conversation Method. Here is another  
> way of showing who I am (there are so very many different ways of seeing / 
> naming / showing one's self).  
> 
> And now I write this part to share what I feel so proud of - and because 
> writing this shows me back to myself, with you as witness to my "prouds". I 
> have much more life to live, but this is also a point of my life where I am 
> reflecting a bit. I am so proud of having been able to learn so much from and 
> with so many of you. I am amazed (but not surprised) about how Open Space (I 
> will call it OS) works. I have used it in over 20 countries, and within those 
> countries with participants of many mixes of cultures and countries of 
> origin. I have used it when only one person showed up, and with groups of 
> 3500. I have seen groups use it to figure out how to spend a billion dollars 
> of funding over the next several years, in a way that was different than they 
> did before, to brin

Re: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.

[JL Walker B. via OSList]

Hi Lisa !!

My beloved "fairy godmother".

What happiness knowing about you.

I send you a big hug full of love and peace.

Juan Luis



De: OSList  En nombre de Lisa Heft via 
OSList
Enviado el: viernes, 12 de junio de 2020 22:44
Para: World wide Open Space Technology email list 

CC: Lisa Heft 
Asunto: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.



Hello, OSLIST friends -



I have not written anything here since 2016 - although I am still sitting in 
the circle and listening in.

Some of you are dear friends from across the years (note my new email, by the 
way). A few of you have mentioned that it might be nice if I wrote to the list 
about how I am doing.



This message is long, because a) I have not visited in awhile, b) I am having a 
conversation with you here in my head over time, and c) in Open Space, even a 
group of 1 can have a rich conversation for an entire session or longer - and 
can then share their documentation of that exploration back to the rest of the 
group in their Book of Proceedings. Of course you have a choice to read it or 
delete it.



Those of you who know me extra-well know that - since you have known me - I 
have while working as a facilitator and educator also been very involved in the 
care of elderly parents. What just a few of you know is that I have also been 
living with a health condition called  
 ME/CFS. That condition has 
progressed. I am fortunate that I am still able to care for myself, although 
here is one way to describe this particular invisible-to-others disability: I 
have to rest in-between putting on my right shoe and my left shoe. But I can 
still put on my shoes ;o)(and hey, who needs shoes in COVID quarantine??)  
To understand the impact of this health issue (for people who have it much much 
worse than I do), perhaps your country offers access to a sobering yet 
beautiful documentary called   Unrest.  A few years 
ago I realized that true, radical wellness meant that I must release even those 
things I love (love love love facilitation and teaching about facilitation - 
love it). I did not feel sad releasing my client work - I felt lighter. I still 
grieve not being able to teach and facilitate, and in so many diverse settings, 
countries and cultures. But I knew immediately that it was the right thing to 
do. Last year my amazing father died, this year my amazing mother-in-law died, 
and after two decades of parental care, now my wife and I have more time and 
energy to care for our selves.



Interestingly, I never thought of myself as disabled until recent years, 
because I simply lived my life. However, since my parents raised me in a 
richly-diverse world, I have always had a passion for seeing / imagining / 
designing with a priority of and focus on access and inclusion. So here I am in 
an embodied experience exploring things I always imagined might be someone 
else's experience. Fascinating.



I write this next part simply to share my background, with those of you who 
have not yet met me: I have facilitated for 40-something years. My interest 
area is dialogic methods that scale up (only one facilitator needed for a group 
of 5 or 3000+), that work across country and culture (without requiring 
participants to learn someone else’s vocabulary; without working through the 
facilitators’s own cultural filter), and in which participants frame their own 
experience (rather than the facilitator doing so). When I say 'dialogic', I 
mean those processes which engage participants in internal and external 
dialogue (conversation with self, conversation with others). And when I say 
conversation, I do not mean everyone has to speak aloud. Witnessing - fully 
listening - is participation just as much as speaking. I use existing and 
custom-designed processes which engage participants in silent reflection, 
kinesthetic and graphic thinking, improv, role play, poetry creation, movement, 
and (no surprise!) such methods as Open Space, World Cafe and Focused 
Conversation Method. Here is   another way of 
showing who I am (there are so very many different ways of seeing / naming / 
showing one's self).



And now I write this part to share what I feel so proud of - and because 
writing this shows me back to myself, with you as witness to my "prouds". I 
have much more life to live, but this is also a point of my life where I am 
reflecting a bit. I am so proud of having been able to learn so much from and 
with so many of you. I am amazed (but not surprised) about how Open Space (I 
will call it OS) works. I have used it in over 20 countries, and within those 
countries with participants of many mixes of cultures and countries of origin. 
I have used it when only one person showed up, and with groups of 3500. I have 
seen groups use it to figure out how to spend a billion dollars of funding over 
the next several years, in a way that was different than the

Re: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.

[Eva P Svensson via OSList]

Hi Lisa!!
Soo so good to hear from you! I have wondered where you where and what happened 
to Accces Queen !?
Hugs and love
:o)
Eva

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> 12 juni 2020 kl. 22:43 skrev Lisa Heft via OSList 
> :
> 
> Hello, OSLIST friends -
> 
> I have not written anything here since 2016 - although I am still sitting in 
> the circle and listening in. 
> Some of you are dear friends from across the years (note my new email, by the 
> way). A few of you have mentioned that it might be nice if I wrote to the 
> list about how I am doing. 
> 
> This message is long, because a) I have not visited in awhile, b) I am having 
> a conversation with you here in my head over time, and c) in Open Space, even 
> a group of 1 can have a rich conversation for an entire session or longer - 
> and can then share their documentation of that exploration back to the rest 
> of the group in their Book of Proceedings. Of course you have a choice to 
> read it or delete it. 
> 
> Those of you who know me extra-well know that - since you have known me - I 
> have while working as a facilitator and educator also been very involved in 
> the care of elderly parents. What just a few of you know is that I have also 
> been living with a health condition called ME/CFS 
> . That condition has progressed. 
> I am fortunate that I am still able to care for myself, although here is one 
> way to describe this particular invisible-to-others disability: I have to 
> rest in-between putting on my right shoe and my left shoe. But I can still 
> put on my shoes ;o)(and hey, who needs shoes in COVID quarantine??)  To 
> understand the impact of this health issue (for people who have it much much 
> worse than I do), perhaps your country offers access to a sobering yet 
> beautiful documentary called Unrest .  A few years 
> ago I realized that true, radical wellness meant that I must release even 
> those things I love (love love love facilitation and teaching about 
> facilitation - love it). I did not feel sad releasing my client work - I felt 
> lighter. I still grieve not being able to teach and facilitate, and in so 
> many diverse settings, countries and cultures. But I knew immediately that it 
> was the right thing to do. Last year my amazing father died, this year my 
> amazing mother-in-law died, and after two decades of parental care, now my 
> wife and I have more time and energy to care for our selves.  
> 
> Interestingly, I never thought of myself as disabled until recent years, 
> because I simply lived my life. However, since my parents raised me in a 
> richly-diverse world, I have always had a passion for seeing / imagining / 
> designing with a priority of and focus on access and inclusion. So here I am 
> in an embodied experience exploring things I always imagined might be someone 
> else's experience. Fascinating.
> 
> I write this next part simply to share my background, with those of you who 
> have not yet met me: I have facilitated for 40-something years. My interest 
> area is dialogic methods that scale up (only one facilitator needed for a 
> group of 5 or 3000+), that work across country and culture (without requiring 
> participants to learn someone else’s vocabulary; without working through the 
> facilitators’s own cultural filter), and in which participants frame their 
> own experience (rather than the facilitator doing so). When I say 'dialogic', 
> I mean those processes which engage participants in internal and external 
> dialogue (conversation with self, conversation with others). And when I say 
> conversation, I do not mean everyone has to speak aloud. Witnessing - fully 
> listening - is participation just as much as speaking. I use existing and 
> custom-designed processes which engage participants in silent reflection, 
> kinesthetic and graphic thinking, improv, role play, poetry creation, 
> movement, and (no surprise!) such methods as Open Space, World Cafe and 
> Focused Conversation Method. Here is another  
> way of showing who I am (there are so very many different ways of seeing / 
> naming / showing one's self).  
> 
> And now I write this part to share what I feel so proud of - and because 
> writing this shows me back to myself, with you as witness to my "prouds". I 
> have much more life to live, but this is also a point of my life where I am 
> reflec

Re: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.

[Artur Silva via OSList]

 Hello my dear Lisa,
 So good to have news from you and so sad to know about your condition, but I 
know you are very brave and have many friends on this side.

Beijos e abraços
Artur
-
On Friday, June 12, 2020, 09:43:56 PM GMT+1, Lisa Heft via OSList 
 wrote:  
 
 Hello, OSLIST friends -
I have not written anything here since 2016 - although I am still sitting in 
the circle and listening in. Some of you are dear friends from across the years 
(note my new email, by the way). A few of you have mentioned that it might be 
nice if I wrote to the list about how I am doing. 
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[Allison via OSList]

Hi Lisa,
Thank you for your news and very best wishes with your process.
With love,
Allison (in Oz)


> On 14 Jun 2020, at 8:44 pm, Artur Silva via OSList 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hello my dear Lisa,
> 
> So good to have news from you and so sad to know about your condition, but I 
> know you are very brave and have many friends on this side.
> 
> Beijos e abraços
> 
> Artur
> 
> -
> 
> On Friday, June 12, 2020, 09:43:56 PM GMT+1, Lisa Heft via OSList 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello, OSLIST friends -
> 
> I have not written anything here since 2016 - although I am still sitting in 
> the circle and listening in. 
> Some of you are dear friends from across the years (note my new email, by the 
> way). A few of you have mentioned that it might be nice if I wrote to the 
> list about how I am doing. 
> 
> This message is long, (...)
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Re: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.

[Koos de Heer via OSList]

Dear Lisa,

 

Thank you so much for writing and sharing your situation and your insights. 
Great to hear from you. Sorry to hear about your health and the passing of the 
parents. 

 

I will also send you a private mail.

 

Much love and good wishes to both of you,

 

Koos

 

From: OSList  On Behalf Of Lisa Heft 
via OSList
Sent: vrijdag 12 juni 2020 22:44
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list 
Cc: Lisa Heft 
Subject: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.

 

Hello, OSLIST friends -

 

I have not written anything here since 2016 - although I am still sitting in 
the circle and listening in. 

Some of you are dear friends from across the years (note my new email, by the 
way). A few of you have mentioned that it might be nice if I wrote to the list 
about how I am doing. 

 

This message is long, because a) I have not visited in awhile, b) I am having a 
conversation with you here in my head over time, and c) in Open Space, even a 
group of 1 can have a rich conversation for an entire session or longer - and 
can then share their documentation of that exploration back to the rest of the 
group in their Book of Proceedings. Of course you have a choice to read it or 
delete it. 

 

Those of you who know me extra-well know that - since you have known me - I 
have while working as a facilitator and educator also been very involved in the 
care of elderly parents. What just a few of you know is that I have also been 
living with a health condition called ME/CFS 
 . That condition has progressed. 
I am fortunate that I am still able to care for myself, although here is one 
way to describe this particular invisible-to-others disability: I have to rest 
in-between putting on my right shoe and my left shoe. But I can still put on my 
shoes ;o)(and hey, who needs shoes in COVID quarantine??)  To understand 
the impact of this health issue (for people who have it much much worse than I 
do), perhaps your country offers access to a sobering yet beautiful documentary 
called Unrest  .  A few years ago I realized that 
true, radical wellness meant that I must release even those things I love (love 
love love facilitation and teaching about facilitation - love it). I did not 
feel sad releasing my client work - I felt lighter. I still grieve not being 
able to teach and facilitate, and in so many diverse settings, countries and 
cultures. But I knew immediately that it was the right thing to do. Last year 
my amazing father died, this year my amazing mother-in-law died, and after two 
decades of parental care, now my wife and I have more time and energy to care 
for our selves.  

 

Interestingly, I never thought of myself as disabled until recent years, 
because I simply lived my life. However, since my parents raised me in a 
richly-diverse world, I have always had a passion for seeing / imagining / 
designing with a priority of and focus on access and inclusion. So here I am in 
an embodied experience exploring things I always imagined might be someone 
else's experience. Fascinating.

 

I write this next part simply to share my background, with those of you who 
have not yet met me: I have facilitated for 40-something years. My interest 
area is dialogic methods that scale up (only one facilitator needed for a group 
of 5 or 3000+), that work across country and culture (without requiring 
participants to learn someone else’s vocabulary; without working through the 
facilitators’s own cultural filter), and in which participants frame their own 
experience (rather than the facilitator doing so). When I say 'dialogic', I 
mean those processes which engage participants in internal and external 
dialogue (conversation with self, conversation with others). And when I say 
conversation, I do not mean everyone has to speak aloud. Witnessing - fully 
listening - is participation just as much as speaking. I use existing and 
custom-designed processes which engage participants in silent reflection, 
kinesthetic and graphic thinking, improv, role play, poetry creation, movement, 
and (no surprise!) such methods as Open Space, World Cafe and Focused 
Conversation Method. Here is another   way of 
showing who I am (there are so very many different ways of seeing / naming / 
showing one's self).  

 

And now I write this part to share what I feel so proud of - and because 
writing this shows me back to myself, with you as witness to my "prouds". I 
have much more life to live, but this is also a point of my life where I am 
reflecting a bit. I am so proud of having been able to learn so much from and 
with so many of you. I am amazed (but not surprised) about how Open Space (I 
will call it OS) works. I have used it in over 20 countries, and within those 
countries with participants of many mixes of cultures and countries of origin. 
I have used it when only one person showed up, and with groups of 3500. I ha

Re: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.

[gerardo de luzenberger via OSList]

Lovely Lisa,

fabulous access queen, thanks so much for your email.
A little gift for you - the dancing queen at Belgrade wosonos in 2014

Jon brought on behalf of you for the Silent Auctions
All the best
ge







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Il giorno sab 13 giu 2020 alle ore 00:02 Lisa Heft via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> ha scritto:

> Hello, OSLIST friends -
>
> I have not written anything here since 2016 - although I am still sitting
> in the circle and listening in.
> Some of you are dear friends from across the years (note my new email, by
> the way). A few of you have mentioned that it might be nice if I wrote to
> the list about how I am doing.
>
> This message is long, because a) I have not visited in awhile, b) I am
> having a conversation with you here in my head over time, and c) in Open
> Space, even a group of 1 can have a rich conversation for an entire session
> or longer - and can then share their documentation of that exploration back
> to the rest of the group in their Book of Proceedings. Of course you have a
> choice to read it or delete it.
>
> Those of you who know me extra-well know that - since you have known me -
> I have while working as a facilitator and educator also been very involved
> in the care of elderly parents. What just a few of you know is that I have
> also been living with a health condition called ME/CFS
> . That condition has
> progressed. I am fortunate that I am still able to care for myself,
> although here is one way to describe this particular invisible-to-others
> disability: I have to rest in-between putting on my right shoe and my left
> shoe. But I can still put on my shoes ;o)(and hey, who needs shoes in
> COVID quarantine??)  To understand the impact of this health issue (for
> people who have it much much worse than I do), perhaps your country offers
> access to a sobering yet beautiful documentary called Unrest
> .  A few years ago I realized that true,
> radical wellness meant that I must release even those things I love (love
> love love facilitation and teaching about facilitation - love it). I did
> not feel sad releasing my client work - I felt lighter. I still grieve not
> being able to teach and facilitate, and in so many diverse settings,
> countries and cultures. But I knew immediately that it was the right thing
> to do. Last year my amazing father died, this year my amazing mother-in-law
> died, and after two decades of parental care, now my wife and I have more
> time and energy to care for our selves.
>
> Interestingly, I never thought of myself as disabled until recent years,
> because I simply lived my life. However, since my parents raised me in
> a richly-diverse world, I have always had a passion for seeing / imagining
> / designing with a priority of and focus on access and inclusion. So here I
> am in an embodied experience exploring things I always imagined might be
> someone else's experience. Fascinating.
>
> I write this next part simply to share my background, with those of you
> who have not yet met me: I have facilitated for 40-something years. My
> interest area is dialogic methods that scale up (only one facilitator
> needed for a group of 5 or 3000+), that work across country and culture
> (without requiring participants to learn someone else’s vocabulary; without
> working through the facilitators’s own cultural filter), and in which
> participants frame their own experience (rather than the facilitator doing
> so). When I say 'dialogic', I mean those processes which engage
> participants in internal and external dialogue (conversation with self,
> conversation with others). And when I say conversation, I do not mean
> everyone has to speak aloud. Witnessing - fully listening - is
> participation just as much as speaking. I use existing and custom-designed
> processes which engage participants in silent reflection, kinesthetic and
> graphic thinking, improv, role play, poetry creation, movement, and (no
> surprise!) such methods as Open Space, World Cafe and Focused Conversation
> Method. Here is another  way of showing who
> I am (there are so very many different ways of seeing / naming / showing
> one's self).
>
> And now I write this part to share what I feel so proud of - and because
> w

Re: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.

[agusj via OSList]

 Hello Lisa,
Wonderful to read again your inspiring thoughts and reflections. Thank you!
I send you a big lovely hug!!
Agustín
On Friday, June 12, 2020, 03:43:56 PM GMT-5, Lisa Heft via OSList 
 wrote:  
 
 Hello, OSLIST friends -
I have not written anything here since 2016 - although I am still sitting in 
the circle and listening in. Some of you are dear friends from across the years 
(note my new email, by the way). A few of you have mentioned that it might be 
nice if I wrote to the list about how I am doing. 
This message is long, because a) I have not visited in awhile, b) I am having a 
conversation with you here in my head over time, and c) in Open Space, even a 
group of 1 can have a rich conversation for an entire session or longer - and 
can then share their documentation of that exploration back to the rest of the 
group in their Book of Proceedings. Of course you have a choice to read it or 
delete it. 
Those of you who know me extra-well know that - since you have known me - I 
have while working as a facilitator and educator also been very involved in the 
care of elderly parents. What just a few of you know is that I have also been 
living with a health condition called ME/CFS. That condition has progressed. I 
am fortunate that I am still able to care for myself, although here is one way 
to describe this particular invisible-to-others disability: I have to rest 
in-between putting on my right shoe and my left shoe. But I can still put on my 
shoes ;o)    (and hey, who needs shoes in COVID quarantine??)  To understand 
the impact of this health issue (for people who have it much much worse than I 
do), perhaps your country offers access to a sobering yet beautiful documentary 
called Unrest.  A few years ago I realized that true, radical wellness meant 
that I must release even those things I love (love love love facilitation and 
teaching about facilitation - love it). I did not feel sad releasing my client 
work - I felt lighter. I still grieve not being able to teach and facilitate, 
and in so many diverse settings, countries and cultures. But I knew immediately 
that it was the right thing to do. Last year my amazing father died, this year 
my amazing mother-in-law died, and after two decades of parental care, now my 
wife and I have more time and energy to care for our selves.  
Interestingly, I never thought of myself as disabled until recent years, 
because I simply lived my life. However, since my parents raised me in a 
richly-diverse world, I have always had a passion for seeing / imagining / 
designing with a priority of and focus on access and inclusion. So here I am in 
an embodied experience exploring things I always imagined might be someone 
else's experience. Fascinating.
I write this next part simply to share my background, with those of you who 
have not yet met me: I have facilitated for 40-something years. My interest 
area is dialogic methods that scale up (only one facilitator needed for a group 
of 5 or 3000+), that work across country and culture (without requiring 
participants to learn someone else’s vocabulary; without working through the 
facilitators’s own cultural filter), and in which participants frame their own 
experience (rather than the facilitator doing so). When I say 'dialogic', I 
mean those processes which engage participants in internal and external 
dialogue (conversation with self, conversation with others). And when I say 
conversation, I do not mean everyone has to speak aloud. Witnessing - fully 
listening - is participation just as much as speaking. I use existing and 
custom-designed processes which engage participants in silent reflection, 
kinesthetic and graphic thinking, improv, role play, poetry creation, movement, 
and (no surprise!) such methods as Open Space, World Cafe and Focused 
Conversation Method. Here is another way of showing who I am (there are so very 
many different ways of seeing / naming / showing one's self).  
And now I write this part to share what I feel so proud of - and because 
writing this shows me back to myself, with you as witness to my "prouds". I 
have much more life to live, but this is also a point of my life where I am 
reflecting a bit. I am so proud of having been able to learn so much from and 
with so many of you. I am amazed (but not surprised) about how Open Space (I 
will call it OS) works. I have used it in over 20 countries, and within those 
countries with participants of many mixes of cultures and countries of origin. 
I have used it when only one person showed up, and with groups of 3500. I have 
seen groups use it to figure out how to spend a billion dollars of funding over 
the next several years, in a way that was different than they did before, to 
bring positive impacts to programs, outcomes and communities. Survivors of 
foster care or violence or disaster articulating their unique and collective 
experience, grief and loss, and resilience. Communities impacted by 
institutionalizat

Re: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.

[lucia pavia Ticzon via OSList]

Love that name STREAK.
Love to you, Lisa.
Love this narrative and the silence.

Know I have been in spirit connection all along.

Mabuhay ka 🎉🙏🧡🙏🎉

Lucia aka luchie


On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 2:32 PM gerardo de luzenberger via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Lovely Lisa,
>
> fabulous access queen, thanks so much for your email.
> A little gift for you - the dancing queen at Belgrade wosonos in 2014
> 
> Jon brought on behalf of you for the Silent Auctions
> All the best
> ge
>
>
>
>
>
> 
>
> Office: Via A. Volta 6 - 20121 Milano – Italy
> 
> Phone: +39 3293281343 -Fax: +39 02 87151318 - Skype: gerardodeluz
> *x...@loci.it * - *www.loci.it  *
>
>
> 
>
> *Please consider the environment before deciding to print this e-mail*
> This e-mail (and any attachment(s)) is strictly confidential and for use
> only by intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient(s),
> please notify it via e-mail ati...@loci.it
>  promptly
>
>
>
> Il giorno sab 13 giu 2020 alle ore 00:02 Lisa Heft via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> ha scritto:
>
>> Hello, OSLIST friends -
>>
>> I have not written anything here since 2016 - although I am still sitting
>> in the circle and listening in.
>> Some of you are dear friends from across the years (note my new email, by
>> the way). A few of you have mentioned that it might be nice if I wrote to
>> the list about how I am doing.
>>
>> This message is long, because a) I have not visited in awhile, b) I am
>> having a conversation with you here in my head over time, and c) in Open
>> Space, even a group of 1 can have a rich conversation for an entire session
>> or longer - and can then share their documentation of that exploration back
>> to the rest of the group in their Book of Proceedings. Of course you have a
>> choice to read it or delete it.
>>
>> Those of you who know me extra-well know that - since you have known me -
>> I have while working as a facilitator and educator also been very involved
>> in the care of elderly parents. What just a few of you know is that I have
>> also been living with a health condition called ME/CFS
>> . That condition has
>> progressed. I am fortunate that I am still able to care for myself,
>> although here is one way to describe this particular invisible-to-others
>> disability: I have to rest in-between putting on my right shoe and my left
>> shoe. But I can still put on my shoes ;o)(and hey, who needs shoes in
>> COVID quarantine??)  To understand the impact of this health issue (for
>> people who have it much much worse than I do), perhaps your country offers
>> access to a sobering yet beautiful documentary called Unrest
>> .  A few years ago I realized that true,
>> radical wellness meant that I must release even those things I love (love
>> love love facilitation and teaching about facilitation - love it). I did
>> not feel sad releasing my client work - I felt lighter. I still grieve not
>> being able to teach and facilitate, and in so many diverse settings,
>> countries and cultures. But I knew immediately that it was the right thing
>> to do. Last year my amazing father died, this year my amazing mother-in-law
>> died, and after two decades of parental care, now my wife and I have more
>> time and energy to care for our selves.
>>
>> Interestingly, I never thought of myself as disabled until recent years,
>> because I simply lived my life. However, since my parents raised me in
>> a richly-diverse world, I have always had a passion for seeing / imagining
>> / designing with a priority of and focus on access and inclusion. So here I
>> am in an embodied experience exploring things I always imagined might be
>> someone else's experience. Fascinating.
>>
>> I write this next part simply to share my background, with those of you
>> who have not yet met me: I have facilitated for 40-something years. My
>> interest area is dialogic methods that scale up (only one facilitator
>> needed for a group of 5 or 3000+), that work across country and culture
>> (without requiring participants to learn someone else’s vocabulary; without
>> working through the facilitators’s own cultural filter), and in which
>> participants frame their own experience (rather than the facilitator doing
>> so). When I say 'dialogic', I mean those processes which engage
>> participants in internal and external dialogue (conversation with self,
>> conversation with others). And when I say conversation, I do not mean
>> everyone has to speak aloud. Witnessing - fully listening - is
>> participation just as much as speaking. I use existing and 

Re: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.

[Tonnie Van Der Zouwen via OSList]

Dear Lisa,
Just read your email Lisa. Greatful knowing you.
Big hug and much love from my little spot on the earth,
Tonnie

Van der Zouwen Organisatieadvies
Dr. Tonnie van der Zouwen MCM
www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl
06 50 69 79 82

> Op 14 jun. 2020 om 14:35 heeft Koos de Heer via OSList 
>  het volgende geschreven:
> 
> 
> Dear Lisa,
>  
> Thank you so much for writing and sharing your situation and your insights. 
> Great to hear from you. Sorry to hear about your health and the passing of 
> the parents.
>  
> I will also send you a private mail.
>  
> Much love and good wishes to both of you,
>  
> Koos
>  
> From: OSList  On Behalf Of Lisa Heft 
> via OSList
> Sent: vrijdag 12 juni 2020 22:44
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list 
> 
> Cc: Lisa Heft 
> Subject: [OSList] Where is Lisa? Here she is.
>  
> Hello, OSLIST friends -
>  
> I have not written anything here since 2016 - although I am still sitting in 
> the circle and listening in. 
> Some of you are dear friends from across the years (note my new email, by the 
> way). A few of you have mentioned that it might be nice if I wrote to the 
> list about how I am doing. 
>  
> This message is long, because a) I have not visited in awhile, b) I am having 
> a conversation with you here in my head over time, and c) in Open Space, even 
> a group of 1 can have a rich conversation for an entire session or longer - 
> and can then share their documentation of that exploration back to the rest 
> of the group in their Book of Proceedings. Of course you have a choice to 
> read it or delete it. 
>  
> Those of you who know me extra-well know that - since you have known me - I 
> have while working as a facilitator and educator also been very involved in 
> the care of elderly parents. What just a few of you know is that I have also 
> been living with a health condition called ME/CFS. That condition has 
> progressed. I am fortunate that I am still able to care for myself, although 
> here is one way to describe this particular invisible-to-others disability: I 
> have to rest in-between putting on my right shoe and my left shoe. But I can 
> still put on my shoes ;o)(and hey, who needs shoes in COVID quarantine??) 
>  To understand the impact of this health issue (for people who have it much 
> much worse than I do), perhaps your country offers access to a sobering yet 
> beautiful documentary called Unrest.  A few years ago I realized that true, 
> radical wellness meant that I must release even those things I love (love 
> love love facilitation and teaching about facilitation - love it). I did not 
> feel sad releasing my client work - I felt lighter. I still grieve not being 
> able to teach and facilitate, and in so many diverse settings, countries and 
> cultures. But I knew immediately that it was the right thing to do. Last year 
> my amazing father died, this year my amazing mother-in-law died, and after 
> two decades of parental care, now my wife and I have more time and energy to 
> care for our selves.  
>  
> Interestingly, I never thought of myself as disabled until recent years, 
> because I simply lived my life. However, since my parents raised me in a 
> richly-diverse world, I have always had a passion for seeing / imagining / 
> designing with a priority of and focus on access and inclusion. So here I am 
> in an embodied experience exploring things I always imagined might be someone 
> else's experience. Fascinating.
>  
> I write this next part simply to share my background, with those of you who 
> have not yet met me: I have facilitated for 40-something years. My interest 
> area is dialogic methods that scale up (only one facilitator needed for a 
> group of 5 or 3000+), that work across country and culture (without requiring 
> participants to learn someone else’s vocabulary; without working through the 
> facilitators’s own cultural filter), and in which participants frame their 
> own experience (rather than the facilitator doing so). When I say 'dialogic', 
> I mean those processes which engage participants in internal and external 
> dialogue (conversation with self, conversation with others). And when I say 
> conversation, I do not mean everyone has to speak aloud. Witnessing - fully 
> listening - is participation just as much as speaking. I use existing and 
> custom-designed processes which engage participants in silent reflection, 
> kinesthetic and graphic thinking, improv, role play, poetry creation, 
> movement, and (no surprise!) such methods as Open Space, World Cafe and 
> Focused Conversation Method. Here is another way of showing who I am (there 
> are so very many different ways of seeing / naming / showing one's self).  
>  
> And now I write this part to share what I feel so proud of - and because 
> writing this shows me back to myself, with you as witness to my "prouds". I 
> have much more life to live, but this is also a point of my life where I am 
> reflecting a bit. I am so proud of hav