Re: Convergence Design

2000-01-26 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Dear Peggy, as I was reading through your two designs for convergence and your comments on the group of the 18 facilitators I thought, well, first of all, I would ask this great group of folks with loads of insights and experiences and stakes in this project to work on a convergence design specific

Re: Training in Vancouver

2000-01-26 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Dear Chris, would love to come but am involved in the training Gabriela Ender and I run Feb 22 to Feb 26 in Berlin. I remembered a great deal about open space in being with Birgitt...especially about deciding anew in every situation you are in, including in a training. My thoughts are with you in

Re: Convergence Design

2000-01-26 Thread Chris Corrigan
I'm trying something a little different. The Open Space last Friday was not long enough to get into convergence, and it was agreed at the outset that we would converge the material with the planning committee (about 15 people) ten days later. I have a very short time to do this (4 hours) and I ha

Re: Opening Space "in house"

2000-01-26 Thread kerry napuk
Dear Birgitt I seem to have mislead you. The language used in 98% of the event was the language native to the country, which in this case was Romanian. Facilitation was in English and held to a minimum of 35 minutes over 1.5 days and translated into Romanian. If you have multiple languages at an

Re: Convergence Design

2000-01-26 Thread Harrison Owen
At 12:52 AM 1/26/00 -0800, you wrote: >I'm trying something a little different. The Open Space last Friday was >not long enough to get into convergence, and it was agreed at the outset >that we would converge the material with the planning committee (about >15 people) ten days later.

Re: Membership

2000-01-26 Thread (David Koehler)
Please change my e-mail address to ns...@aol.com. Thank you, David Koehler

Re: Opening Space "in house"

2000-01-26 Thread Harrison Owen
At 11:46 PM 1/25/00 -0500, you wrote: >Hello Kerry, >and thank you for your story. I am eager to hear a bit more and wonder if >the action follow up was actually followed up with. And how did the >multi-language situation work out with the follow up. > >I have not had successful multi-language ope

Re: Opening Space "in house"

2000-01-26 Thread Birgitt Bolton
Hi Kerry, and thanks for your update. And as Harrison has pointed out, our situation in Canada also involves politics. I believe the way we view an open space as successful does happen in these situations and all times I have facilitated/participated in Open Space. I also measure the success of an

Re: OS In Vancouver on Friday

2000-01-26 Thread BJ Peters
Chris Corrigan wrote: > Chi meegwetch. Sorry for my overstated ebulence. I'm thrilled... Chris-- I for one am extremely grateful for you "overstated ebullience" because it makes your experience so real. Your story of the OS is thrilling, touching, teaching... How pleased I am for your success!!

Re: Convergence Design

2000-01-26 Thread BJ Peters
Peg Holman wrote: > COMMENTS? REACTIONS? Your thoughts would be most appreciated! Peg-- What a wonderful and fun project! I favor the first design as it seems to have one less step. I'm unsure what is gained by having the small groups meet as you have described in your second design. Also, is i

seeking shadowing opportunities

2000-01-26 Thread naturalsystems
I have recently had the pleasure of completing the OST training with Birgitt Bolton. This was an interesting, encouraging and inspiring experience and I highly recommend it! To build my confidence further and to get myself ready for hosting OST events in my organization, I am looking to 'get my fe