One More Thing Not To Do

2000-02-17 Thread Harrison Owen
Bitgitt's most recent note said or implied some nice things about me, a few of which might actually be true -- "One other element I have brought into some training sessions that I have done with Harrison, when I interrupt him to do a stage whisper with participants: there are those things to do wi

Re: You call this planning!!??

2000-02-17 Thread BJ Peters
ralphsc wrote: > Hi, > > How interesting to read the comments about preparation. > > I have no disagrements to offer, just a slightly different way of doing > things. This is not about the time I spend preparing the client, but the > work I do, more precisely *don't* do, with myself. > > For ye

Re: How much planning and preparation time do you find you need?

2000-02-17 Thread Birgitt Williams
I think it is worth looking at preparation for an Open Space Technology from a multi-dimensional approach. Here's what is helpful to me. 1. at the level of content, how the client sees content and what the outcomes of content are--no preparation is required or desirable--people are always wanting t

You call this planning!!??

2000-02-17 Thread ralphsc
Hi, How interesting to read the comments about preparation. I have no disagrements to offer, just a slightly different way of doing things. This is not about the time I spend preparing the client, but the work I do, more precisely *don't* do, with myself. For years I have listened closely and

Re: How much planning and preparation time do you find you need?

2000-02-17 Thread Harrison Owen
At 12:01 AM 2/17/00 -0800, you wrote: >The day after is used for sleeping. Holding the space is the most >exhausting thing you can do (just ask any parent!). I am completely >incapable of any productive work on the day after an OS, so I just sleep >the whole day and bill my client for it. I so

Re: How much planning and preparation time do you find you need?

2000-02-17 Thread Chris Corrigan
Susan: You ask good questions...keep 'em coming... I fall more in line with Harrison's recommendations, in that there is a minimum of investment required, and I try to give groups what they need without getting too heavily involved. I have found that the more I get involved in set up, the more t