Thanks, Chris, for initiating this. It's fun!
Metamorphosis
You enter the circle
with eyebrow cocked slightly -
the self-assured look saying ...
"Show me, show me..."
You meet my gaze,
curious, as I walk
the circle and open
our space for being...
You smile at the
Law and the Principles
and jum
Please focus on what the event is for. The spirit needs to time to grow, my
advice is not to fill up the day with WORK but RELATIONSHIPS - a time to work, a
time to rest (eat) and a time to play.
My advice is to set time aside for (lunch at least one hour) then in the
afternoon set aside one hour
I have facilitated a number of one day open spaces events with convergence
at the end. I believe that some kind of convergence is important for any
open space. Ho w it is done depends on the group, the purpose of the event
and the follow-up. Most often the "lag time" between the discussions and
t
Hello:
So Open Space was initially developed by a white man after spending time
in West Africa
and observing community processes, and is now practiced by First Nations
people like me
who repeatedly get a sense of "bringing it on home" from the Open Spaces
that we do. I
know of at least four other
patrick.mcau...@sympatico.ca writes:
>> Is the Open Space movement capable of taking us out of the boxes that
>we're doing open
>> space in - you know what I'm saying??"
>
>is that Open Space is all about breaking down barriers and getting us out
>of boxes.
This is theory. In practice open space
The simple answer to your question,
> Is the Open Space movement capable of taking us out of the boxes that we're
> doing open
> space in - you know what I'm saying??"
is that Open Space is all about breaking down barriers and getting us out of
boxes.
Having said this, I can't help but react
Greetings,
I look forward to sharing Open space experiences with you all.
In years past when working at a conference centre in the interior of British
Columbia- Sorrento Centre- Open Space was used by programmes that were
sponsored at our centre. I was not directly involved but was impressed wi
The following struck me as very 'open spacey'.
Transcending the Episcopalian and the Evangelical.
Contentment
"Paradoxical as it seemed, the Master always insisted that the true reformer was
one who was able to see that everything is perfect as it is -- and able to leave
it alone.
"Then why wo
Hi folks!
I'm new to Open Space and have been exploring it as a way to build
university-community relationships. This has given me the opportunity and the
necessity to take a serious look at racism and the way it is affecting us - in
terms
of who has power, how service systems ultimately breed d
