Chris:
What a wonderfully respectful way to prepare the ground for the opening of
space. Thank you so much for sharing that with us.
Esther
Dear Thomas,
I appreciate your story very much. I concur with the comments of John Dicus
and Don Ferretti.
A couple weeks ago I was making a presentation to a community group about
OST. The question was posed to me: what makes the environment safe? Are
there ground rules for how to interact?
Todd,
in every situation "whatever is a given, is a given". The key to identifying
"givens" for an Open Space Organization or an Open Space Technology meeting
is to ensure that they are really authentic "givens". By defining "givens"
in this way, we define the space where there is truly freedom to
Hi all.
Yesterday I facilitated the storytelling event I told you about last week.
Thanks for your answers on and off-list.
Well, I sure learned a lot, but didn't feel to happy about the evening. It
was slow and stiff. I had some feedback today from a couple of ladies who
felt really bad during and
At 10:15 PM 03/07/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi all.
>Yesterday I facilitated the storytelling event I told you about last week.
>Thanks for your answers on and off-list.
>Well, I sure learned a lot, but didn't feel to happy about the evening
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Dear Thomas,
I appreciated your story a
At 06:42 PM 3/6/01 +0100, you wrote:
Dear colleagues,
many of you probably have had requests to arrange a wedding in open
space. Seems to me there were even reports on the listserve of such
events (did not you, Birgitt Williams, once write about this?).
Now I was approached and feel quite honored
Just like organizational blocks and contradictions, I imagine that sometimes
the "story" can be so intertwined with the person's life that they cannot tell
the story objectively or probably don't even see the story because it is so
much a part of them. Like the eye trying to see the eye without
Dear Todd, some more thoughts on timing and on follow-up. I offer this not
as advice but rather as how another practitioner is currently thinking.
If I had four hours for an OST event with 20 people I'd figure roughly
45-60 minutes for opening plus agenda plus marketplace - these elements
flow sea
Hi Todd,
Here's my take:
Schedule:
1) I've never been to an OST with scheduled breaks. Hmm.
2) My practice is to have announcements just before the closing circle.
The completion of a talking circle is a strong ritualized ending for the
whole event.
Questions:
1) I think that stating these out
