One Day OS Training

2001-05-08 Thread Sharon Quarrington
After much discussion my partner (Bruce Craig) and I have decided to offer a one day "Intro to OST" training. We are both enamoured by this thing called Open Space and want to increase it's presence in our own lives and in the world. We are hoping that this one day will be sufficient to give peop

Re: One Day OS Training

2001-05-08 Thread Harrison Owen
At 02:23 AM 5/8/01 -0400, you wrote: After much discussion my partner (Bruce Craig) and I have decided to offer a one day "Intro to OST" training. We are both enamoured by this thing called Open Space and want to increase it's presence in our own lives and in the world. I think this is a wonde

Re: One Day OS Training

2001-05-08 Thread Bruce Craig
Harrison Owen wrote: > I do have one concern, however. The "hardest part" of effectively > facilitating an Open Space is NOT the mechanics (words, motions, > logistics) it is all about letting go. Over the years, I have found > that in the longer programs, the central issue that is worked, and

Re: One Day OS Training

2001-05-08 Thread Ralph Copleman
Hi, I have never done a one-day training, but I have done a two-day event, with the middle half (noon on day one until noon on day two) done in open space. That went very well, I thought, especially after one "student" said to me, in effect, "This is all well and good, but what IS open space??" M

Re: One Day OS Training

2001-05-08 Thread Jeff Aitken
Sharon: I offered a couple of one-day trainings years ago, both of which I would improve upon. The first began with a half day of theory. Ouch! Well it was more like theory and stories. The rest of the day was supporting one another to manifest our dreams for using open space technology. Some of

Re: One Day OS Training

2001-05-08 Thread Sharon Quarrington
Jeff: Thanks for your reply. Your suggested agenda sounds a lot like what we are thinking of - starting with an hour or so of dialogue, holding a 3 to 4 hr open space and then finishing with theory and practice. I'd like as many people as possible to try opening a space so we may shift to small g