opening space using two facilitators

2002-10-05 Thread Homegrown Wisdom
Dear Folks, We have learned much from you all since we joined the List almost a year ago. "We" are Wendy & Fredr'c, partners in "Homegrown Wisdom" here in Nova Scotia, Canada. We have organized small meetings using an outside facilitator to open space. One of us has had the experience of openin

Re: opening space using two facilitators

2002-10-05 Thread Glory Ressler
Hello Wendy & Fredr'c! Glory Ressler here... I have 'co-facilitated' open space meetings on numerous occasions (50 people or more, usually) and our approach is something like this: 1 of us walks and facilitates the opening and closing circles, and makes general observations 1 of us (the other one

Re: OST and Grief

2002-10-05 Thread Peggy Holman
Julie, I'm just catching up on messages after being away for a while...so hope this is still timely enough. I've got a number of materials that might be of use, including a check list, and 2-page "how-to". Go to www.opencirclecompany.com and click on Open Space. Peggy - Original Message -

Re: Moving from "help me think this through"..

2002-10-05 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Winston-- I suspect you are right on both counts, that it depends on the context and the consciousness of the facilitator. In a situation with a lot of actual or potential conflict, or even a high level of complexity, I don't think I would consider stepping out of the facilitator role. In a more

Re: OST with children...

2002-10-05 Thread Elena A. Marchuk
Hi Toni, here some more picture which I found on the www.rotaract.irkutsk.ru - they have a better picture then me.. best wishes elena - Original Message - From: "Toni Petrinovich" To: Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 11:22 AM Subject: Re: OST with children... > Elena, thank you so mu

Moving from "help me think this through"..

2002-10-05 Thread Winston Kinch
John, I appreciate your comment on Ted's question (below), and also the way it is phrased. It leads me to make this observation and ask this question. There have been a number of threads over the past while, Ted's being the latest, which have touched on the question of the facilitator's involvemen

Re: help me think this through?

2002-10-05 Thread john engle
dear ted, i enjoyed reading about HM. i have heard of it by name but had no idea of its scope. would be grateful if you can provide a website so that i can learn more. my colleagues and i frequently facilitate open space meetings on broad themes concerning education and leadership. we frequently

Re: OST with children...

2002-10-05 Thread Elena A. Marchuk
hey, Joelle and Toni... and all interested.. you will inspire me to translate the 12 topics which were posted...I did actually this already as I gave them to our Alaskian youth program manager - Alana Berg. I wrote it to her, but don't have a copy as I could not type it ... there was no electrici

Re: OST with children...

2002-10-05 Thread Elena A. Marchuk
Toni, if you know the content, you will love it even more, but I have it only in Russian, the children made the work, which the Rotarians could be proud of and envy... and all that at 10 o'clock in the evening (with 2 nights out of sleep, two whole days of 'trainings' in fundrising and 'working wit

Re: OST with children...

2002-10-05 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Lena-- I think if I compare your picture with mine, I can see about where you were. The important thing is, you are creating the future of Russia by bringing new ways of working to the children and youth. Thanks, Joelle * * == osl...@list