Going deeper, taking deeper

2003-02-20 Thread Douglas D. Germann, Sr.
Michael-- I wondered about using those words, going and taking, but I was tired and unable to think of others at the time, so whatever words show up are the right words Still, I have seen you a couple of times, and you seem to have a way of engendering or shaping the awareness of which you s

Re: Going deeper, taking deeper

2003-02-20 Thread Michael Herman
hi doug, about a year after i first started facilitating open space, my grandma was in the hospital for a few weeks. then again a year later when she died. i've written the story, which i know you've seen, about my time with her in her last week. in those early open spaces, i used to take on wit

Re: Givens (was: Already-thereness, Empowerment and Such)

2003-02-20 Thread Michael Herman
hi birgitt, and yes. it's the fun that i was mostly noticing. that's the part i like! your reminder about how different adn shocking ost can be is a good one. so important to be able to bridge the gap between business as usual and business as open space, giving equal attention to each end wher

Re: Empowerment and other matters (Short!!)Update on the 2.5 day Open Space with the Katzie First Nation

2003-02-20 Thread Birgitt Williams
Hi Julie, Years ago I developed a fascination with the work of Angeles Arrien based on cross cultural practices and focusing on that wonderful mandala, the medicine wheel or healing circle. If you have her book, the Four Fold Way, you can see that on page 126 she has a diagram with four quadrants d

Re: Givens (was: Already-thereness, Empowerment and Such)

2003-02-20 Thread Birgitt Williams
Hi Michael, I've never considered myself as "lurking". Interesting notion. I always feel deeply engaged whether I am choosing gentle silence or whether, by the time I get to the OS list postings, there are so many great replies, there needn't be another from me. I wonder if we could influence the l

OST Racism and Youth (long)

2003-02-20 Thread Judi Richardson
OST Racism and Youth This debrief turned out to be longer than I thought it would, and I choose not to edit it down. I am offering some my most vulnerable moments here – perhaps that is easier in an email format as you are not standing right in front of me. And this debrief seems to speak to D

Re: Empowerment and other matters (Short!!)Update on the 2.5 day Open Space with the Katzie First Nation

2003-02-20 Thread Michael Herman
hello julie! ...i think OS does something more than helping detach from outcome... it encourages us to bring out, look into, and take action on our passions, sufferings and other things we cling to... and so often it seems we find that they are empty! that no action is required, now that we all a

Re: Empowerment and other matters (Short!!)Update on the 2.5 day Open Space with the Katzie First Nation

2003-02-20 Thread Birgitt Williams
Dear friends who are following this thread on empowerment, I have learned that there are three modes of empowerment. The first mode of empowerment is to achieve detachment from outcome. The second is to embody personal force and power, knowing that each of us within us holds the key to create chan

Re: a story of Talking "Sticks"

2003-02-20 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Gerard-- I like this practice a lot! Joelle * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.bo

Re: Empowerment and other matters (Short!!)Update on the 2.5 day Open Space with the Katzie First Nation

2003-02-20 Thread Julie Smith
Birgitt, Although I don't use the term empowerment in the same way that you do, I appreciate the insight that OST may not help participants detach from outcome. Interesting that this important value we apply to ourselves we rarely consider for participants. I suppose if we were Buddhist, this obs

OST and training in "Facilitating Virtual Communities"

2003-02-20 Thread Artur Ferreira da Silva
Dear friends and colleagues: 1. I am coordinating an action research Project on the "Renewal of the Portuguese Public Administration, namely through the use of Information Systems/Information Technology". The Project is based at INA - the body responsible for training the Portuguese Public Admini

Re: Going deeper, taking deeper

2003-02-20 Thread Michael Herman
hi doug... 1. whenever depth starts is the right time. 2. the bit you quote is harrison talking about a 2-3 day process and you've just done two short sessions. 3. the question about how people feel after open space is most interesting and i'd like to hear from others. personally, i find that ho

Going deeper, taking deeper

2003-02-20 Thread Douglas D. Germann, Sr.
To my good friends-- It is the job of the facilitator, Harrison says on p 110 of the Guide, to take the daily activities of an OST deeper, and that is done by progressively withdrawing from activity and sitting there letting go. This is something I need to learn. I have felt that I am not getting

a story of Talking "Sticks"

2003-02-20 Thread Gerard Muller
Dear all, A conversation with a collegue about the use of the talking stick inspired me to send this mail about one detail of it. Instead of bringing one myself, I now ask the sponsor of an event to think of one. After explaining what we use it for, I say something like the following: I would li

Re: a story of Talking "Sticks"

2003-02-20 Thread john engle
thank you for this suggestion, gerard! great idea. looking forward to seeing you again during osonos in denmark. john http://www.beyondborders.net/experiment.htm _ MSN Search, le moteur de recherche qui pense comme vous ! http://sea

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2003-02-20 Thread birgitt
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