Quotable Quotes

Hello All, I am often surprised by what is said in a closing circle -- two weeks ago a gentleman in a group of 80 was talking about the process, looked straight at me and said "You snatched victory from the mouth of skepticism" -- Whatever Happens. Judi

13th Annual OSonOS -- Halifax Bound

Hello all on the OSList -- here is the invitation -- formatting is better on the website (www.openspacehalifax.ca) The Excitement Begins -- we have an eager team here in Halifax!! 13th Annual International Open Space on Open Space Embracing Chaos and Change in the Knowledge Economy www.openspace

Re: November dates?

Hi Lisa. I 'get' that you are only asking about dates for the U.S. OSonOS. . . could you maybe say why the OSonOS in Nova Scotia is not adequate for this year? I sorta thought the US OSonOS took place because some US open spacers wanted to gather without traveling to India. . . but Nova Scotia ma

Re: Preparing for a special celebration

Peggy, the link to the yahoo party planners group did not work for me. FYI. Maybe I am not suppose to plan this gig?! On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:12:32 -0800, Peggy Holman wrote: > > OS friends-- > > HO has a special birthday (70) coming up on December 2. Not to mention, OST > turns 20 this year. >

Re: Preparing for a special celebration

Actually - reminds me of a story. A friend of mine, George Booth who is a cartoonist for the New Yorker, and was also the President of the American Guild of Cartoonists, came to the end of his tenure. So they needed to have a little celebration. A note went out from the Guild's office soliciting co

Re: November dates?

Hi, Mark - Mark R. Jones wrote: < Hi. I think I missed something ? I had thought that the 2005 OSonOS was occurring in Canada.Please clarify !> OSonOS *international* is in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in August. We are looking into dates for OSonOSinUS (*national* US conference) in San Antoni

Re: Preparing for a special celebration

I guess this is a secret. I'll never tell :-) Nobody Here Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20845 Phone 301-365-2093 Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website http

Re: Training Programs

I'm hosting a two day Open Space "training" in Prince George, British Columbia March 6-7. It'll be cheap, something like $150 for most folks, free for youth. Email me for more details. I find it hard to "train: people in Open Space. Micheal Herman and I have been offering a practice workshop ar

Re: November dates?

Hi. I think I missed something ? I had thought that the 2005 OSonOS was occurring in Canada. Please clarify ! Mark R. Jones Chief Executive Officer Sunyata Agency Incorporated -- PO Box 58788 Renton, Washington USA 98058-1788

Re: Preparing for a special celebration

We considered some elaborate schemes to send the invitation to everyone on the list BUT you. In th end, we figured the law of two feet applied and if you wanted to join in planning your celebration, so be it. :-) Love, Peggy - Original Message - From: Harrison Owen To: osl...@l

Re: November dates?

Hi Lisa, I just found out that not you asked the question about the magic. cheers Bea >From: Lisa Heft >Reply-To: OSLIST >To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >Subject: November dates? >Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:17:25 -0800 > >Hello, dear colleagues - > >A group of us are figuring out some detail

Re: magic...

Dear Lisa, I do not find your mail, but as I remember you asked me about my thought regarding magic and my experiences and understanding creation of magic atmosphere. I needed some time to think. I expressed my feelings without knowing the reason. Difficult to clarify what was in the facilitator's

Re: Systems serving systems

On self-organizingWhat does this say when so much seems to be done seemingly for greed, power, control? What is their gift, their service? Peggy, i thought once again about this question now; Maybe we will learn, the concept of "enough" through greed; "letting free" through power, and "respo

Re: Training Programs

Dear Lucas, the most exciting and most successful training I have been involved in took place about a year ago with 60 people over 5 days (thats my "standard" design). Key was as far as I can tell that I did not organizse the training but people who wanted to get trained got together in a group of

Re: November dates?

Hello, Bea - Bea wrote: Hi Lisa, I just found out that not you asked the question about the magic. cheers Bea I did not ask the question...but I am happy that you thought of me when you thought of magic (!). And I thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us all... Warmly, Lisa

Re: Training Programs

--- Harrison Owen escribió: > Lastly, an effective program need not be a large one. Frankly I find > that working with 4-8 people to be a really rich experience -- and > one-on-one is just mind-blowing. Ok. I've read the book and googled for "open-space training". All training I've read of is

Preparing for a special celebration

OS friends-- HO has a special birthday (70) coming up on December 2. Not to mention, OST turns 20 this year. Want to help plan the celebration? Join the planning and conspiring on a special Yahoo Group. To subscribe, send a blank email to: ho-ost-b-day-subscr...@yahoogroups.com. After that,

Re: systems serving systems

Harrison- i didn't think everything by myself, it is more true to say that the discussion lead me to this point...so we thought alltogether; and Mikk came even to a better conclusion.( this is to see that thinking process of each of us serves each other) Peggy- both the discussion and the question

Re: Training Programs

Bravo And Lucas -- you are right, many of the programs offered are 3-4 days (my own programs included). But the majority of that time is devoted to considering why Open Space works, and how to work with Open Space, as in leveraging the results. However, if the focus is on the practicalities of

Re: Management in a World of Trurtles

Dear Pat, a whole bunch of highschool students that participated in os-events (yearly student body council weekends and events for entire schools) here in Berlin are now os-facilitators on their own practicing all over Europe and organizing training events. Schools are definitely a grand place full