Re: Fw: The World Cafe meets Open Space

2005-06-14 Thread Susan M Kerr
In a message dated 6/14/2005 5:12:55 P.M. Central Standard Time, j...@designinglife.com writes: One of my tests for good process is the question: Does it bring to people's consciousness the kind of freedom in connectivity we and they want outside the process? Jack and Harrison, How synchroni

Re: Timing for really large groups

2005-06-14 Thread Therese Fitzpatrick
Regarding the sketchy wireless situation for Christine's Girl Scout event:'We' bought a device that cost, I think, about $300+ for Seattle Practice of Peace so we could have wireless. Then we donated the equipment to the site, which was one of the sponsors of the event. But you can probably r

Re: Gilliam

2005-06-14 Thread Pannwitz, Michael M
There definitely can be plenty of space for those in the gathering that are not interested in finding a way through. Or put differently, I think not interested in finding a way through is an issue just as any other. My expectation would be that people with that kind of issue might well be turning i

Re: Timing for really large groups

2005-06-14 Thread Peggy Holman
Hi Christine, I've put some thoughts below. Peggy - Original Message - From: Christine Whitney Sanchez To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 2:23 PM Subject: [OSLIST] Timing for really large groups Hi All, Apropos to the wonderful thread abou

Re: Fw: The World Cafe meets Open Space

2005-06-14 Thread Peggy Holman
Hi Artur, I believe that it is indeed possible that doing TWC first could have contributed to the freedom shock for some. (That's why I said It's possible that the contrast heightened the shock.) It is possible that for others, it reduced the shock. Ultimately, I think Harrison has the righ

Re: Fw: The World Cafe meets Open Space

2005-06-14 Thread Peggy Holman
- Original Message - From: Artur Silva To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 6:51 AM Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Fw: The World Cafe meets Open Space Peggy: Please see below what I am commenting. I wonder if the "freedom shock" was created

Gilliam

2005-06-14 Thread Craig Gilliam
Harrison: As you are aware, I do a great deal of work with religious communities/congregations/parishes that are stuck, highly anxious, or in conflict. A couple of questions and observations-- I have found the behavior for those in the religious vs those in the corporate world is not differen

Re: Fw: The World Cafe meets Open Space

2005-06-14 Thread Jack Ricchiuto
The most important part of your thoughts here, Harrison, is the notion that any good process reminds people of what's true in life at large anyway. The further a process gets from the authenticity of fully engaged and living, the less effective it may be in the long run. One of my tests for good

Timing for really large groups

2005-06-14 Thread Christine Whitney Sanchez
Hi All, Apropos to the wonderful thread about the combination of OST with World Cafe or any other method, Claudia Haack and I, along with a dedicated design team and a multitude of volunteers, are preparing for the 2005 Girl Scout National Convention. On October 7, Claudia and I will open the spa

Re: Fw: The World Cafe meets Open Space

2005-06-14 Thread Therese Fitzpatrick
HARRISON WROTE, in response to our conversation about TWC: " I understand that this approach could be viewed as my effort to uphold the purity of OST. Perhaps, but I would like to think that it goes deeper than that. From where I sit -- freedom and the necessity of accepting the responsibility of f

Re: Fw: The World Cafe meets Open Space

2005-06-14 Thread Harrison Owen
Artur: A gentleman of courage and perspicacity! Asking precisely my question which I feared to pose. . .leading to a wonderment which I share. "I would say that to have TWC before OST has no added value and may help create (or maximize) the freedom shock; and the intimacy created by the "intimat