this day merits a "C"

Dear colleagues, This Saturday I began running a Working with OST Workshop, which runs over two weekends. Most of the first day of the workshop was a one day OST meeting on "Creating Healthy Organizations: issues and opportunities." For this first day, "external" people were invited so that we wou

Re: leverage points

In a message dated 6/20/05 8:32:55 PM, therese.fitzpatr...@gmail.com writes: > Thanks for your thoughts, Paul.  I disagree with what you wrote about > 'right' being judgmental in this principle. . . . but, hey, it's all > good for me. > Well, that's good Therese, because I had no conscious tho

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Hello from Sweden

Hi everyone out there, Today I realized that I had done the ultimate Open Space meeting. A unusual thing about this meeting, was the bed, that was placed towards one of the walls in the big conference room. I tried it. At the end of the conference I found out that there weren´t any reports, which

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Re: Reflections at 100--# 26

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:08:42 -0400, Douglas D. Germann, Sr. wrote: >Masud-- > >U, I missed the doubting Thomas version of the principle about people. >Would you kindly bring me up to date, Masud? > > :-Doug. > Who needs to be heard? >

Re: Desperately seeking...

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Re: leverage points

Here is the sentence from your post that gave me the impression you thought 'the RIGHT people" is judgmental, Paul: I find the word 'RIGHT" judgmental rather than value neutral. If we say instead "those who felt invited", that says something about both the host/s and the invitee/s. Paul, maybe

SV: Hello from Sweden

HELLO AGNETA! And thanks for the smile – because that was what I did when I read your post. I can just imagine you lying on the bed sleeping! As you said the ultimate letting go – you have something to teach me there! Best wishes to you as well from a thunder storming Onsala :o) Eva Bästa h

Re: Desperately seeking...

Harrison, You wrote: Just make it a circle in your mind. And so I did. The image in my mind transformed from an awkward, two-level fan shape to a circle that will be perfect for opening the space for 300 attendees. Your assurances have greatly relieved our clients, as well as Christine and mys

Re: OS research

Hello John! You, as well as everybody on the list, are happily welcome to post requests. Sharing waht one knows is a way of "opening your inner space". Good luck Jaime 2005/6/20, john engle : > thank you very much, jaime! i really appreciate you taking the time to > communicate this. i was not a

OST Practitioner in Indonesia

I've received from a Centre for Community Empowerment Studies in Indonesia, a request for help to use OST with villagers. I looked at the OSWorld map but no Indonesia practitioners are listed. Does anyone have names of people in Indonesia or countries nearby that I could suggest so they might be ab

turkish at osworld.org web page

Ladies and Gentlemen, Please be informed that OST explained in turkish is now at your service at www.openspaceworld.org I want to thank to, Ozge who helped me with the translation, and says that she supports me with this Open Space Dream although she thinks that my efforts are similar to Don Qui

Re: Hello from Sweden

Agneta-- Thanks for your story--it made me laugh, too. It must be the ultimate in transparency for the facilitator to grab her nap in full view of all participants--as Harrison says, they will know they did it all themselves! It's a cloudy day here today, the solstice, but yesterday was glori

Re: Timing for really large groups

On 6/16/05 12:33 AM, "Joelle Lyons Everett" wrote: > From my experience as a participant in an Open Space of 700 or 800, I would > endorse Lisa's suggestion to skip the sign-up at the wall. It was hard to > get close enough to the wall posters to read or write. The large screen will > help wi

Re: Timing for really large groups

I have used an electronic bulletin board once, a huge one. The problem with it is that everyone can comment on the agenda from their seats and you actually miss out on the chaos of standing at the wall. Also there is something to the physical act of actually putting your topic up that breeds re

Re: Timing for really large groups

I have not changed the process much for really large groups even in really small time frames. I do have everyone go up to the wall. To me it is an essential part of OST. Unlike Lisa, I do have one line and have individuals announce topics from that big long line. I do "guide" that part of the

Re: Timing for really large groups

Jennifer-- I agree with much of what has been said about "why sign up at the wall?" It physically involves people in making choices, making commitments, the emergence of meaning out of chaos. Although a signature on the session poster is not really a commitment, it does give the convenor a