Re: marketplace

2006-10-18 Thread Chris Corrigan
I stay in the room usually, at least for the first part of the marketplace. The reason is because I love watching it happen. I stay out of the way for sure, tidying up coffee cups, maybe grabbing my laptop and typing out to the topics so that I look busy enough that no one will bother me. But I

Re: The Tao of Holding Space - an ebook

2006-10-18 Thread Chris Corrigan
Gail: I would be happy if you would like to have it translated into Chinese...thanks for the offer! (Funny to think of having Lao Tzu translated BACK into Chinese. I hope it will make sense! Perhaps it would be better to use the original on the left side of the pages...let's chat more offlist)

Re: Confessions of the OSLIST Poet Laureate

2006-10-18 Thread Chris Corrigan
The Métier of Blossoming by Denise Levertov Fully occupied with growing--that's the amaryllis. Growing especially at night: it would take only a bit more patience than I've got to sit keeping watch with it till daylight; the naked eye could register every hour's increase in height. Like a child

The Tao of Holding Space - an ebook

2006-10-18 Thread Chris Corrigan
Friends: I am pleased to announce the release of a small book I have been working on for the last three years. It is called "The Tao of Holding Space" and it is a collection of interpretations of the 81 short chapters of the Chinese classic Tao te Ching as they apply to my experience of holding

Re: reinvitation

2006-10-18 Thread Jon Harvey
Hi Phelim I guess for me it depends on whether you have the same people there or not. Even with a few people - it will probably feel quite different. I have run to OS based events concerning gun crime in the UK - separated by two years. There was some overlap of people - but most were new - so it

Re: More OS with 3rd graders

2006-10-18 Thread ICA Taiwan
Dear Yoav, Kids are wonderful when honestly invited to self organize and fully participate in open space programs. In my experience, when the theme is something they really feel is important, they get up lots of topics, have both deep and fun conversations, write and post their reports in no

Confessions of the OSLIST Poet Laureate

2006-10-18 Thread Teresa Posakony
OK time for a confession - which if turned over becomes an invitation. The poem "Diving Deep" which danced its way serendipitously into this poetry contest was one of a handful of poems I've written in my adult life AND NOW I blushingly wear the tiara of the OSLIST Poet Laureate. I wholly w

Re: OS in schools

2006-10-18 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
no problem or actually absolutely necessary under the heading of diversity or getting the whole system into the room have had teachers approach me on doing on os on the topic of "Improving the Learning and Living in our school" When asked who all needed to be there to work on that topic product

reinvitation

2006-10-18 Thread Phelim McDermott
Hi there friends, Phelim here. As a few of you know in jan this year our company Improbable and I invited and facilitated an open space event for the UK theatre community called "DEVOTED and DISGRUNTLED. What are we going to do about theatre?" This was a very exciting beginning to my open

Re: The end of leadership

2006-10-18 Thread Funda Oral
the searching and praying for leaders should end simultaneously for leadership to end. funda - Original Message - From: "Yoav Peck" To: Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:39 PM Subject: Re: The end of leadership Romy, Appreciate your response. Thanks much. Good to know that folks out

Re: OSLIST Digest - 16 Oct 2006 to 17 Oct 2006 (#2006-274)

2006-10-18 Thread anne stadler
Re: The END of leadership: Dear Yaav. Thank you for your beautiful, full description of a situation we find in the mainstream of all the cultures in which we are currently working. AND I echo dear Romy's words to you with enthusiasm. There's a chant we often sang at Spirited Work (an Open Space

Re: More OS with 3rd graders

2006-10-18 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Dear Yoav Peck, over the last few years I have facilitated open space gatherings for daycare centers, elementary schools, highschools, vocational schoolsand I know that several others on this list are very active in this field. My experience is that if there is a burning, complex, conflicti

Re: More OS with 3rd graders

2006-10-18 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Ashley-- Fun, indeed! This is really great, that students at your school are learning to self-organize and help themselves. Years ago, I opened space for the teachers and staff of an elementary school. The students were not involved in this one, though the first graders set up the room (a