Finding a home?

Dear all, Last year, Brian Bainbridge shared some his turning points (and non-turning point turning points) with me . I had a little digitial audio recorder there recording away... With Brian's sudden passing earlier this year I was left wondering how I might share some of these... Thanks to Kate

Re: Finding a home?

Thanks Chris. I look forward to having a listen and "sharing tea" too... when you return from the archives... ;) Warm regards, Andrew -- Andrew Rixon PhD Director Babel Fish Group Pty Ltd Skype: AndrewJRixon Mobile: 0400 352 809 Fax: (03) 8610 0162 Email:

A question of size ;-)

I'm working with a local community group to organize a one day forum on creating local sustainable neighborhoods, here in the District of Columbia. We want the forum to be inclusive of a wide range of perspectives from environmental NGOs, local government, civic leaders and most important, folks fr

Re: OS Training

you ought to subscribe to the oslist and this way you can go to the archives and dig up all kinds of resource material 2007/10/26 Nancy Wells : > Let go... step back... open space within yourself... be prepared to be > surprised. > > > > > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18

Re: Finding a home?

Andrew - Great Stuff! And it raises a larger issue, perhaps. What to do with the massive amount of stuff accumulated over the years on this great journey. As you might expect, I have a good deal, and I am sure others are in a similar condition. Universities used to be the place for stuff like this

Re: A question of size ;-)

Irv - Sounds like fun. There is in fact some experience in the area and I am sure others will chime in. And for (more or less) local experience you might contact Kai Degner the Mayor of Harrisonburg who has been doing a series of Community Forums all in Open Space. If you Google him you will find s

Neighborhoods

On Jun 29, 2010, Irv wrote... > How do we open space such that we get a good representation of > people from these neighborhoods, without overwhelming ourselves? Whereas > it's relatively easy to work in a context of a given organization, i.e., a > company, a school, a profession, since affinity

Re: Social enterprise: a highlight at 9th Annual Haiti OSonOS

Congratulations John, That short video gives a sense of the strong commitment of community leaders. To hold with such success, and for the 8th time a national OSonOS in the difficult conditions the people are experiencing is source of inspiration for us all. Diane On 2010-06-27, at 11:25 PM,

Re: Finding a home?

Andrew: These interviews bring back wonderful memories and the images are nice too! Part of Brian's genius was his ability to be self-deprecating, vulnerable, accessible and extremely competent. His being led to such a deep understanding of Open Space and a collaboration with Harrison and others

Re: A question of size ;-)

Hi Irv, last autum I asked the list about "proactively designed OS"... "Hello, as far as I have read, OS is called by a community, company, association or group that regularly works together, let's say. My question is: *would OS work also if an individual invited openly people for an Open Space a

Signage...

So... what happens to all the posters and pictures after the OS event is concluded? A couple of week's ago, one of my clients bagged all the paperwork and announced she was off to shred the four principles, one law, butterflies and bees for her chickens. Apparently, it makes for perfect bedding

Re: A question of size ;-)

Hi Irv - A couple of thoughts: 1. Perhaps determine in advance what "...good representation of people from these neighborhoods..." looks like by studying the census-type data about the demographics, population, etc. Some public records probably exist via the City, and interviewing several key inst

Re: Signage...

Dear Andrew, the best times we have as the os-team is setting up the os fresh from start, nothing prepared beforehand but all material at hand to get the venue set up...and all handmade. Participants that arrive early sometimes join, its especially great when children get into the game...they sign

Re: Signage...

I always pull'm off the wall and discreetly hand them to the host when it's over. The fun part is seeing them show up in the strangest places a few years later . . . like a tapestry of issues , , , or a framed butterfly . . . Maybe a lot of them end up in the trash or lining pet cages . . . but I

Re: A question of size ;-)

Hi Irv, I do that (a LOT) everything i do is in Open Space and it always works. I say:"stop thinking and DO" Best, b On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Steve Cochran wrote: > Hi Irv - A couple of thoughts: > > 1. Perhaps determine in advance what "...good representation of people from > thes

Re: A question of size ;-)

Irv-- Two things working in tandem seem to work (and I do not know of any other way that works): 1. Get a group of inviters who know those you want to be present and are respected by them. Put them names on the invitation as inviters. Especially get inviters who will invite others. Personally. 2

The Power of Pre-Work - August 18-20, San Francisco

Hello, dear colleagues - I invite you to join me for this learning experience - and thanks in advance for sharing the word - through email, tweets, other social networks, or face-to-face over a good beverage with your friends, clients and colleagues. I look forward to seeing some of you the

Re: Signage...

i once did a public gathering in a medium-sized conference room at the local office of a consulting firm here in chicago. about 20 people attended. one woman in the group caught my eye. turns out she worked in that office, so i took one of the posters and put it on the back of her office door, t

Re: Signage...

Love that story Michael...! I take the topics down (they make good kindling for my woodstove, if they are recycled. The posters, I'm rather inclined to leave up. I once left the laws and the principles hanging in a community hall in a place that really needed some open space. When I cam back ni