Re: [OSList] Cyberport, Hong Kong, and Open Space

experience. Which includes being a member of the planning committee for WOSonOS 2013 in Florida. Looking forward Alan *Alan Stewart, PhD Social artist with conversations that matter and participatory fun* *Based in Adelaide and operating throughout Austral-Asia tel: +618 82127168 mob: +61(0)413848680

[OSList] Coming to St Petersburg?

t St Pete’s. Go well Alan *Alan Stewart, PhD Social artist with conversations that matter and participatory fun* *Based in Adelaide and operating throughout Austral-Asia tel: +618 82127168 mob: +61(0)413848680 em: alanmstew...@gmail.com blog: http://conversare.net Stand-up: http://www.takeou

Re: [OSList] World OS on OS event travel dates question

Hello Tricia and All I will hang out on Mon 20th until lunch time when am going on to Asheville abw. Looking forward to conversing with whoever 'joins' (a Hong Kong expression), likely in a state of wonder over our experiencing in the previous few days. Go(ing) well Alan Adelaide and recently H

[OSList] Seeking company for lunch in Charlotte, NC, tomorrow Fri 24th

in St Petes and also about visiting with Juanita Brown and David Isaacs of TWC - and friends - at their new abode near Asheville. If you are available to do this pls call me at the Quality Inn 704.393.5306 before 10am tomorrow (Fri). Looking forward Alan Stewart on my way home to Adelaide On

[OSList] A visit, a query, an encounter and a thought post WOS2013

ot; *Anne Stadler* * *Do the right thing, take risks, change your mind, have fun ... Looking forward Alan *Alan Stewart, PhD Social artist with conversations that matter and participatory fun* *Based in Adelaide and operating throughout Austral-Asia tel: **+618 82127168* <%2B618%2082127168>

Re: [OSList] WOSonOS2013... Book of Proceedings and more

each other – and *ourselves (thanks Chris Weaver*) ...’ With warm regards from somewhat cool (being winter here) Downunder. Looking forward Go well Alan Alan Stewart, PhD Adelaide PS To bring this to your attention … *Whenever we treat each other well good things happen. *

Re: [OSList] Cultivating Change in the Academy - an eBook from the University of Minnesota

<http://purl.umn.edu/155523> will likely enhance your perspective of how OST is used constructively in concert with other conversational processes. Looking forward Go well Alan Alan Stewart, PhD Adelaide On 28 August 2013 12:49, Jodi Sandfort wrote: All - We are so happy to be part of this i

[OSList] On the future of universities

story.html> in enabling universities to make a start on cultivating such change? . Could there be opportunities for these practitioners to collaborate with others outside of ‘The Academy’ in setting up alternatives which do meet the needs of people who would otherwise become university students an

Re: [OSList] WOS2002 revisited

Dear Suzanne and All What a delightful surprise to see the video of the WOS2002 in Marysville. For it does indeed capture the spirit of this gathering, joyous in diverse ways. Among these were the lively spirits present from all around our little planet, the outstanding organisation of convenor

[OSList] Art of Hosting in universities

or productive and fun enterprising in 2014. Go well Alan *Alan Stewart, PhD Facilitator of conversations that matter and participatory fun Based in Adelaide and operating throughout Austral-Asia* *Em: a...@multimindsolutions.com Web: www.multimindsolutions.com <http://www.multimindsolu

Re: [OSList] A Modern TROJAN HORSE...

+21> >> >> <https://twitter.com/i/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%3Frefsrc%3Demail&t=1&sig=93a0dca69bd50fd83da0ba19fc3f5b5f2c3735ef&iid=539054498bab41eebcc3beffa9bc5c64&uid=633408965&nid=27+21> >> Alan Stewart, Ted Coine replied to yo

Re: [OSList] where new things happen

... and through which old and new friends keep connected. Alan On 13 April 2014 07:50, fischer florian wrote: > ... and where some very old "things" are in continuation, for example > selforganisation. > > Florian > > > Am 12.04.2014 um 21:56 schrieb doug: > > > Friends-- >> >> Open Space is

[OSList] Perspectives from outer space

ions in doing my best to share it when I came back.” Looking forward Go well Alan *Alan Stewart, PhD Social Artist Facilitator of conversations that matter and participatory fun Based in Adelaide and operating throughout Austral-Asia Em: a...@multimindsolutions.com

[OSList] Perspectives from outer space (Follow up, long)

G'Day All Further to my earlier post on this topic I am encouraged by appreciative responses both on and offline to post these reflections. Astronaut Chris Hadfield was in Australia recently to be a speaker at a National Science Week and associated even

Re: An e-book published - I think.

Lovely stuff Brian. You have set a precedent to open space in hitherto unthought of places, and not only in your Church. I look forward to exploring this further with you at WOSonOS in Taipei shortly. Go well Alan *From:* OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] *On Behalf Of *B

Re: An e-book published - I think.

Lovely stuff Brian. You have set a precedent to open space in hitherto unthought of places, and not only in your Church. I look forward to exploring this further with you at WOSonOS in Taipei shortly. Go well Alan *From:* OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] *On Behalf Of *B

Re: 2 martinis - party in Taipei

enik Stalwarts soon. Travel well Alan Alan Stewart, PhD Facilitator of 'Conversations that matter' and participatory fun a...@multimindsolutions.com <mailto:a...@multimindsolutions.com%C2%A0%C2%A0>Hong Kong Tel (+852) 94387680 * * ==

Re: Invitation to a global business opportunity

Spark wrote: We, Spark and Jackie, are about to enter into a world of big systems. Hyundai Information Technology Co. happened to picked up Open Space/Wave Rider for training of their Department Chiefs and deputies. As some of you might know, Hyundai, it's mother company, is one of the largest

Re: Getting Our Collective Act Together

vering from the opening reception and preparing for the opening circle of WOSonOS <http://www.frontier.org.tw/2009wosonos/index.html>. Looking forward Alan Alan Stewart, PhD Facilitator of ‘Conversations that matter’ and participatory fun a...@multimindsolutions.com <mailto:a...@mu

Re: honouring each other

Raffi and All To your list I would add something which I sense we are well served to be reminded of periodically: "The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we notice h

Re: Present

Present Alan Stewart Hong Kong * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu

Re: Fr Brian Bainbridge

Dear Viv and All Such sad new, having just received Brian's every cheery newsletter yesterday. And such lovely memories to treasure. I had the great privilege - again - to meet up with Brian in Taipei at the recent WOSonOS and he then came on to Hong Kong for a few days. Where he joined Carmen an

Re: Connecting with customers requires closer internal relations in a company

Hello All Here is an item you may also find fascinating. * It's about 'reorganising your business around your customers'. Something which the interviewee claims most businesses don't have any real notion of how to do. And that doing this more effectively is vital to the future of the compa

Re: OST and the Global Citizens Movement

go -- or not. Hoping for a little help from our friends, Paul and Orion Paul Raskin Orion Kriegman GTI Director GTI Coordinator On 28 April 2010 22:10, GTI Listmanager <mailto:gti.listmana...@for

Re: OST and community consultations

Dear All I have been invited to give a keynote speech at an international seminar on health and aged care strategy at the end of this month near Padang in West Sumatra. The invitation is from one of my former PhD students, Prof Elfindri (he only has one name) who until recently was a profess

Re: 4 July: 25 years of Open Space

Dear Suzanne and All Here are thoughts to support your thesis (non academic!) about the underpinning of the transforming power of OST. Which, when you gather in the emotional stories and write them up with the passion, clarity and journalistic professionalism of your post here, will be a winne

Re: WOSONOS - feeling of a missed opportunity.

Dear Karolina and All Your inspiring note brought a lovely reminder of the form of a WOSonOS gathering and of OST events more generally. Turning outwards after the closing circle is an integral component which I forget periodically. Not any more. Related to this is a practice introduced by Arun W

Re: Open Space Training opportunity in Indonesia

t? There is every possibility that the need for such training will grow exponentially once awareness of how vital this is takes root. Go well Alan Alan Stewart Facilitator of conversations that matter and participatory fun a...@multimindsolutions.com <mailto:a...@multimindsolutio

Re: Open Space Training opportunity in Indonesia

hose who kindly offered support and encouragement for this project. I will do what I can to realize the latent potential and will keep you in the loop about whatever emerges. Go well Alan Alan Stewart Facilitator of conversations that matter and participatory fun a...@multimindsolutions.

Re: Happy Father's Day (very long)

Dear Suzanne What a lovely item to add to the treasure trove of stories about the impact of Open Space on our personal lives. And to send it on Fathers Day is an added delicious touch. I hope you have an inkling of how far your stories are already traveling and what kind of influence they are hav

Re: High profile UK Gov meeting using OST

On 2 July 2010 15:01, Jon Harvey wrote: > Hallo all > > I thought I would share with you this website: > > http://bigsocietyopennight.eventbrite.com/ > > This is a meeting to discuss the new (coalition) government's approach to > the 'Big Society' which is one of our new Prime Minister's 'big ide

Re: Engaging Emergence is almost here...

Congratulations Peggy. I have no doubt that your labor of love will touch countless people in wonderfully wholesome ways. What can happen/emerge? Plenty of good things ... Way to go. Looking forward Alan Currently residing happily in Seaford near Brighton, Sussex, UK On 14 July 2010 06:54,

Re: Sewing seeds for the value of OST (Was OST and community consultations)

his position with the private universities. Without his championing this and other projects may be delayed. As ever, whatever happens ... Who knows, you may find the seed sewing ideas in my papers of value for your purposes. If you do please let me know. Go well Alan Alan Stewart, PhD Facilitator

Re: OST and PD (Positive Deviance)

Dear All I am going to West Sumatra (different parts this time) in Indonesia next week to continue the process of introducing OST to university lecturers and students in the field of health care. http://openspaceworld.ning.com/forum/topics/sewing-seeds-for-ost One of my former PhD students and

Re: WOSONOS 2012 (and some important news from WOSonOS 2011 in Chile )

Jon and All Something you and your Crew may have indicated but I have not noticed. Do you have dates for WOSONOS 2012? Looking forward Alan On 15 November 2010 17:32, Jon Harvey wrote: > Hi Juan Luis > > > > You are making great progress! As we have a little more time – we are > taking thing

Re: Moving along with OST in Indonesia (longish)

Hello All Further to my being in West Sumatra in May of this year to give a keynote address at an international conference on ‘The Health Care Revolution in Indonesia’ …at which I suggested that OST is a very effective means by which to enable communities to communicate their perceived needs for

Re: Our being and becoming in the scheme of things. Was [OSLIST] VERITAS in Our Life: Opening Space as Modus Operandi at Work toward Emergent Imperial Kingdom of Your Business

On 27 February 2011 23:47, Phelim McDermott wrote: > Alan, > > I love this Blog! > > Phelim x > > Sent from my iPhone > Phelim Would you please expand on this re what you 'saw' in the blog and why it turned you on ... Looking forward Alan > > On 27 F

Re: [OSList] Open Space Institute US - Face to Face Meeting in Florida

providing such an experience for decision makers at all levels of politics in the US be instrumental in fostering a culture of mutual respect throughout our little planet, 3rd from the sun? Go well Alan Stewart Recently returned from Hong Kong to live Adelaide, South Australia On 13 April 2011 11

Re: [OSList] Engaging Emergence received gold Nautilus Book Award!

Nicely done Peggy and heartiest congratulations. The fruits of your labors will likely nourish the human spirit all around our little planet, 3rd from the sun, in ways which neither you or anyone has imagined - yet. I wish you joy with your tweeting and traveling in the course of this unfolding. G

Re: [OSList] Open Space short video

David and All What a lovely reminder of a very happy time together. While sadly Marylands is no more, and Brian is no longer with us, the treasured memories are indelible. One of the things which happened for me was meeting and making of lifelong friends, for which I am most grateful. Go well

Re: [OSList] Effective use of Large Scale Interventions: Book with research findings, training workshop

ernet:* > > +31 73 - 51 11 600 > + 31 6 - 50 69 79 82 > i...@tonnievanderzouwen.nl > www.tonnievanderzouwen.com <http://www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl/> > www.largescaleinterventions.com > > > > > > ___ > OSLis

Re: [OSList] Sharing the pre-work of our New Jersey upcoming event

On 17 June 2011 14:20, Suzanne Daigle wrote: > Hi again everyone! > > The New Jersey event held on June 14th and 15th was absolutely amazing. > > For once, I don't feel I can describe what happened in New Jersey. It is > beyond words. And somehow I feel that the success, intensity and > excite

Re: [OSList] Sparking open space (was OSList Digest, Vol 6, Issue 3)

Suzanne and All What an astonishingly insightful and inspiring piece to bring to the attention of participants in Stammtisch gatheringsaround our little planet, 3rd from the sun. I will do this for the novitiates in Adelaide, South Australia, who w

Re: [OSList] Open Space elevator speech - was workshop, Bristol, UK, 4th/5th November

On 27 September 2011 01:33, fischer florian wrote: > Dear Liz, > this advertising-announcement below serves beautiful as an elevator-speech, > which we had gathered in the oslist some years ago. > Florian > > Hi OSlisters All Prompted by Liz's post, reminded by Florian about elevator-speeches and

Re: [OSList] occupy wall street?

Hi Raffi and All One way of spreading the word is to bring attention to the 'Bankers' Anthem' composed by Ry Cooder. The name of his new album which contains this song also resonates with opening space, being 'Pull up some dust and sit down.' What ca

Re: [OSList] occupy Open Space?!

Dear Raffi and All I admire your adventuring into the unknown and love the way you are reporting your doing, which is so much in tune with your being. Looking forward greatly to hearing more of your experiencing as you and countless other kindred spirits participate in the wide Open Space all aro

Re: [OSList] Viva Chile!

Warm in Adelaide today and sending such thoughts to the Grand Assembly now occupying the right space in Santiago. Hasta la vista Go well Alan On 19 October 2011 08:28, Juan Lopez wrote: > Cool. J > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 18, 2011, at 7:03 AM, "Harrison Owen" wrote: > > ** ** ** *

Re: [OSList] deja vu

Welcome back Julie I for one have missed you. And look forward to learning about whatever happens to your publishing project. Check out Suzanne and Crew's *Virtual Global Conversation in Open Space * happening this Sunday. While It's reportedly full to the capacity of the technology, it is just t

To Catherine

Catherine My heart grieves with you also. How wonderful that you had Florian and his family to surround you shortly after you had received the news. With love Alan - Original Message - From: Lisa Heft To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:59 AM

Re: Circles within rectangles

Big bold questions indeed Christine I am thoroughly intrigued about the mechanics of such milling masses stepping into the circle and creating gigantic bulleting boards ... And look forward to hearing about the underpinnings of the enterprise. Heartiest congratulations on being invited to em

Re: What color open space

Larry Would you please clarify: ... in the beginning was the open space 'word' or 'world?' :-) Go well Alan Hong Kong - Original Message - From: "Larry Peterson" To: Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 12:06 AM Subject: FW: What color open space I meant to send this to the li

Re: another special birthday

Congratulations to Fr Brian on his coming of age and also for his and Viv McWaters arranging a most enjoyable and productive OSonOS OZ in Melbourne last week. Best wishes to you too Jeff. Looking forward With love Alan On Feb 11, 2008 4:26 AM, Christy Lee-Engel wrote: > Hello! > > In addit

Re: Cafe Comedy in Open Space

l Saturday 12 July. I will indicate how to do the bookings. After this they will be open to the public. "At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities."

Re: Comedy Cafe in Open Space in NYC

Dear Spacers All The Comedy Cafe post WOSonOS in SF, with focus on G.O.D,, was reportedly enlivening, enlightening and enjoyable experiencing for those who chose to be present. The caravan moves on and the next opportunity to participate in spontaneous co-creating of humor is on Friday 1 August

Re: San Francisco zoo

Hi Ralph and Matilda My wife Carmen has a 'thing' about humming birds too. She will go into absolute ecstacy when I relate my seeing of their doing at the Presidio ... With love Alan www.multimindsolutions.com On 7/31/08, Phelim McDermott wrote: > > Hi Ralph, > > The last thing my girlfriend

Re: Marysville

Viv McWaters wrote: Hello OS-listers Sad news for anyone who attended the World Open Space on Open Space here in Australia a few years back - the township of Marysville where we held OSonOS has been virtually destroyed by fire. News reports are saying variously only one building to a handful

Re: sad news

Raffi Aftandelian wrote: Dear friends, On February 27th my brother Serge passed away quickly and unexpectedly from unknown causes. He was a happily married father of three delightful small kids. The funeral will be this weekend. He'd just turned 37. Spirit has many faces and works in many ways.

Re: The potential of OST in achieving great transitions locally and globally

er initiatives which are in tune with the two I have mentioned here. I believe that our support for those which we know about and find animating could make a substantial difference to what is accomplished. Wishing all a joyous Easter period wherever this is celebrated and elsew

Re: "There's the paper..."

G'day Ralph and All My 'take' on this 'face to face, old hands' issue is that elements of a ritual which are still critical to evoking feelings of all being welcomed to participate as they wish include: . an invitation to be fully present.* I do this through ringing 'my' ** lovely bells and aski

Fw: Fear and control (waxing lyrical)

Re: Fear and control (waxing lyrical)- Original Message - From: florian fischer To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 10:29 PM Subject: Re: Fear and control (waxing lyrical) Am 04.11.2003 19:12 Uhr schrieb "Judi Richardson" unter : ... to see that m

Re: Invitation (Long)

Joelle and All What an expression of joy and heart felt connection the rest of us would have missed! With love Alan Adelaide - Original Message - From: "Joelle Lyons Everett" To: Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 12:19 PM Subject: Re: Invitation (Long) > Oops, sorry, that last message

Re: Open Space re: elder care

G'day Joelle and All The technology associated with the great PoP gathering last week provided a remarkable opportunity to connect virtually with what was going on there and with friends. This happened for me, from way Downunder, through noticing the posting on 'The Practice of Peace in our d

Re: mother list

mother list- Original Message - From: Judi Richardson To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 2:52 AM Subject: Re: mother list And every good baker knows that bread needs to be both "stretched" and "rolled", "stretched" and "rolled"!!! J G'day All In my

Re: Properties of circles

G'day All In my earlier life I ran many workshops for cooks in aged care facilities on how to improve the nutritional value, and presentation, of food for their residents. These were highly participatory, with minimal formal input and plenty of 'hands on' exercises. Mostly the theme was:

Re: feedback circles (Long)

"this made my day feeling" ** There is a 'treat' right at the end :-) - Original Message - From: Henri Lipmanowicz To: Anne Stadler ; Peggy Holman Cc: Alan Stewart Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 3:19 PM Subject: FW: [US Plexus] In response to TCP (Jan 8, 2004) Ann

Fw: (PlexusNews) Plexuscalls Announcement - Harrison Owen ( February 13 2004)

Dear Friends,G'day All This is something that you may wish to know is happening. To the best of my knowledge anyone is welcome to listen in to a Plexus Call. And there is often a transcript available later on www.plexusinstitute.org I find this heartening evidence of the growing recognition of t

Re: spontaneous order

G'day Michael and All In my take the notion of spontaneous order fits well with the idea that organisations are complex responding systems rather than adapting systems. A nice article on this, 'How stories affect human action in organisations ' (with a focus on Ralph Stacey's thinking) can

The Conversing Company is the Hub for Innovation

Alan Stewart (a...@creativestate.biz) has mailed you the following article: The Conversing Company is the Hub for Innovation http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/123793 Message: G'day All You may be interested to know that this is happening. The initiative to post my paper o

The Conversing Company is the Hub for Innovation

Alan Stewart (a...@creativestate.biz) has mailed you the following article: The Conversing Company is the Hub for Innovation http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/123793 Message: G'day All You may be interested to know that my paper on 'The Conversing Company' is attracting

Re: urls

Michael and All It works fine if you copy the url into Word and join event_ Alan Adelaide - Original Message - From: "Pannwitz, Michael M" To: Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 8:05 PM Subject: urls in case you would like to see the pictures I provided links for in my last mail (to

Re: Online workshop alert: The Conversing Company is the Hob of Innovation

y what they have created. Another is how the tenets of complexity science, as being articulated by the Plexus Institute www.plexusinstitute.org is proving to be very useful in bringing about cultural change in organisations, in my experience. With love Alan Adelaide

Re: Online workshop alert: The Conversing Company is the Hub of Innovation

ppy and honored to invite you all to join my dear Australian friend Alan Stewart in a live and online < <http://www.knowledgeboard.com/workshop/index.html> KnowledgeBoard's workshop on The Conversing Company. One of the most hotly debated issues on KnowledgeBoard in recent m

Fw: The Official Launching of a Leading-Edge Co-Creative Project

G'day All Here is an item from my friend Tom Atlee which may evoke your passion - and participation! With love Alan Adelaide Co-Intelligence Institute Associate Dear friends, The National Coalition on Dialogue and Deliberation Wiki -- an unprecedented participatory website. I have done dozen

Re: A story from Holland

G'day Carla and All You may be interested to know that Tim's great story is in the public domain (thanks to Martin Leith) at http://www.openspaceuk.com/community/index.html#abn_amro And that, while Tim is now relocated to Nova Scotia, his email is still t...@engage.nu Alan Adelaide - Orig

Re: Sustainability Leadership Fellows

G'day Steve and All Your comment on the use of Open Space whets my appetite for more detail. For what I have been engaged in, and have in mind to take further, would seem to be in accord with the Vision and Values of your program and what you are doing in practice. There is a leadership progra

Re: Poetry Celebration and Contest

G'day Joelle and All My congratulations to you on your enchanting poem about 'you'. Looking forward to more kindling of our imagination from the Pacific Northwest forest ... Alan Adelaide PS Here is something which I noticed recently and have found helpful. On patience with one's gradual grow

Re: Poetry Celebration and Contest

From: "Ashley Cooper" To: Subject: Re: Poetry Celebration and Contest Date: Sunday, 5 September 2004 3:25 AM hi alan, thank you muchly (!) for this great story. i felt the need to blog it at easily amazed... have a peek if you wish. warm regards, ashley http://ashleycoop.blogspot.com/2004_09_

Re: Zorba the Greek Story

- Original Message - From: "BJ Peters" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 3:05 AM Subject: Re: Zorba the Greek Story > Alan-- I read this today and am so touched by it, much more so that the > first time I saw it several years ago. It has relevance for so much of > what is going on i

Re: New way of Googling ourselves

G'day All Harrison's posting about forgotten pearls prompted me to bring to your attention that we can now do this on our own desktops. Google has recently made available a beta version of their new search application, at no charge. This enables searches through a range of one's own files, inclu

Re: The Law of 4 feet, really

G'day All Here is an item in which the Law of 4 Feet is illustrated very nicely. You may wish to go first to the end of the article to see what I am alluding to. I wonder if you see the allusion as metaphorical or, as Florian pleaded for so eloquently, the real thing!? "why, oh why w

Re: A question about OS listserv

creator of the World Cafe (http://www.theworldcafe.com/). It was love at first conversation for me as I heard so much compatibility with why I love Open Space expressed in her stories about the World Cafe. Apparently, she has heard about the OS list from several colleagues (including the ir

Re: Looking for an OST person in Indonesia

G'day All One of my former students has been given the responsibility of organising the relocation of orphans from Aceh to West Sumatra, Indonesia. He is Professor of Human Resource Development at a university in Padang. We have had brief communication on consultation processes of potent

Re: How do you live in open space?

G'day All Like other commentators in this lively thread, being prompted by Doug's reminder question has triggered new reflections and has brought diverse items to my attention. This is what 'popped out' for me when browsing my favourite newspaper a few days ago: "What the media portray, like

Re: Looking for an OST person in Indonesia

all of you to include yourself in the map to show yourself and to let the networking become effective to assist also in cases like this one. Greetings from Berlin mmp On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:10:11 +1030, Alan Stewart wrote: >G'day All >One

Re: a community living la vida open space

Further to Tree Fitzpatrick's inspiring story ... In the early 90s I was part of a group which was planning to co-create the Halifax Ecocity, a community of about a thousand people living in the middle of the city of Adelaide in South Australia. http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/permaculture/1

Re: OS in University Settings

Hi All Here are several extracts from an article by Timothy Radcliffe entitled 'Talking to strangers' which may add another dimension to the thread initiated and reported on so professionally by Lisa Heft. This was given to me by a friend in the course of our exchanging perspectives on the me

Re: exactly SEVEN years ago - cheers dear Harrison, colleagues and friends! [LONG]

raise our glasses to you tonight. As may also Arun Wakhlu in nearby Pune. I go on to there on Saturday all being well to do some work with him next week. Go well, all With love Alan Alan Stewart, PhD The Facilitator and Communications Coach Principal, MultiMind Solutions Hong K

Re: Working with visual artists at an Open Space

now just the person - or how to find such a person - who may be happy to work with me ...? Go well With love Alan Alan Stewart, PhD The Facilitator and Communications Coach Founder and Principal of Multimind Solutions Now based in Hong Kong and operating throughout SE and East Asia

Re: World Cafe - an appreciative open space community

ighly illuminating to me. Looking forward ... With love Alan Alan Stewart, PhD Professional Conversationalist Principal, MultiMind Solutions Now based in Hong Kong and operating throughout Asia-Pacific Tel +852 9438 7680 www.multimindsolutions.com alanmstew...@gmail.com

Re: What 2084 could be like if more attention was paid to making it happen (longish)

being and doing outlined so inspiringly in Paul Raskin and colleagues' vision? And coming to know the answer from addressing this other question: . What happens when we turn to face each other and ask 'What do you think?' Which is ... MAGIC. Always. Go well With lo

Fw: What 2084 could be like if more attention was paid to making it happen

including spreading the word ... Go well Alan Hong Kong - Original Message - From: Orion Kriegman To: Alan Stewart Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 12:11 AM Subject: RE: What 2084 could be like if more attention was paid to making it happen Alan, I see you have an earlier draft

Re: Guide to Anecdote Circles - ebook

Hi Chris, Andrew and All I greatly appreciate your wondrous e-additions to our community library. So much to savour ... And having Harrison come visit us in Hong Kong in a fortnight's time ... Truly an avalanche of riches Go well Alan - Original Message - From: Chris Corrigan

Re: What 2084 could be like if more attention was paid to making it happen

From: Paul Raskin Date: Oct 18, 2006 11:52 PM Subject: RE: What 2084 could be like if more attention was paid to making it happen 1 To: Alan Stewart Cc: Orion Kriegman < okrieg...@tellus.org>, James Goldstein Dear Alan, Back from extended travel, I was pleased to find your kind email

Re: New Year's gift for you

Hi All ... from a beleagured, bewildered and bemused Far East, where the internet connections have virtually all been severed by an 'act of God' that nobody had predicted. To say that we cannot savour the reportedly delectable gifts of Chris and others until damaged cables offf the coast of

Re: OST applied to an urban planning public consultation process

Bonjour Francois, Raffi and All This may be useful. It's the story of a public consultation in which 'citizens come out on top downunder.' See: http://www.theworldcafe.com/stories/conversingcafes.htm Go well Alan Hong Kong - Original Message - From: "Raffi Aftandelian" To: Sent:

Re: whatever happens...

Hi John, Lisa and All My 'take' on this is that whenever people come together to treat each other well the only thing that could happen is that magic emerges ... Is this fatalism? My most recent experience of this was last week when Arun Wakhlu from Pune came to visit with me for a few days.

Re: Report from the field

Hi All To resume the flow post July 4 holiday and Live Earth connectings (still going strong in the Western hemisphere) ... Here for your information is a brief report on a happening last week in the East which you may find helpful for your purposes. This is slightly adapted from what I sent i

Re: Report from the field

Nothing new here, and hardly a deep insight - but under the circumstances Open Space is definitely revolutionary, if only because people are invited to leave their cages. The greatest wonder may be that we are ever invited to open space. Harrison -

Re: hierarchy and things

Dear Brian and All This is for those who are interested in matters of hierarchies and for you, a dweller in one :-). My 'noticing' it is a nice example of 'whatever happens ...' in everyday life. When 'half' listening recently to an item broadcast on BBC World Service radio I was taken w

Re: Facilitator must be part of the conversations

Dear All Following on from Lisa's comments here is an exerpt from an interview with Peter Sellars, the Amercican theatre director with whom I happen to have a fine personal connection. Hence my 'noticing' Peter's statement in the context of this thread initiated and pursued by Doug. Which may

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