Re: [OSList] Satyagraha, Opera and Wall Street.

Hi Phelim, your story moves me really, and as Christy said,* **"so that instead of quickly reading, quickly appreciating, and then moving on to the next thing (of which there always seem to be so many) as I usually would do, the space is suddenly not only vastly open, but is also very still and dee

Re: [OSList] Viva Chile!

Harrison, it´s so moving feeling what is happening these days in Chile. un abrazo tremendo (a big hug to) yourself, Juan Luis, Cecilia, Lisa, Pablo Villoch... y toda la gente maravillosa que sostendrá este espacio tan vivo y lleno de paz, diversión, creatividad, humor, amor, progreso, libertad, re

Re: [OSList] New to This List

Wow Lisa! So gratifying and connecting words. Me too I feel so at home in the oslist, and sometimes I feel pity not to enjoy and support the oslist longer. I feel that I´m miss-using part of my life... But tomorrow I´m saying good bye to my job for the administration and dive completely in the (t

Re: [OSList] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

Hi Scott, sorry, I left LinkedIn after trying it some time... but, sure, I'd love to keep in touch! best, * Eleder BuM31Mind Mapping-Open Space Technology-Creati-vida* www.burumapak.blogspot.com (eus) @Eleder_BuM (Twitter) www.in-fluyendo.blogspot.com (esp) w

[OSList] be prepared to be surprised _ expect the unexpected

Logos Quotes is an interesting online resource. I mainly read their daily quote-message. I think you will like the one from today, by *Heraclitus*, who, as you can deduce from here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclitus), must have been a true open-space expert...: if you do not expect the unexp

Re: [OSList] Reflections and an Invitation

Hi dear friends! I´m very grateful to have a daily 150 min train traject and spend the mornings underworking in my official workplace (what means that I spend quite much of it surfing the net and sharing through twitter and blogs... ) And I tend to print some pieces for the train traject. Thi

Re: [OSList] Development of Open Space in Egypt

Dear Claudia, I´m very grateful to have read the story. Thrilling and wonderful! There are few things comparable to the start of such a venture, to the continuous opening space,... isn´t it? Best wishes! * Eleder BuM31Mind Mapping-Open Space Technology-Creativity* www.burumapak.blogspot.com (e

Re: [OSList] tips for holding OST outside, and other questions

hi abigail! no experience on my own, but I forward a message with a link to photos,... that Jo Töpfler (jotoep...@boscop.org) recently (22 june) sent to the list and got me fascinated... "Dear colleagues, last weekend I had the pleasure to facilitate an OS event outdoor. A few pictures illustrate t

Re: [OSList] Half-day Open Space? - Different convergence

g channels of > decision making in their unit and organization. > > > Where action development is to be taking place separately of the OS event, > I find that the simplicity of this approach (action sheet, and priority > sheet where applicable) brings flexibility and makes OST

Re: [OSList] Half-day Open Space?

Hi Gray, my experience is as follows: someone approaches asking for OS as they have seen me do other OS and they liked it, and they witnessed the closing circle some time... They want to do a participation stuff and think about OS because of this. They usually have just some hours (lately we did so

Re: [OSList] A Quote

so true, Bhav, thanks for this insightful spark! I come from a month full of OS events (a first 2'5 days on the future of education; a 1'5 hours succesful experiment; and an underground experience in a quite closed work environment among them) and I realize that sometimes it is quite difficult for

Re: [OSList] outdoor Open Space

Great job, Jo! I read your news and saw the images last day and couldn´t avoid twitting them (http://twitter.com/#!/Eleder), so smart! Yes, the "air wall" is brilliant, one can hang the sheets there as clothes for drying, and it may happen to be sunny or rainy,... wherever :o)! Best wishes, * El

Re: [OSList] Sharing really big files to the rest of the OSList

great job, once more, Harold! thanks so much and happy sharing :o)! I liked veri much Spark´s line, "all Life is open", yes! greetings from mild and rainy Bilbao, * Eleder BuM31Mind Mapping-Open Space Technology-Creativity* www.burumapak.blogspot.com (eus) @Eleder_BuM

Re: [OSList] Welcome to the 5th principle

one day I dropped over a beautiful piece around the 5 fingers and the factors of great work (*aspiration, identity, collaboration, phyisical work and fun*) in Chris Corrigan´s page and reblogged it here... http://flowandshow.blogspot.com/2011/04/hands.html i don´t know wether a 5th or even a 6th

Re: [OSList] Please Love, hug, dance and sing for Bill

hi Barry, I´ll , sure, have Bill, Cynda, Deb and yourself in my mind when I sing and dance next time. In fact, because of your invitation, I´ll be celebrating life singing&dancing sooner than I was supposed to, just in a minute during my break... :o)! This story will also probably come to mind wh

[OSList] briefing after an "Open Express" in Bilbao_Eutokia

I was certainly a bit reluctant about the stuff... - someone who had seen us facilitate another OS had asked for an Open Space but time passed and passed and we didn´t get to meet (it was finally just one week before the event the first and only meeting, after some short phone and e-ma

Re: [OSList] Open Space short video

thanks for the great work, David! I just blogged it to have it easily accesible : http://flowandshow.blogspot.com/2011/05/osonosinoz-2002-video-of-open-space.html ! Regards from a rainy (at last :o)!) Bilbao_und_Mundaka, Eleder 2011/5/30 > Hi Open Spacers, > > > > I video’d the OSonOSinOZ con

Re: [OSList] The baby has been born: www.wosonoschile.cl

hola amigo Juan Luis! ¡qué buena pinta! ¡enhorabuena a todo el equipo que estáis trabajando en ello, y a la comunidad OS mundial que sembró la semillita de confianza hace un año en Berlin! te recuerdo hace un año en Berlin. Nada más conocerte, con la ilusión y nerviosismo de un niño pequeño me com

Re: [OSList] greetings from the European Open Space Learning Exchange in Cagliari

thanks for the news, Anna Caroline, my feet stay here but my heart is there in Cagliari, i´m excited now in the preparation of a 2 OS events coming soon in Bilbao and San Sebastian! ...but, to be frank, my main goal these days is to dive and swim in the sea every single day i can to profit from s

[OSList] OS, other techniques & facilitators

* This message is linked to a thread started on February the 7th or so on the list before this one, with the subject "OS, other techniques & facilitators". Quite busy sometimes, quite lazy other times I just send now these lines that were written quite long ago * Hello friends, Barry, Lisa, M

Re: 1. conflicts, fear and Open Space 2. preparation. Short stories from "Peace construction in the Basque Country" OS event

Hi Suzanne, thanks, I keep in mind your invitation to make an English version of this MM to have it published in OSWorld.org... really the um thing is a funny one, camarade! Harrison, liked very much your point in ny about getting the thing done and just then tell a bit about it... Chuni: the eve

1. conflicts, fear and Open Space 2. preparation. Short stories from "Peace construction in the Basque Country" OS event

"Peace construcion in the Basque Country": this subject gathered +50 people last Saturday in Donostia (San Sebastian). More details here . Beforehand, the event was kept quite underground to avoid press and the stuff

Re: AW: The Work (Byron Katie) and open space - Upcoming workshops

; >> >> >> Jutta >> >> >> >> *Von:* OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] *Im Auftrag von * >> Phelim >> *Gesendet:* Montag, 20. Dezember 2010 13:43 >> *An:* osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >> *Betreff:* Re: The Work (Byron Kat

Re: Turning Pages

Harrison, I'm also very slowly turning pages back from NY. Such a rich week, so many things to get done to close properly and so many blank pages ahead that are getting started asking for our attention. Trying to enjoy all the stages of a variety of processes... You say "*...gifts from Open Sp

Re: OS & Open Conferences

Hi Jon, If you don't perceive the urgency, maybe you could try add *more diversity through the invitation*. Could you stretch the group even more, inviting people that the organisation would have never thought of (because they are "rivals" or because they just don't know that those people even exi

The Work (Byron Katie) and open space

Hello open space friends around the big ball! Last week I received some books by *Byron Katie* (www.thework.com). Now I´m delighted reading one of them,* "A thousand names for joy"*, in my daily train commuting. So good! So many similarities with open space! Did you know about it? If not, I´m sure

Re: New York Program and new places

subway > all day all over its tremendous reach (and you wouldn't be able to cover the > whole system in a day) is an eye opening experience. > > Denise > (a former New Yorker) > > On Dec 10, 2010, at 4:13 AM, ELEDER AURTENETXE PILDAIN wrote: > > Hi Harrison, > yes,

Re: Open Space Technology

Dear Elisabeth, just entered my email account to read such exciting news! Even doing a short OS will be enriching, as you gain some practice and lots of confidence for the future. Very interesting the role of Nilda encouraging you. I can recognise other "Nildas" in my life who one day encouraged me

Re: New York Program and new places

Hi Harrison, yes, this comes in the right time for me I´m be very glad to attend and meet Karen, Ralph and yourself in person... I´m sure it´ll be a great learning experience... So, I bought my plane tickets and plan to stay in NYC 11-18 January. It´ll be my first time in the US and was wandering c

Re: Happy Birthday Dad!

Zorionak (congratulations), Harrison! Zorionak ere bai Suzanne-en aitari (aslo to Suzanne´s dad, sure!) Just after having lunch with my 81 year old widow mum, I like imaginining that one can choose and enjoy other "dads" in ones life... Very beautiful icon for Wosonos 2011, amigo Juan Luis, congr

Re: Reflections: Open Space at University and role of sponso

Dear Eva, thanks for sharing such intereting insights! I´d like to know more about some points you mention: - It must be difficult to combine letting go and holding back, isn´t it? - I feel curious about your criteria to decide not attending certain sessions. Could you share any example?

Re: Opening Space in Bilbao_CONSP!RING EUTOKIA

*(::: LONGISH::: ) Report on an Open Space event (CO**!**NSPIRING EUTOKIA)* This mid-day event took place last aweek ago. Friday (XI-19) afternoon. More or less 30 people were at the start (but we had no idea before, as we hadn't asked for registration) and at the closing. 10 conversation

Re: speaking from the center

Dear Christine! How are you? continue, please, asking "silly" questions, even if they are already answered in any books (there are probably many people, besides, with no access to them) or on the oslist... this helps all of us remember re-view, gain new insight,...and sure, keeps us in touch with

Re: Wosonos 2012 first open space

Dear Phelim, you say..."It should be: An exciting *party*; Open to all; Have many * by-products* that are beneficial to the UK open space community & worldwide communities; Help build and *coalesce *the latent UK community which is "out there"; Ensure all the people who want to be a part of it ar

Re: speaking from the center

Advance: The opening was easy, I really enjoyed it and your support was a key The event ran very well (I'll post about it next time) Thanks so much, friends! LONGISH::: I asked my questions on Wednesday, 2 days before opening space. The next day I was attending a workshop, and I spent Friday

Re: Opening Space in Bilbao_CONSP!RING EUTOKIA

eder: > > Any news about your event? > > Regards > > Artur > > ---------- > *From:* ELEDER AURTENETXE PILDAIN > *To:* osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > *Sent:* Sun, November 14, 2010 5:01:28 PM > *Subject:* [OSLIST] Opening Space in Bilbao_CONS

TWITTER: hashtag for OST

Hi, a question for colisters and OSaddicts that use twitter(a good place for co-learning based on short messages, maybe, I find). do we have an appropriate hashtag (a tag that makes it easy to identify and recollect messages related to a certain subject) for OST? if not,

speaking from the center

Hello! How do you feel speaking from the centre for, let's say, 15 minutes when opening space? There's a small issue that makes me a bit uneasy: just knowing that I'll be all the time showing my back to some attendees. Do you *walk a bit around*to avoid it? What about *looking at people's eyes*

Re: Opening Space in Bilbao_CONSP!RING EUTOKIA

Dear Artur, dear Lisa, dear "ostlisters"... first of all I´d like to make it clear that CONSP!RING EUTOKIA, the mid-day OS event we are talking about will be taking place NEXT FRIDAY, 19th of November 2010 in BIbao (more info here: http://ttiki.com/19593). ARTUR, reading your message, and as you

Re: Opening Space in Bilbao_CONSP!RING EUTOKIA

Dear Michael, very nice message and knowing about you! *Contract*: something funny is happening to me. Instead of trying to "sell OS" or trying hardly to inform people about it,... , I´m just getting more and more interested in it. As a result, opportunities are appearing (I might be facilitating

Opening Space in Bilbao_CONSP!RING EUTOKIA

EUTOKIA is a place for what is called social innovation supported by the Bilbao Council. It's being inaugurated starting tomorrow and finishing with a half day Open Space event I was invited to facilitate just last Monday: 3D BURUMAPA. The conditions have been quite special. Some points about it:

Re: Everything is Moving: An Invitation to Join the flow (longish)

ribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > *From:* OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] *On Behalf Of *ELEDER > AURTENETXE PILDAIN > *Sent:* Monda

Re: Everything is Moving: An Invitation to Join the flow (longish)

ribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > *From:* OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] *On Behalf Of *ELEDER > AURTENETXE PILDAIN > *Sent:* Monday,

Re: Everything is Moving: An Invitation to Join the flow (longish)

Hi Harrison, this is an empowering piece, least I can say. I myself I´m still coming into and out of water once and again, and this Monday Morning message is one that really invites me to accept that everything is moving. I´ll enjoy more of life, sure, as I, fearless, accept it and flow with it.

Re: A question of size ;-)

-To:* OSLIST *Sender:* OSLIST *From:* ELEDER AURTENETXE PILDAIN *Subject:* "Proactively" designed OS? I think you'll find helpful reading the answers I got. let me if you can find it easily in the Oslist archives<http://listserv.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S2=o

Re: Happy Father's Day (very long)

Wow, Suzanne, beautiful story! Thanks a lot for sharing it, and thank you Gerardo and our Access Queen too! Going fast to celebrate father's day with my children (didn't know about it :-)! Suzanne, as your dad said, "Sue, you’re going to be really good at this; you’re made to do this kind of wor

Open Space and the Art Performances

Dear Suzanne, how are you? I still keep searching for art/leassure activities that remind me of the circle spirit of Open Space. I didn't know Andre Rieu, searched for some of his videos and enjoyed them and his energy. People get really uplifted in those performances,... I have also looked for

Open Space and the Art Performances

Hello friends! When I attend a music concert or theater performances, or even a goodbye ceremony of a passed by friend (as it happened to be last 17th february) I most times find myself thinking that a better way must exist. Art performances or ceremonies in which all the people that meet can take

Opening space 24X7 --Wave Riders Unite!

Sage and encouraging words, Suzanne! I'm one of the usually looking outside for magic solutions and leaders and your message reminds me to look and listen deep inside and feel the courage to act in the right direction. Best wishes! Eleder 2010/3/18 OSLIST automatic digest system > There are 10

Re: OSLIST Digest - 31 Dec 2009 to 1 Jan 2010 (#2010-2)

awesome story, Suzanne! best wishes, Eleder 2010/1/2 OSLIST automatic digest system > There is 1 message totalling 359 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. An ``Open Space Family`` Christmas Story (very long) > > * > * > == >

Re: "Proactively" designed OS?

. Thanks all of you for your insight and your encouraging words, positive vibes for everybody! * Eleder Aurtenetxe Pildain BM31_BILBAO * *Mind mapping - Open Space Technology - Creativity * ** * *www.flowandshow.blogspot.com (just launched, newborn:-)<http://www.flowandshow.blogspot

"Proactively" designed OS?

it may also give birth to new groups to deal with such topics from this OS meeting on... What do you think about it? Have you ever open such kind of space "proactively", let's say? Do you know about similar experiences? Kindest regards, * Eleder Aurtenetxe Pildain BM31_BI

Not ideal but worth the effort

Dear Suzanne, I'm delighted about your ability and serenity to work in such uneasy conditions. Good work! People's reaction must have been gratifying also. Personal preparation is key, sure, and you have done it so well! I'd like to know a bit more about your work with the people from NAMAC before

OsonOS Paris 2009

Hello Christine and all OS-colleagues around, J'attendais 2010 pour aller a l'OSONOS Berlin, mais, ettant plus proche dans le temps et la distance, je pense que ça serait magnifique de pouvoir y aller en Octobre,... Yes, it would be great to go to the OSONOS in Paris, I hope I'll be able to be th

REFLECTIONS ON MY FIRST OPEN SPACE

know I have really done my job."* This is a very good point that made me laugh, Harrison! ... and thanks to all the people supporting and taking part of this wonderful community! Kind regards, Eleder Aurtenetxe Pildain BILBAO www.burumapak.blogspot.com * *

First Open Space facilitation

Hi Leslie, I'm delighted with your straight story. Very good advice. I'll keep it among my notes to revisit before next OS. Congratulations and thanks, Eleder www.burumapak.blogspot.com * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu

REFLECTIONS ON MY FIRST OPEN SPACE

sy this morning. I suppose it would have been better leaving the main things prepared on Friday evening (the OS started on Monday morning and I wasn't let enter the place during the weekend). Kind regards, *Eleder Aurtenetxe Pildain BILBAO BM31* www.burumapak.blogspot.com * *

MY FIRST OPEN SPACE experiences, coming soon

a small analysis of this my first OS experienece Kind regards, * Eleder Aurtenetxe Pildain BM31* www.burumapak.blogspot.com * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change yo

MY FIRST OPEN SPACE experiences, coming soon

e list-community ant the site itself are great support to prepare something that is so much common sense, but so rare these days. Whatever happens will be the only thing that could have happened, sure :-)! Kind regards, *Eleder Aurtenetxe Pildain BM31 *www.burumapak.blogspot.com * BILBAO* * * ===