Re: [OSList] movie title

Also "I heart huckabees" is worth a watch. <3 Wendy On Tuesday, August 2, 2011, lisa kimball wrote: > Those are all great suggestions, thanks! > > > > From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of David Swedlow > Sent: Tuesday, August 0

Re: FW: Open Space with seniors

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Re: pre-planned sessions?

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Re: Powers of Place Gathering. November 3-7. Kufunda Learning Village, Zimbabwe

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Re: Open Space for a Community Supported Agriculture project

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Re: temple bells - how to use?

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Re: Hosting and holding space

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Re: Hosting and holding space

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Re: world osonos?

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Re: Other Personal Reflections on WOSonOS 2010 in Berlin (long and final)

On 18-May-10, at 6:17 PM, Raffi Aftandelian wrote: p.s. moscow 2014? and following michael herman's example we also won't reserve a room??? : ) Ah, but will you be serving virtual vodka? Za schast'-ye, Wendy And Artur, I want to thank you for taking time (when you have no time) to make th

Re: world osonos?

Dear friends, Thank you to everyone who has waded out into the deeper surf to share difficult feelings and to ask challenging questions. I bow to your courage and integrity. For the past 4 years, the conversations and experiences surrounding the WOSonOS's have been particularly provocati

Re: demise of Ning

hat I have created or joined are running well. The critical mass of the NING business is coming up and the ads pay for the service. Anyhow, since we have decided to suspend the ads over there, the OST NING is considered a Premium account. Regards Artur --- On Thu, 4/15/10, Wendy F

Re: doug fitw got fixing oslist, please respond - plea

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demise of Ning

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Re: Demo OS in 90 minutes?

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Re: Roll Call: Present

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Re: re honouring each other

closed to moments of contraction. What are some of the forms that arise as a system learns to breathe together? On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Wendy Farmer-O'Neil wrote: No Erik. That would neither be possible nor desirable. Contraction and Expansion. Breathing. The breath is

Re: re honouring each other

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Re: re honouring each other

. We are apparently big enough, brave enough, and ready enough to face a real dragon. Can’t wait to see what we do with the treasure. In deepest respect and with great love for you all, Wendy On 20-Nov-09, at 1:12 AM, Michael Herman wrote: Wendy Farmer-O'Neil CEO Prospera Consulti

Re: The new Ning community - some central questions

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Re: SV: [OSLIST] WOSONOS 2009 and Then.......

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Re: Why is a grid sometimes useful?

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Re: SPAM-LOW: Whoever comes is the right people

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Re: ESPACIO ABIERTO

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Re: helping the whole

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Re: Open Space being badly defined

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Fwd: [OSLIST] helping the whole

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Re: Necessity of space

Hi Doug, You wrote: But I think there is a next step, a deeper step: it is to the between. He writes of something *making* me feel alive, *generating* a feeling of life, *inducing* greater harmony: these speak of one (living) thing touching--meeting--another. It is this bumping, interacting, b

Re: Seeds of self-organisation

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Re: convergence query

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Re: global proceedings aggregator?

On 2-Apr-09, at 10:18 PM, Gabriel Shirley wrote: What comes to mind that I haven't seen yet is a "blog-wiki" -- i.e. a "wiki" that has "blogs" instead of "pages" to create more of a multi-voice format. It's probably out there... maybe someone on the list has seen it. Wetpaint has a fun

Re: global proceedings aggregator?

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Re: posting to the list

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Re: sad news

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Re: More on Creation

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Re: Baby-step into O.S. -- questions

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Re: OS with students after Obama's inauguration AND Leadership Skills in School Groups

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Re: The User's Guide in Russian

Congratulations Elena and Raffi! I saw first-hand what an immense undertaking this was and the result is a true labour of love. Thank you both for your continuing efforts and dedication to make OST accessible to the Russian speaking world. Our global community is richer because of your wo

wisdombook

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War & Hunger Event Invitation and Challenge

Hello Everyone! THE EVENT: I will be facilitating and co-sponsoring an Open Space Event on December 13th at Vancouver Island University on the theme: Addressing Global War and Hunger: Local Issues and Opportunities for supporting Peace and Thriving for All. The event is co-sponsored with

Re: Hunger

Well, the space is open via the internet. The fact that you are reading this message suggests strongly that you are part of the less than 10% that control 90% of the wealth in the world. What you put in your mouth (and in your car) and on your back and shelves and the storehouses we call

Re: Hunger

Thanks Ralph for having the courage to frame it this way. I am remembering during Katrina when some of our community talked about helping in some way, and I think there was meditation and some phone conferences--don't know if any action came of it. And i was also on a list of sustainabilit

Re: leadership development in a self organising world

This is a great topic Michael, I find that authentic leadership in organization is connected to authentic leadership of self. We can't just coach folks in the work context without inviting them to step into genuine contact with themselves. For leaders particularly the challenge is often t

Re: OS 2.f

Arno, thank you. You made me smile. I love this. And as a discordian, I embrace only catmas--especially when curled up lying in the sun. Ever-so-graciously waving my tail, Purrfectly charmed, Wendy PS: For those who are confused, curious or just plain incautious, all you never wanted to know a

the ultimate question

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Opening space for death

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Circles and open space

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Re: Open Space to Build Communities of Practice

Hi Dianna, In June I did a short OS session for the Organizational Systems Renewal program and alumni at Seattle U as part of their annual retreat. One of the primary goals was to explore and begin to create a CoP for Organizational Change practitioners connected to the OSR program. The feedback

Re: needing some advice

Hi Jon, One rationale for keeping the ownership within the agencies flows directly from the law of two feet--for any collaboration effort to succeed there needs to be both passion and responsibility. If control is centralized and pulled away from the projects themselves, you essentially cut off t

Re: Emergence and Flocking - From the OSLIST Archives

And it can be lots of fun if you have a big group to play with. Give everybody the three rules and let ‘em go. After a couple of minutes you see the flocking thing happening. Then pull two folks aside and give them one more rule: head slowly but steadily towards the door. In a couple of minute

Re: angry feedback : the Moscow process

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Re: documenting for ripple effect

Hi Michael, Thanks for sharing this. It’s something I have wanted to try, but not yet found a sponsor ready for it. My only other experience was connected to the Community Commons project where we uploaded all the proceedings to a wiki and then circulated the URL to community stakeholders and

West Coast Canada Stammtisch

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Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes

Dear Harrison, Thank you so much for starting this thread. Chris, your analogy of the hole in the bathtub is a very clear representation of what (little) we know about creating change in complex systems. Right now fear seems to be the primary attractor guiding the energy in the US system—and

Re: More from those MBAs

Oh unfair! That's like saying you have delicious chocolate but we can't have any 'cause we're on a diet. If we ask really nicely (pretty please) would you upload the drawing to Flickr (it will compress it for you if you ask it to)? Then you could send us all the URL and we could enjoy it too!!

Re: Photos of Saturna OS

Hi Bev, Awesome! And good for you for venturing into the flickr world. If you tag the photos with the openspacetech tag, OSW website and blog will pick them up. Great job from an amazing team! Wendy -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of

Re: Another opportunity to learn

Thank you, Joelle. We feel blessed to be able to hold the workshop at Haven where both the natural setting and the attitude of the staff are so spacious. Wendy _ From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Joelle Lyons Everett Sent: Friday, March 09

Another opportunity to learn

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Re: Request for Ideas

Hi Tenneson! What a great list you have already generated. What about also addressing some of the needs of learners with non-dominant styles—the emotional learners and the kinesthetic crowd. Emotional learners can be challenging to accommodate in a traditional conference, but you could creat

Re: Simultaneous translation at 5-language Open Space event [long]

Hi Lisa, Just some initial thoughts. Once you hit five language groups you have gone from complicated to complex! No wonder your super brain is fried! A complex challenge requires a complex response: so why not Open Space for it? Would it be possible to convene a small OS (or online) with rep

Re: Moving to action

Harrison said: "I have found that it works best the morning after -- giving everybody a night to sleep on the work already done, and maybe reflect on what next. And also morning is always a good time to start something new. But I have also done it at the end of the day, but there is an energy

Re: Bad conflict in an organization/X-posted GC/OS-lists

Thomas, i think that your impulse to do storytelling is right on. My sense is that if the grief is attended to first, then the OS will be smoother and more productive. i have this unreasonable penchant to honour the feelings present first, before we get down to work. :) Looking forward to hearing

Re: introduction

Hi Bui! Looks like we’re neighbours—I’m on Gabriola Island, just across the Strait from you. I would be happy to chat and share my OS experience if you want to contact me offlist to set up a time. Welcome! And I look forward to reading more of your learning here. Cheers, Wendy

advanced butterfly

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Re: Doing it all in one day?

Thanks Ralph, I like your simple design. I suppose I need to say that I only use this format for visioning-where the outcome the sponsor is hoping for relates to organizational direction, rather than a need for concrete or detailed plans of action. It's unfair to ask folks to attempt that in o

Re: What to do while the proceedings are being printed? [long]

Hi Greg and Welcome! I've done a number of these one-day-with-convergence recently. I don't usually attempt to get the reports into the hands of the participants before the convergence activity. I invite the convenors, in addition to their report (which gets printed and put up on the newswall for

Re: great systems imagery

Love it! Thanks Diane and to your son! Cheers, Wendy _ From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Diane Brandon Sent: July 17, 2006 8:50 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: great systems imagery My son, who's a techie, and knows I love syst

Re: inner turmoil prior to opening space

Hey Ted, Thanks for sharing your growing space. Feel us with you tomorrow whenever you need to. Spirit is moving in you and with you. En-Joy yourself. Keep noticing and breathing. No-thing to do. Big smiles and hugs, Wendy _ From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.ed

Pioneers of Change Summer School

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Re: Open Space for Sainthood (or its healing power)

Dear Chris, That was YOU!? Your exceptional work in Rearranging the Deck Chairs was a significant random factor in the quantum escalation of Accidental Learning at Titanic U. Can't wait to experience an OS circle YOU set up!!! W:) -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv

Re: Open Space for Sainthood (or its healing power)

Dear Magus Larry, Circumscrision into the Dupic Horde is extremely easy (although can have unexpected after effects). And being one of those upon whom St. Murphy showers His blessings is onerous enough, so we tend to keep catma and ritual pretty light around here. There are two flavours of forma

Re: Open Space for Sainthood (or its healing power)

Dear Larry, Having been cursed...i mean blessed...with the title and irresponsibilities of High Dupess of the Church of St. Murphy the Divine, I am pleased to be able to assist with your suggestion. At a meeting with the Trihumvirate of St. Murphy Himself (held in the most spacious interior of my

Re: open space and synchronicity

A wise and crafty woman told me, not so long ago, that synchronicity is Spirit acting anonymously in the world. I rather liked that. And for any fans of Douglas Adams out there (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)...i have been toying with the idea (since the TARDIS thread) that Open Space runs on

Re: The Da Vinci Connection --Phi

Interesting that this thread has started. There is something else that the Da Vinci Code brought forward for me--the number Phi ( http://goldennumber.net/ ). If Phi is as ubiquitous in Nature as Brown suggests, it is perhaps one of the hallmarks of self-organization? I was wondering if we see an

Re: The Da Vinci Connection -- Open Space and the Feminine

Eric you wrote: >The evidence suggests to me that the shift to the masculine had >happened centuries before the Christian era The shift has been archeologically documented millennia before the Christian era, actually. To quote a relevant passage from Merlin Stone's "When God Was A Woman" (Harco

Re: Immigration OST

Chris wrote: >They take leadership in opening space through community OST meetings, with well-crafted action-planning components, and also in ensuring that ongoing web-based collaboration tools are in place and maintained. The sponsoring teams also take leadership in keeping the invitation flowin

Re: 4 Principles and 1 Law in Espanol

Hi Jimmy, Try this: http://www.up.edu.pe/_data/ageup/documentos/20040804111614_pedreros220604.pp s If that link doesn't work, head over to the Open Space Sangha blog at www.openspacesangha.blogspot.com and look under the links section, you will find a link to the fabulous powerpoint presentation i

Re: breathing

Dear Florian, I will miss your contributions and will hold space for your return. Your deep breath is a courageous reminder to me that being externally engaged is not the only way to open space. Sometimes we need to return to that point of stillness at the turning of the breath. Here is

Re: Half-way to this?

Hi Doug, This is probably not very helpful, but I think, I hope, we are becoming wise fools. And I like to think that we are always going to be "half-way to what?" as I believe this is a journey of endless evolution, not one to any particular destination. What is emerging? What is this larger t

Re: co-located open space events

Just want to reflect back that I seem to be hearing that one group may have slightly different needs around this event. If this is true and one group has the generation of a sense of community cohesion as one of the goals for the meeting, then this need may need to be honoured and addressed before

Re: A Quiet Time

An integrative approach, that helps avoid flattening our experience and understanding of the world, would suggest that both insights are true. It's relative ;-). Energy/light behaves as both a wave and a particle/packet. As Ken Wilber might put it, the experience of One Taste, or as Harrison says,

Re: A Quiet Time

Hi Paul, My colleague, K. Louise Vincent, and I have had conversations about the importance of touch in creating non-sexual intimacy (as found in deep friendship, family relationships, and profound collaborations) and its general absence from our culture. We have dubbed this type of contact c

Invitation to Play -- Inquiry Circle in the Sangha

pond to. We're getting the ball rolling with a wicked one... What is your experience of Spirit and Open Space? Please come and join the fun! Looking forward to seeing you there. Cheers and Happy New Year all! Wendy Wendy Farmer-O'Neil Prospera Communications & Consulting Service

Re: Long, Quantum trickery

Hi Paul and Brian, Thanks for this article Paul, I enjoyed it. If you haven’t seen the film “what the bleep” yet, do try and find it, I think you will enjoy it. Brian, when you asked, “Does our focused attention create a reality from the raw material of the universe? If we could bring a s

Re: Process in Breakout Groups

Hi Jimmy, I agree with Lisa. If you really feel you need to do something like this, do it on the first day before you open space. But my experience has been that unless you have some serious information that people really need to inform their conversations in the Open Space, most folks come away s

Re: OST humor a la russe

Be happy that this is even happening. --Now there's a motto for living an appreciative life!-- Thanks for sharing these, Raffi! Cheers & hugz, Wendy -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Raffi Aftandelian Sent: November 17, 2005 4:11 AM T

Re: Blog

Yep. Thanks for the suggestion. -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Douglas D. Germann, Sr. Sent: October 6, 2005 4:43 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Blog Wendy-- To increase awareness of the blog, could you add the addre

Re: Blog

Hi Ralph, The intention was mainly to create a space to focus on a particular aspect of OS--sort of a subset of the list if you will...where those who are keenly interested in exploring Spirit and practices for Open Space living in daily life could connect and share in a more tightly focused foru

Re: Open invitation to join new OS blog

Thanks Doug! And you are now included. Cheers, Wendy -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Douglas D. Germann, Sr. Sent: October 5, 2005 1:43 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Open invitation to join new OS blog Wendy-- Looks

Open invitation to join new OS blog

Hello everyone, Well, I have finally managed to fulfill the intention I set at OSonOS in Halifax. I would like to announce the birth of a new Open Space blog-Open Space Sangha. It can be found at www.openspacesangha.blogspot.com . This is intended

Re: Facilitator

Lovely questions, Jack. Thank-you. I will go sit them a while.a long while. Wendy _ From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Jack Ricchiuto Sent: October 3, 2005 6:19 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Facilitator What happens when someone

Re: Cross Cultural Facilitation

Hi Brendan, I can't comment specifically on the cross-cultural experience beyond my anti-racism training but I have worked in the battered women's movement for ten years and the concerns are valid. That said, I think that there will be fewer problems with OST than there would be with other pro

Learning Report - ROOTS Forum OS- multi-community citizen's group (longish)

Learning Report - ROOTS Forum OS- multi-community citizen's group Well, just home from two days on Saltspring Island at the invitation of Chris Corrigan who asked a bunch of us Island OSers to join him in opening space for a multi-island citizen's group concerned with supporting the governmenta

Re: Architectural Dream

Hi Gerard, Thanks for this thoughtful story. New principle? Wherever it is, is the right place? :) Wendy -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Gerard Muller Sent: September 21, 2005 3:56 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: A

Re: Open Space Learning Report -a bit more learning...

Hi all :) One other thing that I didn't mention in my report last night--and I think it was an important thing. Just before I began, I took a few minutes to talk to myself. I reminded myself that their anxiety wasn't my anxiety. I made sure that I had LET GO of any of my anxiety, so it didn't

Open Space Learning Report - Mini OS for non-profit (longish)

Open Space Learning Report - Mini OS for Non-Profit Board, Staff and Volunteers I just finished a mini OS for a non-profit. I am typing this up on the ferry on my way home. Once again I thought of you all as I was moving chairs and sticking tape. One of the differences with this organization

Re: Meditations on Tape

O.I like this, Lisa. Thanks so much! My favourite.Tape bracelets on the arms of facilitators. I think there may be a prezzie in the mail for you some day soon, O Queen! And what about the lovely bangles on flipcharts? Love and hugs, Wendy _ From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...

Re: learning report - OS for 60 teachers in Northern BC Canada (longish)

Thanks Doug! I evolved as I went along...first off walked clockwise (the cord was good and long at least!) Then the first snag came when the cord got caught on the basket of markers in the centre...so did my Las Vegas best and swooshed the cord over to general hilarity and applause...then sort of

Re: learning report - OS for 60 teachers in Northern BC Canada (longish)

Thanks, Paul. By 'form' I was thinking more of design, but your suggestions are really appreciated and I think will come in handy immediately for another project I am currently volunteering with that has a lot of work groups and who are struggling to cover all areas well in their meetings.

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