o be exact ~ hello Robyn, it has been sooo
inspiring!) and it's forming itself more and more. At the moment I am reading
"Calling the Circle" by Christina Baldwin and from all the different sources I
experience being pointed to something I can't see quite clear, yet. But I trust
it&
lol!!
Hi,
Tonight the American president will give his annual State of the Union
speech before Congress. His staff members have said he will make no
mention whatsoever of the trial that is going on all around him.
This guy ought to be elected Chairman for Life of the Dead Moose Society!
Ralph
Hi Don and others who have been involved in the discussion re: Open Space
and strategic planning and then the added dimension of strategic planning
regarding that which will meet tight government guidelines. I note that Don
has already said his thank-you's. I still wish to add some of my experience
At 03:46 PM 1/14/99 -0800, you wrote:
>There is a group that wants to get what people normally expect out of a
>traditional strategic planning process (i.e., vision, mission, SWOT, goals,
>objectives, etc.) to meet government funding requirements. My feeling is that
>calling the circle
My experience is limited in "official" open space planning and I have "called
circles" before I heard about open space. I work with non-profits, especially
churches and generating Mission - purpose - reason to be - is how I begin the
conversation The issues around this cannot not surface the beginn
Susan and Don
I think it depends on what outcomes are needed.
We have just gone through a process that I will call a "push" tightly
controlled process
which had people running in all directions to unrealistic deadlines.
The words in the product were good, it met the requirements but it did not do
get what people normally expect out of a
> traditional strategic planning process (i.e., vision, mission, SWOT, goals,
> objectives, etc.) to meet government funding requirements. My feeling is that
> calling the circle together in open space will meet all these needs. But I
> don't
Don,
I appreciate the question about open space and traditional strategic planning
goals, and Birgitt's suggestion for a workable theme. I do some work with
state agencies that are now mandated to do strategic planning in order to
secure annual budget allocations. Since bureaucratic guidelines h
.boisestate.edu
Subject: Re[2]: Calling the Circle
There is a group that wants to get what people normally expect out of a
traditional strategic planning process (i.e., vision, mission, SWOT, goals,
objectives, etc.) to meet government funding requirements. My feeling is
that
calling the circle t
There is a group that wants to get what people normally expect out of a
traditional strategic planning process (i.e., vision, mission, SWOT, goals,
objectives, etc.) to meet government funding requirements. My feeling is that
calling the circle together in open space will meet all these needs. But
ditto
Virginia
--
> From: pka...@aol.com
> To: osl...@listserv.idbsu.edu
> Subject: Re: Calling the Circle
> Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 10:16 AM
>
> Amen to what you said Birgitt. I love what you said and what you stand
for.
> Count me in as your partner in sharing the vision
> Prasad
Amen to what you said Birgitt. I love what you said and what you stand for.
Count me in as your partner in sharing the vision
Prasad
Just a bit on the idea of the ability to suspend the need for a desired
outcome. I can only speak from my own story, my own life. I don't suspend my
need for a desired outcome--I call my need for a desired outcome HOPE. I'm
like a little kid that way. Likely always will be. And it is a great way to
Re: Zen,
I have nothing against Zen, though I will never get my legs to bend like
that, but I wonder if we couldn't attribute the ability to suspend the
need for a desired outcome to something already inside.
Why, when we come upon something we admire, do we often attribute it to
some force or ph
Don,
Don Ferretti wrote:
> Chris,
>
> I really appreciate your question on the suspension of a desired outcome
> . I'm just wondering if some of the answer doesn't lay in sort of a Zen
> attitude.
My fairly superficial cognitive understanding of Zen wonders the same...I hope
someone more knowl
Chris: I think there is intent even if it is not "desire". Calling a circle
or opening a space is done with some intent or there is no circle or
calling. Letting go of desire for particular outcomes is the task at hand.
To engage in dialogue is a decision that has some intent (conscious or
not)--a
Sorry. I inadvertantly sent these questions to the list rather than the
individual.
Cathy
went to
Bethlehem.
Maybe there was no one there but them to do what needed doing.
Esther
-Original Message-
From: John Dicus
To: osl...@listserv.idbsu.edu
Date: January 4, 1999 12:34 AM
Subject: Re: Calling the Circle
>Calling The Circle is, to me, a beautiful and graceful book
nditions they see needing to be present before
> calling a circle:
> * "Creating" a commonly understood context is necessary for the circle to
> function.
> * The person calling the circle invites participants. She or he does this
> best when they have done the following:
&
their work in Seattle area so maybe it already informs those folks. I'll
> be interested if anyone has experienced PeerSpirit circles. It is a
> "technology" and as such drew my interest and my need to write down some of
> what I found useful. Happy New Year.
>
> Calling the
In a message dated 1/3/99 9:27:09 PM Pacific Standard Time,
jdi...@ourfuture.com writes:
<< One of my favorite quotes is in "Calling The Circle," by Annie Dillard...
>>
Hi again. Never mind. I went back to the original post and yes, it is C.
Baldwin. Thanks for the poem
In a message dated 1/3/99 9:27:09 PM Pacific Standard Time,
jdi...@ourfuture.com writes:
<< One of my favorite quotes is in "Calling The Circle," by Annie Dillard...
>>
Hi --
I was looking for the book and the one listed is by Christina Baldwin. Did
you mean the quote
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Calling The Circle is, to me, a beautiful and graceful book
What is the quote?
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<< One
Calling The Circle is, to me, a beautiful and graceful book. It is nice to
see it mentioned and quoted. As for the concepts mentioned in the book
working in large groups, I heard of an instance where 500 people met to
speak about issues important to Native Americans. A friend told me that the
s. It is a
"technology" and as such drew my interest and my need to write down some of
what I found useful. Happy New Year.
Calling the Circle
Christina Baldwin. 1998. Bantam Books. New York
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By Larry Peterson
For Open Space Technology practitioners, sitting in a
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