For the past 6 years, I have been facilitating the semi-annual, six day
board meetings for an international non=profit group. For the meeting
coming up, I have been asked to do more of a reatreat format. We probably
have about 3 days we can devote to "retreat" type activities, interspersed
(or coul
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From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Betty
Didcoct
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 3:36 PM
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Subject: OS for s
>My question is this - there are only 5 board members (plus one exec
>director,and one newsletter editor.) My experience facilitating about 7-8
>OS has been with groups of 100-250 and all in the context of
>conferences/gatherings. I am having trouble envisioning how the process
>would be productiv
>To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
>Subject: OS for small group
>Date: Sun, Aug 22, 1999, 3:35 PM
>
> My question is this - there are only 5 board members (plus one exec
> director,and one newsletter editor.) I am having trouble envisioning how
the process
> would be pr
> They met in every permutation of five there is.
>The only difficulty I had was trying to be present and invisable. But that
>turned out to be one situation where being a smoker was an advantage.
>Nobody was surprised when I disappeared for a while.
Thanks for the info.
I think we will go for it
Betty-- Some of us on this list use a combination of Appreciative Inquiry and
Open Space in our work. I do that often and have found it to be quite
effective. Group size and several things you said about the state of flux
strongly brought forth in me the thought of the AI/OS possibility. If you ar
In a message dated 8/23/99 9:27:52 PM !!!First Boot!!!, o...@tmn.com writes:
<< he smallest group I have worked with was 5. It happened by accident. We
were to have a larger group, but it snowed, and 5 showed up. I gave them
their choice, go home or go -- and telling everybody that I had not ide
Hi,
Dylene's and Harrison's tales of small groups remind me of a time in 1990
when I spent eight days in open space at Findhorn in Scotland. I think
there were only 24 of us. But after four or five days, the group seemed
much smaller! It was a week that has continued to affect me and my work
de
I think Ralph has got it all!!!
By the way, we had no facilitator. If less is more, then maybe nothing
is everything.
Harrison
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Dear Betty,
I can really encourage you to start a small OS. We have a so called open space
learning group in Berlin. Every eight to twelve weeks we meet and work on OS
with OS-Methodology.
As long as you believe in what you are doing and as long as the main conditions
for OS exist. DO IT!
My fir
Lothar Franz schrieb:
> Dear Betty,
>
> I can really encourage you to start a small OS. We have a so called open space
> learning group in Berlin. Every eight to twelve weeks we meet and work on OS
> with OS-Methodology.
>
> As long as you believe in what you are doing and as long as the main
> co
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