timing of storytelling before OS

2002-04-04 Thread Raffi Aftandelian
Dear listers, Is it OK to conduct the storytelling right before an OS event? I will be conducting a 2 day OS with a women's nonprofit organization this weekend. They cannot meet on Friday (or another day before the weekend) for storytelling. If we were to start Sat. am with storytelling, break for

timing of storytelling before OS

2002-04-04 Thread Douglas D. Germann, Sr.
Agnetta-- Can you tell us a little more what is done in storytelling? I'm not sure I understand the process. :-Doug. Germann * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, un

timing of storytelling before OS

2002-04-04 Thread Douglas D. Germann, Sr.
Thank you very much to Meg, Koos, Joelle, Michael, and Agneta. The last three workshops I gave, I stumbled upon a similar ritual: I have placed 5 objects in the center of a circle. The objects represent: Meaning; Creativity; Human Interrelationships; Death and Emptiness; and Happiness. People are

Re: timing of storytelling before OS

2002-04-04 Thread Agneta Setterwall
om: "Raffi Aftandelian" To: Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 7:58 AM Subject: timing of storytelling before OS > Dear listers, > Is it OK to conduct the storytelling right before an OS event? I will > be conducting a 2 day OS with a women's nonprofit > organization this we

Re: timing of storytelling before OS

2002-04-04 Thread Meg Salter
quot; <76066@compuserve.com> To: Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 10:04 AM Subject: timing of storytelling before OS > Agnetta-- > > Can you tell us a little more what is done in storytelling? I'm not sure I > understand the

Re: timing of storytelling before OS

2002-04-04 Thread Koos de Heer
Doug Germann asked: > Can you tell us a little more what is done in storytelling? I'm not sure I > understand the process. Story telling is typically done the evening before an OST event. It is a way of honoring the past. After all, the past is what got us here. The process of storytelling itse

Re: timing of storytelling before OS

2002-04-04 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
In a message dated 4/4/02 8:12:44 AM, meg.sal...@sympatico.ca writes: << I view story-telling as a method to bring the whole person in the room. I've incorporated it as part of opening or check-in process in more structured events >> Last week, in a workshop setting, we asked participants to i

Re: timing of storytelling before OS

2002-04-04 Thread Michael Herman
the only time i can remember doing storytelling the night before an event, i found the question posed in the storytelling was so close to the theme question that i think it had the effect of inviting all of our best stories before the opening. i think this caused the opening and the open space to

Re: timing of storytelling before OS

2002-04-05 Thread Agneta Setterwall
Doug, you wrote "Can you tell us a little more what is done in storytelling? I'm not sure I understand the process." Oh...I thought you had all been to Birgitt Williams trainings :-). I will try to tell you how I do it. "Storytelling" is to spend an evening on "honoring the present and the past"(.

Re: timing of storytelling before OS

2002-04-05 Thread Peggy Holman
Last fall I did an OS with people in the aviation industry. We began the OS by asking each person to answer the question: "when did they fall in love with aviation?" The stories that they told were FABULOUS! Most were of childhood experiences, told with great passion. It connected these mostly

Re: timing of storytelling before OS

2002-04-08 Thread Judi Richardson
What rich stories, thank you all for sharing. A few groups I've worked with were dealing with (non-OST) a team building situation (aka deep conflict in the group - in this case a large portion was gender conflict). I asked the group to introduce themselves by bringing their grandmother or grandfa