Zelle, Like Doug, I would like to know more about the 3-hour OST you do. I am using OST in my organisation but for a minimum of one and a half days. This sounds fascinating.
Herman Kasselman ----- Original Message ----- From: Zelle Nelson To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 5:50 PM Subject: Proximity and Open Space after presentations Hi Doug, Proximity: very elegant! Maureen and I have been offering and delivering Open Space after keynote speeches, after presentations in corporate meetings, after political speeches - anywhere we can open up space and allow everyone to be the expert or at least ask questions about what was a spark for them. It works incredibly well. Generally, we hold a 3 hour Open Space after keynote speeches. In terms of presentations in corporate meetings, there will sometimes be multiple presentations in the mornings and then hold Open Space in the afternoons. We've had fantastic results! with grace and love, Zelle Zelle Nelson Know Place Like Home/Engaging the Soul@Work/State of Grace Document www.knowplacelikehome.com www.engagingthesoulatwork.com www.stateofgracedocument.com ze...@knowplacelikehome.com work/home: (001) 828.693.0802 mobile: (001) 847.951.7030 Isle of Skye 2021 Greenville Hwy Flat Rock, NC 28731 USA On Oct 26, 2006, at 10:35 AM, douglas germann wrote: Hi all-- Chris's Tao of Holding Space stopped me in my mental tracks last night with one word: proximity. What we are about in opening space is bringing people into proximity, yes? Proximity: notice what can happen when we bring people who care near each other. Ideas bounce and blend and reproduce. Passions infuse. Keep us in tightly sealed containers and nothing new happens. Juxtapose us and there is possibility. For fire. Which raises for me the question of why do people try to keep others in tightly sealed containers, such as "do me" audiences who are not allowed to talk back, let alone with each other? Is it lack of experience with any container where people can let their lights shine on each other? Is it fear of the fire? Something else? Ever notice that after a play or a good seminar, when we go home we want to talk about it? We want to assimilate it, re-enjoy, extend it. What if we could harness that energy at the event itself? Get the people there to assimilate, re-enjoy and especially extend it, starting right there? What if? Is this what OS is? :- Doug. Germann * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.9/490 - Release Date: 20/10/2006 * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist