Dear all around the planet, another wonderful place to have these exchanges is the WOSONOS coming up in Berlin. As of this morning 111 participants are registered :) In Germany we call numbers like these "Schnapszahl" meaning booze numbers or drunken numbers and sometimes they do encourage people to drink a little when celebrating. ps. to register for WOSONOS go to www.boscop.org
All the best wishes from our boscop retreat just outside Berlin in a wonderful cosy artists B&B - worth a visit for those who want to explore the countryside when coming michael On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Allison & Jim Baensch <mb...@iinet.net.au>wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Thank you very much for the manual, it has been useful already - it's a > great resource. > > Cheery, warm wishes from a clear, sunny Sunday morning in Oz, > Allison. > > (PS I now seem to need to hit the "Reply All" button, and no longer the > "Reply" button, in order to send a message to the OSLIST. > Or else the reply only goes only to the individual sender. > That might explain why some messages have been going astray.) > > On 13/03/2010, at 10:48 PM, Thomas Herrmann wrote: > > Dear Allison >> I sent you the manual – we have had quite some learning lately and I just >> recently started to use “online-WPPF” with my clients. I will let e >> network >> of facilitators try it in a few weeks. They come from a large global >> company >> longing for this kind of method… Exciting! >> >> There is quite some useful stuff in the manual – even though I think we >> could update and add quite some learnings we’ve had. The main thing though >> is sooo simple – just use the circle and a talking stick. >> >> Feel free to contact me any time if I can be of any assistance >> Warm regards >> >> Thomas Herrmann - naturlig företagsutveckling >> Open Space Consulting >> Tel +46 (0)709-98 97 81 >> Epost: tho...@openspaceconsulting.com >> Hemsida: www.openspaceconsulting.com >> Del i Konsultgruppen Beyond Performance Group >> Medägare i Genuine Contact Co-owners Group LLC >> >> ...bistår er med att släppa loss de naturliga krafterna i er organisation. >> Ta tillvara hela potentialen och skapa en långsiktigt hållbar och >> framgångsrik verksamhet! Vi har verktygen och stödjer helst att överföra >> kompetensen så ni kan klara er utan oss... >> LinkedIn: http://se.linkedin.com/in/thomasherrmannopenspaceconsult >> >> >> >> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- >> Från: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] För Allison & Jim >> Baensch >> Skickat: den 13 mars 2010 12:32 >> Till: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >> Ämne: Re: SV: Working group >> >> Hi Thomas, >> >> Thank you for this information. >> I did part of the Genuine Contact Program training some years ago. >> At that stage, I was not aware of an online version. >> While I was studying at uni, I stopped receiving Genuine Contact emails. >> >> It would be sensible for me to look into software further. >> >> I would really appreciate your sending the document that you mentioned. >> My best address for that would be <mb...@iinet.net.au> >> >> Thanks, >> Allison. >> >> On 13/03/2010, at 4:39 AM, Thomas Herrmann wrote: >> >> Dear Allison >>> I have put quite a lot of energy into developing methods for distance >>> meetings, together with other collegues. We use an online version >>> of Whole >>> Person Process Facilitation (The Genuine Contact Program) to >>> facilitate >>> distance meetings - with great results. >>> Some pieces I also used in some of the telephone conferences we >>> have had >>> with OS-Institutes through the last years. I start by asking each >>> participant to draw a circle on a piece of paper (can be prepared >>> beforehand >>> by the facilitator if you have a suitable software which allows you >>> to use >>> common whiteboards (we have a license for LiveMeeting). >>> Then each person has a seat in the circle. This gives you as >>> facilitator at >>> least two options using rounds and placing an object in the center for >>> people to take if they want to speak. This way people may speak >>> until they >>> are finished w/o being interrupted. >>> >>> Using a good software can give you more options - showing documents, >>> whiteboards, textdocuments, spaces for break out groups, video and >>> whatever. >>> That way it's easier to have variation, give space for different >>> learning >>> styles and have high energy throughout the meeting and also achieve >>> more! >>> >>> Maybe Skype is good enough these days, even if you will not have >>> all the >>> functions mentioned above. Earlier we had lots of problems with >>> interruptions using Skype, MSN and other freeware. So now we had >>> LiveMeeting >>> for a year. >>> >>> We gathered some experiences (for facilitators and participants) in a >>> document a couple of years ago -time to update - but I could send >>> it to you >>> if you like. >>> Warm regards >>> Thomas >>> >>> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- >>> Från: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] För Allison & Jim >>> Baensch >>> Skickat: den 11 mars 2010 23:32 >>> Till: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >>> Ämne: Working group >>> >>> Hi All, >>> I am unsure how to proceed and would appreciate your suggestions or >>> thoughts. >>> >>> As one of a hundred members of an Australian professional >>> association, I have offered to be on a new, nine person working group. >>> I was asked to set up this group, by ringing people who had expressed >>> interest in the association's future. >>> (Concerns had been expressed by several members about our future and >>> how to establish a suitable structure.) >>> The working group had been asked to look at structures including >>> incorporation and to write a constitution for the association. >>> >>> Members of the working group are scattered through much of Australia, >>> so phone or similar meetings are more likely than face to face. >>> >>> There is some interest in using Open Space. >>> One member of the group recently attended a 5 day Open Space >>> gathering and was most impressed. >>> I have sent the openspaceworld web site to group members. >>> >>> For some reason I am having difficulty with finding the next step. >>> I guess it has to do with invitation. >>> And with knowing how we can best 'meet' if Open Space is chosen as >>> our group's meeting and operating structure. >>> It might be to do with finding a suitable technology. >>> >>> The bodywork we all perform has many of the same principles as Open >>> Space, in a physical way. >>> >>> Greetings from a cool, clear Autumn day in South-East Victoria, >>> Australia, >>> from Allison. >>> >>> * >>> * >>> ========================================================== >>> 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 >>> >> >> * >> * >> ========================================================== >> 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 >> > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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 > -- Michael Pannwitz, boscop eg ++49(0)162 - 90 88 266 michael.pannw...@boscop.org www.boscop.org * * ========================================================== 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
