Lovely, Michael.
I am so sorry that cannot be with you in Berlin for WOSonOS. But I
very much look forward to doing the "Step Back Dance" with you
sometime soon.
Warm wishes from a toasty day in Phoenix,
Christine
Christine Whitney Sanchez
Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy
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On Apr 14, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote:
Dear Christine,
followed you invitation, it was easy and fast (via PayPal) from
Berlin to OSI in the US.
Here is the link I used to get directly to the payment page
http://www.openspaceworld.org/osi-usa/pmts.html
Hope you all make it to the WOSonOS in Berlin in May ... a bunch of
OSI USA have signed in and as of this moment 149 folks signed up
from 29 countries...the first from Canada just dropped in today.
The info is here
http://www.boscop.org/events/508-wosonos-2010
and there are a bunch of homestay offers in Berlin from colleagues,
here is the link to that
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ARKfRIBrYlQhZHRmbndqcV8yZGI0cWcyaHQ&hl=en
which makes it not only more affordable but is definitely more fun!!
Appreciating your notion that:
"Open Space Technology provides us with an elegantly simple way to
help our clients, our communities (and in my case, even my family)
to take responsibility for their passions and self-organize for
innovative action"
my feeling is that all the people I work with need no help in taking
responsibility for their passions.
In fact I find working with OST even more elegant. If I focus on
(and in fact manage) stepping back and getting out of the way or in
essence do nothing space for selforganisation seems to expand. And
under that condition people do whatever they have a passion for:
take their next nap, think up means of dealing with challenges, walk
around the block, read a book, bumble bee, create a new enterprise,
plan their next birthday party...all of that cerainly without my
help. To them it seems to be quite natural and nothing to write home
about. To others it seems enormously creative, breathtaking,
innovative, impressive, never-experienced-before, fast, inexpensive...
To me, stepping back and all that jazz, is the toughest and hardest
work (mind you, to others it might be a breeze and to people
watching me it also might appear to be the easiest thing in the
world). At the same time it is absolutely liberating for me not to
have to give any thought to outcome or responsibility of others or
whether something is innovative or perfectly boring.
Sometimes I actually succeed in stepping back!
Have a great day
mmp
Christine Sanchez schrieb:
Dear Open Space Friends,
I just made a donation to the Open Space Institute–US to renew my
membership for 2010. It took me less than a minute to make the
donation online!
I love doing this as a way to honor the many benefits I have
received from Open Space Technology and to support the good work of
the Open Space Institute-US, which is one of several Open Space
Institutes around the world.
Isn’t it incredible that Open Space Technology provides us with an
elegantly simple way to help our clients, our communities (and in
my case, even my family) to take responsibility for their passions
and self-organize for innovative action? It’s all the more amazing
that we can do this without needing to be certified or licensed.
Harrison made sure that Open Space was open – open hearted, open-
minded, open source.
The purpose of the Open Space Institute–US is to hold space for
Open Space by providing access to resources on Open Space, by
connecting individuals and groups to inform, inspire, mentor, and
sustain each other in opening and holding space, and by being an
inclusive learning community. You can join the conversation on the
new self-organized Open Space Technology World Community. Or, you
can visit us at Open Space World.
We hope you will want to learn more about the benefits of
membership and how to join OSI-US. If you feel inspired to renew
your membership or become a member of the Open Space Institute–US
you can make your donation online.
We hope you will join us in holding the space for Open Space!
On Behalf of the Open Space Institute-US Board,
Christine Whitney Sanchez, Harold Shinsato, Phelim McDermot, Ed
Laboy, Peggy Holman, Lisa Heft, Doug Germann, Tree Fitzpatrick,
Karen Davis, , Suzanne Daigle
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