As always, said most simply and eloquently.
I admit that I've wondered about Open Space training for facilitators.
It's not that I don't think there's some value in learning from folks
who've "been there and done that." I struggle with the idea that you
can learn it in a classroom.
How do you teach the spirit of the facilitator in a classroom or a
book? You don't. You learn it through experience.
I think much of the training/learning focuses on the logistics and
organization, more than on the facilitation. But since I've never
attended any training, I could be *very* wrong.
...Doc
On May 25, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Harrison Owen wrote:
Here we go again! Open Space is and always has been free. Of course
if you want to pay somebody to train you in something that is yours
by birthright, be my guest. That said, it can be very useful to do
something like Lisa provides, as also Michael P and others (myself
on occasion) – when a bunch of good folks collectively explore the
wonderful world of Open Space. I am not sure I would call that
training – maybe co-learning would be closer. However when it comes
to “certification” I don’t have a clue how you would do that.
Certainly you can “certify that X participated in a program”, but
whether they have a clue what is going on – who can say? Frankly
when I hear the word “certify” my immediate association is with
mental aberrations. In American English, to say that “somebody is
certifiable” means quite simply that they are nuts. But that might
just fit, you know. J And certainly there was a time that if you
said you were in Open Space people assumed you were smoking a
controlled substance or had just plain lost it. Ah, The good old days!
Harrison
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