hello dear Chris... I just couldn't let your comment go unnoticed - I am someone over 55, I can frequently handle more than an hour and a half of open space! Sometimes I stay all day and come back for more on the next day. In fact, I have been known to lead the os process! :0)
I am glad to read that you haven't had problems with people over 55 either... let me know, for goodness sake, if I ever am a problem for you! with great admiration, your friend Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Corrigan <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, November 21, 2010 10:29 pm Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Open Space with seniors To: [email protected] > Never had any particular problems with people over 55. If you > give them full 1.5 hour sessions they will have plenty of time. > I say take a full day and those that get tired can go he at > lunch while everyone stays and tells stories. > > Where I work, in indigenous communities, the Elders love the > process the most. Followed closely by the youth. Maybe invite > some youth along too to inspire the future. > > Cheers > > Chris > ----- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > http://www.chriscorrigan.com > > Sent from an iPhone, typed with thumbs... > > > On 2010-11-21, at 1:12 PM, Catherine Pfaehler > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear friends > > > > I have been asked by the Grey Panthers (a political > organisation of seniors) to briefly present OST to them on > Tuesday, Nov. 30th. Most of them are 55 years old or older. They > want to have a one-day-event dealing with their future and their > image. At the same time, my contact tells me that many of them > like to tell stories from their earlier lives when they were > still working, and most of them think that a whole day is too > long for them. Some have also become a bit fatalist, not caring > too much about the future anymore. > > > > Please let me know what your experiences are when facilitating > OST for seniors, and how to deal with the above contradictions, > i.e. how to give enough time for storytelling when at the same > time one entire day might be too long for them to attend. > > > > I will be out of my office for a week now, but would be > delighted to find some of your answers in OSLIST by then. Thank > you already!!! > > > > With gratitude, Catherine > > > > Catherine Pfaehler > > lic.oec.HSG > > Open Space Begleitung > > Burckhardtstrasse 2 > > CH - 3008 Bern > > Telefon +41-(0)31 - 536 05 31 > > Mobile +41-(0)76 - 488 15 46 > > [email protected] > > www.open-space-begleitung.ch > > > > * * ========================================================== > [email protected] ------------------------------ To > subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives > of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn > about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
