Nancy. I think you have to read my message again. I am saying that folks older than 55 get along in Open Space the same as folks under 55. Maybe even better.
And I hear they even know how to lead them. :) Yours with double admiration, Chris ----- CHRIS CORRIGAN http://www.chriscorrigan.com Sent from an iPhone, typed with thumbs... On 2010-11-22, at 5:09 PM, NANCY MCPHEE <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 * * ========================================================== [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
