Oh WOW! How fantastic to read this! CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who participated!
Nici Richter Johannesburg South Africa On 10 June 2012 09:40, Kerry Napuk <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Listers > > I would like to share the experience of a friend in Keri Keri, North Island, > New Zealand on 7 June when he opened his first space. Kim's sole > preparation was attending one of my events in Edinburgh a zillion years ago, > a cry for help when he volunteered to help his newly elected member to > Parliament who wanted to host two economic summits, a copy of my manual THE > LARGE GROUP FACILITATOR'S GUIDE (Gower, 2003) and an hour on Skype. > > I feel you will agree it was quite a debut! > > Here is Kim's email report after the event: > > Cheers > > Kerry > Edinburgh > > Hi Kerry, >> >> > > Well yesterday I DID IT!!! 220 people including 2 Cabinet Ministers and 4 > other ministers. Several Iwi tribal leaders and lots of Maori attending > (insisting on changes to the Agenda 10 minutes before starting). But it ran > to plan, everyone embraced the process, we got interesting and good results > (that I still have to condense and analyse), and I received nothing but > compliments and gratitude from top down. SO a BIG thanks to YOU for the > manual and encouragement. The venue was crawling with secret service people > too. The first 45 minutes really pushed my comfort zone right to the edge - > I wanted to be anywhere but there. After everyone got busy in break-out > groups, I went for a coffee in the bar and sat down to chew the fat with our > Finance Minister and Energy & Resources Minister for about 15 minutes. A > surreal day. That night the cabinet club of about thirty persons went to > nearby Russell for drinks and dinner with the Ministers and had a fun, grand > evening. Yesterday was my day in the limelight, and I enjoyed it! > > On 10 July we do it all over again, complete with different ministers, this > time looking for solutions and action plans. > > So buddy, I just wanted to share my Open Space news with you. But I'm > absolutely shattered and going to bed now! > > All the best, > Kim > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > -- Nici Richter Strategist Sustainable Strategic Insight Mobile +27727406181 [email protected] Skype: nici.richter Facebook: Nici Richter 90 WestMeath Road Parkview Johannesburg Gauteng South Africa 2193 _______________________________________________ OSList mailing list To post send emails to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
