Vow! What a harvest of a 5 day event!!! Agota *Agota E.Ruzsa,* Holistic coach, facilitátor and mentor, kiadó www.dialogos.hu.
2014-02-12 16:01 GMT+01:00 Тясто Марина В. <[email protected]>: > Dear Peggy, > > Of course I remember that workshop or conference in Novosibirsk in 2001in > the framework of The Connective Leadership Project. In 5 days there were > many different activities: opening ceremony with bringing waters together > from different places, training of project development, team work, > negotiations and finally Open space. It all went very well. Up to 100 women > from different regions of Siberia were so enthusiastic about their work > together and opportunity to learn from American women-leaders. One year > after we had a one day conference to talk about the results of that > workshop and plans for the next year. Many women have been reporting about > realization of their ideas into real projects. Women's business club, > Association of women-voters, a school for girls, a newspaper for women and > many other projects were successfully created by women after that 5-days > Conference and OST event. Then we had another short Open space and women > could propose new ideas and create new projects. OST always worked > wonderful! > Thank you, dear Peggy for good memories! > > Love, > > Marina > ________________________________________ > От: [email protected] [ > [email protected]] от имени Peggy Holman [ > [email protected]] > Отправлено: 12 февраля 2014 г. 6:05 > Кому: Open Listserv > Тема: Re: [OSList] Open Space in dictatorship > > Dear Michael, > > Ah, you’ve “outed” me. It was a 5-day workshop that didn’t actually open > the space until a few days in. > > Peggy > > > _________________________________ > Peggy Holman > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Twitter: @peggyholman > > 15347 SE 49th Place > Bellevue, WA 98006 > 425-746-6274 > www.peggyholman.com<http://www.peggyholman.com> > www.journalismthatmatters.org<http://www.journalismthatmatters.org> > > Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into > Opportunity<http://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/> > Check out my series on what's emerging in the news & information ecosystem< > http://www.journalismthatmatters.net/the_emerging_news_and_information_eco_system > > > > "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get > burnt, is to become > the fire". > -- Drew Dellinger > > > > > On Feb 11, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Michael M Pannwitz <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Dear Peggy, > why did you ask the participants to introduce themselves? > > Greetings from Berlin > cheers > mmp > > On 11.02.2014 23:57, Peggy Holman wrote: > I had the privilege of working with Marina in 2001 with a group of women > leaders in Siberia. > > To this day, I remember the opening circle. We — the team of 4 women > from the US doing this workshop — had asked the women to introduce > themselves. One by one, they stood and spoke as if they were making a > speech to a crowd. In my minds eye, their words were all in capital > letters with exclamation points (!). The moment the introductions > started, the other women started talking to each other rather than > listening to the person speaking. We stepped in and asked that they > listen to each other. Such a simple idea that was apparently not a > cultural norm. > > By the end of the next day, as they worked together in small groups, the > conversations all seemed engaged and authentic, with real listening > going on. > > One thing I learned on that trip was to never assume that I could > accurately interpret what was going on. So I wonder...Marina — how do > you remember it? > > appreciatively, > Peggy > > > > > _________________________________ > Peggy Holman > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <mailto: > [email protected]> > Twitter: @peggyholman > > 15347 SE 49th Place > Bellevue, WA 98006 > 425-746-6274 > www.peggyholman.com<http://www.peggyholman.com> < > http://www.peggyholman.com> > www.journalismthatmatters.org<http://www.journalismthatmatters.org> < > http://www.journalismthatmatters.org> > > *Enjoy the award winning *Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into > Opportunity <http://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/> > Check out my series on what's emerging in the news & information > ecosystem > < > http://www.journalismthatmatters.net/the_emerging_news_and_information_eco_system > > > > "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get > burnt, is to become > the fire". > -- Drew Dellinger > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 11, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Тясто Марина В. <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Dear Ulrika, > > I echo Elwin as I also have extensive experience of facilitation OST > events in Russia as I live here, especially with different groups of > state and municipal servants in the classroom environment. At the > beginning most of them looked like having freedom shock being invited > to post issues they care for. But after starting discussions they > began to change their way of communication and learning freely and > fully. Always coming to the room for the reports and closing I've > observed totally different people - with much more self-confidence, > positive outlook and friendly feelings to each other. OST actually > gives people the first experience of free behavior , self-organizing, > self-learning and real leadership. I hardly could define Russian case > as a real dictatorship, but I don't know about any bad consequences > for the OST meeting participants. Even though some of them were saying > something like: even though I'd be fired after I will organize > something like this in my office - organization I'll do it and > finally tell the truth. > I'm sure it is important to bring OST to every possible place and > share it with as many people as possible. > > All the best, > > Marina > > ________________________________________ > От: [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]> > [[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]>] от имени Elwin and > Joan [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <mailto: > [email protected]>] > Отправлено: 10 февраля 2014 г. 18:09 > Кому: World wide Open Space Technology email list > Тема: Re: [OSList] Open Space in dictatorship > > Ulrika, > I have Opened Space countless times in nearly every country of the > former Soviet Union, from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. > In most cases I had the opportunity to return for further development > work. I have never encountered anyone who suffered any retribution as > a result of Open Space participation. To the contrary, I continue to > get email thank you notes from many participants of Open Space dating > back more than a decade. > > It always works! > > Elwin Guild > Future Development International > > > > On Monday, February 10, 2014 11:34 AM, Ulrika Eklund > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > Dear listmembers and all your experience > > I would love to take part of your experience and knowledge about > working with OS in countries operated by dictatorship. A closed space, > where you are used/allowed to think as The party. "Its a lovely country > as long as you follow the rules" > > For example I had a training course with a group working in the > authorities and governmental bodies (national and regional level), and > they listed some of the problems in one area. After they were > encouraged to brainstorm ideas and solutions on the problems. After the > task I asked - what was the new ideas and insight you got? New?! We > repeated what the party already have decided"... so it was more a > memory test :) An other exampel: in the university where I met the > students study a Human rights course sponsered by another country. They > said: "its a good course. Why I asked and the answer was: we are > allowed to ask questions when we don't understand, you know sometimes > you read a text in the book and you don't understand and it doesnot > help to read it many times, here we can ask, and we are also allowed to > discuss. > > So my question - how is Open Space working in this circumstances? How > you know people that think freely are not punished after? > > WIsh you all a lovley week > Ulrika > > > -- > Ulrika Eklund > Bergsgatan 7A > SE-112 23 Stockholm > Sweden > mobile +46-(0)70-699 86 12 > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]><mailto: > [email protected]> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]><mailto: > [email protected]> > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > -- > Michael M Pannwitz > Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany > ++49 - 30-772 8000 > > > > Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 424 resident Open > Space Workers in 71 countries working in a total of 143 countries > worldwide: www.openspaceworldmap.org<http://www.openspaceworldmap.org> > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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