Hello my friends, Thanks Francis, John and Agneta for your precious comments on the OSonOS. Your voices make it much easier for me to share my thoughts and feelings, which I preferred to keep to myself until now.
I want to come back to the core of your messages: dialogue or lack of it in the small groups. Sometimes I got the impression that these were just other boring everyday meetings: a few persons talking/ preaching, the rest quiet and passive - the great exception of course: Leaving is much easier. You have already mentioned a few reasons for this state of affairs: too much reliance on the "blabla" instead of visualization, the overuse of talking instead of asking/ listening, maybe also: domination, lack of trust ... Let´s talk about the future: John, you mention the methods of www.touchstone.org . Do you mean the small group should play theatre and wrap their message in scenic action? I am sure this will pump a lot of energy into the group. What are your experiences from Haiti? I am also sure there are many other tools around, which fit into the macordesign Open Space. My conclusion: in Vancouver I will not suggest just another topic, but another method for getting the group into dialogue and interaction-mode. Michael and the organizers have made a tremendous effort and effect. I appreciated it very much and found it very comfortable. I felt the organizers also very responsive to the articulated needs of the group. Thank you. Anyway: More creative chaos next time - I am looking forward to it. Thanks for the taking the time to read this and have a good day Hape Hape Etzold Combrains Idea-Conferencing Tel +49 30.771 21 50 www.combrains.de "schnelle Ergebnisse, neue Lösungen und hohe Akzeptanz mit interaktiven Meetings" * * ========================================================== [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected] Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== [email protected] To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
