When facilitating an event, we stay close to the sponsor. We take soundings throughout the day about how s/he feels the event is going. More importantly, like Larry Peterson wrote, we encourage the sponsor to provide a bridge to the future, that is, deal with " where do we go from here?" We suggest there are four options to consider before the sponsor makes closing remarks. In fact, the sponsor can wait until s/he sees the priorities before responding, the ultimate in flexibility. Our experience suggests the sponsor has to consider next steps or risk losing the goodwill and commitment of participants.
Kerry Napuk Open Futures www.openfutures.com Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 11:57 PM, Larry Peterson wrote:
I agree that in most situations I am working for a sponsor. It is the sponsor (be that an individual, a team or crossection of the organization) who I believe chooses to intentionally "open space" for self-organization. I bring myself and my skill and experience to enable this to happen. During the event, the practice of self-organization (or spirited organization), I hold the space so that the sponsor can participate. At the end of the event, I encourage the sponsor to have the last word, especially to thank participants and to describe where it goes from here from their perspective. Larry Larry Peterson Associates in Transformation Toronto, ON, Canada 416.653.4829 la...@spiritedorg.com www.spiritedorg.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
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