Harrison wrote :
< Tova and Avner could help a lot here -->
I must admit i do not see myself as an expert on this issiues. But i feel
that the effort in colombia is dear to me so i will put in mu 2 intuitive
cents:
. I found it useful to be more intentional and careful (possibly) with my
pre-event conversations with sponsors just to make sure that they really wanted
to take this trip and what the ground rules were. But other than that --
business as usual.
The practical question is in Pablo's words:
One concern we had is whether it is really necessary that they speak
Spanish, some think that with one of us as a co facilitator this is not needed.
What are your thoughts on this?
I can remember doing several OS in Latin America where I was just about the
only English speaking person. Personally I would have felt a lot better had I
spoken Spanish for reasons of politeness if nothing else -- but as far as the
effectiveness of the OS, again it was business as usual. One of the things I
learned was just how intuitive OS really is. Another learning was about how
unimportant the actual words really are. But i always think it is much better
to have the whole thing in a language understood by the people. It wipes out
the expert syndrome, and a whole mess of other unneeded baggage.
Harrison
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