Hi Lisa, I love your clusters list and would live to see your notes. Shay
>OSLIST <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> wrote: > > Hi, Ralph -- > > You asked: > > If you were to conduct an OS training program for 5-10 people, how > would you > set it up, and how much time would you think is required?< > > When I designed my current OST learning workshop (which is what I call > training) I analyzed what are the components for knowing how to do OST, > and broke them all apart into clusters of > > -what can you learn by reading > -what can you only learn by doing > -what can you learn from handouts > -what can you learn later (as the learning begins before the training > and extends a lifetime after) > > ....and then I fit the components you can best learn by doing / sharing > with others in my workshop (with handouts and additional information for > accessing future learning all around the room). > > Mine fit into a 2.5 day workshop - first evening intros, sharing > thoughts about theory and human behavior change and setting of theme, > next a full day of OS, next a full day of all the things they might wish > to learn before jumping off on their own (with future coaching from me > and OSLIST as they wished of course). > > Of course holding an OS without there being a real business / community > issue can make the OS go a bit 'flat', but > > 1- this provides great nutrition for the next day's discussion plus a > full-body understanding of when / why you *wouldn't* use OS > > 2- one thing I've just started: whenever possible I invite a small > business or community group to hold a day's retreat for their real > business need *on* our OS training day, just for the cost of catering - > serves both the business and the workshop participants > > It all works out either way. > > I'd be happy to send you and whomever else wishes it the lesson plan, > and some of the handouts if you desire. > > This workshop, by the way, works even if folks have not read "User's > Guide" -- although I nudge them like crazy to read it pre-workshop, > there are always a few who cannot. Jumping into OS soon in the schedule > makes that work, I think, and everybody is highly motivated to read the > Users Guide right after if they haven't already. As my method is to use > what they know from their other life experiences as well, this always > seems to work quite richly. > > I'd love to see what you develop for your own approach to training -- I > look forward to sharing more between us all on all that. > > Let me know what I can send you, > > Lisa > > > L i s a H e f t > Consultant, facilitator, educator > O p e n i n g S p a c e > 2325 Oregon > Berkeley, California > 94705-1106 USA > (+01) 510 548-8449 > lisah...@pacbell.net > (coming soon: www.openingspace.net) > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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 > Crossroads Facilitation 50 Carrigdhoun, Waterpark,Carrigaline,Cork +353 87 783 7557 http://homepage.eircom.net/~pobaleire "Building bridges and getting you over them" * * ========================================================== 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
