Hi all popping my head up briefly.... and grateful for all who speak here regularly
Peggy I use a graphic facilitator at most of the OST gatherings I support. My experience is that it's perfectly possible to set up the presence of the graphic facilitator as there to record what the people are seeing and experiencing, rather than as simply 'doing his/her own thing', or taking away from their self-responsibility in any way - in other words I encourage interaction, and it seems to work. The key point is that the whole event is then captured as a story, which allows for instant recall (in a whole person sense) by those who were there, and allows those there to tell the story to the people who were not there. It is usually so much more powerful that simply having 'the book' of words - and valuable in supporting the on-going conversation. I encourage people to have the 4 foot x 30 foot (or whatever) 'posters' encapsulated (a kind of lamination but lighter) and put on the wall. Here it acts as a constant reminder of the 'space' everyone was in, the conversations they had, the commitments they made etc. (It also cheers up a lot of boring offices !!) Michael has given some very useful sites to look at. I used to use someone who used the Sibbert (grove graphics) approach - and I still use their graphic templates from time to time. My favourite person now, has his own wonderful style - he's my colleague Tim Casswell. You may be able to access a sense of some of our work at his website (www.creativeconnection.co.uk). Sorry I can't see it myself, as I'm in deepest mid Wales, in the middle of a noisy thunderstorm, and my iffy net connection has taken a holiday! We used graphic facilitation in the work I did in Portadown, Northern Ireland - including recording the storytelling the night before the Open Space. Very powerful. You may find this on Tim's site. btw I also get Tim (or whoever) to create a graphic roadmap (in place of a linear agenda) of our intended time together. eg. showing welcoming, visioning (if there is some), opening space, sessions, action planning, closing circle etc etc Tim is also a fantastic musician, and in an Open Space with the UK Small Business Service earlier this year, some of the people got him to help them create an incredible SBS rap, which they performed in the closing circle. You can imagine the energy? so... enough from me. please know that I appreciate all that is spoken here (and save the messages for a wonderful read one day!). I'm afraid there is just too much of it to read each day. with love for all our spaces opening for learning, understanding and peace Romy (and Qimmiq the husky - the only full-time employee of Wikima Consulting!) -------------Forwarded Message----------------- From: "Pannwitz, Michael M", INTERNET:[email protected] To: [unknown], INTERNET:[email protected] Date: 09/08/03 20:53 PM RE: Re: Graphic recorder in Open Space Dear Peggy, have a look at event nr.79 on my website (open space, Veranstaltungen and then go to Nr. 79), it had to do with revitalizing the inner city of Wolfsburg (this is where VW has its major production plants). Reinhard Kuchenmueller (with a crew of 2 other people) created about 200 A5 drawings using a highly developed technique that employs certain colors etc. These were clustered and presented on a large wall parallel to the other stuff going on. He also created a story that he narrated for the entire group one evening. Also, as you can see in the photos accompanying nr. 79 there were art students that created models from plans participants created and a painter who created water color pictures. It was interesting and colorful and fun, including the theater people present who did sketches on the event in the evenings. All of this together created a lot of different levels and ways of looking at the work and the group...it was not anything the group did itself. It also narrowed the space for them to perhaps do some of this stuff on their own. So, if a sponsor would inquire about introducing this kind of recording I would probably explore the purpose, goal, intent. More on graphic recording under the title "visual facilitators" at http://www.visuelle-protokolle.de/eng/start.html In Seattle http://www.fullcirc.com/community/visualfacilitation2.htm in San Francisco http://www.grove.com/ they have been into this in a highly professional way for some time, offer workshops, etc. Here is also a direct link to the event Nr. 79 i Wolfsburg http://www.openspaceportal.de/openspace/list/pictures/?event_id=79&eve nt_table=os_list_veranstaltungen&event_type=2 Also try to think of one thing less hugs michaelm --Original Message Text--- From: Peggy Holman Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 10:57:33 -0700 Have others worked with graphic recorders in Open Space? What are your = experiences? Michael M Pannwitz boscop Draisweg 1 12209 Berlin, Germany FON +49 - 30-772 8000 FAX +49 - 30-773 92 464 www.michaelmpannwitz.de An der E-Gruppe "openspacedeutsch" für deutschsprechende open space-PraktikerInnen interessiert? 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