HI fellow Listers, Next week I am going to be doing an Open Space event for 2 days with a group of people who all took part in the same educational program for trainers and organizational advisors. Actually, I too am an alumna of this training program and several months ago an initiative came from some people who wanted to organize some sort of network opportuntity and a chance to explore what we as participants of this program carry as a sort of community of practice into the marketplace.
For the past year Ive been focusing on growing in Open Space. Ive been interested in it for so long but hadnt had a chance to work with it. Last year I made the decision to be open to all opportunities that came to me to facilitate Open Space and to start talking about it more and more with clients and others. I looked at it as a sort of action learning experience and decided I would take every opportunity I could to do Open Space events as long as I felt ethically they were okay, even if it meant that they weren t pure I wanted to find my own way within this method and perspective. Its been a very interesting journey so far, but the Im having questions about this next OST that I am going to do. Namely, I am now facilitating this OST while at the same time being one of the organizers and an ex-participant. I have made the decision that my role as facilitator means that I wont participate in sub-group activities and Ive also made an agreement with the other sponsors that they would be there for me should I need any support and reflection. This feels good, but Im still sort of scared about doing something where I am also very much inside the system that is using the OST. I know there were earlier talks about this but does anyone have any more advice as to how I can prepare for and best use this time that I have? Thanks in advace for any help and suggestions people may have. Sincerely, Doris Gottlieb Consulting for the International Environment Hof van Versailles 23 1064 NX Amsterdam The Netherlands * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
