My feeling is never say more than you have to. I find that the history and such is interesting but usually for another time. Main point is to open the space and get the folks on the move. However, I guess I wouldn't think of Butterflies and Bumble Bees as beside the point. They both flow naturally from The Law of Two Feet -- and that Law (in my opinion) is the grease that lubricates the whole thing. It is also just giving people "permission" to do what they would do anyhow -- but feel guilty about.
Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20845 Phone 301-365-2093 Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jennifer Hurley Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 12:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Givens -- Again On 11/18/04 11:38 PM, "Viv McWaters" <[email protected]> wrote: > The other day I opened space and broke most of the rules - I didn't > tell my client I was going to use open space, there was no mention of > open space in the pre-workshop material that went out to participants > and I didn't even mention open space technology when opening space. > There was no discussion about givens (by me anyway). This raises a question I've been meaning to ask the group-- I've opened space 3 times now. I've been wondering how much other people talk during the opening about the ideas behind open space vs. the basic mechanics. I think I've been confusing people by talking about the circle, and breath, and bumblebees and butterflies. Maybe people just need to be welcomed to the space and given a basic mechanical explanation? Any thoughts? Jennifer Hurley ------------------------------- Hurley~Franks and Associates Planning & Urban Design 1429 Walnut St., Ste. 601 Philadelphia, PA 19102 P: 215-988-9440 [email protected] http://www.hfadesign.com Association for the New Urbanism in PennsylvaniA (ANUPA) http://www.anupa.org ********************************************************************** This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential and/or proprietary information. If you have received this in error, please contact the sender by replying to this message and delete this material from any system it may be on. ********************************************************************** * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
