Hey friends: You know that moment when you have finished introducing the process and you step out of the way to invite people to begin posting your topics?
What do you all say to do that? After years of doing this, I still find that the hardest thing to do well. My usual practice is to bring back the group's attention to the theme of the event and invite them to reflect deeply on what is calling to them right now, what topic needs to be born or convened and then I point to the centre of the circle and say "the space is all yours." Then I kind of back out of the way. Sometimes I say "the floor is open" or something like that. But more often than not, it still comes off as feeling a little awkward. So I'm curious for inspiration from you fine folks. How do you get out of the way? Chris -- ------------------------- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com * * ========================================================== [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
