Dear Emilia, I am the Elwin Guild that Harrison referenced in his story telling reply to you. I was SHOCKED at how perfectly he remembered my Sofia Bulgaria Open Space story. What an amazing person he is!!
I assure you that, after everyone of the 253 participants ran out of the room when I invited them to come to the center and post their issue, once they had a cigarette, they returned with a vengeance and posted more than 50 sessions for the 2 1/2 conference. The outcome was the founding of the National Dairy Association of Bulgaria in 1999. Emilia Ilieva <ili...@iizdvv-bg.org> wrote: After some hesitance I decided to use [OST] on two meetings in Bulgaria that went more than well and I am planning using the method on one more event in the end of the month in Bulgaria... If you read and follow the advice in the USERS GUIDE you will always have success. I lived and worked in Bulgaria for nearly 3 years (#3 Miza Str) and did countless Open Spaces across the country; trust me! Meanwhile I believe we will have chances of using the method in our regional activities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Republic of Macedonia and possibly other countries in SEE and spreading the word and experience of OS. I have facilitated more than 100 Open Space events (big and small) in every one of the countries you named (and more) in the past seven years. Here are two contacts I recommend for your OST efforts: Macedonia - Emilija Georgievska toemil...@hotmail.com Bosnia - Alma Memic lola...@bih.net.ba Bulgaria - Nigrita Nikolova nigrit...@yahoo.com We have been using the World Café method at various activities of the SMILE project last year as well. Therefore I have been following the discussion on it very closely. However I need some more experience with Open Space before I can say anything to compare the two. Sorry, but you dont need more experience to compare. Open Space is IT!! There is no comparison. Elwin Guild Future Development International Baltimore elwinandj...@yahoo.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
