Hi Larry and others who responded to my topic privately over the last few days. Our Open Space "Connecting the dots..... What are the possibilities for our collective efforts" has just closed. I thank you all for sharing your views. It was very useful. We had 14 for a lively, rich conversation. I will post up proceedings once all the reports are in. How I handled the dual role of host and facilitator; Once people were seated in the circle, I introduced myself as sponsor/host. I thanked all for responding to the invitation, and in 1 minute gave the background to the topic - how it came about. I wished them a useful and good day and said I would now hand over to the facilitator. I left the room, took off an item of clothing (a vest) and came back as the Facilitator and said "Welcome to Open Space". I was the facilitator for the remainder of the day. They got it. I stayed true. It worked well. There is energy around opening more space with this group and I will continue to facilitate that. My passion was satisfied from my contributions in a different way. That was totally rewarding. Robyn Robyn Stratton-Berkessel LIT Global ...connecting the dots +1 732 291 0462 +1 917 816 5597 (cell) http://www.litglobal.com <http://www.litglobal.com/> <http://www.litglobal.com/>
_____ From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry Peterson Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 5:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Facilitator's Passion Robyn: I just facilitated an OS on Collective Consciousness where I did have a passion for the topic, and was involved in helping it to happen. I approach it the same way Judi did at our event. To hold the space, I believe it is important to stay out of the content and trust the self-organizing process within that space. However, it was a small group. I sat in the room on the floor so I could listen in or not. My focus was on enabling the group to go deeper by holding, knowing my learning would come from the collective learning, some in the room and some in later discussions. I cannot perform that role well if I am too attached to the outcomes. If I cannot perform that role then I get someone else to open and hold the space so that I can be an active participant. Larry Larry Peterson Associates in Transformation Toronto, ON, Canada 416.653.4829 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.spiritedorg.com> www.spiritedorg.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 * * ========================================================== [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
