Oooaoo, cool John It truly is amazing how deep a taster like this can go! Thanks for sharing!! Kind regards Thomas Herrmann
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]För john engle > Skickat: den 2 maj 2006 13:28 > Till: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Ämne: Open space during a "lunch for learning" > > > greetings. > > i presented our DVD circles of change: a quiet revolution at > Milton Hershey > School yesterday (the orphanage and school founded by founder of Hershey > Chocolate http://www.mhs-pa.org/ ) and followed it by a mini open space. > numerous people among the 25 present--several of which are in > high levels of > leadership--expressed how much they enjoyed it and that "we need to have > more of this." > > the school's "Director of Organizational Learning and Leadership > Development" invited me to come to present as part of their "lunch for > learning" programs. it's just one hour and people who are > interested sign up > and bring their lunch. i told the group from the outset that > following the > DVD i would ask them to decide together which method they'd like to > experience: reflection circles (also known as Touchstones Discussions) or > open space. i stated, "i think it will be more valuable to live it rather > than to talk about it." > > 1) we watched the abbreviated DVD (11 minutes) and i presented > briefly our > story of open space and reflection circles in Haiti (5 minutes). > > 2) they chose open space and i quickly presented the principles > and how it > worked (10 minutes), invited them to propose subjects--6 quickly emerged-- > > (our topic, which i had ready on a flipchart was "Student Achievement: > Issues and Opportunities") > > 3) i had the people who proposed them hold rather than post on > wall, their > subjects, and go to a corner of the room and invited those interested to > join them (thanks michael herman) > > 4) their conversations were just 12 minutes > > 5) we returned to closing circle and did a 10 minute talking > stick exercise. > > i was surprised by the comments about how interesting and > powerful this mini > experience was and how they wanted to continue the conversations > that just > began. the person who invited me told me to expect to hear from her about > doing more open space with Milton Hershey School. > > best, > > john > > > http://circlesofchange.com participatory learning & leadership in Haiti > http://johnengle.net Open Space facilitation > > email: j...@johnengle.net > telephone: 202-236-6532 > > P.O. Box 337 > Hershey, PA 17033 > > > > > >From: Bea Kisszolosi <bea...@hotmail.com> > >Reply-To: OSLIST <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> > >To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > >Subject: Re: stammtisch in istanbul > >Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 07:04:00 +0000 > > > > > >Hi Filiz, > > > > > > > >Good to hear of you. When do you plan to come to Budapest? > > > >Bea > > > > > > > > > >From: Filiz Telek <fi...@bugday.org> > >Reply-To: OSLIST <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> > >To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > >Subject: stammtisch in istanbul > >Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:23:42 +0300 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >2. stammtisch in Istanbul! > > > >Join us if you are around! > > > > > > > >when: 1 May 2006, Monday, 18.30 (6.30 p.m.) > > > >where: café limonlu bahce, Yeniçarþý caddesi No:98 Galatasaray > > > > > > > >from a sunny Istanbul > > > > > >f i l i z > >The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught - Sri > >Aurobindo > > > >www.barakam.blogspot.com > >www.bugday.org > > > >* * ========================================================== > >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 > > > >FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar MSN Toolbar Get it now! > >* > >* > >========================================================== > >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 > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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 > * * ========================================================== 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
