And just to add...you have a fine teacher in Ted too. Thanks for this story Ana. Chris
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:51 PM, douglas germann <76066....@compuserve.com>wrote: > Ana-- > > You have made a profound observation when you said "there's always a > soul that tells a beautiful deep and unexpected story about it." > > The story that your participant told is beautiful, as well. Thank you > for sharing it. > > And welcome to the list and the Work! > > :- Doug. > > On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 15:59 -0700, ana castanheira wrote: > > Dear list, > > > > It's probably the first time writing to you. > > > > During the last one year and a half I've been following your > > conversations, your perspectives, your insights. > > > > I believe I've been learning from all of you. > > > > I've been practicing OST in Portugal, mostly in Portuguese language > > but with a few limitations; after all I'm working alone with an > > unknown method to most of people. > > > > Portugal seemed to me at first sight a difficult country to implement > > this method. Although the culture is very open, the business companies > > and organizations in general still tend to use traditional methods for > > meetings or for solving problems. > > > > Nevertheless the few experiences I had, people did told me in the end, > > that they really enjoyed having the freedom and the space open for > > creativity. > > > > The first steps are always the harder to take. > > > > And that leads me to last 7 to 9 of September in Porto where I had > > the pleasure of being invited by Ted Ernst to co-facilitate Wikisym – > > the 4th international event around wikis you can see more in > > http://www.wikisym.org/ws2008/index.php/OpenSpace > > > > This was certainly the event that made me realize how much I want to > > continue to do Open Space. It was a such a fulfilling experience. > > > > I noticed something very curious whatever is taken as a talking stick, > > there's always a soul that tells a beautiful deep and unexpected story > > about it. > > > > On this event I happen to choose a natural stick coming from a > > beautiful plant growing outside university gardens. > > > > From something completely out of the technological world an amazing > > story was told: a plant once seeded on a dry vast corner of the world > > in spite of severe climate conditions, was so beautiful that would > > always be able to grow and for that called the joy of the children's > > flower. > > > > I cannot thank Ted enough for all the amazing things I've learned > > about me as a facilitator. After all I also can facilitate OST's in > > Portugal don't matter the conditions. > > > > Peace. > > > > Ana > > > > > > > > > > > > "If you want to go faster, go alone. If you want to go further, go > > together." > > African proverb > > > > > > > > * * ========================================================== > > 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 > -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Facilitation - Training - Process Design Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com Principal, Harvest Moon Consultants, Ltd. http://www.harvestmoonconsultants.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
