Getting the invitation question or questions "right" sometimes helps. The best questions in this kind of context are those people least prepared to answer and explore.
With gratitude, Jack -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- DesigningLife.com On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Bui Petersen <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Having almost settled in living in St. John's, Newfoundland, I am looking > for opportunities to open space. It is a slow process to introduce something > that people are not familiar with, especially as I am new in a town where > everyone seems to know each other. > > My question is, what do you do in cases where you meet people who HAVE been > exposed to OST but did not have a good experience. My wife for one > participated in one OS forum, and she is not at all convinced. Her > experience was that the usual suspects did all the talking and those that > usually are quiet, stayed that way. I wasn't there myself, but from what I > gather there may have been some factors that contributed to this such as, > the size of the group (only 15), the breakout spaces had tables and a couple > of other factors. Nevertheless, my wife is not convinced it could have been > much different. > > What do you more experienced think is a play? My own experience is limited > so I'm not sure what to say about this. Is it the case that some OS events > just don't have the right energy and don't work out that well? If so, what > can you do to make people consider doing it again? The best I have come up > with is that even if OST may not be perfect, it is better than most other > things I have tried. > > Your thoughts would be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Bui Petersen > > * > * > ========================================================== > [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
