Thank you Christine for your story - as they said - it is a kind of magic :) :o) Eva
Bästa hälsningar Eva P Svensson EPS Human Invest AB Member of Beyond Performance Group "Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt välmående företag och organisationer" Anåsbergsvägen 22, 439 34 ONSALA Besöksadress; Norra Allégatan 8, Göteborg Tfn: 0300-615 05, Mobil; 0706- 89 85 50 www.epshumaninvest.se Skype: eva.p.svensson Besök gärna min blogg; www.epshumaninvest.blogspot.com/ "Jag kan inte lära dig något. Allt jag kan göra är att ställa frågor till dig, och låta dig själv finna svaren." Sokrates 1 mar 2011 kl. 22.13 skrev christine koehler: > Dear all, > > It has been a great experience ! > > Till the very last day before the event, tension has been palpable : articles > published condemning not only the goal, but also the event, people taking > their organization out of the planning commitee... A few supporting but low > voices still came out and finally 130 people had subscribed on the 150 > expected.. I wonder how many people there would have been if this community > had not been in conflict... > > On the morning of the event, I was tensed, so I went out for a walk a bit > before the start.While walking, I experienced suddenly a deep shivering, and > then I was quiet, realizing that I had only to trust the process. Just > before going back into the sportshall, I got a phonecall : the sponsor has > just received the news that a deputy was coming, and wanted to know when this > man could talk... So he talk: 2 mn after the sponsor's introduction ;-) And > then I started talking. Everything went fine, I just forgot a few nimor > details. Then people started announcing topics : rythm of this group was 2-3 > pause then 2-3 pause and again 1 or 2 topics then pause. All important and > disturbing subjects came out.They decided to combine many topics, and when > discussions began, there were mainly bigs groups, and only 1 or 2 whith less > then 10 people. This kept true during the whole event. Around midday, I got a > few remarks asking for more structure (interestingly from people I would not > have expected to) ;-). But then people self-organized again and went back to > their groups, and all conveners gathered to the newsroom to type their > reports. Newsroom has been a very active point during all the event, with > typing and reading the reports and correcting them and discussing them etc.. > people looked for accuracy of reports ! > On the second day, there were more bumblebees and many feedbacks of great > informal conversations. People were very busy all the time, and 35 topics > were documented, creating a 126 pages report of impressive quality. > Action planning gave 11 projects, and 9 were actively discussed. > Sponsor was amazed : this was the first time for years and years that real > cooperation had taken place between all those organizations that were usually > either competing or in conflict, and all projects were of great interest for > the whole community ( definition of central concepts, organization, > communication, ethics, training etc..) > > Now there are a few articles coming out, I hear the words of "magic" and > people start discussing of what they will do from all this.. > There should be some pictures coming soon here > > So magic happened > It always works > ;-) > Christine > > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 2:40 PM, christine koehler <chris.alice.ko > [email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > You really are an amazing community, thank you so much for all your answers > and mark of support ! > > Amazing Lisa, you got it all. Indeed the big issue is about to > professionnalize or not, and the community is strongly divided about the > question. And indeed stated as it is, it's an outcome...Thanks so much for > this. > You also helped me clarify the importance of the Book of Proceedings, which I > had not seen so clearly. You're right , and I just suggested the sponsor that > it be the goal of the OS (luckily all has been organized to make it > feasible). > I told them that it would be their gift to the community, as a thank you for > all participants trusting them and making them the gift of their presence to > this OS.Let's see what they say. > > Thank you all for underlying that words must not become barriers, and that > change can be made, even at the very end. > > Catherine, thanks for your suggestion to make my hat obvious. While I had > made it clear from the very beginning with the sponsor that I was there as > the facilitator and not mediator (in the beginning they suggested that we > present the OS as a mediation, and that I woud be the mediator, so I had to > let them understand that it was not a good idea ;-)), it may not be clear for > all participants. > So at the beginning of my introduction I'll take off my mediator's badge (the > one I use at Court) that I will have put on my clothing on purpose. I like > this idea ;-) > Thanks also for advising me to have a look at Peggy's introduction. I'll look > for it. > > Diane, thanks you for your advice. Indeed, like Michael & the Boscop team > showed me so often, I also believe that facilitating an OS event is a team > work, and my assistant for this event is a wonderful person that you trained > recently in Belgium, Jocelyne. I am confident she will handle perfectly all > last time logistical details and problems (which I already handled to her > last Thursday to be able to concentrate on facilitation). > > Christian, I love the citation of William Blake on your website : "there are > things known and there are things unknown, and in between there are doors". I > may say add it to my introduction ;-) > > Christine, thanks for the picture. Indeed I see yout point ;-) > > My learnings here these days ; > Being part of the system is definitely not the right place for a facilitator. > It prevents from seing obvious facts. > Here, being part of the system and knowing the people, I was not willing to > see where the unconscious control was (although I could feel it, I could not > point it). > > My comprehension of the role of the facilitator has taken me, I think, a step > further. I had seen that some of you position themselves as going with the > participants through the process, and only warrant of the process, while > others were what I would call "champions" of dialogue (or other concept like > self organizing or emargence or peace., as I think that it depends strongly > of who you are) and would have an "appealing" introduction or closing. Up > to now I was belonging to the first category, as I trust the process, but was > no trusting myself 100% probably. Maybe it may change...I'll let you know ;-) > > > > Thank you SO MUCH Suzanne, Thomas, Steve, Phelim, Chris, Ria, Elaine and you > all. I'll open space at 9am next Thursday till Friday 5.30pm. I already feel > you are with me, and it helps ! > > Christine > > > > -- > Christine Koehler > Médiateur > Créatrice d'espaces de dialogue et de coopération > www.christinekoehler.com > Tel : 06 13 28 71 38 > > > > * * ========================================================== > [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
