Thank you HO GW MMP LH and all others in the fantastic voyage toward the center: being the LOVE itself. -spark 2012. 1. 29. 오전 6:12에 "Lisa Heft" <[email protected]>님이 작성:
> * > Naps do come first. Or something. > * > > > Naps! Siestas! Harrison in a dream state! > > Harrison my friend - the amazing thing is that you have written "Open > Space Technology: A User's Guide" in such a clear and thoughtful way and > shared your knowledge and experience so generously that there is no > requirement to take anybody's workshop - including mine - to be able to > understand and do this amazing process. > > Well...I will adjust that - I have seen this process - or some things > called Open Space - done terribly. With the participants feeling > unproductive or with only some participants feeling they can contribute. > But that is almost always because - from my observation - the facilitator > does not explore what is behind the surface, does not do thorough pre-work, > does not trust the process or the people, does not feel they are always > learning, messes with the simple effective structure, inserts their ego, > 'helps' people, interrupts the flow, uses this tool for the wrong reason or > situation... As can happen for any process and any group work. > > I will always remember when the incredible Pepe Nummi of Finland walked > into an Open Space workshop I was giving at an international facilitator's > conference. He said 'I hope you do not mind if I just visit for the Opening > Circle to see how you do it. I read the book and I have already facilitated > 54 Open Space events but I have never seen someone else do it.' It is true > - we so rarely get to each each other's work as only one facilitator is > needed for any sized group - from 10 to 2500. > > * > Lisa - what I love about what you do is NOT the detail - which frankly > takes my breath away. Honestly, if I had to learn all "that" I am positive > I never would have ventured into Open Space - Something about working much > too hard! But you know me. > * > > * * > I admit to being a detail queen. "My name is Lisa Heft and I am a detail > queen!" > My workshops are for those new to Open Space and those richly experienced > who wish to dig down deep into those unseen-to-the-participant elements. > Not because everyone has to do things just like me - but simply to share > stories and lessons learned, possibilities, opportunities. > > Those of you who know and have worked with me know I am a combination of > loving the details of good design, preparation, access and inclusion - and > being very in the moment. In life and in facilitation. > My own approach to facilitation is to build a strong and thoughtful > scaffolding - thoughtful thorough pre-work with careful attention to how > food, site, context, culture, invitation, documentation design, follow-up > and all the other details support whatever dialogue method I select for the > job - including Open Space. And then - knowing I and the client planning > team have done all that we can - I breathe...and trust the people and the > process... and dance the dance wherever it takes us. With attachment to > participant-centered usefulness and capturing participant-driven > documentation to support sustainability - but without attachment to a > particular outcome. > > *All that said, I simply love what you do - Giving Freely. It is all out > there, and everybody is invited to partake and share. There is no license, > no certification. Open Space belongs to everybody as a birthright. > Marvelous! Open Space IS pure gift, but it comes with a cost > (responsibility) - That we share freely all that we have learned." That, so > far as I am concerned, is the essence of Open Space. It is the Spirit of > our global community, of OSLIST, and it is the same Spirit you manifest so > well. Thank you!* > > > Harrison Harrison - you are the model. I heartily believe that knowledge > is not to be 'owned' but to be shared freely. That whatever it takes to > make an event or workshop or process accessible to whomever has the passion > for learning is worth any effort. And to me that is joyful effort. I > strongly agree with you - no license, no certification. For a process you > can learn for yourself from a book - and because I hope we Open Space > facilitators are all life-long learners and no one is a 'master' to anyone > - nobody needs my blessing or approval to go ahead and jump in and do Open > Space. Although in some cultures and countries a certificate is very > important - and in that case I will certificate that you -attended- a > workshop but not that you are 'officially' now able to do Open Space. Our > workshops and OSonOSs and WOSonOSs and this OSLIST are about mutual > learning - this interesting combination of sharing stories and experiences > -and- staying in the beginner's mind. About welcoming each person's > wisdom, no matter what their experience level. About saying 'this is what I > have learned to do - but you may have a different experience...' > > And what is *your* different experience, dear readers and fellow > learners...? > > Lisa > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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