Agreed…sounds like a passion deficit. In my experience, when people are gathered to discuss an issue that just burns within them, OST meetings fly. We are never bored by immediate need!
My advice in the pre-meetings with your sponsor is to ask - "Why do we need to hold this meeting? What is happening that makes this meeting important for everyone who will attend?" From there, your invitation process should be to reach all of those for whom this issue matters greatly. The key is not in doing Open Space, it is in invitation. If the structure of Open Space is a fireplace, invitation is the wood and passion is what lights it. If one of the three is missing, your OST will fizzle (or work anyway, but with low energy, if you want to put it that way). Chris On 2013-03-04, at 9:21 AM, Harrison Owen wrote: > Celia – Odd indeed! My first thought is two questions: A) Is participation > totally voluntary, or have the people, in some way or another, been “told” to > come? B) Is the subject (Theme) of the OS something that the people truly > care about? If the answers are No, No – then I am not very surprised with the > results. On the other hand, if the answers are Yes, Yes – this is definitely > weird and worthy of study. > > ho > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > Camden, Maine 04843 > > Phone 301-365-2093 > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST > Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Celia Bray CEO > Omni One > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 2:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OSList] inquiry OS > > Dear OS community > > HELP NEEDED. > > I have been working in Kenya for the last 8 months and facilitated a few open > space forums. I have noticed a pattern developing in my OS forums that is not > great. I am not sure if i am doing something wrong when opening the space. It > seems that when it is time to start session 1, if people don't have their own > topic in session 1 they just sit there. People only really engage in the > topic they put up themselves and sit around being butterflies for the rest of > the forum, complaining they are bored and waiting for their session. Also, > when they have finished their discussions they don't join other people's > group to contribute. > > It has happened a few times. I wonder if it is normal or if I am missing > something. I do explain that if they are not discussing their topic they can > look at other people's topics and go to other groups, but it seems to not be > heard. It is not just a few, it is many people, sometimes half or more of the > forum are sitting waiting for their topic. > > Please help me to understand what might be going on or what I might be doing > wrong. > > Thank you > > Celia Bray > CEO > Omni One Ltd > Peace, Enterprise and Community Development > P +254 735 191 344 > E [email protected] > W www.omni-one-consulting.com > <image001.jpg> > 'The best way to predict the future is to create it' Peter Druker > > _______________________________________________ > 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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