Ah, I thought you were talking about pre-event nervousness. Yes, during the event, I encourage them to follow their own nose, focusing on what matters to them. Just like everyone else.
Peggy _________________________________ Peggy Holman [email protected] 15347 SE 49th Place Bellevue, WA 98006 425-746-6274 www.peggyholman.com www.journalismthatmatters.org Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become the fire". -- Drew Dellinger On Mar 13, 2013, at 12:27 PM, Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring <[email protected]> wrote: > Peggy : I have like 8 people in the comite .I told them that there is not to > much to do durint the OS and that want they can do is just to participate as > any body else. Their are anxious because they think of to many details like > moving chairs, or setting the rooms, ... > I understand but it is not useful at all. > > 2013/3/13 Peggy Holman <[email protected]> > Adriana, > > I find people get nervous when they don't know what to do with themselves. > With traditional conferences, there's lots of activity that just isn't > necessary with Open Space. So if there are tasks that they can handle -- > inviting people, decorating the room, something meaningful that relates to > creating a welcoming environment -- they don't spend so much time being > anxious. > > Peggy > > > _________________________________ > Peggy Holman > [email protected] > > 15347 SE 49th Place > Bellevue, WA 98006 > 425-746-6274 > www.peggyholman.com > www.journalismthatmatters.org > > Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity > > "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, > is to become > the fire". > -- Drew Dellinger > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 13, 2013, at 5:45 AM, Chris Altmikus @ iDeA-Link > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Adriana, >> >> A number of things I've tried and found useful ... >> >> + Review & celebrate all the good preparation work done by the team... and >> most probably the team is perfectly able to do this in your absence >> + Look at the biggest fears and see how some of the principles of OS provide >> answers, e.g. self-selection/the people coming (in the room) are the right >> people ..., what is happening is the only thing .... etc. >> + Lead by your own confidence ... >> >> And there is certainly many other ways .... >> >> Best + Chris >> >> Human Systems @ iDeA-Link >> >> La Bovarde 37 >> >> 1091 Grandvaux >> >> Suisse >> >> >> >> +41 33 533 31 34 >> >> +41 78 935 31 34 >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> Le 13 mars 2013 à 13:12, Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring >> <[email protected]> a écrit : >> >>> Hello : I have a question for you. I am organizing a big OS (big for me we >>> expect around 100 participants) I have been working with a team that has >>> been working hard on the organization invitation, logistics, diffusion, >>> etc, etc and I feel and think that now we have to stop working so hard but >>> one person is getting very anxious. >>> She feels 100% responsible for this preparation and for the rest I would >>> like to find a way to make her feel more confident. >>> I am the facilitator. >>> I have a group of 5 volonteers that know OS and are very happy to help us. >>> This event will be in 35 days but I feel this tension growing and I am not >>> available to be present at their next organisation meeting event if I have >>> been there with them every time. I all ready talked about the why ; we are >>> doing this to have meaningful conversations, have fun, enjoy, learn, >>> etc....but it didn't help, the stress is growing, the need to control is >>> there strongly!!! >>> Some one could give me a piece of advise please? >>> >>> Adriana >>> >>> >>> Adriana Díaz-Berrio Ph.D. CRHA >>> (514) 739 2268 >>> www.diazberrio.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > -- > > Adriana Díaz-Berrio Ph.D. CRHA > (514) 739 2268 > www.diazberrio.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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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