Peggy: HI! where is St Louis?
2013/12/18 Peggy Holman <[email protected]> > Hello my friends, > > I received the inquiry below yesterday from a colleague who is looking at > the possibility of doing an Open Space with a group of Jewish leaders in > St. Louis. He’s provided a brief description below. > > If you are in St. Louis and are interested, please follow up with Tony. > > appreciatively, > Peggy > > > > __________________________________ > Peggy Holman > Journalism that Matters > 15347 SE 49th Place > Bellevue, WA 98006 > 425-746-6274 > www.journalismthatmatters.org > www.peggyholman.com > Twitter: @peggyholman > JTM Twitter: @JTMStream > > *Enjoy the award winning* Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into > Opportunity <http://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/> > Check out my series on what's emerging in the news & information > ecosystem<http://www.journalismthatmatters.net/the_emerging_news_and_information_eco_system> > > > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *"Granillo, Anthony R" <[email protected]> > *Subject: **RE: OST facilitator - St. Louis* > *Date: *December 17, 2013 at 2:44:33 PM PST > *To: *Peggy Holman <[email protected]> > > Peggy, since you’re the known entity with the listserv I’d appreciate > the help. I was in the Millstone Institute Fellows > Program<http://www.millstonestl.org/millstone-initiatives/fellows/>this year. > The program started last year so only two years old and still > in the growing pains stage of development around what it is trying to > accomplish. A key element is to develop a group of diverse Jewish leaders > from various communities of interest to the point where they can trust and > be open enough to work together across boundaries that can seem mutually > exclusive to working together. > > > > In order to do this the director of the program wants to create an > environment where people can challenge each other in a safe way without > eliciting feelings of judgment or attack that could result in people > shutting down or disengaging. A big part of that is building trust and > getting to know people on a human level. From my experience with Open > Space it seemed like a natural fit for this purpose, which the director > acknowledged both this year’s and last year’s cohort really struggled with > and did not achieve to the degree she hopes for. I suggested the > possibility of using Open Space as a good way to start that community > building. That it could be a good way to get a new group of people to take > ownership of the opportunity they had signed up for with a calling question > something like this (it definitely needs refinement): “How will we create > for our cohort a place where we can explore and challenge our core beliefs > around Jewish leadership and community that is safe and non-judgmental so > that at the end of our time together we will feel like one group with a > common purpose.” > > > > The director was pretty interested in the concept and plans to discuss the > possibility with a consultant she works with on content development. I > said I’d try to do a little leg work myself to see if there was someone > local to STL that had experience in Open Space facilitation that could > explain better than me. > > > > > > > --tony > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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