Dear Patricia,
an open space just for (devellopmentally) challenged people i didn't
opened so far. But i opened space several times for groups in which
(devellopmentally) challenged people took part, for example for the
german association "Bundesvereinigung Lebenshilfe" - the main
organization here for exactly those folks. And everything worked out in
those os pretty good. The only added thing was that some "assistants"
also took part, helping if it was necessary.
So go for it!
And please report how it was!
All the best
Christian
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Am 31.03.14 02:53, schrieb Patricia Haines:
Thank you!! This is what my instinct has been saying; and of course it
is what self-advocacy is all about!
If anyone is in central New York and would like to join us, check out
the Srlf-Advocacy Association of NYS. We'll be weaving their
Self-Advocacy training into a pilot summer day camp at Robert Treman
State Park in Ithaca in late July.- and I'm hoping for a one-day OS on
what this camp can become in the years ahead, based on what the folks
themselves want.
- Patricia
On Mar 30, 2014 8:37 PM, "Harrison Owen" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Pat ... can’t recall the names. Been a long time ago. But the
answer is Yes, and the results were remarkable. A Canadian group
running sheltered workshops used Open Space for their annual
conference. They held the event in one of their facilities, and
when the clients came down in the morning, they found the main
room set up with a circle of chairs. They sat down, and the staff
then had to figure out what to do with them. Wisdom prevailed, and
the clients stayed. Open Space worked as usual with everybody
participating. The CEO of the organization wrote me some months
later to say that a most remarkable thing had happened. When they
came to their yearend financials, they discovered that they had
doubled their services for the same cost. Seems that ½ half of the
services offered were neither wanted nor needed, but nobody had
ever bothered to check with the clients. All that happened in Open
Space, and the result was a tad mind blowing. But not the least
mind blowing...
A year or so later I got another letter from the CEO who said that
they had just finish their biannual client assessment in terms of
coping skills. In the interim they had done a number of Open
Spaces always involving the clients. She told me that the clients
involved scored the greatest gains ever seen. She concluded by
saying that she was sure I never had thought of Open Space as a
treatment modality, but that in their experience it was the most
powerful one they had ever seen.
I can’t prove any of this. Can’t even remember the names of the
client or the institution. But I sure do remember the letters. So
I guess, opening space can do some good for just about anybody.
Harrison
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<mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of
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*Sent:* Sunday, March 30, 2014 8:04 PM
*To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list
*Subject:* Re: [OSList] Open Space and Authority
Has anyone done an OS with developmentally disabled adults? I'm
starting to work with the Self-Advocacy Association, and think
such a gathering could be transformative.
- Patricia Haines, Ithaca, NY
On Mar 29, 2014 4:57 PM, "Daniel Mezick" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I am asking for help. Will you help me clarify my thinking?
I'm wondering if 100% equivalence in authorization for all
participants is actually a key/defining characteristic of any
genuine and authentic Open Space event...
First things first. Definitions:
Authority: The right to do specific work
Authorization: The conferring of authority
Formal Authority: Authorization conferred from the formal
organization to a person. Example: "the CEO".
Informal Authority: Authorization conferred from peers, colleagues
and co-workers. Example: "emergent leadership".
Now let's get into it. I currently think, and believe, that:
1. For an Open Space event inside an organization, the Sponsor
must occupy a role with substantial formal authorization,
definitely more than enough to actually authorize that OST event.
The higher the level of formal authorization of the Sponsor, the
better it is for the event overall.
2. The Sponsor authorizes the participants- the "invitees"-- to
meet together, and do the specific work of exploring and
investigating the Theme. This "authorized work" is done in
"authorized space"...in that specific place, for a specific period
of time. The Sponsor explicitly authorizes all of the above and
conveys this message after they stand up, and before they sit
down, at the opening.
2. The Facilitator is formally authorized by the Sponsor to do the
specific work of OST event. Absent this authorization, the
Facilitator has no standing.
3. This is the big one: Everyone else, Sponsor included, has 100%
equivalent authorization (100% equivalent "right to do work") as
of the moment of opening of the Bulletin Board and/or the opening
of the Marketplace.
4. As the event progresses, authorization dynamics are in play.
These "informal authorization" dynamics occur continuously
throughout the day in real time, moment by moment. Those who
experience net increases in levels of informal authorization as of
the end of the meeting have membership in the "emergent
leadership" group.
I am very interested in what experienced folks think about the
validity of the assertion in (3) above.
Ex the Facilitator, does everyone else actually have 100%
equivalent authorization in an OST meeting? Why or why not?
Is this 100% equivalence of authorization actually a key/defining
characteristic of any genuine and authentic Open Space event?
Thanks for any insight you may be able to provide, and
Kind Regards,
Daniel
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