WOSonOS 2014 tugs at my heart! How I wish I could be there this year! A first grandchild on the way trumped any and all travel. So I will content myself with sending our best wishes, from Florida to Serbia with this photo album. Magical moments in Belgrade with Jasmina and many wonderful folks from Serbia during a 2 week visit in September 2013.
Spoke to Jasmina on Sunday and seems there will be a good crew from the Baltics and many other countries. I have no doubt it will be wonderful. So if you're sitting on the fence and live nearby, perhaps these photos will entice you. In a month from now, you will be sitting in a circle opening some very special space. Suzanne Flip snack book; click link and double click book itself to navigaten and enlarge. http://www.flipsnack.com/76EE6B7EFB5/wosonos-2014-a-belgrade-serbia-preview-fup07aee.html On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Harrison Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > Gail... Missing you more and still! And it turns out that Hulu will be > working in a program that is located about 5 miles from my house! > Wonderful. And strange small world. > > > > Harrison > > > > Winter Address > > 7808 River Falls Drive > > Potomac, MD 20854 > > 301-365-2093 > > > > Summer Address > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. > > Camden, ME 04843 > > 207-763-3261 > > > > Websites > > www.openspaceworld.com <http://%20www.openspaceworld.com> > > www.ho-image.com > > OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives > of OSLIST Go to: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > *From:* OSList [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf > Of *Gail West > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 12, 2014 1:10 AM > *To:* [email protected]; World wide Open Space Technology email list > > *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Always a Pleasure To Open A Little Space > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > Thanks for the reminder of the Task Cards in Chinese. I'll send the > information to folks there. I did have news from Hulu recently - she is > currently in the US for an extended time. I suspect Qinghua and her new > colleague will be going to Belgrade next month. Last year in St Petersburg > she indicated the possibility of inviting the WOSONOS in China next year. > Don't know who else might be considering. > > > > I just made the decision not to let either the creeks or my creaky bones > take the lead by choosing to stay in Taiwan where 2 hours on high speed > rail rather than 22 hours air time gets me there. I'm now committed to 2 > lovely OS events, one I'm looking forward to especially with university > students. Tough choice! I will miss that very special time with old > friends and new, and my spirit will be with you all! > > > > From a very hot, steamy Taiwan > > > > Gail > > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Michael M Pannwitz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Gail, > > your report, including the comments from participants, made my day. > > There simply is nothing better for spreading open space than having an > open space event... wish you a bunch more! > > Wouldn't be surprised to see you in Belgrade! > If the Creeks dont rise and my creaky bones hold up I will be there! > > Greetings from Berlin > mmp > > PS: Did you ever see the Chinese Version of the Task Cards for Setting up > an OST event? It was produced by the colleagues in the Shining Stone > Community Action in Peking... as far as I know they "published" it and it > can be obtained from them (cc of this note goes to Hulu Chen and Qinghua > Song) . > You might also be interested in the Chinese (alongside French, Spanish, > Polish, English,German) version of "Practicing Open Space - Our First Ten > years". All 6 languages in one ebook (for some reason the Chinese Version > needs only two thirds of the space the other languages require). > It can be had herer: > > > http://www.westkreuz-verlag.de/de/Practicing-Open-Space-Our-First-Ten-Years-E-Book > > > > > > > On 31.07.2014 10:37, Gail West wrote: > > The time was right for a 3-day open space learning workshop in Shanghai > with diverse group of corporate, community, NGO, education folks. This > included a full day of open space with overnight time. Implementation > began on Day 2 including an NGO CEO calling her husband and a staff to > come to check out the OS room setup so they’re ready to do one in-house! > > > Surprises (especially for participants) included: Competitors in work > and professional lives fully engaged in deep dialogue together rather > than holding back and observing; Providing positive feedback to fellow > participants in the pre-work and practice; Open Space Technology was > perceived as yet another tool, yet through this OSLW, several of them > commented this is related to how to live their lives. What really moved > people is authentic participation not the facilitation technology. > > Several participants went out and did Open Space within the first week > after the program > > * Corporate CEO led an OS after a Zen trip with 20+ executives on /Life > and Wisdom/. Now looking to do other work for her companies. > > > > * Open Space with a client in a tiny room. The OSLW members were > consulted (on line) as to how to make the room open spacy for the event. > > * Open Space with school children in their summer camp. > > Self-organized communities of practice started and continued after the > OSLW: Action learning; facilitator’s club; volunteering for NGO > education; Learning/Practice partnership for OST formed; discussions on > WeChat (like Facebook) were continued and co-facilitation opportunities > offered; > > > And 7 volunteered to translate Chris Corrigan’s book “The Tao of Holding > Space” into simplified Chinese! > > Partcipant’s comments: > > - Open Space is a meeting facilitation tool that evoke passion and > responsibility - the art of facilitation where you need to be fully > present and totally invisible > > - Be aware of what is opening up and what is closing down in the process > > - A meeting that breathes is a group with vitality > > - Trust the inner wisdom of the group and shine because it is open > > - The real space to open up may not be physical space but inner space. > Physical space is limited after all. Inner space is not bounded by time > or space. We own the freedom to open up in this respect. > > - A good facilitator for Open Space should be able to do three things: > > 1. Brain losing a sense of judgement of what is good and what is bad > > 2. Minimum talking time > > 3. No intervention out of worry or control > > - I experienced “Less is More”. The facilitator can achieve with > minimum intervention. > > > -- > > /Gail West, ICA/ > /3F, No. 12, Lane 5, Tien Mou W Rd > Taipei, Taiwan 111 > Ph) 8862) 2871-3150/ > email) [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Skype) gwestica > www.icatw.com <http://www.icatw.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 > > > -- > Michael M Pannwitz > Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany > ++49 - 30-772 8000 > > > > Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 395 resident Open > Space Workers in 68 countries working in a total of 142 countries > worldwide: www.openspaceworldmap.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 > > > > > > -- > *Gail West, ICA* > > > *3F, No. 12, Lane 5, Tien Mou W RdTaipei, Taiwan 111Ph) 8862) 2871-3150* > email) [email protected] > Skype) gwestica > www.icatw.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 > > -- Suzanne Daigle Open Space Facilitator NuFocus Strategic Group FL 941-359-8877941-359-8877 Cell: 203-722-2009203-722-2009 www.nufocusgroup.com [email protected] twitter @Daiglesuz Call Send SMS Add to Skype You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype
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