I have a locus of resistance against the terms 'actual facilitation' and 'delegation', so I feel almost like saying no (or N/A), but yes I have invited others to perform elements of the formal/process bits (that I otherwise may have done myself) numerous times. And also been one of those 'others' on occasion myself.
Mostly in smaller, more informal gatherings, especially those with an informal collaborative organising group. It is easy in this context to ask "who wants to do a bit" or "who is the best person here to do the next bit". I guess in these situations holding the space is shared, and it is much easier to share tasks, even if someone is present as 'the facilitator'. I have probably gotten worse at this over the years as I come to believe *I* am the best person, confusing capability with desireability. hmmm... Thanks for prompting the reflection Harold. *John Baxter* *Cocreation Consultant & CoCreate Adelaide Facilitator* jsbaxter.com.au <http://www.jsbaxter.com.au/> | CoCreateADL.com 0405 447 829 | @jsbaxter_ <http://twitter.com/jsbaxter_> *Thank you to everyone who came, helped or spread the good word about City Grill!* *Summary and links: cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/ <http://cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/>* On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 1:01 AM, Harold Shinsato via OSList < [email protected]> wrote: > I've been to several multi-day OST events where the facilitation was > delegated. Peggy Holman's Journalism That Matters in Detroit had different > facilitators that opened the space each morning. The Florida WOSonOS had > different facilitators each morning as well. The 2014 Opening Space for > Peace & High Performance had different facilitators, and so did the one > this year - including different people for the evening news. > > I, as facilitator for the opening and closing, had delegated the details > of how you post sessions to a colleague for my Montana OST in 2013. But > this year, Thomas "Tom" Brown, who opened the second day of the NYC Opening > Space at International House 2015, delegated the five principles to the > circle. I'd not seen that happen before, and it worked brilliantly. > Beautifully. Some walked a circle in the middle, like a traditional OST > facilitator. Some said something from their seats. Some spoke just a few > seconds, some took a minute or two. But it worked really well. Kudos to Tom > Brown. > > Will folks share how we can do "one less thing", including the actual > facilitation, and how it has worked to let that go to other organizers or > to the actual circle itself? > > Thanks! > Harold > > -- > Harold Shinsato > [email protected] > http://shinsato.com > twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
