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Your Self Occupy 100% A world that works for ALL is a world of love made visible Phone: 206-459-0227 Skype: anne.m.stadler www.InClaritas.com www.CharterforCompassion.org www.ProtecttheSacred.org > On Jun 20, 2015, at 1:04 PM, via OSList <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Send OSList mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of OSList digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: How much Silence at beginning? (Harrison via OSList) > 2. Re: No silence in opening (Chris Corrigan via OSList) > 3. Please join me next week for Governance Lab! > (Ben Roberts via OSList) > 4. Re: Please join me next week for Governance Lab! > (Suzanne Daigle via OSList) > 5. Re: OS Hotline notes! June 2nd (Gail West via OSList) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 17:02:44 -0400 > From: Harrison via OSList <[email protected]> > To: "'Harold Shinsato'" <[email protected]>, "'World wide Open Space > Technology email list'" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSList] How much Silence at beginning? > Message-ID: <004201d0aad3$4b0dc780$e1295680$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Harold said... "Would 8 minutes of grounding silence after the welcome and > logistics opened enough space for participants so they didn't need silent > reflection time with their papers and markers to gather their thoughts? Do > you offer anything before letting the participants make their offerings to > help invite in the "transfinite"? > > > > I love your intensity. But I do have to ask. "8 Minutes?" .... On which > planet, what galaxy? And who cares? Deep silence makes its own time. My > experience. > > > > ho > > > > > > 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 > > 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 > Harold Shinsato via OSList > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 3:11 PM > To: Anne Stadler; World wide Open Space Technology email list > Subject: Re: [OSList] How much Silence at beginning? > > > > Hi Anne, > > Thanks for your offering. The most incredible experiences (and hyper > performance) of Open Space I am sure come from inviting the "trans-finite", > and not just the finite. > > Although this isn't rote, I'm curious as to your experience of offering this > grounding exercise just after the welcome and the logistics. This does seem > like a natural placement to me, and corresponds roughly to the point where > Harrison generally walks the circle and asks folks to be aware of the others > in the room. > > And at the same time, this doesn't specifically addresses the comment from a > participant of a need for some silent reflection time just before people > were invited to generate, announce, and post their sessions. > > Would 8 minutes of grounding silence after the welcome and logistics opened > enough space for participants so they didn't need silent reflection time > with their papers and markers to gather their thoughts? Do you offer > anything before letting the participants make their offerings to help invite > in the "transfinite"? > > Thanks! > Harold > > > > On 6/17/15 12:35 PM, Anne Stadler via OSList wrote: > > How much silence depends on your intention: > > Are you opening space for the transfinite AND finite fields to emerge? Or > only the finite? > > Are you opening inner space so people will access their capacity for being > guided by the resonating field in their heart/mind/body awareness? (In order > to really take responsibility for what they care about??) > > > > If finite, a small amount of silence helps people settle into their bodies > and bring themselves here...now. > > > > Transfinite and finite (which is what i do) opens a more expansive space. > It's not Woo-Woo. The work the field is supporting gets done regardless, > just more co-creatively, more quickly-- synchronicities spark rapidly, > delighting participants. > > > > Re silence: > > 1. I sometimes cue people to be aware of their feet on the floor, their > legs, their bottoms on the chair, shoulders, top of head. > > 2.,And sometimes, after the Welcome & logistics are dealt with, i simply > invite them to be comfortable and relax into the chair, the silence, the > feelings in their bodies. Usually i refer to a word or phrase in the > Welcoming setup by the Host to help people make an outer/inner connection. I > let silence go until i sense it's time to stop...not more than 8 minutes or > so, probably. This is until i sense we are resonating together (i guess). > > > > Then i break the silence by standing and then, slowly beginning to walk the > circle, opening the finite space of the circle, acknowledging each one as I > pass. > > > > To open the silence, sometimes i invite a friend to sound a crystal bowl > followed by 2. above. That is even more delicious. > > > > NOTE: none of this is "rote"! My preparation includes sensing into each > group meditatively; getting clarity about who they are and what they need; > and in the Now of the experience sensing into the circle and acting in the > present moment. > > > > Thank you! Took me a while to ruminate on it. Good and interesting > question! Thanks whoever posted it a while ago. > > > > Blessings! Anne > > > > > > -- > Harold Shinsato > [email protected] > http://shinsato.com > twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush> > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20150619/10ae57bb/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 14:35:10 -0700 > From: Chris Corrigan via OSList <[email protected]> > To: Michael Herman <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space > Technology email list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSList] No silence in opening > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > When people ask me to do an evaluation of Open Space I hand all the > participants a firms that says "complete this sentence: As a result of this > meeting..." > > Then we get real useful. feedback. > > Chris > > -- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > Harvest Moon Consultants > Facilitation, Open Space Technology and process design > > Check www.chriscorrigan.com for upcoming workshops, blog posts and free > resources. > > > >> On Jun 19, 2015, at 12:32 PM, Michael Herman via OSList >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> here's one of my favorite stories about feedback, harold. >> >> some years ago i did one of those 10-day meditation courses (goenka, >> vipassana, for those who care) and then helped with hosting another one. on >> my third, as a participant, we had an old indian guy, the #2 teacher in the >> world at that time in that practice, sitting in with us, but i thought the >> actual course teacher and the overall organization were a little dodgy. >> >> we were just forming the community in the midwest US, working toward >> building a center. the practice was all about equanimity. i went to this >> great teacher, a kind of mountain of gentleness, and asked something like, >> "what is more important, my responsibility to point out things that could >> help make the community better here or my staying in practice of equanimity?" >> >> he says, reassuringly, "these gypsy (not in an establish center) courses are >> always a bit difficult, not the ideal, always with different arrangements >> and challenges, BUT... if 10% of the people get 10% of the benefit, that >> will be enough." >> >> for me, it's same with open space. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Michael Herman >> Michael Herman Associates >> http://MichaelHerman.com >> http://OpenSpaceWorld.org >> >> >>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Viv, >>> >>> Thank you! I appreciate you're joining the annoyance club with me :-) >>> >>> I've noticed some tendency towards people making open invitations to >>> "improve" the process - and I'll be doing a post conference >>> debrief/retrospective in a couple hours. I've no interest in taking on >>> others anxieties about Open Space. And I'm also curious what you think >>> about inviting feedback, and how to help make the best of it - not just >>> for myself - but for the other stake holders in the process when an Open >>> Space is being hosted by an organization? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Harold >>> >>>> On 6/15/15 7:56 PM, Viv McWaters via OSList wrote: >>>> Hi Harold >>>> >>>> Ah, yes I share your annoyance. For me it has nothing to do with what you >>>> did or did not do at the opening etc, I'm sure it's just as it needed to >>>> be. It's the second-hand feedback, via email no less. "Some people" nearly >>>> always means "me". It's also slightly passive-aggressive. I try not to >>>> take on other people's anxieties about open space - of which there seems >>>> to be a lot around - and simply get on with it. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Viv >>>> >>>> Viv McWaters >>>> vivmcwaters.com.au >>>> creativefacilitation.com >>>> Australia +61 417 135 406 >>>> UK +44 79 3733 7935 >>>> >>>> Bringing meetings to life. Connecting people and ideas. >>> >>> -- >>> Harold Shinsato >>> [email protected] >>> http://shinsato.com >>> twitter: @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 >>> Past archives can be viewed here: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> Past archives can be viewed here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20150619/74bb1204/attachment-0001.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 18:19:53 -0400 > From: Ben Roberts via OSList <[email protected]> > To: "'World wide Open Space Technology email list'" > <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [OSList] Please join me next week for Governance Lab! > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear Open Space colleagues [with apologies for cross-posting]: > > > > I'm very excited to be hosting "Governance Lab," an experiment in virtual > Open Space, and I would love to have some of you join me if this engagement > calls to you. My partner in this work, Fyodor Ovchinnikov, posted about it a > few weeks back, so I hope y'all are OK with another promo. Any help in > extending personal invitations would also be most appreciated. > > > > What is Governance Lab? > > Governance Lab is a virtual "social lab" or "unconference," from June 25th - > July 2nd, on the theme of social ventures that leverage unconventional types > of leadership, governance, and ownership. > > . Join a global gathering that connects practitioners innovating in > the field with thought leaders and scholars who are bringing awareness of > this work to academia and the wider world. > > . Promote your work, engage in collective inquiry, and request > support for what matters most to you. > > * Participation can take place in many ways, and the scheduling is > highly flexible. > > Click here for more information. > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e-aeXOrL3CkENx3HAT4Lb3CHl-f7hIC38xP-wmu > DLLs/edit#heading=h.qhjh3kuakxqi> > > > > Some process notes for the OST crowd to reflect on. > > > > We're billing this as a "social lab"/"unconference," based on an assessment > that our main audience will resonate more with those terms. I'm curious what > the experience of others has been in this regard? > > > > As far as tech, we'll be using MaestroConference and Zoom for live sessions > (both hosted and self-scheduled), plus Slack as our 24/7 "nerve center," > asynch conversation space, and general hangout zone. Should be very > interesting, especially if we can hit a critical participation mass. > > > > Another unconventional move is to open up the agenda creation process in > advance for a limited number of sessions. Our thinking here is that many > prospects might lack sufficient reference points (both for the virtual > process and the broad subject) for deciding to participate, so having some > concrete sense of some of what will be offered is valuable. We will be > careful not to let the agenda get too full before the opening circle on the > 25th, however, which will hopefully keep the space feeling truly "open." If > any of you would like to take advantage of the opportunity to call a session > in advance, please let me know. And I'm also curious about your experiences > with such a practice. I have a feeling it may turn out to be one of the ways > that our beloved process evolves once it leaves its "pure" manifestation in > the in-person realm. ;-) > > > > Regards, > > Ben > > > > Ben Roberts > > The Conversation Collaborative > > www. ConversationCollaborative.com > <http://www.conversationcollaborative.com/> > > (203) 426-1039 > > Skype: benjamin_j_roberts > > G+: [email protected] > > > > tagxedo 1 > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20150619/dbb35388/attachment-0001.htm> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 25314 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20150619/dbb35388/attachment-0001.jpeg> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 20:48:00 -0400 > From: Suzanne Daigle via OSList <[email protected]> > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > <[email protected]>, Ben Roberts > <[email protected]> > Cc: Ben Roberts <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSList] Please join me next week for Governance Lab! > Message-ID: > <CAJh+fLAV9=bctmztqkv-0b0wgnn4ucod+bvylvxzbum9wfq...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Ben and Fyodor, feel your energy and passion. Ben you taught me the > possibilities of what I could experience virtually at a time when I could > not yet imagine it. Now I know. Fyodor, the intensity and depth of what you > write and are igniting are equally compelling. What a duo team. I can't > attend unfortunately but I urge others to follow their intuition if they > think this might interest them. > Suzanne > On Jun 19, 2015 6:20 PM, "Ben Roberts via OSList" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Open Space colleagues [with apologies for cross-posting]: >> >> >> >> I?m very excited to be hosting ?Governance Lab,? an experiment in virtual >> Open Space, and I would love to have some of you join me if this engagement >> calls to you. My partner in this work, Fyodor Ovchinnikov, posted about it >> a few weeks back, so I hope y?all are OK with another promo. Any help in >> extending personal invitations would also be most appreciated. >> >> >> >> *What is Governance Lab?* >> >> Governance Lab is a virtual ?social lab? or ?unconference,? from June >> 25th - July 2nd, on the theme of *social ventures that leverage >> unconventional types of leadership, governance, and ownership*. >> >> ? Join a global gathering that connects practitioners innovating >> in the field with thought leaders and scholars who are bringing awareness >> of this work to academia and the wider world. >> >> ? Promote your work, engage in collective inquiry, and request >> support for what matters most to you. >> >> - Participation can take place in many ways, and the scheduling is >> highly flexible. >> >> Click here for more information. >> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e-aeXOrL3CkENx3HAT4Lb3CHl-f7hIC38xP-wmuDLLs/edit#heading=h.qhjh3kuakxqi> >> >> >> >> *Some process notes for the OST crowd to reflect on?* >> >> >> >> We?re billing this as a ?social lab?/?unconference,? based on an >> assessment that our main audience will resonate more with those terms. I?m >> curious what the experience of others has been in this regard? >> >> >> >> As far as tech, we?ll be using MaestroConference and Zoom for live >> sessions (both hosted and self-scheduled), plus Slack as our 24/7 ?nerve >> center,? asynch conversation space, and general hangout zone. Should be >> very interesting, especially if we can hit a critical participation mass. >> >> >> >> Another unconventional move is to open up the agenda creation process in >> advance for a limited number of sessions. Our thinking here is that many >> prospects might lack sufficient reference points (both for the virtual >> process and the broad subject) for deciding to participate, so having some >> concrete sense of some of what will be offered is valuable. We will be >> careful not to let the agenda get too full before the opening circle on the >> 25th, however, which will hopefully keep the space feeling truly ?open.? >> If any of you would like to take advantage of the opportunity to call a >> session in advance, please let me know. And I?m also curious about your >> experiences with such a practice. I have a feeling it may turn out to be >> one of the ways that our beloved process evolves once it leaves its ?pure? >> manifestation in the in-person realm. ;-) >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Ben >> >> >> >> *Ben Roberts* >> >> *The Conversation Collaborative* >> >> www. ConversationCollaborative.com >> <http://www.conversationcollaborative.com/> >> >> (203) 426-1039 >> >> Skype: benjamin_j_roberts >> >> G+: [email protected] >> >> >> >> [image: tagxedo 1] >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> Past archives can be viewed here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20150619/0e5f4a98/attachment-0001.htm> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image001.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 25314 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20150619/0e5f4a98/attachment-0001.jpg> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 11:40:28 +0800 > From: Gail West via OSList <[email protected]> > To: Tricia Chirumbole <[email protected]>, World wide Open > Space Technology email list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSList] OS Hotline notes! June 2nd > Message-ID: > <CAP4=m4rzbfguhcqw_u_ooigdpnzwkdrqq-rwrzkbvqk1z8d...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Thanks you, Tricia and all. Love it! > > Gail > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Tricia Chirumbole via OSList < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all! >> >> I hereby declare that from this point henceforward, I shall be posting >> highlights from our OS Hotline discussions on my website blog. >> >> I am starting with our call from June 2nd and will post the past 2 weeks >> before our next call. I will keep posting a link to the listserv until >> someone asks me to cease and desist :) >> >> Yes, this is my way of blogging by way of the insights and wisdom of >> others! I hope you enjoy! >> >> http://bit.ly/OSHotlineNotes >> >> >> Tricia Chirumbole >> >> Facilitator. Coach. Champion. >> >> Co-Creative Culture Building >> Mojo Collaborative >> www.mojocollaborative.com >> >> 571-232-0942 >> skype: tricia.chirumbole >> twitter: @themojozone >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> Past archives can be viewed here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > -- > *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 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20150620/c5f233fe/attachment-0001.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > End of OSList Digest, Vol 50, Issue 20 > **************************************
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