Thanks Michael. And thanks also for sharing the openspaceworldscape link.
Australia looks a bit scarce on the map - but there is plenty happening here. ;-) Warm regards, Andrew On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Michael M Pannwitz <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Andrew, Lisa, Birgitt and you others, > > a few years ago I was asked to facilitate an event in the northeastern > corner of Poland with folks across the border from Lithuania also > attending. The sponsor asked two translators to translate my US-American > introduction into Polish and Lithuanian. They walked the circle behind > me as Lisa also described. One effect was that I constantly had little > breaks to focus on the next thing to say and the participants had > various inputs they could understand in different languages (my > assumption: all understood their mother tongue, of course and most had > at least some rudimentary language skills in the other languages spoken). > All posters were in the three languages and issues were written on > sheets that had been folded into three spaces, so that translations > could be added by other participants. > I was wondering how they would manage in the breakout sessions. To my > surprise, a number of the breakout sessions used Russian... so there was > a common language? On inquiry, I was told that it would never do to use > Russian in an event like this, at least not in the "official" parts. > Ok, be prepared to be surprised. > > Here is a short summary of some aspects of this event back in 2002 as > recorded in the Open Space worldscape > >> >> http://openspace-landschaft.de/an_veran.asp?veranstaltungId=1041&sprache=en&von_seite=ue_veranstaltung.asp&ds=10&branche=&begleiterId=9&anzeigeOrtId=0 >> > > Reading through this report I noticed that I did not include the part > about Russian in my note... hmmm? Political correctness? > > A few years later, Harrison came to Berlin and did his three day Practice > of Peace event. Every day starts with a lecture followed by an open space > on the theme of the lecture. On the first day, Harrison introduced the > process, on the second day a colleague from Russia did it in Russian and on > the third day I did it without using spoken words. > To me, the most memorable moment was during the Russian introduction (not > being translated) when pretty much at the beginning a participant ran to > the Russian colleague, kneeled in front of her pleading, in English, to > please translate her introduction. At that moment, his friend that he sat > next to in the circle called out: "Hey, come back here, I know Russian and > can translate for you if you like!" > This was a hilarious intervention that not only stopped the space invader > but also demonstrated how hidden the ressources in the group are even for > people in the know (friends). > > From all this and other situations I learned to ask questions when the > issue of translation arose (especially when the sponsor of the event does > not come from the local context). This often leads to "one less thing to > do" and to make more space for the forces of selforganisation to do its > thing. > > Yes, lets hear how things went and I invite you to deposit a note about > this event in the Open Space worldscape, a data base with presently 793 > events recorded, here is the link, its in English and German > >> http://openspaceworldscape.org/ >> > > cheers > mmp > >> >> 22.02.2016 22:18, Andrew Rixon via OSList wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm helping a client prepare for an Open Space event - 400 people, >> and within the audience there will be a group of 10-20 koreans who >> will require a translator. >> >> I'd love to hear stories and tips on what people have found to work >> well... >> >> Warm regards, Andrew >> >> -- Andrew Rixon PhD Director Babel Fish Group W: >> http://www.babelfishgroup.com E: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> M: +61400 352 809 F: +61(0)3 8610 >> 0162 >> >> *Come join Bob Dick and I on April 12th and 13th in Melbourne for:* >> "Kickstarting Change that Lasts: How to flatten hierarchies, build >> relationships and get work done! >> <http://kickstartingchangemelbourne2016.eventbrite.com.au>" >> <http://kickstartingchangemelbourne2016.eventbrite.com.au> An >> innovative program on applying Open Space Technology and Action >> Learning >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ 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] >> >> > -- > Michael M Pannwitz > Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany > ++49 - 30-772 8000 > > > > Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 402 resident Open > Space Workers in 67 countries working in a total of 143 countries > worldwide: www.openspaceworldmap.org > -- Andrew Rixon PhD Director Babel Fish Group W: http://www.babelfishgroup.com E: [email protected] M: +61400 352 809 F: +61(0)3 8610 0162 *Come join Bob Dick and I on April 12th and 13th in Melbourne for:* "Kickstarting Change that Lasts: How to flatten hierarchies, build relationships and get work done! <http://kickstartingchangemelbourne2016.eventbrite.com.au>" <http://kickstartingchangemelbourne2016.eventbrite.com.au> An innovative program on applying Open Space Technology and Action Learning
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