Dear Sagit,
you are lucky to be Tova's student!
To your questions:
1. "Sponsor" in my understanding is the person who actually opens the
space by greeting those who are present, speaks briefly to the heading
under which the event takes place, talks shortly of his expectations and
hopes for the event and passes the mike to the facilitator... to get
down to business.
In case a school holds an open space, the principat might take on the
role of sponsor but it could also be someone selected by the planning
group such as a student or a parent...
In case a business holds an open space, the CEO might take on this role
In case of a formal Community Organisation it might also be the CEO or
someone from the Board of Directors
In case of a political party it might be the General Secretary of the Party
In the case you mention, the head or chief or whatever one might call it
of the association can take on this role... in other words the head or
appointed person of the internal body of the association
Yes, I think the sponsor has a vital role... as facilitator I had
contact with the sponsor long before the event took place, the sponsor
organizes and is part of the planning group, the sponsor is active in
what happens after the open space, the sponsor is present at the next
meetings after the open space event...
2. From my point of your empathy will be present or develope during the
unfolding of the process before, during and after the open space event.
I dont pay any attention to it.
However, I encourage the sponsor and the planning group and myself with
the open space facilitation team to pay a great deal of attention to the
space in which it takes place and arrange everything so that the force
of selforganisation can unfold... this is a huge topic by itself that
can be influenced by everyone involved... readable signs and posters,
fresh and delicious food from the beginning to the end, fresh air and
windows to the environment of the place... and many other things that
can actually be influenced. Doing this well will provide a setting in
which the participants, including the sponsor, will feel welcome, move
with ease, navigate without too much barriers, have everything to be
productively active (it does take a lot of energy)...
3. Some aspects were discussed above... a safe and comfortable space can
be created. From my experience I know that the other stuff you are
talking about will be taken care of by the folks that gathered for the
event. Anything you do that the group itself might be able to do is
simply closing down the space for selforganisation. This is one of the
toughest task for just about everybody, just to stand there and do
nothing in the knowledge that the group will take care of it.
Of course, if you know that folks are so fired up that they might come
to the events with weapons (Harrison described one such an event) its a
good and sensible and needed intervention to provide for a process for
folks to leave their guns at the entrance.
If the open space addresses some really wicked stuff and spirits are
high, there is no way to get much progress in a three hour event... it
is more likely to work when you have the full 16 hours spread over three
days, sleeping twice.
Mentioning at the introduction that the bulletin board will be open all
the time and that there will be opportunities in addition to the opening
sessins during evening news and morning announcements... will show you
that participants will post stuff not only in the beginning (for
whatever reasons that you need not worry about) but throughout the event.
Wishing you a great time in your plunges
Greetings from Berlin and join Tova on your way to Berlin for this years
Worldwide Open Space on Open Space in Berlin, see here
https://wosonos2020.berlin/
mmp
Am 05.01.2020 um 11:50 schrieb שגית רוסו יצחקי via OSList:
Hi everyone,
I’m Sagit, another one of Tova’s students :)
I'm interested in learning more about three different topics so thank
you so much for sharing your experience and opinions in one or all!
Sponsors -how vital are they for opening a space?
For example, in the case of an association that is dealing with a
significant conflict. Since there is no external body that runs the
association, the question arises as to whether open space can be held
without sponsors? Can a community have an open space without a sponsor?
Some questions about empathy and open space -
The first one will be - Is empathy important for a successful open space?
And if empathy is important -
How can empathic space be created and maintained for all its partners
and voices that want to be heard?
What techniques and tools do you use to bring empathy to the open space
and how do you invite other participants to hold empathy together?
Do you have any signs or metrics for measuring the levels of empathy in
an open space?
Did you come across occasions where it was difficult or impossible to
create an empathic space?
Creating an open space that allows all participants a safe and
comfortable space for expressing themselves -
In Open Space participants are invited to stand up and offer their
topics for conversation in the marktplace . I’m wondering whether people
who are not accustomed to make their voices heard or such who are at
some disadvantage (social, age, gender, origin etc.) Feel safe and
comfortable initiating conversations in such a space?
What are the ways you know for making the space truly safe and inviting
for all its participants?
How much does advance preparation contribute to their participation and
what should it include, in your opinion?
Thanks again for sharing,
Best wishes,
Sagit
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