[A little reflection of you… back to you. Some ‘found poetry’, from your
current Poet Laureate…]
Wide Space Open
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It went all wonderfully well.
held in a circus
in tents nearby
in a big truck
many more people from local government attended the open space than expected
one elected represen
This relates to the very best way I have found to train a facilitator I think I
got from Michael Pannwitz and it is simple.
If someone asks me to train them, I invite them to attend an event with me.
When it comes time to set the agenda, I have them go over to the wall and just
stand there and
Dear Leslie
Your wording for the book of proceedings is great. Go right ahead.
I provide a form for note-taking (see annex), in which I include "the most
important outcomes in three sentences" for the closing circle, especially
for Open Space Events that are as short as yours or no longer t
What HO points to works especially well when I as facilitator dont have
a clue to what the participants are talking about, if, for instance they
speak in tongues other than English or German.
Now, the trick for the facilitator, me or whoever, for not suddenly
being in the position of "space inva
Elwin raised a great point about "listening." I find it is very important
that everybody hear all the issues. If I think somebody spoke too softly, I
ask for a repeat. If there are conversations breaking out, I ask for
respectful listening. If I see groups gathered at the wall, I ask that they
find
Bang on accurate John!
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> On Jan 28, 2015, at 8:54 AM, John Watkins via OSList
> wrote:
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> Chris,
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> So
I have always found it useful to "demonstrate the Marketplace" aspect of OST.
In a quick heartbeat I say, "Here's all you have to do to create today's
agenda. I have an issue. I do not get paid enough to Facilitate this event. So
my Topic is 'Help me get more pay!' (I write it on the paper, annou
Chris,
So it sounds to me as though you are saying something like the framing of
purpose and the tying together of harvest (to build on what Jeff said) are what
help all the micro conversations to contribute usefully to the necessary
diversity of ways of thinking that create oblique views in or
Good points, John.
I would come out very strongly to say that if the *facilitator* is combining,
sorting or having the group vote on or reduce / compress / decide on topics, it
is not Open Space.
It is something else where some facilitator is using some portions of what they
may have seen done s
You can get a lot of work done with two or three people diving into a topic
together even while there are three or four similar topics being addressed.
Dealing with complex issues requires taking an oblique view of a problem and
coming at it from different angles. It is really good strategy to
Just a simple thought here: I have almost never as a facilitator sorted or
combined any kind of brainstormed list for participants. I find that they are
really good at doing whatever sorting and combining is needed themselves,
sometimes with a minor prompt, and sometimes with no prompting at a
I am enjoying your responses, all, and it also does touch upon what I first
thought when I myself was about to respond.
Everything in a human systems dynamic (facilitation, dialogue) touches upon and
informs everything else
So what came to mind for me - in addition to how many chairs or breakou
Good points, all. Nigel, I’m also wondering about the physical space. For
anything interactive, including Open Space - I look for a space that is at
least 2x the size as the amount of expected participants. So many things inform
all of this.
I am also wondering Nigel - how might you answer your
Hang in there Nigel! And don't worry about the System. It's been in
operation for 13.7 billion years, and all things considered, it hasn't done
badly. Of course there are times when there seems to be a little "blip" --
perhaps something we did not expect. But who are we to complain, newcomers
that
Nigel, a few thoughts. One is to find more session times during the day. You
say there were three. How long was each session time? 90 minutes can be
shortened to 75 minutes for example. Could there be a fourth time added? How
about a 'working lunch'?
I would not be concerned about the large num
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