Dear friends and colleagues, I have a little story to share about the development of the module *Working *with Open Space Technology. I fell in love with OST in 1992 when Harrison came to Ontario, Canada to offer his first four day Canadian OST training. The setting was the Five Oaks Conference Center of the United Church of Canada. George Hermannson, Director of Five Oaks and Larry Peterson, Director of the national Urban Core Support Network had heard Harrison speak in 1990 and thus began their intention to sponsor a training, and to bring Harrison to Canada. In those days, Harrison offered four day training sessions in OST. Participants included primarily Directors of various social service, religious, health and educational services, about twenty of us.
I immediately started using OST in my social/health service organization. Even though I was in the 'boss' senior staff position, I chose to be the facilitator. One initial multi-day OST meeting with Board of Directors/Staff/volunteers/community allies to develop the basis for a strategic plan, followed by a monthly half day OST meeting to work on each of the four themes that came out of the first OST meeting to further develop our strategies for implementation. There were many developments based on OST in the following three years. The Board of Directors and the staff team of about 80 people participated in active experimentation with me about using OST, what worked within our organization, and what didn't work. The learning we did together led to the development of this module of the Genuine Contact program, Working With Open Space Technology. The finishing touches for the module came about when I had assistance from a school principal, Monica McGlynn Stewart when facilitating a large OST meeting. She was superb in her questioning of me in why certain things were happening, what my thinking was, how I was making the many many decisions I was making in my role as the consultant/facilitator. Prior to that I was not aware of all of this decision making that I was doing. Via Monica's questions which she tracked on post it notes for me, I came to realize more that was needed in facilitating the OST meeting. Simultaneously, the Urban Core Support Network in most inner cities across Canada under Larry's leadership started using OST for many types of meetings including community engagement. The Urban Core Support Network used a multi-day OST meeting for the annual conference. This gave me the opportunity to be a participant in OST annually, to learn more about OST including how we as an organization could benefit from the annual meeting throughout the year...the benefits and trials of doing so. I had my own experiences as a leader of long term use of OST in an organization. I had the experience of watching and conversing with Larry about his long term use of OST in an organization. This led to two articles published in Berrett-Kohler's Journal: At Work: Stories of Tomorrow's Workplace. All of this experience led to the development of the module Working with Open Space Technology. For those of you coming to WOSONOS, this offer of Working with Open Space Technology by Anna Caroline and Thomas takes this module in their own unique way, building on the original development via their own wisdom and experiences....and their expertise in assisting others to learn. If you cannot get to WOSONOS, and are in Europe, our colleage Doris Gottlieb offers Working With Open Space Technology <https://www.dorisgottlieb.com/ost-2019>Sept 3-5 in the Netherlands. And our team at Dalar International offers the same module in an online environment Oct 18, 25 and Nov 1 (three Fridays in a row from 9am to 12:30pm EDST <https://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/>). We also offer this 'on demand' as a self-study with one to one mentoring. As Anna Caroline and Thomas say, this module is good for those new to OST and also to those well seasoned OST practitioners. It is also valuable for leaders who want to bring OST into their organizations as they learn how to support the OST meeting...and its outcomes. in genuine contact, heart to heart, Birgitt *Birgitt Williams* *Supporting Next Level Leadership "Leading So People Will Lead"* Author, Senior Consultant, President Dalar International Consultancy, Inc <http://www.dalarinternational.com/> Founder Genuine Contact Program <http://www.dalarinternational.com/genuine-contact> Co-owner Genuine Contact Group, LLC <https://genuinecontact.net/about/co-owners/> Founder Extraordinary Leadership Network <http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com/> *Learn with us for your skill and capacity development for leading and working in the new leadership paradigm "Leading So People Will Lead"* Upcoming learning module: Working with Open Space Technology <https://www.dalarinternational.com/curriculum/open-space-technology/>. Three different learning options to learn a process for facilitating meetings that engage the people. Self-Study + One-to-One Mentoring + Mentoring Circle; Self-Study + Real-Time Workshop + Mentoring Circle; and Self-Study + Real-Time Workshop + One-to-One Mentoring + Mentoring Circle with real time workshop dates three consecutive Fridays from 9am to 12:30pm EST on October 18, 25, and November 1st. PO Box 19373, Raleigh, NC, USA 27613 Phone: 01-919-522-7750 On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 11:59 AM Anna Caroline Türk via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > Yes, I am happy that the OS Institute invited us and for the opportunity > to meet and learn together with an international group. > And it would be super nice if you pass on the word to those who are > curious about this learning opportunity. > > "The Open Space Institute - U.S. is proud to host this Open Space > Technology training with these long term members and practitioners in the > Open Space community. Although we believe there is no requirement to take a > training to learn Open Space Technology, it helps to learn from experience. > And these trainers bring you decades of valuable practice and presence. We > believe your own practice will be generously accelerated by playing with > them to explore and practice the key ingredients in hosting your own Open > Space Technology events, and especially your conduct and mindset which are > the most important ingredients in holding space for others." > > Greetings from Berlin & see you at the WOSonOS 2019 > Anna Caroline > > > > > On Aug 23, 2019, at 4:20 PM, Thomas Herrmann via OSList < > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > Dear friends in Open Space > Anna Caroline and I are doing some preparations for the upcoming Open > Space Technology training in Washington, Oct 22-24, immediately before the > WOSonOS. The training is organized in cooperation with OSI US. > > We already have a few persons registered so we know the training will > happen and now we are reaching out to you to ask. > *Can you help us to spread the word? * > Attached you find the flyer, explaining a bit about the training. It can > be valuable for people new to OST as well as experienced OST facilitators > who want to explore different perspectives. Participants will be invited to > do some useful personal preparation activities, get access to resources. > After the training there will be an online follow up meeting (in open > space) and an offer for free mentoring with us. > > This training “Working with Open Space Technology” is part 1 of the > Advanced Skill Building Workshops of the Genuine Contact™ Program > <http://www.genuinecontact.net/>. During the training we introduce > valuable tools for preps/follow up. We also invite participants to develop > their understanding of the essence of Open Space Technology and the > implications for facilitators/sponsors and participants. > > If you like to spread the word a simple way is to pass on the flyer. Visit > Anna Carolines website for more info and registration > <https://truthcircles.com/open-space-washington/> > > We welcome YOU > > Thomas Herrmann and Anna Caroline Türk > > > Thomas Herrmann > Open Space Consulting AB > Pensévägen 4, 434 46 Kungsbacka, Sweden > Telefon: +46 (0)709 98 97 81 > Email: tho...@openspaceconsulting.com > Homepage: www.openspaceconsulting.com > Profile on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/thomasherrmannopenspaceconsult > Company page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/OpenSpaceConsulting > > Open Space Consulting frigör livskraft i människor, organisationer och > samhälle. > We release lifepower in people, organizations and society. > > *Medskapande är hör för att stanna – dags att vässa er förmåga?* > *Co-creation is here to stay – time to sharpen your skills?* > *Trainings/workshops 2019* > Hållbart medskapande med Open Space-metoden (löpande starter) > Sept 3-5: Working with Open Space Technology – Netherlands > Sept 6-7: Genuine Contact Mentoring Circle – Amsterdam, Netherlands > Sept 30-Oct 1: Integration retreat for facilitators, Öland, Sweden > Oct 16-18: Working with Whole Person Process Facilitation - Netherlands > Oct 22-24: Working with Open Space Technology – Washington, USA > Oct 25-27: WorldOpenSpaceOnOpenSpace – Washington, USA > > *Trainings/workshops 2020* > Jan 11, 18, 25 and Febr 1st: Individual Health and Balance > Febr 5-7 Organizational Health and Balance – Berlin, Germany > April 2-3 Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution - Netherlands > Sept 1-3 Working with Open Space Technology - Netherlands > Sept 4-5 Genuine Contact Mentoring circle, Amsterdam Netherlands > Oct 25-27 Working with Whole Person Process Facilitation – Berlin, Germany > > *Trainings/workshops 2021* > Febr 2-5 Genuine Contact Organization – Netherlands > Apr 12-16 Genuine Contact Train the Trainer - Netherlands > > More info & registration: www.openspaceconsulting.com (Aktiviteter) > Or get in touch via email tho...@openspaceconsulting.com > > <image001.png> <http://www.genuinecontact.net/> > > <Open Space Technology Trainign - Washington 2019_smallPDF.pdf> > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org > > > > > *Anna Caroline Türk* > Mentor to Visionary Leaders > +49 (0)176 248 722 54 <+49%20(0)176%20248%20722%2054> // TruthCircles.com > <http://truthcircles.com/> > <http://www.facebook.com/truthcircles/> > <http://de.linkedin.com/in/annacarolinetuerk> > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > 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/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
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