Nobel Prize to Turkey

[Agneta Setterwall]

Congratulations Turkey - Orhan Pamuk got the Nobel Prize in litterature 
just some minutes ago...
Agneta S

Funda Oral wrote:

> congratulations Esther, such a wonderful and inspiring experience
> Funda
>
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>> On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 08:06 -0400, Communications Esther Matte wrote:
>>
>>>  Good morning to you all!
>>>
>>> Well, I DID IT!!!! My first OST, and with a very small group of 5 
>>> people.
>>>
>>> Thank you so much for sharing your experience with me a couple of weeks
>>> ago. I went there last night  with confidence in your advice, my 
>>> heart, the
>>> group and the process. And it worked wonders!
>>>
>>> There were only 5 participants. Three people chose not to come, one of
>>> which was a surprise for the sponsor. So I started off by saying 
>>> that the
>>> people who were there were the ones who were truly passionate about the
>>> theme, and they were the ones we needed.
>>>
>>> I did the usual opening in about 10-12 minutes, skipping most of the
>>> reassuring parts. They posted 11 subjects, combined three, so there 
>>> were 8
>>> discussions in 3 rounds of 45 minutes each.
>>>
>>> I followed your suggestions and expressed clearly the two choices 
>>> they had:
>>> discuss everything as a group, which was very tempting of course, or 
>>> follow
>>> the method. Then I suggested they give it a try at least for the first
>>> round of discussion, and one participant supported this suggestion. 
>>> I added
>>> that they might find that discussing as a group would make it very
>>> difficult if not impossible to go through the 8 subjects in 2 hours and
>>> maybe using the Law and playing bumble bees would allow them to discuss
>>> everything and go deeper. Much like what happened to Diane, they 
>>> gave it a
>>> try and never looked back. Of course, it's less natural with a small 
>>> group,
>>> but it works really well anyway.
>>>
>>> The next step will be action planning. They were all surprised at 
>>> what they
>>> had accomplished, felt revigorated and inspired and now have a clearer
>>> picture of their situation and what they might want to do next.
>>>
>>> As for me, it was a thrill. I felt OST was perfectly in sync with my 
>>> self,
>>> and was both excited and scared of doing my first event with such a 
>>> small
>>> group. I re-read Harrison's book during the weekend, read all of the 
>>> advice
>>> received from you yesterday morning, meditated a bit before going 
>>> there,
>>> centered my self and stayed focused to be fully present and 
>>> invisible (this
>>> week's discussion about presence was inspiring) and let go of any
>>> expectations and fear to simply go with the flow of the moment.
>>>
>>> I still feel the energy from the event this morning, and I know in 
>>> my heart
>>> I found a path on which I'll travel for a while and bring people to
>>> discover. Thank you all for your support!
>>>
>>> Esther
>>>
>>> At 17:40 2006-09-19, you wrote:
>>> >Hello Esther,
>>> >
>>> >I have had a couple with less than ten people. There's a few 
>>> thoughts I
>>> >have about OS and a small group:
>>> >
>>> >- it seems to be even more important than with a large group to have a
>>> >central question which is very powerful. After all, if you have 300
>>> >participants and some really want to do something else,
>>> >   that's one thing. If you have a few people, it could feel different
>>> > (meaning I am not sure whether it would really be different, 
>>> because I
>>> > haven't experienced that yet).
>>> >
>>> >- I have also with the smaller groups done a full opening but with 
>>> >smaller
>>> >groups sometimes comes a smaller room. If the circle is very small, 
>>> >space
>>> >can get cramped. So I suggest to make
>>> >   sure you have space enough
>>> >
>>> >- I have worked with teams in an organisation which had held 10-15 
>>> open
>>> >space events. Each team member in the leadership team had actually 
>>> been
>>> >trained in OST.
>>> >   Several times OST was used in creating the agenda and process for a
>>> > team meeting, but without the whole opening. Worked well.
>>> >
>>> >Greetings from (today) Holland,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Gerard Muller
>>> >Open Space Institute Denmark
>>> >Phone: (+45) 21269621                   Skype: openspace1
>>> >Mail: gm at openspace.dk
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >On Sep 19, 2006, at 2:29 PM, Communications Esther Matte wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>Hello everyone!
>>> >>
>>> >>First, let me say thank you for the wonderful learning I found in the
>>> >>OSList.  I’m new to Open Space, and even though I have yet to make my
>>> >>“first big circle” as Ted put it recently, I feel more confident 
>>> thanks
>>> >>to you all.
>>> >>
>>> >>I may have two possible projects with very small groups (5-7 
>>> people) ­
>>> >>which is what worries me.  I have participated to one OST in my
>>> >>experiential training with Diane Gibeault (fantastic!), and
>>> >>co-facilitated one with 45 people. But I simply cannot visualize 
>>> how it
>>> >>works with as few as 5 people. How do you do this? Do you have 
>>> several
>>> >>rounds of discussions? In separate rooms? Do people actually work by
>>> >>themselves and team up? Can you do it in approximately 3 hours ? 
>>> (Maybe
>>> >>20-30 minutes opening, 2 X 40-minutes rounds of discussion or 3 X
>>> >>30-minutes, action planning and closing).
>>> >>
>>> >>I'm sure some of you have done this. I'll be meeting with the first
>>> >>possible group next week, and nothing is set in stone yet for the 
>>> >>other.
>>> >>Any comments, suggestions, ideas or warnings will be very much 
>>> >>appreciated.
>>> >>
>>> >>Thank you very much in advance for your time!
>>> >>
>>> >>Esther Matte
>>> >>Communications Esther Matte
>>> >>1011, Marie-Victorin
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>>> >>www.excellence.ca
>>> >>
>>> >>"L'art de dire"
>>> >>
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