A case for training

[owen]

At 10:53 AM 1/27/99 +0100, you wrote:
>When you do an Open Space there are always several participants who are so
>delighted that they want to apply it themselves. Sometimes they tell you,
>sometimes they just do it. You don't have a clue how good they are at
>holding the space or whatever they are going to do.
>I often tell the participants in the closing circle, that this is something
>they can do themselves, but that they have to know what they are doing and I
>suggest they read Harrisons book.
>After having worked with several large organizations where they want to use
>Open Space ongoing, I have arrived at a possible solution. I offer them a
>course, that rather is coaching them through a real Open Space.
>I have now a group of 8 persons in an organisation with 5000 employes. Six
>of them had participated in one or two Open Space Conferences that I had
>already conducted with people from the organization. Before the first
>seminar day they had to read Harrisons book (and also my own about dialogue
>and large group methods in Swedish).
>The first day was about Open Space in general (with the US West film) about
>what to do and not (pitfalls etc). In the afternoon we started planning the
>event that they already had decided on. Looking at the venues, invitation
>letter etc. Everyone is involved in these tasks.
>The next day will be the day before the conference that is in the end of
>feb. We will go through the whole process, rehearse etc. The conference day
>I will only be in the background. They shall run the whole thing themselves.
>After the conference we will have a feedback session. After this I think
>there is a good possibility that they will work with Open Space in a good
>way in their organization.
>Ingrid Olausson
>This is a late contribution to this discussion, because I had trouble with
>my e-mail. Sorry
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Better late than never -- and Ingrid I think what you are doing is just
terrific. And I hope it might inspire others to do the same and more. Keep up
the good work.

Harrison

Harrison Owen
7808 River Falls Drive
Potomac, MD 20854
USA
301-469-9269 (phone)
301-983-9314 (fax)
email owen at tmn.com
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