Steve Brigham espevcially re Closing circles

[Fr Brian S Bainbridge]

Dear Steve,
I have nothing to add to Birgitt's comments about Evening and Morning
News.  That's how I use those times, and it has always worked just fine.
For the closing circle, I have always allowed about an hour for under-
100 and about 90 minutes for over-100 groups.
I've never focused on time spcifically, but I have always indicated the
"go-home time" at the very intro of the Open Space as I outline the
schedule and time frames, mentioning that we will use the closing circle
exercise in the time frame shown.  So far, no group (even 400) has gone
over, for some reason.  Everyone has a chance to speak and holds the
talking stick, but as the time runs on, they just pass it on with a "it's
already been said" or "same again" or "nothing new to add" indication.
I don't know why it works,  but it just does, and very nicely, and never
with any sense of hurry or haste.
And I have lots of stories of what happened during those circles - often
extremely moving and emotional events and times, to say the least.  And
always hugely positive and developmental and happy for some marvellous
reason.
And I always cheat a couple of mionutes to allow for the gathering of the
Report and the simple "When It's Over, It's Over" exercise in whatever
format seems right.
Cheers and blessings,   BRIAN.

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One thing that I have found successful in evening news is to not only ask
how is it going, but also what's missing. This allows some folks to state
things that are concerning them. At the end of evening news, I will then
encourage them to think about restating what is missing as a topic to put up
in the morning. This had lead to some good and occasionally breakthrough
topics.

I also always ask people to pay attention to their dreams.

Larry

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