One More Thing Not to Do

Mon Feb 21 21:10:31 PST 2000

Dear Friends

I've just been catching up on my reading of the list after having been away
holding space for a two day staff OS gathering of my biggest client and
thought a conversation I had there might be of interest in the context of
recent discussions.

Someone asksed how I measure my success in open space. I said that I feel I
have been most successful when in the closing circle there is not one
comment about me; when people all comment on what they have done and how
the process has worked for them. I know that I have failed to hold the
space as openly as I could when there is lots of praise for me and my
abilities. And of course there are lots of points in between.

Does anyone have any other external indicators of what it means to be
holding space authentically for them?

Warmest wishes

Andrew

Andrew Donovan
Business Facilitator
tel +61 3 9416 3021
fax +61 3 9416 2935
PO Box 1705
Collingwood  VIC  3066
Australia

>From  Tue Feb 22 19:38:12 2000
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 19:38:12 -0700
Reply-To: bjpeters at amug.org
To: OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
From: BJ Peters <bjpeters at amug.org>
Subject: Re: Laptop free OST?
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Chris Corrigan wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Anybody done an OS without laptops?  How did
you handle the
<br>proceedings?  Handwritten or what?</blockquote>
Hi Chris-- I have done several OS meetings without laptops, each with around
50 participants. Topic discussion convenors were asked to make sure a report
was made on newsprint charts and included:
<ul>
<li>
Topic...</li>

<li>
Names of Convenor, Facilitator, Scribe, Reporter, Participants...</li>

<li>
Ideas about what it will look like when…</li>

<li>
How will they benefit...</li>

<li>
What the group finds exciting and hopeful about this possibility...</li>

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Conclusions and recommendations...</li>
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Reports are presented to the total group. Often there is additional input,
discussion, etc. The newsprint charts are  transcribed by the client
after the meeting, and computer generated reports distributed to all participants.
It works just fine - does take more time, however.
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