OST Training

[Harrison Owen]

At 11:24 AM 9/5/00 -0700, Laurel wrote:
>I've been swamped with requests to open space since my training last spring
>- our organization is embracing the method as a better way to work together.
>(Unfortunately, my other work has kinda slid to the back burner.)  I'm so
>passionate for opening space that I want to spread it around the
>organization more than one person can possibly do alone.  The health care
>climate in Canada is in a sad state - chronically underfunded, demoralized
>and in the midst of a major staffing crisis.  Hence, there are huge
>challenges with both trying to get groups of people together in open space
>for a satisfying amount of time and with funding the process.
>
>Long story short, our organization is desperate for more trained internal
>facilitators.  We've considered bringing in an external expert to train
>facilitators, but the costs are prohibitive.  Despite some trepidation, I
>have offered to lead a training session as long as everyone clearly
>understands that I've only been doing the method for a few months (albeit,
>about one OS per week since that time), so am clearly not a seasoned
>"expert", but rather a learner in the process.  Since we are trying to grow
>a learning organization in Capital Health Region, this seems to be a good
>fit.

WOW!!!!! thank you -- and Of course GOOD LUCK

Please let us know how it all comes out.

Harrison

Harrison Owen
7808 River Falls Drive
Potomac, MD 20854 USA
phone 301-469-9269
fax 301-983-9314
Summer Phone 207-763-3261
Summer Address
189 Beaucaire Ave.
Camden, ME 04843
website www.mindspring.com/~owenhh
Open Space Institute website www.openspaceworld.org

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