re Columbia OS

Averbuch averbuch at post.tau.ac.il
Sat Apr 27 13:00:28 PDT 2002


  Harrison wrote :

                  < Tova and Avner could help a lot here -->
     
   I must admit i do not see myself as an expert on this issiues. But i feel that the effort in colombia is dear to me so i will put in mu 2 intuitive cents: 
  . I found it useful to be more intentional and careful (possibly) with my pre-event conversations with sponsors just to make sure that they really wanted to take this trip and what the ground rules were. But other than that -- business as usual.



    The practical question is in Pablo's words:  
     
    One concern we had is whether it is really necessary that they speak Spanish, some think that with one of us as a co facilitator this is not needed.  What are your thoughts on this? 

  I can remember doing several OS in Latin America where I was just about the only English speaking person. Personally I would have felt a lot better had I spoken Spanish for reasons of politeness if nothing else -- but as far as the effectiveness of the OS, again it was business as usual. One of the things I learned was just how intuitive OS really is. Another learning was about how unimportant the actual words really are. But i always think it is much better to have the whole thing in a language understood by the people. It wipes out the expert syndrome, and a whole mess of other unneeded baggage.

  Harrison


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