Anyone who knows of interesting development projects for sheepfarmers?
Birgitt Williams
birgitt at mindspring.com
Tue Jun 25 14:15:41 PDT 2002
Hi Thomas,
They might be interested in the OST meeting that I facilitated two years ago
for the Canadian Farm Business managers. I can send you a copy of the book
of proceedings if you would like. Also, Viv McWaters in Australia has worked
a lot with land use which included farmers from Australia and Africa at the
meetings. She can be reached at viv at theReef.com.au
Blessings to you and to all with whom you make Genuine Contact,
Birgitt
Birgitt Williams
Mentoring for Organizational Effectiveness
We invite you to visit us at www.genuinecontact.com
<http://www.genuinecontact.com/> and join the list serve at
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/genuinecontact
"I believe that Spirit matters and people are precious. I know that
organizations incorporating these values have exciting, tangible results
including wealth, prosperity, and abundance. Daily, these organizations
attend to their health and balance. Participating in the Genuine Contact
program takes you on a learning journey of HOW to achieve the healthy and
balanced organization (the conscious Open Space Organization).” Birgitt
Williams, Dalar International Consultancy
Contact information for Dalar International Consultancy
Mailing address: Po Box 19373, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 27619 or for
courier 12136 Shooting Club Rd., Raleigh, North Carolina USA 27613
Phone: 919-522-7750 Fax: 919-870-6599
-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Thomas
Herrmann
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 4:25 PM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Anyone who knows of interesting development projects for
sheepfarmers?
Hi all.
In September I will facilitate a two day OST-meeting for sheepfarmers in
Sweden. They want to raise profitability and develope complementary
businesses. They are interested in knowing of any international experiences
in this field. Thought I would ask you out there. I know there is a wide
variety of experiences on this list, and there just might be some fitting
this?
Greetings
Thomas Herrmann Phone +46 (0)709-98 97 81
Open Space Consulting Fax +46 (0)300-713 89
Pensévägen 4
434 46 Kungsbacka, Sweden
Email: thomas at openspaceconsulting.com
www.openspaceconsulting.com
*
*
==========================================================
OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
------------------------------
To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,
view the archives of oslist at listserv.boisestate.edu,
Visit:
http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
*
*
==========================================================
OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
------------------------------
To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,
view the archives of oslist at listserv.boisestate.edu,
Visit:
http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
>From Wed Jun 26 23:53:24 2002
Message-Id: <WED.26.JUN.2002.235324.0200.>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:53:24 +0200
Reply-To: thomas at openspaceconsulting.com
To: OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
From: Thomas Herrmann <thomas at openspaceconsulting.com>
Subject: SV: Transfer in Process
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020624075042.02dd4b50 at pop.mindspring.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0006_01C21D6C.C4292720"
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C21D6C.C4292720
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Thanks for an interesting conversation of transfer in processes.
I use a transfer in exercise starting most meetings that are not Open Space
meetings. I use a format I learnt from Birgitt Williams - Whole Person
Process Facilitation. One thing that strikes many participants is how fast
they get into the actual core of the meeting. In my experience people also
"open up" and speak from their heart this way.
For me this has worked wonderfully in my pre-meetings and I now also use
this process in follow up meetings after an Open Space meeting. One detail I
could share at the same time is that I use a digital camera to take pictures
from the flip charts the participants and I use in these meetings. That
makes it a lot easier for me/my sponsor and everybody gets the documentation
at their computor the very same day.
Greetings
Thomas Herrmann, Kungsbacka, Sweden
-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Från: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]För Harrison Owen
Skickat: den 24 juni 2002 14:06
Till: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Ämne: Re: Transfer in Process
At 08:37 PM 6/23/2002 -0400, Doug. Germann wrote:
Harrison, you do seem to use a transfer in process--for you it is
silence
and time to look at the people around the circle. That seems true, at
least
if what I suspect is going on in a transfer-in, *is* what is going on:
you
are breaking the preoccupations people bring to the meeting and getting
their minds and spirits in the same place as their bodies.
The difference is that the stories bring people there for others to see,
and the silence brings them there in a potentially deeper, less visible,
way.
Sure --- and I suppose you could think of the whole Open Space as a
"Transfer-In Process" But my real point is to minimize the number of things
I add or do which have the tendency to keep the people from the central of
getting on with their business. Over the years I have practiced a single
design principle when working with Open Space: Think of one more thing NOT
to do. My effort was to keep stripping away all the things that could be
done, or might be nice to do -- in order to leave the bare essentials,
whatever they were. At the beginning, it just seemed like a good thing (not)
to do. But from my present perspective, in which Open Space is really all
about the power of self-organization, one of things we have learned is that
self-organization slows or stops when you add a bunch of stuff. Less stuff,
more power. I am sure there are a few more things I could throw out, but I
guess I feel pretty comfortable with the little that I do. Added to that, I
have yet to see any "add on" (beyond Walk the circle, announce the theme,
explain the mechanics/principles, and go to work) that added anything
substantive to the total experience.
Harrison
Harrison Owen
7808River Falls Drive
Potomac, MD 20854 USA
phone 301-365-2093
Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com
Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org
Personal website www.mindspring.com\~owenhh
OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,
view the archives of oslist at listserv.boisestate.edu
Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C21D6C.C4292720
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D790514221-26062002>Thanks=20
for an interesting conversation of transfer in =
processes.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D790514221-26062002>I use=20
a transfer in exercise starting most meetings that are not Open Space =
meetings.=20
I use a format I learnt from Birgitt Williams - Whole Person Process=20
Facilitation. One thing that strikes many participants is how fast=20
they </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D790514221-26062002><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial>get into =
the=20
actual core of the meeting. In my experience people also "open up" =
and=20
speak from their heart this way.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D790514221-26062002></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D790514221-26062002>For me=20
this has worked wonderfully in my pre-meetings and I now also use this =
process=20
in follow up meetings after an Open Space meeting. One detail I could =
share at=20
the same time is that I use a digital camera to take pictures from the =
flip=20
charts the participants and I use in these meetings. That makes it a lot =
easier=20
for me/my sponsor and everybody gets the documentation at their computor =
the=20
very same day. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D790514221-26062002>Greetings </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D790514221-26062002>Thomas=20
Herrmann, Kungsbacka, Sweden</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D790514221-26062002></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D790514221-26062002> </SPAN>-----Ursprungligt=20
meddelande-----<BR><B>Fr=E5n:</B> OSLIST=20
[mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>F=F6r </B>Harrison=20
Owen<BR><B>Skickat:</B> den 24 juni 2002 14:06<BR><B>Till:</B>=20
OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>=C4mne:</B> Re: Transfer in=20
Process<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: =
0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT>At=20
08:37 PM 6/23/2002 -0400, Doug. Germann wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dcite type=3D"cite" cite>Harrison, you do seem to =
use a=20
transfer in process--for you it is silence<BR>and time to look at =
the people=20
around the circle. That seems true, at least<BR>if what I suspect is =
going=20
on in a transfer-in, *is* what is going on: you<BR>are breaking the=20
preoccupations people bring to the meeting and getting<BR>their =
minds and=20
spirits in the same place as their bodies.<BR><BR>The difference is =
that the=20
stories bring people there for others to see,<BR>and the silence =
brings them=20
there in a potentially deeper, less =
visible,<BR>way.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Sure ---=20
and I suppose you could think of the whole Open Space as a =
"Transfer-In=20
Process" But my real point is to minimize the number of things I add =
or do=20
which have the tendency to keep the people from the central of getting =
on with=20
their business. Over the years I have practiced a single design =
principle when=20
working with Open Space: <I>Think of one more thing NOT to do. </I>My =
effort=20
was to keep stripping away all the things that could be done, or might =
be nice=20
to do -- in order to leave the bare essentials, whatever they were. At =
the=20
beginning, it just seemed like a good thing (not) to do. But from my =
present=20
perspective, in which Open Space is really all about the power of=20
self-organization, one of things we have learned is that =
self-organization=20
slows or stops when you add a bunch of stuff. Less stuff, more =
power. I=20
am sure there are a few more things I could throw out, but I guess I =
feel=20
pretty comfortable with the little that I do. Added to that, I have =
yet to see=20
any "add on" (beyond Walk the circle, announce the theme, explain the=20
mechanics/principles, and go to work) that added anything substantive =
to the=20
total experience.<BR><BR>Harrison <BR><BR>Harrison =
Owen<BR><X-SIGSEP>
<P></X-SIGSEP>
<DIV align=3Dcenter>7808River Falls Drive<BR>Potomac, MD 20854 =
USA<BR>phone=20
301-365-2093<BR><BR><BR><BR> Open Space Training <A=20
href=3D"http://www.openspaceworld.com/"=20
eudora=3D"autourl">www.openspaceworld.com</A> <BR>Open Space Institute =
<A=20
href=3D"http://www.openspaceworld.org/"=20
eudora=3D"autourl">www.openspaceworld.org</A><BR>Personal website <A=20
href=3D"http://www.mindspring.com/~owenhh"=20
eudora=3D"autourl">www.mindspring.com\~owenhh</A><BR><BR><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U>OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR></U></FONT>To =
subscribe,=20
unsubscribe, change your options,<BR>view the archives of <FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U>oslist at listserv.boisestate.edu<BR></U></FONT>Visit: =
<A=20
href=3D"http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html"=20
eudora=3D"autourl"><FONT=20
=
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</A=
><BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT></U></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C21D6C.C4292720--
*
*
==========================================================
OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
------------------------------
To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,
view the archives of oslist at listserv.boisestate.edu,
Visit:
http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
More information about the OSList
mailing list