1. Anecdote 2. Request
Michael Herman
mherman at globalchicago.net
Tue Feb 4 20:51:15 PST 2003
my god, chris! ...it's just amazing that osonos9 worked at all, what with
you not studied up on all the finer points of the user's guide... good
thing you had laurel around to keep you on track!
will add that i scheduled my first two open space events before i'd ever
even seen it done and facilitated them before i saw any training. they
both worked fine, of course. i did the selling of one of those first two
events with the help of a local nun by the name of joan murray who i found
through harrison's website. she helped me counter the sponsor's concerns
that "we're not sure catholics can do this... catholics like structure."
that's still one of my favorites!
i think the most important part of the training is the getting connected to
the wealth of resources that are out there now for support and learning.
going back to the previous incarnation of ost on metanet, ost has always
been a community conversation for me. i try to welcome new people into
that conversation at various levels and try to give them enough of the
jargon so that they can jump in as full participants. i suppose the other
important bit is getting in touch with some of those inner resources (head,
heart, experience, peace) that many might not realize are so valuable in an
open space life.
this is just a great place to be. thanks to all.
m
Chris Corrigan wrote:
> Lisa:
>
> I always prod people to read the User's Guide too, beforehand, but if
> they cannot get a copy of the book (because they live on a reserve in
> the Yukon and even Amazon can't find them), I direct them to Harrison's
> site where an old version exists. I know that's basically all I had for
> years before I ever took any training from anyone. It was great for
> getting me started in Open Space and generated enough questions and
> curiosities that I started posting to this list. I don't think many of
> us acknowledge quite how valuable THIS little community is. When I was
> getting started, my learning about OST accelerated many times through
> questions and answers on and off list and in phone conversations with
> people like Larry Peterson who were incredibly generous with their time
> in helping me to discover for myself what it was that OST was all about.
> I finally bought the current version of the User's Guide long after I
> had done some more formal learning with Harrison and Birgitt, and about
> seven months before I hosted OSonOS. What a great little book, thought
> I.
>
> I stand by the "good head, good heart" theory of OST learning and
> practice, because that has been my story. And the delightful part is
> that I have discovered over the years just how much living there is to
> do in refining that "good head and good heart" to be able to both
> practice OST, and live it.
>
> So I prod people to get the book and then get to work opening space and
> if they have any questions, to call me, or post to the list, or phone
> Harrison in the middle of the night and get him before he knows what
> he's saying. As soon as Harrison groggily asks "Who are you?" the
> learning begins!
>
> Chris
>
> ---
> CHRIS CORRIGAN
> Consultation - Facilitation
> Open Space Technology
>
> Bowen Island, BC, Canada
> http://www.chriscorrigan.com
> chris at chriscorrigan.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Seamus
> > McInerney
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 4:12 AM
> > To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> > Subject: Re: 1. Anecdote 2. Request
> >
> > Hi Lisa,
> > I love your clusters list and would live to see your notes.
> >
> > Shay
> >
> >
> > >OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi, Ralph --
> > >
> > > You asked:
> > > > If you were to conduct an OS training program for 5-10 people,
> how
> > > would you
> > > set it up, and how much time would you think is required?<
> > >
> > > When I designed my current OST learning workshop (which is what I
> call
> > > training) I analyzed what are the components for knowing how to do
> OST,
> > > and broke them all apart into clusters of
> > >
> > > -what can you learn by reading
> > > -what can you only learn by doing
> > > -what can you learn from handouts
> > > -what can you learn later (as the learning begins before the
> training
> > > and extends a lifetime after)
> > >
> > > ....and then I fit the components you can best learn by doing /
> sharing
> > > with others in my workshop (with handouts and additional
> information
> > for
> > > accessing future learning all around the room).
> > >
> > > Mine fit into a 2.5 day workshop - first evening intros, sharing
> > > thoughts about theory and human behavior change and setting of
> theme,
> > > next a full day of OS, next a full day of all the things they might
> > wish
> > > to learn before jumping off on their own (with future coaching from
> me
> > > and OSLIST as they wished of course).
> > >
> > > Of course holding an OS without there being a real business /
> community
> > > issue can make the OS go a bit 'flat', but
> > >
> > > 1- this provides great nutrition for the next day's discussion plus
> a
> > > full-body understanding of when / why you *wouldn't* use OS
> > >
> > > 2- one thing I've just started: whenever possible I invite a small
> > > business or community group to hold a day's retreat for their real
> > > business need *on* our OS training day, just for the cost of
> catering -
> > > serves both the business and the workshop participants
> > >
> > > It all works out either way.
> > >
> > > I'd be happy to send you and whomever else wishes it the lesson
> plan,
> > > and some of the handouts if you desire.
> > >
> > > This workshop, by the way, works even if folks have not read
> "User's
> > > Guide" -- although I nudge them like crazy to read it pre-workshop,
> > > there are always a few who cannot. Jumping into OS soon in the
> > schedule
> > > makes that work, I think, and everybody is highly motivated to read
> the
> > > Users Guide right after if they haven't already. As my method is
> to
> > use
> > > what they know from their other life experiences as well, this
> always
> > > seems to work quite richly.
> > >
> > > I'd love to see what you develop for your own approach to training
> -- I
> > > look forward to sharing more between us all on all that.
> > >
> > > Let me know what I can send you,
> > >
> > > Lisa
> > >
> > >
> > > L i s a H e f t
> > > Consultant, facilitator, educator
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> > > Berkeley, California
> > > 94705-1106 USA
> > > (+01) 510 548-8449
> > > lisaheft at pacbell.net
> > > (coming soon: www.openingspace.net)
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