1. Anecdote 2. Request
Chris Corrigan
chris at chriscorrigan.com
Tue Feb 4 21:32:57 PST 2003
No way in the world "I" could have done it without Laurel...it was a
team effort all the way, and she did all the hard work!
*hugs to the partner on the big Island to my west!*
Chris
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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
Michael
> Herman
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 8:51 PM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Re: 1. Anecdote 2. Request
>
> 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
> > > > O p e n i n g S p a c e
> > > > 2325 Oregon
> > > > Berkeley, California
> > > > 94705-1106 USA
> > > > (+01) 510 548-8449
> > > > lisaheft at pacbell.net
> > > > (coming soon: www.openingspace.net)
> > > >
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