Givens -- Again : law and butterflies

[Pannwitz, Michael M]

Since I have made a break a "formal" part of the os-events I
facilitate (if the sponsor opens the space at 9 am the gathering
begins at 8:30 with a break and the buffet with coffee and juices and
fruit all set up at 8:30) people are very much present when they sit
in the circle at 9:00.
It appears to me that the space has neither to be opened, nor
released, nor spoken to ... its there regardless of what anyone might
say. So I dont say anything about the space but get on with inviting
the participants to have a good look at all the people that are
there, state the theme, demonstrate how an issue gets on the bulletin
board, introduce the principles and the law and invite them to write
down their issues and post them while I leave the circle at that
point and enter again only at the point where I say a couple of
things about the market place and when we gather again for evening
news.
This seems to work well.
I have seen and heard many other ways of it being done and they work,
too.
One point that does appear to make a difference is the way the group
is invited to take in who all is there, also called "focusing the
group" (where I add "on itself")...complete presence is a real help
and that is not easy to be into right at the beginning and that I
think might be one of the reasons why some facilitators do stuff like
meditating several hours before the facilitation thing or touching
every chair once more assited by a mantra such as "welcome"...there
once was a long list of the many different things people do just
before the introduction on this list.
Greetings from sleepless berlin
mmp

--Original Message Text---
From: Joelle Lyons Everett
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:18:14 EST


In a message dated 11/19/04 11:52:35 AM, hhowen at comcast.net writes:


Also (contrary to what I
said before) there is something useful about "vamping until ready"
but I
don't think the talk has much to do with the passage of information
-- at
least not verbal information. It is rather about creating the
ambience and
presenting yourself as facilitator as being really there. So it
doesn't much
matter what you say -- it is more how you say it


Harrison--

I like the concept of "vamping until ready."  It puts a name to a
phenomenon that I have experienced.  Seems that it takes a little
time at the start of the meeting to let everyone arrive in the room,
bring back the attention that is scattered to events at home or
office, traffic on the freeway, glitches in finding the meeting site,
etc.  And a bit of taking charge of the space before you release it
to the participants.

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