New member introduction

[Lisa Heft]

Hi, Kevin -
 
You asked:
<What would you recommend focusing my precious study time on considering

that I am not a facilitator, nor do I really have any experience in it 
(other than conducting meetings at work). I have met some "facilitators"

however, and am blown away at how, well, "easy" and smoothly meaningful 
conversations happen in their hands.  I wanna be like that!>
 
I think that being on this OSLIST is like being in Open Space University
- so this is a great place to learn.  You might think about going to an
Asia regional conference of the International Association of
Facilitators - which would give you little mini-sampler courses in many
facilitation methods and introduce you to others.  
http://www.iaf-world.org <http://www.iaf-world.org/> 
 
You might also try the Institute of Cultural Affairs / Japan:
http://www.icajapan.org/indexe.html
 
There are also books which my colleagues have enjoyed, and I'm sure
they'll recommend some.  Perhaps if you ask that question all on its
own, with a special title - like "Books for Learning Facilitation" (or
whatever) - other individuals who want to look that up in future on our
OSLIST archives will be able to benefit from all that input, as well.
 
 
You also asked,
<I'm sure the answer is "word of mouth" and "building relationships",
but 
I still gotta ask, where do you folk's clients come from?>
 
You've got it.  And then sometimes you just jump in and decide to
develop a meeting of your own and facilitate it, inviting interesting
people to join you !  You will also meet other facilitators at these
conferences for example, and perhaps you'll meet some people with whom
you can collaborate..
 
Take care,
Lisa
 
 
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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 openingspace.net
www.openingspace.net 
 
 

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