a tasty "taster" OST meeting

Lucas Gonzalez lgs0a at yahoo.es
Wed Mar 23 00:35:19 PST 2005


--- "Pannwitz, Michael M" <mmpanne at boscop.de> wrote:
> Dear Raffi,
> the "who" opens the space question has been discussed on this list
> frequently.
> Seems to me it has, on one level, to do with roles (one of the things
> that can be defined in certain ways).
> So
> -sponsor/organizer role
> -facilitator role
> -participant role
> -other roles (spirit, for instance)
>
> In my experience ost works especially well when those roles are
> thought about.
> Usually, the sponsor/organizer (in this case you and Ludmilla) are
> also participants
> Usually the sponsor/organizer says through his intervention at the
> very beginning, before he slips into the participants role, the space
> is officially open (although I know its there all the time)

Thanks for the insight - it's great to look at it that way: it's the
sponsor who opens the space in the first place - it's within their
power and reponsibility and control to open things up.

They (as well as I, for sure) have a few fears to overcome.

So when talking to prospective sponsors, the very first steps, do you
open the space to possibilities, one of which is OST?  Do you suggest
other methodologies when you first speak with them?  How do you go
about this essential part of the business?

(Another research question: How long does it take, on average, for a
talker to become a walker*?)

Lucas
*Hi, JL from Chile :)



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