Practice of Peace in Berlin
Michael M Pannwitz
mmpanne at boscop.de
Sat Oct 1 14:05:25 PDT 2005
Dear Colleagues everywhere,
just returned from an exciting OSonOS in the UK (their second) as a
foreign intruder....I imagine that there will be a report forthcoming to
this list.
Among other things, I did talk to a bunch of them, in a pub, wherelse,
about the upcoming Practice of Peace Program in Berlin.
Well, seems that although they had heard about it, the direct contact
encouraged several to utter the intention of coming to Berlin.
Especially when I told them about our "hosting of visitors" project
where Berlin colleagues will invite people from abroad to stay in their
homes. Besides being a real treat it is also somewhat of a necessity for
some of us on a slim budget.
Opening my computing machine after having been gone for 4 days I was
overwhelmed by the non-response to the invitation for the Practice of
Peace (at least, I thought, there would be an interest to come to the
birthday party where we will have harrisinis - this is the very special
martini that played an important part in the creation of open space
technology).
So, this is trying to encourage you to take advantage of the early bird
rate until October 7.
I am leaving for Georgia (the country) to spread open space there
together with Jo...when I return on October 7, I want to be overwhelmed
by the massive registration wave!
Here is the link with all the details:
www.practicepeaceberlin.org
See you in Berlin
(and next year in Estonia for the European OSonOS and in Moscow!!)
mmp
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Practice of Peace Program with Harrison Owen in Berlin, Germany
November 30 through December 2, 2005
Info and Registration at www.practicepeaceberlin.org
Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
++49-30-772 8000
www.boscop.de www.michaelmpannwitz.de
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From: Judi Richardson PONO <judir at accesswave.ca>
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Hi Brendan - I read your message here and the replies and have taken some
time to breathe with it. I acknowledge the frankness your client expresses
is very touching. I've been involved in many cross-cultural and
cross-gender experiences and have no ready answers as I think each one asks
to be taken individually. It would be wonderful to have an Aboriginal woman
who stands in her fullness of self as a role model and facilitator for this
one, eh? Anyone you know you could refer to them? I note that the client
states her confidence in having you hold the space - should they choose to
retain your services, I would suggest they introduce you in the invitation -
that way everyone will know ahead of time that you will be there? My next
question is to you - do you feel you could hold the space? There have been
a few times when I've referred clients to someone else as I felt I was too
passionate to "stay out of the space"!!
Hope this helps even a little bit!
Judi
Judith Richardson, MA, BA, BEd, MEC
PONO Consultants International
Optimizing Performance, Potential and Profitability
Phone: 902.434.6695
Fax: 902.435.1085
Winner International Coach of the Year 2004
www.ponoconsultants.com
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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Brendan
McKeague
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 12:22 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Cross Cultural Facilitation
G'day folks in the OS global community
A new client has asked me about facilitating a one-day OS for a group of
stakeholders and others about the creation of a refuge/hostel for indigenous
women - she has only minor concerns about using Open Space having recently
experienced her first event with me - her major concern is about using a
non-Aboriginal white male as the facilitator - see honest and forthright
comments below - and this event would be in a different part of the country
from where I live and where I'm not known locally in the indigenous
community - any thoughts on this query? Any stories of this sort of
cross-cultural/gender scenario?
Cheers
Brendan
We have an opportunity with the new site being built in ----- to devote some
of our resources to responding to the plight of indigenous families. Having
a different focus away from the mainstream site gives our service an
opportunity to explore, with the assistance of indigenous stakeholders, a
different way of responding to women and children from indigenous families
escaping violence. I don't know what this will look like and it will be
difficult and we won't always get it right. It will be a process of
learning and experimenting with new ways of responding to families.
This is like a leap into the unknown for us because it will change our
service. It has not been undertaken by any other service to my knowledge,
so there is no blue print to how we should proceed. Having said this, I do
think it is possible and I believe it will have a positive impact on our
service as a whole.
There would be about 35-40 people invited to this gathering which would
represent all of the key groups that would have an interest in a mainstream
organisation taking on and providing a service to Aboriginal women and
children.
There has been a positive reaction so far to the proposal from Aboriginal
organisations but I am sure we will face some resistance/perhaps hostility?
(I will probably know this before we enter an open space) - and in a sense
that is one of the reasons why I think an Open Space forum will be good so
that we can hear and respond to people's concerns.
One of my concerns Brendan is how they will receive you as a facilitator of
this process. I am confident about you holding the space for us to discuss
these issues but I also don't want to set you up in the process either. I
am worried that there might be some hostility to a man facilitating the
process and not a woman (you may be the only man there). I would love your
thoughts around this and whether you have done anything similar before.
Part of me says be courageous and go with what you think will work and
another part of me is scared stiff!
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Brendan – I read your message
here and the replies and have taken some time to breathe with it. I
acknowledge the frankness your client expresses is very touching. I’ve
been involved in many cross-cultural and cross-gender experiences and have no
ready answers as I think each one asks to be taken individually. It would
be wonderful to have an Aboriginal woman who stands in her fullness of self as
a role model and facilitator for this one, eh? Anyone you know you could
refer to them? I note that the client states her confidence in having you
hold the space – should they choose to retain your services, I would
suggest they introduce you in the invitation – that way everyone will
know ahead of time that you will be there? My next question is to you –
do you feel you could hold the space? There have been a few times when I’ve
referred clients to someone else as I felt I was too passionate to “stay
out of the space”!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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[mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, October 01, 2005
12:22 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Cross Cultural
Facilitation</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>G'day folks in the OS global community<br>
A new client has asked me about facilitating a one-day OS for a group of
stakeholders and others about the creation of a refuge/hostel for indigenous
women - she has only minor concerns about using Open Space having recently
experienced her first event with me - her major concern is about using a
non-Aboriginal white male as the facilitator - see honest and forthright
comments below - and this event would be in a different part of the country
from where I live and where I'm not known locally in the indigenous community -
any thoughts on this query? Any stories of this sort of cross-cultural/gender
scenario?<br>
Cheers<br>
Brendan <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>We have an opportunity with the new site being built
in ----- to devote some of our resources to responding to the plight of
indigenous families. Having a different focus away from the mainstream
site gives our service an opportunity to explore, with the assistance of indigenous
stakeholders, a different way of responding to women and children from
indigenous families escaping violence. I don’t know what this will
look like and it will be difficult and we won’t always get it
right. It will be a process of learning and experimenting with new ways
of responding to families. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>This is like a leap into the unknown for us because it
will change our service. It has not been undertaken by any other service
to my knowledge, so there is no blue print to how we should proceed. Having
said this, I do think it is possible and I believe it will have a positive
impact on our service as a whole. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>There would be about 35-40 people invited to this
gathering which would represent all of the key groups that would have an
interest in a mainstream organisation taking on and providing a service to
Aboriginal women and children. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>There has been a positive reaction so far to the
proposal from Aboriginal organisations but I am sure we will face some
resistance/perhaps hostility? (I will probably know this before we enter an
open space) – and in a sense that is one of the reasons why I think an
Open Space forum will be good so that we can hear and respond to people’s
concerns. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>One of my concerns Brendan is how they will receive
you as a facilitator of this process. I am confident about you holding
the space for us to discuss these issues but I also don’t want to set you
up in the process either. I am worried that there might be some hostility
to a man facilitating the process and not a woman (you may be the only man
there). I would love your thoughts around this and whether you have done
anything similar before. Part of me says be courageous and go with what
you think will work and another part of me is scared stiff! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 19:48:18 -0300
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Five elementary schools..
About 100 staff ...
A full day exploring "Imagine a School Culture That Makes a Difference"..
The only ones who speak in the closing circle were the skeptics who voice
surprised that it worked!!
Ciao,
Judi
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PONO Consultants International
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Makes a Difference”….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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skeptics who voice surprised that it worked!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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