Evaluations of Open Space in Novi Sad, Serbia
Dragana Tomic
draganatomic4hr at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 1 10:19:10 PST 2006
Dear Elwin,
its great to see that Open Space is practicing more
and more in my country.... by opening space and
people, creating new ideas and actions towards better
future....
Greetings from Belgrade,
Dragana Tomic,
Training Consultant
--- Elwin and Joan <elwinandjoan at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I just completed an Open Space in Novi Sad, Serbia
> for the purpose of
> establishing a sustainable network/organization to
> promote Heritage
> Festivals and Tourism. The sponsor was a USAID
> Development Project.
>
> It was a classic 2 1/2 day event with 100+
> participants.
>
> Below are the Open Space Evaluations (requested by
> the Project
> Director) from the Project's two professional
> trainers (both beautiful
> young women) who interpreted and otherwise assisted
> me throughout.
>
> Elwin Guild
> Future Development International
> Baltimore
>
>
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> From the very beginning of the first day, I was
> suprised and impressed
> with the new and fresh approach to holding
> conferences and seminars
> (many of which I attended in the past and died of
> boredom). Also, my
> initial scepticism, which was apparent in the
> beginning both to my
> colleague Sandra and the facilitator, slowly started
> to melt away after
> I saw how people became inspired and enthusiastic
> (though a little
> confused, perhaps) to embrace this new methodology
> and make the most
> out of the freedom that was suddenly handed to them.
> Perhaps the most
> interesting illustration of how my reservation over
> how this event was
> going to turn out was refuted by the instance on the
> first day when the
> first person to stand up and post the name of the
> workshop to be held
> was a woman, and that soon after, 90% of the people
> present rushed to
> do same (exactly to the word as Elwin had predicted
> earlier).
>
> Over the following two days, I was again impressed
> and surprised by the
> number of people showing up at 9:00am each morning
> and staying until
> late at night discussing in informal groups issues
> of interest to them.
> I kept trying to warn Elwin that most of the people
> wouldn't show up
> the next day, and that on the last day there would
> probably not be more
> than 10 people for the closing of the conference.
> But again, I was
> wrong - I believe that some 80% of the people who
> initially showed up
> came for the closing (and some of them came to me
> earlier to say that
> they wouldn't be able to make it, as they had to
> travel long distances
> and would have to leave earlier). Their closing
> words were, once again,
> more positive that I could have anticipated.
>
> On the other hand, I am not sure exactly how the
> results of this great
> event can adequately be recorded (and what are they,
> in the most
> concrete sense, other than truly great exchange of
> ideas, meeting and
> coming together of people with similar problems who
> will now have the
> chance contact each other in the coming period...
> Which is perhaps more
> than enough). I understand the report was supposed
> to serve this
> purpose , but looking through them, I believe there
> could have been a
> better way to put the actual results together - what
> that would be, and
> how it could have been implemented, I don't really
> know. Furthermore, I
> am also not sure how much follow up action will
> there be in the
> foreseeable future.
> But then again, I'm not a visionary.
>
> If you have any further questions, or if I have left
> anything out, let
> me know.
>
> Cheers,
> Darja
>
>
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>
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> Here's my impression about the event:
> First of all I was surprised with participants'
> reaction to the fact
> that there was no agenda. I would expect that after
> Elvin announced it,
> everybody would start looking around feeling very
> uncomfortable, but
> no, they ran to the agenda wall as soon as he
> finished talking.
> Complete surprise for me!
> Second surprise was the fact that there were people
> still working at
> 10PM on both days. Normally everybody start feeling
> tired right after
> lunch.
> The atmosphere was great during the entire event.
> They organized their
> own party at the end of day 2 - this NEVER happened
> before!
> I wrote down some of the comments participants maid
> on the last morning
> at the closing session:
> "You brought us all here to teach us fishing, not to
> give us fish and
> that's why I liked it so much!"
> "I am impressed with this method and I think this is
> the best, if not
> the only way to address this much issues with this
> much people"
> "This concept surprised me, but so did our reaction.
> I never attend
> seminars, conferences, trainings and when I realized
> at some point that
> there will be 56 meetings I wanted to run away, but
> something kept me
> going. I had a great time during entire event. I
> felt very pleasant and
> I carry lots of positive emotions from this
> conference."
> "This made me realize that I am not the only one
> having problems and
> that there are solutions for all of us out there".
> One of the hotel staff asked to keep the sign with
> one of the
> principals "What ever happens is the only thing that
> can happen" and
> "The law of two feet".
>
> I hope this will do!
> Sandra
>
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>From Sat Apr 1 15:08:24 2006
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Elwin,
Congratulations on your work.
I have some questions about how the report was set up, and what the
'givens' or 'non-negotiables' for the event were. We also are doing work
for organizations funded by USAID and they are looking closely at the
investment in OST and whether it is worth it beyond simply an exchange
of good ideas.
I am looking at the comment in the evaluation:
"On the other hand, I am not sure exactly how the results of this great
event can adequately be recorded (and what are they,in the most concrete
sense, other than truly great exchange of ideas, meeting and coming
together of people with similar problems who will now have the chance
contact each other in the coming period...Which is perhaps more than
enough). I understand the report was supposed to serve this purpose ,
but looking through them, I believe there could have been a better way
to put the actual results together - what that would be, and how it
could have been implemented, I don't really know. Furthermore, I am also
not sure how much follow up action will there be in the foreseeable
future."
It would assist me greatly in our current USAID work and relationships
re OST and the COSO to understand how the reports were done and what the
'givens' were. Thank you in advance for the time it will take to do the
response.
Birgitt
www.dalarinternational.com
Providing a holistic approach to business success
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>From Sat Apr 1 15:17:04 2006
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From: Birgitt Williams <birgitt at dalarinternational.com>
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Hi Michael,
Can you say a little more please about your concept "It is the first
expansion of space for selforganisation...if that is
done calmly, intensely, with a smile, from the heart...everything after
that is a breeze." This sounds like a new concept to me...that the
facilitator is able to expand the space.
Blessings,
Birgitt
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Subject: Re: Introduction in an OS-meeting
Dear Eva, Thomas and trainees!
Great to hear of your training.
Giving us just 8 hours to respond and midnite approaching I will skip
kiss and do longhand:
I think it is essential that the sponsor (usually the person that pays
my fee) not only opens the space and then participate fully in the event
as participant but that that person has had a talk with me ahead of time
around his role in those 3 minutes of opening.
It should really be only three minutes (the main reason to signal that
this is everyones show and that it needs to get onto the road quickly).
The things the sponsor needs to cover are
-welcome, great you are here...
-the Theme is and three sentences to the theme...
-my expectation and hope and heartwish for our gathering is:....
-welcome to our facilitator xyz....
Any dialogue or exchange around the questions one of the participants
suggested (all great questions but not at this juncture and rather in
the preceeding coaching)will delay the start and will destract the
facilitator from his main job to "be fully present and invisible".
As far as first impression is concerned here is my experienc:
Even though ost works every time, the first impression does make a
considerable difference in the spirit. And here I think the second phase
(first being "Welcome" and I no longer say "Welcome to open space" as I
try to avoid to make any reference to open space)
namely
"Focusing the Group"
appears to me the most essential.
The point here is to make a contribution to the group focusing on
itself, that starts by asking everyone to have a look around and see who
is sitting to ones left, to ones right, across the room etc. and
pointing out the ressources and gifts in the room (400 years of life
experience in case of the participants in the training, 10 complete
treasure chests full of knowledge, skills, abilities, languages,
cultural backgrounds...) ....
It is the first expansion of space for selforganisation...if that is
done calmly, intensely, with a smile, from the heart...everything after
that is a breeze.
Have a great learning journey
greetings from Berlin
and feel invited to join the world map, of course!!!
Thomas Herrmann wrote:
> Dear friends in Open Space
> Today Eva P Svensson and myself facilitated the first day of our
> OS-training. 10 increadible participants with so much wisdom. We used
OST
> for half of the day and I was lucky to get the chance to participate
in the
> rich conversations and got many interesting gifts I´d like to share.
If you
> have any experiences or ideas to share I´d love to hear them. I will
bring
> them back tomorrow morning to share the value of this marvellous
> OS-list(that gives you 8 hours to respond;-)).
>
> In almost all OS-meetings I´ve facilitated the sponsor has started off
> welcoming the participants and addressing the theme etc. Not always it
has
> been perfect. Today I received the idea from one of our participants
to
> start off by having an open dialogue with the sponsor by asking each
other
> some questions and talking openly in front of the participants. For
example:
> What do you want with this day/days? Why did you choose OST as the
meeting
> format? I think the idea is brilliant and I will try this asap.
> Did you try this? What do you think?? Do you have any ideas regarding
this
> conversation?
>
> Another thing we talked about in that session was "first impression".
How
> much of a difference can the opening make? Creating a climate of
trust,
> openness gives motivation, energy, creativity which inspires action
which
> creates effects. What and how I say things does matter! Any
reflections
> regarding this will be highly appreciated too.
>
> Another important aspect we talked about in that session is the
importance
> of how people are taken care of when they arrive on site.
> Warmest regards
> Thomas Herrmann Phone +46 (0)709-98 97 81
> Open Space Consulting Fax +46 (0)300-713 89
> Pensévägen 4
> 434 46 Kungsbacka, Sweden
> Email: thomas at openspaceconsulting.com
> www.openspaceconsulting.com
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>From Sat Apr 1 16:20:52 2006
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New words for an old line, Birgitt. It is called "Expanding Our Now."
Otherwise known as blowing the old time/space continuum. For sure the
facilitator doesn't do it all, but he/she can certainly make a good start. I
think that is what we get paid for (if we get paid). Now, of course Michael
may have had a totally different idea, but I loved the words.
Harrison
Harrison Owen
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Subject: Re: Introduction in an OS-meeting
Hi Michael,
Can you say a little more please about your concept "It is the first
expansion of space for selforganisation...if that is
done calmly, intensely, with a smile, from the heart...everything after
that is a breeze." This sounds like a new concept to me...that the
facilitator is able to expand the space.
Blessings,
Birgitt
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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
Michael M Pannwitz
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:49 PM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: Introduction in an OS-meeting
Dear Eva, Thomas and trainees!
Great to hear of your training.
Giving us just 8 hours to respond and midnite approaching I will skip
kiss and do longhand:
I think it is essential that the sponsor (usually the person that pays
my fee) not only opens the space and then participate fully in the event
as participant but that that person has had a talk with me ahead of time
around his role in those 3 minutes of opening.
It should really be only three minutes (the main reason to signal that
this is everyones show and that it needs to get onto the road quickly).
The things the sponsor needs to cover are
-welcome, great you are here...
-the Theme is and three sentences to the theme...
-my expectation and hope and heartwish for our gathering is:....
-welcome to our facilitator xyz....
Any dialogue or exchange around the questions one of the participants
suggested (all great questions but not at this juncture and rather in
the preceeding coaching)will delay the start and will destract the
facilitator from his main job to "be fully present and invisible".
As far as first impression is concerned here is my experienc:
Even though ost works every time, the first impression does make a
considerable difference in the spirit. And here I think the second phase
(first being "Welcome" and I no longer say "Welcome to open space" as I
try to avoid to make any reference to open space)
namely
"Focusing the Group"
appears to me the most essential.
The point here is to make a contribution to the group focusing on
itself, that starts by asking everyone to have a look around and see who
is sitting to ones left, to ones right, across the room etc. and
pointing out the ressources and gifts in the room (400 years of life
experience in case of the participants in the training, 10 complete
treasure chests full of knowledge, skills, abilities, languages,
cultural backgrounds...) ....
It is the first expansion of space for selforganisation...if that is
done calmly, intensely, with a smile, from the heart...everything after
that is a breeze.
Have a great learning journey
greetings from Berlin
and feel invited to join the world map, of course!!!
Thomas Herrmann wrote:
> Dear friends in Open Space
> Today Eva P Svensson and myself facilitated the first day of our
> OS-training. 10 increadible participants with so much wisdom. We used
OST
> for half of the day and I was lucky to get the chance to participate
in the
> rich conversations and got many interesting gifts I´d like to share.
If you
> have any experiences or ideas to share I´d love to hear them. I will
bring
> them back tomorrow morning to share the value of this marvellous
> OS-list(that gives you 8 hours to respond;-)).
>
> In almost all OS-meetings I´ve facilitated the sponsor has started off
> welcoming the participants and addressing the theme etc. Not always it
has
> been perfect. Today I received the idea from one of our participants
to
> start off by having an open dialogue with the sponsor by asking each
other
> some questions and talking openly in front of the participants. For
example:
> What do you want with this day/days? Why did you choose OST as the
meeting
> format? I think the idea is brilliant and I will try this asap.
> Did you try this? What do you think?? Do you have any ideas regarding
this
> conversation?
>
> Another thing we talked about in that session was "first impression".
How
> much of a difference can the opening make? Creating a climate of
trust,
> openness gives motivation, energy, creativity which inspires action
which
> creates effects. What and how I say things does matter! Any
reflections
> regarding this will be highly appreciated too.
>
> Another important aspect we talked about in that session is the
importance
> of how people are taken care of when they arrive on site.
> Warmest regards
> Thomas Herrmann Phone +46 (0)709-98 97 81
> Open Space Consulting Fax +46 (0)300-713 89
> Pensévägen 4
> 434 46 Kungsbacka, Sweden
> Email: thomas at openspaceconsulting.com
> www.openspaceconsulting.com
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>From Sat Apr 1 16:41:36 2006
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Thanks Harrison. I'll wait to hear from Michael too. However, I wanted
to comment briefly now on the 'expanding our now' role in OST as
facilitators. (I also have fond memories of the five day Expanding Our
Now gathering in Oregon that I think assisted in crystallizing thoughts
for your book by that name). We all (about 35) went through deep
changes from that event and playing with the space/time continuum.
To my way of thinking, the facilitator doesn't 'expand the now' except
of course for him or herself to the extent that he/she is able to expand
the personal sense of now. Rather, the facilitator, by his/her state of
being (which might include an 'expanded sense of now')invites others to
expand their sense of 'now'. Those kinds of words don't need to be
spoken, but rather the facilitator is aware that this is what he/she is
doing.
I also experience that a key role for the facilitator is to be at as
high a vibratory frequency as he/she can achieve (assuming that a high
frequency is one of love, harmony, peace) and then to hold this
frequency throughout so that others can resonate/entrain to this
frequency. It is indeed a very active facilitator role...without
appearing to do anything much.
Birgitt
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Subject: RE: Introduction in an OS-meeting
New words for an old line, Birgitt. It is called "Expanding Our Now."
Otherwise known as blowing the old time/space continuum. For sure the
facilitator doesn't do it all, but he/she can certainly make a good
start. I
think that is what we get paid for (if we get paid). Now, of course
Michael
may have had a totally different idea, but I loved the words.
Harrison
Harrison Owen
7808 River Falls Drive
Potomac, Maryland 20854
Phone 301-365-2093
Skype hhowen
Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com
Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org
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Birgitt
Williams
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 3:17 PM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: Introduction in an OS-meeting
Hi Michael,
Can you say a little more please about your concept "It is the first
expansion of space for selforganisation...if that is
done calmly, intensely, with a smile, from the heart...everything after
that is a breeze." This sounds like a new concept to me...that the
facilitator is able to expand the space.
Blessings,
Birgitt
-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
Michael M Pannwitz
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:49 PM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: Introduction in an OS-meeting
Dear Eva, Thomas and trainees!
Great to hear of your training.
Giving us just 8 hours to respond and midnite approaching I will skip
kiss and do longhand:
I think it is essential that the sponsor (usually the person that pays
my fee) not only opens the space and then participate fully in the event
as participant but that that person has had a talk with me ahead of time
around his role in those 3 minutes of opening.
It should really be only three minutes (the main reason to signal that
this is everyones show and that it needs to get onto the road quickly).
The things the sponsor needs to cover are
-welcome, great you are here...
-the Theme is and three sentences to the theme...
-my expectation and hope and heartwish for our gathering is:....
-welcome to our facilitator xyz....
Any dialogue or exchange around the questions one of the participants
suggested (all great questions but not at this juncture and rather in
the preceeding coaching)will delay the start and will destract the
facilitator from his main job to "be fully present and invisible".
As far as first impression is concerned here is my experienc:
Even though ost works every time, the first impression does make a
considerable difference in the spirit. And here I think the second phase
(first being "Welcome" and I no longer say "Welcome to open space" as I
try to avoid to make any reference to open space)
namely
"Focusing the Group"
appears to me the most essential.
The point here is to make a contribution to the group focusing on
itself, that starts by asking everyone to have a look around and see who
is sitting to ones left, to ones right, across the room etc. and
pointing out the ressources and gifts in the room (400 years of life
experience in case of the participants in the training, 10 complete
treasure chests full of knowledge, skills, abilities, languages,
cultural backgrounds...) ....
It is the first expansion of space for selforganisation...if that is
done calmly, intensely, with a smile, from the heart...everything after
that is a breeze.
Have a great learning journey
greetings from Berlin
and feel invited to join the world map, of course!!!
Thomas Herrmann wrote:
> Dear friends in Open Space
> Today Eva P Svensson and myself facilitated the first day of our
> OS-training. 10 increadible participants with so much wisdom. We used
OST
> for half of the day and I was lucky to get the chance to participate
in the
> rich conversations and got many interesting gifts I´d like to share.
If you
> have any experiences or ideas to share I´d love to hear them. I will
bring
> them back tomorrow morning to share the value of this marvellous
> OS-list(that gives you 8 hours to respond;-)).
>
> In almost all OS-meetings I´ve facilitated the sponsor has started off
> welcoming the participants and addressing the theme etc. Not always it
has
> been perfect. Today I received the idea from one of our participants
to
> start off by having an open dialogue with the sponsor by asking each
other
> some questions and talking openly in front of the participants. For
example:
> What do you want with this day/days? Why did you choose OST as the
meeting
> format? I think the idea is brilliant and I will try this asap.
> Did you try this? What do you think?? Do you have any ideas regarding
this
> conversation?
>
> Another thing we talked about in that session was "first impression".
How
> much of a difference can the opening make? Creating a climate of
trust,
> openness gives motivation, energy, creativity which inspires action
which
> creates effects. What and how I say things does matter! Any
reflections
> regarding this will be highly appreciated too.
>
> Another important aspect we talked about in that session is the
importance
> of how people are taken care of when they arrive on site.
> Warmest regards
> Thomas Herrmann Phone +46 (0)709-98 97 81
> Open Space Consulting Fax +46 (0)300-713 89
> Pensévägen 4
> 434 46 Kungsbacka, Sweden
> Email: thomas at openspaceconsulting.com
> www.openspaceconsulting.com
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>From Sat Apr 1 18:25:10 2006
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Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 18:25:10 -0500
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From: john engle <englejohn at hotmail.com>
Subject: Victims of Rape Work Together for Healing and Change
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Hi friends.
In Beyond Borders Spring 2006 newsletter there's an article about a network
of Haitian women who are victims of rape and using Open Space to help
facilitate healing and change. Here it is:
http://www.beyondborders.net/je-assoc/documents/beyondbordersspring2006.pdf
John
ps let me know if you would like to receive hard copies of Beyond Borders
newsletters. There's no charge.
http://circlesofchange.com participatory learning & leadership in Haiti
http://johnengle.net Open Space facilitation
email: john at johnengle.net
telephone: 202-236-6532
P.O. Box 337
Hershey, PA 17033
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>From Sat Apr 1 18:34:22 2006
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From: john engle <englejohn at hotmail.com>
Subject: Jerry of "Ben & Jerry's" & living economy os brochure
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Hi again friends.
I've shared that I'm working with some folks in Lynchburg VA to use Open
Space on Saturday April 15 toward engaging community on living economy
issues.
Two things to report on:
1) Jerry of Ben and Jerry's Ice cream will be speaking and special guest at
a wine and cheese sponsored by chamber of commerce Friday April 14th as part
of the event
2) There's a nice brochure that spells out living economy principles and a
bit about open space. Here's link to download it
http://www.beyondborders.net/je-assoc/documents/lynchburglivingeco2006brochure.pdf
Finally, to visit the blog go to http://lynchburglivingeconomy.com
Best,
John
http://circlesofchange.com participatory learning & leadership in Haiti
http://johnengle.net Open Space facilitation
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