Introduction in an OS-meeting
Elwin and Joan
elwinandjoan at yahoo.com
Sun Apr 2 15:07:35 PDT 2006
I guess Michael Pannwitz and I are clones! Everything he said (see
below) is EXACTLY whay I ALWAYS do!! And yes, from there it is a
breeze, a warm and gentle one!
"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."
Elwin Guild
Future Development International
Baltimore
--- Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
> 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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