AW: questions, questions

Mon Dec 18 07:40:44 PST 2006

Dear Ivana

There is a wonderful Open Space facilitator living in southern Spain,
Florian Fischer. He is German. Do you speak any German? He also speaks some
Spanish. He has helped me become an OS facilitator in mentoring me up to a
big OS event this last spring. Whenever I had a question, I could ask him by
email. We shared the money I got for facilitating the preparation group
meetings, thus he got paid for his help. We also meant to facilitate the
event together, he being my coach, but two days before the event, he had to
resign due to health reasons. “Whatever happens
” 

Florian will now facilitate the self-organized workshop on learning about
Open Space from Jan. 12 – 15 near Berlin. Infos to be found on www.boscop.de
<http://www.boscop.de/> , “Lernwerkstätte”.  Two years ago, I took part in
such an event and loved the way OS can be learned these days – besides the
reading and my earlier experiences with OT-conferences in Open Space from
1989 onwards

So, as Harrison said, get the books, read the lists (there is a
german-speaking one too!), have a look on www.openspaceworldmap.org
<http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/>  and find out who else is there near
you. Go assist them. And find out in which field you would like to work,
make the necessary contacts, and go for it. I myself liked very much to be
helped by an experienced facilitator / coach in my first events. I also like
to be able to reflect on the process with my assistant(s). Whenever you have
a question along the way, post it on the list. There is always lots of
learning involved for everybody by the answers we all get to read.

Love, Catherine

Catherine Pfaehler Senn

Open Space Begleitung & Coaching

Kellersriedweg 8

CH - 2503 Biel

+41-(0)32 - 365 68 41

c.pfaehler at bluewin.ch

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Von: Ivana Balazevic-Fisher [mailto:ivana_bf at yahoo.com] 
Gesendet: Freitag, 15. Dezember 2006 16:16
Betreff: questions, questions

Hi all, 

I have come accross the OS a few days ago.  Since then I have been pondering
about it, reading what I found on internet and ordering books that felt
right to order.  And pondering some more.  Getting the feeling for it.  

I love the papers posted on the openspaceworld.org.  If ever I read a bunch
of papers that made me feel at home (the first word of choice was: sane, but
then I changed it to feeling at home), it is these.  

With this in view, I would be interested to know/read about the stories
behind the events that the practitioners do - if a company calls for an OS
day - why does it do it? What is the story behind it?  I found Harrison's
stories more than illuminating and hence the question.  

Another question would be: what happens afterwards? Say a company did a
marvellous OS event - people got self-organized, they bonded, the Spirit
spoke and sang and danced.  But my question is: what happens next? Because:
until a day before the OS event everyone had their job to attend to as
defined in a world prior to the OS event.  What are the experiences of what
happens afterwards? Because, it seems to me, for the whole thing to actually
be implemented in real life and not only during the three days of the OS
event - a company (organisation, or whatever) would need to keep the space
open afterwards too, people would have to be allowed to switch their teams
if that is required by the commitment they made at the OS event, they would
need to keep talking in open and free ways where everyone is equal as in the
OS event for the event to live longer than the 3 days...  And example that
prompted this question is the example of Hampton Roads in one of the papers
posted on the website - there the event seems to have found a way into
everyday reality - what are other experiences on the ground?

Then: how does one become a practitioner?

And: are there any workshops, events or similar organised in Europe some
time soon - I live in Barcelona, Spain so for me the ideal would be in
Barcelona (a very nice city if I can entice you to come over), but if not,
then I could make it anywhere else in Europe (at least I hope so).  Or even
outside Europe, funds and luck permitting. 

Keep up the good work. 

Best regards, 

Ivana

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