Healthy Communities (was Keepin' Busy)

Wed Jan 25 07:51:20 PST 2006

Gloria for sure -- don't hide your light under a basket, or off line either.
I am sure there are lots of other folks who would like to know. If the
material is humongous, a URL will do.

Harrison

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-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Diane
Brandon
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:53 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Healthy Communities (was Keepin' Busy)

Gloria, I'm interested too, in what you've written about below, if you 
don't mind including me in your off-line information sharing.

I coordinate a "healthy community coalition" in a 4-town region in 
Maine, and work on state level HCC processes, so I would like to know 
more about the Canadian "coalition/network across non-profit 
sub-sectors with a focus on 'building healthy communities.'" I'm hoping 
to make a state meeting in Vermont next week, to look at how we do 
regional "healthy communities" work in VT/NH/ME, and what learning 
circles we might engage in.

I'll rename this thread, in case it continues. The use of OS in broad 
regional/community building/linking initiatives seems a bit different 
to me than its use in more clearly defined organizations. When there is 
a group of people employed by one incorporated organization, and a 
Board of Directors for the corporation, a certain amount of structure 
and planning (convergence) exists naturally. But when people who live 
in a region, who are interested in improving "quality of life" (that 
vague catch-all term!), get together, and there may be many community 
organizations involved (healthy communities, sustainable communities, 
safe communities, and all the sector networks), providing structure for 
the work after the OS (or other type of process) is a challenge. (A 
link to a good paper about healthy communities work in the US is 
www.ncl.org/publications/ncr/92-2/Wolff92-2.pdf and also see 
http://www.ncl.org/publications/email_news/2002/05/kellogg.html ).

I'd like to learn more about OS being used in this sort of multi-sector 
community-based work.

Diane Brandon
Eliot, Maine

Maine Network of Healthy Communities: www.thehcnetwork.org
KEYS Region: www.keysregion.org

<<As a result, they are now pursuing a territorial coalition/network 
across non-profit sub-sectors with a focus on "building healthy 
communities." This was determined to be the focus that would 
potentially include the largest group of non-profits organizations 
possible.
 >>
<< I could send some docs with more description and/or an article I 
wrote which was published in the National Storytelling Network's 
Storytelling in Organizations electronic newsletter...>>

On Jan 24, 2006, at 12:38 PM, Glory Ressler wrote:

> Hi Eric:
> Not sure what to say... first ever national school on leadership for 
> non-profit sector.
> Held in BC, Alberta, Northwest Territories. Ontario, Quebec and Nova 
> Scotia
> Arising out of the Voluntary Sector Initiative's National Learning 
> Initiative... addressing identified needs and challenges to leadership 
> in the sector...
>
> I can share more but, perhaps, it's best done by individual requests 
> rather than whole listserv communications?
> For example, I could send some docs with more description and/or an 
> article I wrote which was published in the National Storytelling 
> Network's Storytelling in Organizations electronic newsletter...
>
> Let me know what you want / need and I'll do my best to provide it!
>
> Glory :-)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Lilius" 
> <elilius at halhinet.on.ca>
> To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:20 AM
> Subject: Re: Keepin' Busy
>
>
>> Hi Glory,
>> Could you write more about this leadership school for the non profit 
>> sector?
>> Eric
>>
>> Glory Ressler wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Doug!
>>> Your appreciation (keep it comin' bro - lol) stimulated me into 
>>> remembering another meaningful story about OS/OST...
>>>
>>> In my work developing and delivering a pan-Canadian (schools held 
>>> across the country) leadership school for the non-profit sector, 
>>> Open Space Technology was extensively used in conjunction with story 
>>> circles, which we called 'Great Conversations'.
>>>
>>> One result was that leaders participating from the Canadian far 
>>> north began to see how their personal and organizational visions 
>>> connected to each other and to the larger community. As a result, 
>>> they are now pursuing a territorial coalition/network across 
>>> non-profit sub-sectors with a focus on "building healthy 
>>> communities." This was determined to be the focus that would 
>>> potentially include the largest group of non-profits organizations 
>>> possible.
>>>
>>> This group also had a breakthrough concerning challenges around 
>>> collaborating with the aboriginal peoples of the area (which has 
>>> been historically unsuccessful - think silos). They came to realize 
>>> that they needed to listen more to the aboriginal stories before 
>>> offering their own - and to learn from their experience rather than 
>>> assume that had something to teach.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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