planting seeds

[Patricia Haines]

thank you, everyone, for your inspiring stories! makes me think that OS ought to be taught to
pre-service school teachers - perhaps once all-children-left-behind is behind us

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From: Lisa Heft <lisaheft at openingspace.net>
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Sent:         Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:16:33 -0800
Subject: Re: planting seeds

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> Hi, Patricia -
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> You wrote:
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> < "Has anyone used Open Space with school-age children or youth? seems like
> they would get the process quickly!">
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> I have done OS with young people - the most dramatic one was for 850 youth
> from ages 14 to 18 - the theme was inspired by Gandhi's "Be the change you
> want to see in the world".
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> Numbers don't always measure everything, but just to give you an idea of the
> energy - in 20 minutes they posted 225 sessions on the Agenda Wall.
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> Topics ranged from "Child Soldiers", "Guns in Homes", "Death Penalty - Right
> or Wrong?" and "How Modern Language Can Lead to Dispute" to "Who Will Pay
> for AIDS", "US Intervention in Foreign Countries", "Race and Culture" and
> "Can An Artist Change the World?".
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> You can read about it in the archives under "My Most Difficult Open Space
> Ever" (the difficulty was not because I got to work with fabulous young
> people - it was more the physical space and the challenging client).
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> It is also great for when you are combining youth and adults at a
> conference, meeting or forum.  "Levels the playing field" as the young
> leaders convene discussions and teach wisdom just as much as the oldsters.
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> Lisa
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>From  Thu Mar 16 10:58:44 2006
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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:58:44 -0500
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From: Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net>
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Friday afternoon, I take off to meet my good friend and colleague =
Michael
Pannwitz, along with the "Berlin Crew" for a little Open Space in =
Seville.
If everything happens according to the plan (and of course it won't) =
there
should be 100 Rabbis and Imams from around the world waiting for us. I =
don't
have a full guest list, but from the little I know it should be a =
stellar
caste, including the Chief Rabbi from Jerusalem and the Grand Mufti from
Istanbul. Two days of Open Space will provide the participants the =
chance to
raise any issue or opportunity they find for which they find passion
concerning Peace and their role in enabling it. Given the state of the
world, there should be a lot to talk about. In addition to the 100 =
Rabbis
and Imams there are also supposed to be about 150 "Experts and =
Students." I
don't have a clue who they are, but doubtless they will have issues and
opportunities of their own.=20

On the one hand this will just be two more days in Open Space. On the =
other
hand I confess to being more than a little excited and expectant - of =
what I
really don't know. And for sure, whatever happens will be the only thing
that could have. So if you will keep Michael, the crew, and myself in =
your
thoughts for the next several days that would be nice. I can't promise =
to do
much communicating during the event, but when it's over, I will do my =
best.

In the interim, if you are curious about the whole affair, you might =
check
http://www.hommesdeparole.com=20

Harrison

Harrison Owen
7808 River Falls Drive
Potomac, Maryland   20854
Phone 301-365-2093
Skype hhowen
Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com =
<http://www.openspaceworld.com/>

Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org
Personal website www.ho-image.com=20
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