SV: Open space during a "lunch for learning"

[Thomas Herrmann]

Oooaoo, cool John
It truly is amazing how deep a taster like this can go!
Thanks for sharing!!
Kind regards
Thomas Herrmann

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> Ämne: Open space during a "lunch for learning"
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>
> greetings.
>
> i presented our DVD circles of change: a quiet revolution at
> Milton Hershey
> School yesterday (the orphanage and school founded by founder of Hershey
> Chocolate http://www.mhs-pa.org/ ) and followed it by a mini open space.
> numerous people among the 25 present--several of which are in
> high levels of
> leadership--expressed how much they enjoyed it and that "we need to have
> more of this."
>
> the school's "Director of Organizational Learning and Leadership
> Development" invited me to come to present as part of their "lunch for
> learning" programs. it's just one hour and people who are
> interested sign up
> and bring their lunch. i told the group from the outset that
> following the
> DVD i would ask them to decide together which method they'd like to
> experience: reflection circles (also known as Touchstones Discussions) or
> open space. i stated, "i think it will be more valuable to live it rather
> than to talk about it."
>
> 1) we watched the abbreviated DVD (11 minutes) and i presented
> briefly our
> story of open space and reflection circles in Haiti (5 minutes).
>
> 2) they chose open space and i quickly presented the principles
> and how it
> worked (10 minutes), invited them to propose subjects--6 quickly emerged--
>
> (our topic, which i had ready on a flipchart was "Student Achievement:
> Issues and Opportunities")
>
> 3) i had the people who proposed them hold rather than post on
> wall, their
> subjects, and go to a corner of the room and invited those interested to
> join them (thanks michael herman)
>
> 4) their conversations were just 12 minutes
>
> 5) we returned to closing circle and did a 10 minute talking
> stick exercise.
>
> i was surprised by the comments about how interesting and
> powerful this mini
> experience was and how they wanted to continue the conversations
> that just
> began. the person who invited me told me to expect to hear from her about
> doing more open space with Milton Hershey School.
>
> best,
>
> john
>
>
> 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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