marketplace

[Chris Corrigan]

I stay in the room usually, at least for the first part of the marketplace.
The reason is because I love watching it happen.  I stay out of the way for
sure, tidying up coffee cups, maybe grabbing my laptop and typing out to the
topics so that I look busy enough that no one will bother me.  But I love
watching the crowd self-organize...it's almost my raison d'etre.

I did take a nap once...it was the morning I opened space for OSonOS IX here
in Vancouver, but in that case I had our dear friend Laurel Doersam at my
back, and she offered to hold space while I slpet off a bad headache.

That day I slept in a little lounge near one of the breakout spaces, in full
view of the crowd of comedians that had gathered with us in Vancouver.  As I
drifted in and out of sleep, curcled up on a couch, I heard several chuckles
as folks clued in to what I was doing, paying homage to Harrison, who was
unable to join us, in my own small way.

Chris

On 10/17/06, Sheila Beauchemin <s.beauchemin at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> Thanks all for all the responses to my follow-up questions around how to
> stay present while not physically being present and other threads...
>
> The direction of this conversation reminded me of some words of wisdom I
> received before embarking on the adventure of parenthood.  We have to take
> care of three important relationships in our lives - person, partner,
> parent in that order.  Neglect of any one has consequences for the other.
> I think there is a correlation that can be made to what you are saying
> about facilitation in open space.
>
> Once again - thanks for the encouragement and the perspectives.
>
> Sheila
> Victoria BC
>
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Consultation - Facilitation
Open Space Technology


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