Circle, grid and OS -

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Lisa,
here is a link to pictures from the latest OST Training (the 7 day 
gig)in Serbia
> http://ostnovisad.ning.com/photo/photo/slideshow?feed_url=http%3A%2F%2Fostnovisad.ning.com%2Fphoto%2Fphoto%2FslideshowFeed%3F&back_url=http%3A%2F%2Fostnovisad.ning.com%2F

if you view them in the slide show modus, go to picture Nr.28 to see the 
agenda wall.
It has structure (there is a separate pinnwall for every beginning time 
of break out sessions) and color (a different color for each time) and 
it also has post its.
Picture 23 shows the agenda wall filled in with loads of issues, the 
differently colored (time coordinated) postits attached to the issue sheets.
This type of agenda wall (neither a time/space matrix nor simply a huge 
wall but with a clear structure with colored postits)has worked in more 
than 150 events I have facilitated with children, teenagers, adults of 
all ages, ministers, engineers, city planners, public administration 
employees, clergy, international groups, farmers, politicians, police, 
child care providers, artists.....
When I look back over the years I have worked with OST I find that a 
whole bunch of stuff I did in the beginning (matrix, lots of detailed 
instructions, role descriptions in each breakout space, a clock in the 
room, lots on input on what the theme should look like,  ....)was needed 
in my transformation from control freak to the present focus on holding 
time and space. In other words, this stuff has much more to do with MY 
needs and capabilities and idiosyncracies and my perception of what 
groups and people might need then what systems, groups, clients, etc. need.
Proof of that, in hindsight, is my amazing tenacity in holding on to all 
of this (in the face of the words of the man with the hat: Do one thing 
less each time)and fighting with colleagues over the "right" way.
I guess it will take the rest of my life to stay on this journey...
Greetings from Berlin
mmp

Oh, there is much more than just pictures on the
OSTNoviSad site created during the training, take a look
> http://ostnovisad.ning.com/



Lisa Heft wrote:
> Kaliya mentioned using a grid instead of the post-its, and we're talking
> here a bit about what makes it Open Space.  
> 
>  
> 
> Just a note that some folks use a grid and some use the Post-it approach -
> some select one or the other depending on the situation.
> 
>  
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> (see photos at
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> http://www.openingspace.net/gallery/agora.cgi?cart_id=6226101.32435*q04B41
> <http://www.openingspace.net/gallery/agora.cgi?cart_id=6226101.32435*q04B41&
> p_id=0210&xm=on&ppinc=search2> &p_id=0210&xm=on&ppinc=search2
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> http://www.openingspace.net/gallery/agora.cgi?cart_id=6226101.32435*uF76u7
> <http://www.openingspace.net/gallery/agora.cgi?cart_id=6226101.32435*uF76u7&
> p_id=0234&xm=on&ppinc=search2> &p_id=0234&xm=on&ppinc=search2
> 
>  
> 
> and
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> http://www.openingspace.net/gallery/agora.cgi?cart_id=6226101.32435*1c6Ez7
> <http://www.openingspace.net/gallery/agora.cgi?cart_id=6226101.32435*1c6Ez7&
> p_id=0237&xm=on&ppinc=search2> &p_id=0237&xm=on&ppinc=search2
> 
>  
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> I love the huge open wall.  Some folks need to see things in relationship,
> so I add a twist of color to help some visual people like me be able to see
> the patterns of time.  My colleague Zach Metz sometimes uses the grid for
> very particular instances.  He and I have been over the years exploring
> slight design changes for his work in very high conflict zones (such as
> Northern Iraq).  His experience is that - for example in that Northern Iraq
> setting - a matrix actually helps people feel there are boundaries and edges
> - order to their work - when the world outside the room is literally
> exploding.
> 
>  
> 
> Lisa
> 
> ___________________________
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> L i s a   H e f t
> 
> Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
> 
> O p e n i n g  S p a c e
> 
>  <mailto:lisaheft at openingspace.net> lisaheft at openingspace.net
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