AW: What do you do while your holding space?

[Catherine Pfaehler]

Great question, really. I have also

*         Taken a walk in the forest (while there was an assistant present
in the plenary room) to be with the forest beings, admire this wonderful
nature, calm down, get back to the here-and-now and to breathing -
occasionally bringing something back to the center of the circle from nature
when something wanted to come along

*         Figured out what to announce in the next community meeting (this
also happened in front of the plenary room in the sunshine, working with my
laptop, "visibly busy")

*         Re-arranged chairs and the center of the circle

*         Checked with the office assistants and the staff of the site to
find out about necessary coordination or announcements

*         Held meetings with my Open Space staff to evaluate our work and
our cooperation

*         Held meetings with my translator to make sure everything about our
next announcements was clear to him

 

I would never leave the site unless there is an assistant present in or near
the plenary room and unless I am 100% certain of my next announcements (to
offer a clear and safe frame gives me safety and clarity.). I have never
been bored up to now.

 

Catherine

 

Catherine Pfaehler Senn

Open Space Begleitung & Coaching

Kellersriedweg 8

CH - 2503 Biel

+41-(0)32 - 365 68 41

c.pfaehler at bluewin.ch

 

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Von: Ralph Copleman [mailto:rcopleman at comcast.net] 
Gesendet: Sonntag, 7. Januar 2007 04:12
Betreff: What do you do while your holding space?

 

What do you when you're holding the space?

Some things I have done while I was holding space...

*	Called my office 
*	Called  my wife, sister, kids, friends 
*	Called Harrison 
*	Surfed the web 
*	Went for a walk 
*	Wrote bad poetry 
*	Did self-critique of my opening 
*	Sorted papers from my briefcase 
*	Gone out to fill my car with gasoline 
*	Napped 
*	Gazed out a window 
*	Pretended I was not looking at a very attractive woman 
*	Sat around and did "nothing" 
*	Sipped tea or juice 
*	Stopped someone from ripping down other people's posters (happened
just one time) 
*	Felt the feeling of holding space (happens a lot) 
*	Fought off boredom 
*	Watched with fascination 
*	Thought a lot about why this works 
*	Sat in on one of the sessions (very, very rarely) 
*	Listened with surprise 
*	Made this list of things I do while I'm holding space 
*	Picked up coffee cups, water bottles, etc. 
*	Answered questions about open space 
*	Typed up the a list of posted sessions 
*	Answered participants' questions, such as...

*	Where is the so-and-so session? 
*	Have you seen (a specific person)? 
*	Do you do this all the time? 
*	What do I do with these (flip chart pages)? 
*	I've just arrived, what do I do? 
*	Have you ever worked with (names another large group technique)? 
*	There are two sessions that have the same title, what should we do? 
*	Will it be alright if I leave early? 
*	What's going to happen next after all this? 
*	How would you compare our group to other groups? 
*	What have you been doing while we were meeting?


                And my favorite:

            . What exactly are we paying you to do?

Ralph Copleman

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