AW: What do you do while your holding space?

Jo Toepfer jotoepfer at boscop.de
Fri Jan 19 09:18:34 PST 2007


Dear All,

It happened to me that other OS colleagues stock their nose into events 
that I was facilitating and marvellous conversation about our OS style 
starting just be seeing me working. A great learning opportunity.

greetings
Jo
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Catherine Pfaehler schrieb:
> 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
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> 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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