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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