SV: What do you do while your holding space?

[Eva P Svensson]

Thanks Ralph for this :-)

Made me smile

:o)

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Från: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] För Ralph Copleman
Skickat: den 7 januari 2007 04:12
Till: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Ämne: 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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