Opening challenges

[Michele Frankel]

Interesting.

Is it to do with setting up of expectations? Was it because of some trying
to get jobs there????

Any more open space events for the theatre community?

Michele




On 7/27/07, Phelim McDermott <phelim at mac.com> wrote:
>
> Hi there friends,
>
> I just held an open space event in Bristol for the theatre community
> there. The Bristol Old vic theatre has been closed and there has been
> a lot of intense feeling about this. The event invitation was "So,
> Where do we go from here?" It was a good day I think... here is a
> link to a press article about it which is very positive about open
> space is good for situations of conflict.  In my opening introduction
> I was challenged that the meeting should not be happening in this way
> and it was quite quite an aggressive challenge. I of course supported
> the challenger and asked them to suggest their proposal as a
> session... this worked well but i was also a bit knocked by this and
> it meant i forgot a few things to mention in the introduction about
> the news room and the reports. I was happy how open space included
> this energy and also included it, as were a number of people who came
> and spoke to me about it later. I am interested if other people have
> tales of space invaders.. particularly in the opening and how they
> have handled this. What i have noticed is that when people have been
> angry about the way the event is happening they got angry because
> they had felt patronised by something that seems so simple. Also they
> were angry that I mentioned "passion and responsibilty" almost as if
> I might be suggesting they weren't about the issue.
>
> Phelim x
>
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