SV: [OSLIST] Different Intelligencies Was: Honouring Each Other

Tue Dec 1 09:22:42 PST 2009

Hello again Artur

There is some more info about the facilitation on
http://www.genuinecontact.net/mtg_whole_person.html 

And I will add some more practical info here as I assume that’s what you are
asking for.

The setup of the room is, of course, a circle. The main difference to an
Open Space-meeting is that in a WPPF meeting the content is usually planned
ahead of time, even if it may be adjusted down the road. 

A meeting starts with a “transfer in” – I often use cards as reflection
objects, or stones or whatever – I pose a question connected to the purpose
of the meeting – invite each person to choose a card, invite brief
individual reflection, then in pairs and then sharing back in the circle.
This little exercise can invite intuition, left+ right brain and also gets
people speaking in pairs which “breaks the ice” for some who might not have
had the intention to speak – especially if “chocked” by the circle. With a
mindfully chosen question a lot of the most important conversations may be
good on their way already after this first half hour! Wonderful start –
which gives pay-back in the rest of the meeting!

Next step is splitting up in groups discussing and writing down “hopes and
fears” – which are shared when returning. 

These two steps are the first part of a meeting. Then we use all kinds of
different tools to invite the group to process the content (which usually
has been deeply touched and processed already in the intro).  A topic may be
introduced, the group invited to discuss in pairs/triads or whatever – for a
specific time – and then invited to share when returning to the large
collective circle.

Closing is usually made by a closing circle. Before that there may be
actionplanning, evaluation or whatever – depending on the purpose of the
meeting.

So the facilitation is more step by step and we do our best to ensure that
we create good conditions for different learning styles, invite both left
and right hemispheres of the brain, intuition etc. We also attend to keeping
the energy level high for example by variation in group size, individual
reflection as well as using a variation of techniques and tools. There is
lots of space to include all kinds of your own tools/techniques into the
WPPF “container” to support learning/processing – so there for sure is not
one way to facilitate such a meeting – even if I outlined the basic
practical steps here.

Thanks for asking! I’d be happy to answer any more questions.

Anyone speaking “Scandinavian” is invited to our upcoming training here on
the westcoast in Sweden March 15-17! Get in touch if you’d like an
invitation.

Warm regards

Thomas Herrmann

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Från: Artur Silva [mailto:arturfsilva at yahoo.com] 
Skickat: den 1 december 2009 15:47
Till: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU; thomas at openspaceconsulting.com
Ämne: Re: [OSLIST] SV: [OSLIST] Different Intelligencies Was: Honouring Each
Other

Thanks for your clarification, Thomas.

I am afraid that at  <http://www.genuinecontact.net/ws_whole_person.html>
http://www.genuinecontact.net/ws_whole_person.html I was able to see an
announcement for a workshop, but nothing that could help me to understand
what "whole person facilitation" is :-(

Is that part of the copy-righted materials?

Artur 

(without the "h", please)
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--- On Tue, 12/1/09, Thomas Herrmann <thomas at openspaceconsulting.com> wrote:

From: Thomas Herrmann <thomas at openspaceconsulting.com>
Subject: [OSLIST] SV: [OSLIST] Different Intelligencies Was: Honouring Each
Other
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 6:10 AM

Hi Arthur

Thanks for your comments, on my comments.

In order to teach the different components of The Genuine Contact Program,
while naming it as part of the program + use the workbooks developed, you
need to go through the program and finish the “train the trainer” which is
the 5th component of the capacity building trainings.  

The different methods and tools we use are not protected from being used at
all – I “give them away” all the time. Some tools are copyrighted in order
to protect them, so we can use them for sure in the future. These tools can
be used by others too, given the proper acknowledgment.

Regarding Whole Person Process Facilitation – it is not Open Space
Technology or a derivative of it. It is a different meeting method. My
opinion is that it works from the same value system so, to me, it’s a great
complementary method which I for example use in all of my trainings and in
almost all my meetings that are not facilitated using OST. 

No matter what method I use when I work with a group – I mean that some
space is opened – that was what I meant by the way I phrased my words. OST
opens it up wiiide while other methods may open a tiny space only...
Actually most “traditional” meetings do, according to my opinion!

If you want to learn more about the program I invite you to visit
<http://www.genuinecontact.net/> www.genuinecontact.net 

Warm regards

Thomas Herrmann

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Från: Artur Silva [mailto:arturfsilva at yahoo.com] 
Skickat: den 1 december 2009 14:06
Till: OSLIST @LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU; thomas at openspaceconsulting.com
Ämne: Re: [ OSLIST ] Different Intelligencies Was: Honouring Each Other

Thomas:

If I understood well, the Genuine Contact Program, is a certification
Program, that IMHO is the opposite of the "free/open nature” of OST, as it
is stated in the User’s Guide, and elsewhere (it is a non proprietary, non
certifiable Methodology, that can be used by anyone with “a good head and a
good heart" (even if some experience helps
). 

But that is not the main point.

 In your statement below, when you said that “I don’t “open the space” as
much/in the same way as when using OST. Almost all of those meetings I use
Whole Person Process Facilitation " can we say that we are still speaking of
OST or is it some derivative (probably good, I am not questioning that) but
not OST?

Thanks for your clarification on that

Artur

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--- On Sun, 11/29/09, Thomas Herrmann < thomas at openspaceconsulting.com >
wrote:

(...)

Even if I use Open Space Technology a lot, most meetings I facilitate I
don’t “open the space” as much/in the same way as when using OST. Almost all
of those meetings I use Whole Person Process Facilitation (a meeting method
developed by Birgitt Williams and part of The Genuine Contact(TM) Program).
Then I always make sure to plan the meeting to at least give people of the
most basic different learning styles the opportunity to learn their
preferred way, for at least a small part of the meeting.

(...)

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