[OSLIST] Help!

[Peggy Holman]

On the circle...I've had an experience that worked surprisingly well  
when a friend opened a space in a room set for a World Cafe (lots of  
small tables with stuff on it).  He began with a guided imagery in  
which he took us in to seek the question most important to us.  Paper  
and markers were on the table.  When the guided vision ended, he  
invited anyone who wished to do so to put their topic on paper, come  
to where he was standing and announce it.  While he didn't have us  
envision ourselves as a circle, I would.

Usually I hate guided meditations, but this worked and it drew people  
into a sense of resonance.

Best of success!

Peggy



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On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:43 PM, Chris Corrigan wrote:

> This is what I need guys...thanks for the wisdom, and keep it coming.
>
> You're never too old to be stumped, and never to experienced to ask  
> for help!
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Esther Matte <ematte at excellence.ca>  
> wrote:
> I’ve had a soft/fabric covered and we used both pins and blue 3M  
> tape. I thought the tape wouldn’t hold, but it did! Throughout the  
> whole day too!
>
>
> I’ve also had a stage, and used it as the newsroom. Worked  
> wonderfully – nice overview of the room, good feeling of a “whole”.
>
>
> The tables are definitely a downer… but I would say trust the  
> process. Instead of walking the circle, walk the tables. Take more  
> time maybe and make sure you do a lot of eye contact.
>
>
> And if you do this with the tables, let us know the results and the  
> feeling of it.
>
>
> If anything else comes to mind, I’ll send another message. Good luck  
> and have fun too!
>
>
> Esther Matte
>
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> Chris Corrigan
> Envoyé : 31 mars 2009 15:38
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> Objet : [OSLIST] Help!
>
>
> I've been at this a long time now, but I've run up against a  
> situation like this.  I'm stumped and looking for help.
>
> I;ll be opening space for a gethering of 500+ people.  The client is  
> completely unwilling to set the room in a circle.  Instead, we will  
> have 96 tables with 6 chairs at each table packed into a spacious  
> but full ball room facing a stage.  The walls of this room are  
> incredible...they appear to be actually stuffed with cotton and  
> covered in fabric.  There is little hope of putting anything on the  
> walls.
>
> On the plus side we will have lots of AV, so there is a goodly  
> amount of technology available to play with for agenda setting and  
> huge screen projection.
>
> I'm worried on a number of levels as you can imagine, but at the  
> moment I'm trying to put that all aside and figure out, in this  
> worst case scenario, what is the best thing we could do to Open  
> Space?  Anyone been faced with similar constraints?  Help me out  
> here...
>
> All tips and support I get on this, I'll roll up into a little  
> document on "what to do when nothing is what you need it to be" and  
> we can share it out.
>
> OSLIST group mind...activate!
>
> Chris
>
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