Opening Space and Participating at the same time?

[Denise Tennen]

I am so glad you are asking about this - so far two gatherings I've  
facilitated, I've also been a participant and would love to hear  
about and share experiences of this.  Both times were with my  
cohousing neighbors, so people I know well who are already used to  
making decisions by consensus (very different from open space, but  
compatible in a way different from "typical" organizations)

Denise


On Mar 17, 2010, at 4:54 PM, Johannes Terwitte wrote:

> Dear community,
>
> Over the past few months I have introduced OST in two NGOs I'm
> involved in. In those few Open Spaces I tried to open and hold space -
> and resist the temptation to jump right in and participate.
>
> Now there are three 1-day Open Spaces coming up in the near future,
> two with around 20 participants and one with around 10. In all cases
> the topic will be very dear to my heart, and in some the nature of the
> topic will require me to be involved as a participant. My intuition is
> that opening space and participating would not be much of a problem -
> it is *holding* space and participating which don't go together so
> well. Who would collect the empty coffee cups while I'm involved in a
> discussion? Maybe someone would... then how much holding space is
> necessary?
>
> I take it the first-best solution would be to have someone else open
> and hold space. Assuming that's infeasible: what are your experiences
> with opening space and participating at the same time?
>
> Appreciatively,
>
> Johannes
>
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