WOSonOS Berlin - the " " session

[Phelim McDermott]

Hi Lisa

Sending lots of love from NYC
Sad to not be there and very excited about our invitation for 2012 to  
England!I hope it works out. "But whatever happens will be.."
It was strange not to be in Berlin after we had such an extraordinary  
time there for the IETM open space we held there just a few weeks ago.  
Wishing you all the best.

Phelim

Sent from my iPhone

On May 15, 2010, at 1:19 AM, Lisa Heft <lisaheft at openingspace.net>  
wrote:

> Dear colleagues -
>
> It is Saturday morning in Berlin and I look forward to a lovely  
> breakfast with Gail West (Taiwan), Brendan McKeague (Australia) and  
> Matilda Leyser (England), then off to the WOSonOS for the final day  
> of the event.  I just wanted to share with you all that I so enjoyed  
> a group I hosted yesterday at the WOSonOS (It will not be in the  
> Book of Proceedings because we decided not to stress out about the  
> Friday deadline for handing notes in).
>
> I held up a blank piece of paper as my topic sign, selected a time  
> and space and placed the sign on the Agenda Wall.
>
> People gathered and sat in companionable silence in a circle.
>
> Then I wrote some thoughts on cards such as:
>
> ___
>
> Choices
>
> Sit in silence
>
> Communicate in silence
>
> Experience an activity that can be done to help people reflect in  
> silence *before* discussion
>
> ___
>
> Other cards said:
>
> Documentation?
>
> Someone to note the time?
>
> (or something like that)
>
> ___
>
> In silence, we 'discussed' and agreed upon the agenda (the time card  
> was tossed away into the air, the documentation was my camera)
> We agreed to move from the sit-in-silence to the 'communicate in  
> silence' portion of our session.
>
> Much mutual appreciation, twinkling eyes and laughter, exploring  
> little movements together, a bit of running around for some of our  
> members, some putting of things on heads, some sitting laps and a  
> high portion of silliness followed.
>
> Then we shifted into the 'an activity that can be done to help  
> people reflect in silence before discussion' portion of our agenda.
>
> I guided folks (in silence, which is not usually how I explain the  
> guidelines) a reflective activity I have designed - and some of you  
> have helped me field test this activity in past WOSonOS and OSonOSs  
> - which invites participants to answer four questions by drawing  
> their responses (no text allowed).  The process is called 'Graphic  
> Window'.  After reflection and drawing in response to four  
> questions, we spoke again, going around the circle and sharing what  
> each person drew and what they reflected upon as they heard each of  
> the four questions.
>
> ___
>
> It was all so lovely and nutritious - especially to have silence in  
> the midst of a high-talk environment such as an Open Space.
> I bow (silently) with (silent) thanks to my fellow explorers,
>
> Lisa
>
>

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