WOSonOS Berlin - the " " session

avner avnerh at zahav.net.il
Sat May 15 08:49:57 PDT 2010


Guiding is definitely a forte of yours Lisa, as I enjoyed it lately in Frisco with you

I miss being with so many of you in Berlin this weekend

love from Jerusalem

Avner
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  From: Lisa Heft 
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  Subject: [OSLIST] WOSonOS Berlin - the " " session


  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




  Lisa Heft
  Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
  Opening Space
  lisaheft at openingspace.net
  www.openingspace.net










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