OS and mediation and Laur

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Larry,
stories like that make my day!
Have a great weekend.
And the rest of you all around the globe, too.
Greetings from Berlin
mmp

Larry Peterson wrote:
> As a wise man once said, opening space is partly about expanding "our" now.
> As a process enables a group to experience together increased
> consciousness/awareness. Meditative practice can do the same for
> individuals.  Can corporate practice of Open Space do the same for
> collectives?  
> 
> Last night I opened a space for a group of 20 somthings, friends of Laur,
> who are exploring how to develop a "Civic Series" of conversations to better
> understand world issues. Only a couple had experienced and "unconference"
> and they realized that this was different.  Others in the diverse group
> (what Toronto is) blossomed within the surprise of open space.  Most now see
> the potential "Civic Series" differently so the next steps should be fun and
> interesting.  Certainly, many expanded their sense of what is possible now.
> 
> Larry
> 
> 
> Larry Peterson & Associates in Transformation
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
> larry at spiritedorg.com   416.653.4829 http://www.spiritedorg.com
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Bui
> Petersen
> Sent: November-12-10 11:42 AM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OSLIST] OS and mediation
> 
> Hi Arno,
> 
> I have a background in mediation myself and my experience with OS is 
> more recent. As anyone on this list would tell you, OS would be a great 
> way to hold your conference. I'm just not sure why you would do 
> mediation during the conference. Even a mediators' conference. Do you 
> really have that big disputes to resolve?  :)
> 
> While OS can be useful for resolving some disputes, it is an entirely 
> different process from mediation, at least as I know it. Mediation 
> involves significant intervention in the discourse, while OS is almost 
> trying to intervene as little as possible. In my practice, I consider 
> these to be the opposite extremes of what I do.
> 
> Apart from OS there are several other processes that you can use as 
> components of an otherwise conventional conference, such as World Cafe, 
> Conversation Cafe just to name a couple. But as with anything, it all 
> depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Decide on the purpose 
> first and then pick the tool.
> 
> Hope that is helpful.
> 
> Bui Petersen
> 
> On 12/11/2010 5:15 AM, Arno Baltin wrote:
>> Hi everybody!
>>
>> I have seen on the list comments from listers with connections to 
>> mediation. I am intersted in possible overlappings of these two methods.
>> After expressing once my skepsis on traditional conference arrangement 
>> (on a mediatiors annual conference) I was encouraged to suggest 
>> alternatives. I suggested OS. This idea developed into search for a 
>> mix of mediation and OS. The min. program is still dividing annual 
>> meeting between time for presentations and OS. The max. program could 
>> be some arrangement including OS and mediation practice.
>> So, what you think?
>>
>> Arno
>>
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