Open Space with seniors

[NANCY MCPHEE]

hello dear Chris... I just couldn't let your comment go unnoticed - 

I am someone over 55, I can frequently handle more than an hour and a half of open space! Sometimes I stay all day and come back for more on the next day. In fact, I have been known to lead the os process! :0)

I am glad to read that you haven't had problems with people over 55 either... let me know, for goodness sake, if I ever am a problem for you! 

with great admiration, 

your friend Nancy

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Corrigan <chris.corrigan at gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, November 21, 2010 10:29 pm
Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Open Space with seniors
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU

> Never had any particular problems with people over 55. If you 
> give them full 1.5 hour sessions they will have plenty of time. 
> I say take a full day and those that get tired can go he at 
> lunch while everyone stays and tells stories. 
> 
> Where I work, in indigenous communities, the Elders love the 
> process the most. Followed closely by the youth. Maybe invite 
> some youth along too to inspire the future. 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Chris 
> -----
> CHRIS CORRIGAN
> http://www.chriscorrigan.com
> 
> Sent from an iPhone, typed with thumbs...
> 
> 
> On 2010-11-21, at 1:12 PM, Catherine Pfaehler 
> <c.pfaehler at bluewin.ch> wrote:
> 
> > Dear friends
> >  
> > I have been asked by the Grey Panthers (a political 
> organisation of seniors) to briefly present OST to them on 
> Tuesday, Nov. 30th. Most of them are 55 years old or older. They 
> want to have a one-day-event dealing with their future and their 
> image. At the same time, my contact tells me that many of them 
> like to tell stories from their earlier lives when they were 
> still working, and most of them think that a whole day is too 
> long for them. Some have also become a bit fatalist, not caring 
> too much about the future anymore.
> >  
> > Please let me know what your experiences are when facilitating 
> OST for seniors, and how to deal with the above contradictions, 
> i.e. how to give enough time for storytelling when at the same 
> time one entire day might be too long for them to attend.
> >  
> > I will be out of my office for a week now, but would be 
> delighted to find some of your answers in OSLIST by then. Thank 
> you already!!!
> >  
> > With gratitude, Catherine
> >  
> > Catherine Pfaehler
> > lic.oec.HSG
> > Open Space Begleitung
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