Please hold the space with us
Christine Whitney Sanchez
cwhitneysanchez at gmail.com
Fri Sep 24 16:20:09 PDT 2010
Be prepared to be surprised. The first person I saw when I walked
into our open space room was Suzanne!
For most people at It's Up to Me AZ, this was their first experience
of Open Space and, of course, they loved it. In addition to the
reliably lively conversations, it was especially exciting to hear the
flash reports and watch as community leaders, ASU students, Girl
Scouts and elders posted their commitments to having the next round of
conversations on the most actionable ideas to increase civic
engagement in Arizona. At the dinner following the open space, Sandra
Day O'Connor and Frances Hesselbein suggested that we shouldn't wait a
year to do this type of event. Frances said, "Keep the momentum going
- do another collaborative event in 6 months."
For you Facebook members, you can see an early posting of photos and
the session topics at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=717595134&ref=ts#!/
album.php?aid=231142&id=641061633&ref=mf. More to come when I catch
my breath.
Many thanks to Juan Luis Walker, Tenneson Woolf and of course, Suzanne
for making sure that the Collaborative Spark team knew that they were
holding the space with us.
Warm wishes from the never-ending summer,
Christine
Christine Whitney Sanchez
CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy
2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85048, USA
+1.480.759.0262
www.christinewhitneysanchez.com
www.innovationpartners.com
www.collaborativespark.com
On Sep 23, 2010, at 11:24 PM, Suzanne Daigle wrote:
> How very lucky that fate brought me to Phoenix on the day that this
> event
> was taking place. Like many of you, I know we were all holding space
> for
> Christine as she had asked us to do. As she stood there in those
> first
> moments slowly walking the circle, I could feel a worldwide community
> behind her and through her.
>
> Her words, carefully chosen and spoken in such a warm and natural
> way, truly
> connected with the audience and certainly set the stage for many
> meaningful
> conversations. Without missing a beat, she navigated through a few
> delays
> (late lunch and some people stuck in the elevator) with grace and a
> terrific sense of humor in the spirit of "Whatever happens happens".
>
> Being there, feeling the energy in the room, hearing Christine,
> meeting her
> husband, listening to a powerfully igniting poem at the beginning,
> noticing
> the many volunteers, watching the young leader Girl Scouts and many
> budding
> artists with masks and capes wearing their artistic selves with
> mission and
> pride along with the very large and diverse group of adults--it was
> totally
> terrific. The two rounds of conversation culminated with brief
> reports
> followed by a commitment to action on a number of topic with some
> folks
> taking the lead based on their personal passion and others joining
> them on
> those initiatives. A lot happened in one afternoon
>
> In the most simple way, I can say that this felt like a momentous
> event with
> s even more so considering the election period we're in and knowing
> how
> polarized it has seemed in Arizona at least for many of us observing
> from
> afar. Well all I can say is that I met many great people today plus I
> had the chance to witness a wonderful role model in action which will
> certainly help me this weekend when I open space for some Scrum folks
> and others who want to explore possibilities for Scrum beyond
> software.
>
> Suzanne
>
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Christine Whitney Sanchez <
> cwhitneysanchez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Open Space Friends,
>>
>> I would appreciate you holding the space with me and the
>> Collaborative
>> Spark group tomorrow, when up to 200 Arizonans will gather for It's
>> Up to
>> Me AZ: A Day of Civic Action <http://www.itsuptomeaz.org>.
>>
>> I'm especially excited about this event because it represents a
>> breakthrough in collaboration among some of our most respected
>> social sector
>> organizations - The O'Connor House, Arizona Town Hall, Center for
>> the Future
>> of Arizona, Arizona Foundation for Women and Girl Scouts - Arizona
>> Cactus-Pine Council.
>>
>> At 1:45pm Pacific Time, I will open the space. Our convening
>> question is:
>> I*f anything imaginable were possible, if there were no constraints
>> whatsoever, how can we participate, collaborate and innovate to
>> stimulate
>> civic action in Arizona?*
>> *
>> *
>> The session topics and sound bytes from the flash reports will be
>> onscreen
>> at the dinner which follows the open space. Justice Sandra Day
>> O'Connor and
>> Frances Hesselbein will participate in the open space and will
>> reflect on
>> the process as they are interviewed during dinner.
>>
>> Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts and for holding the space
>> for open
>> space.
>>
>> Warm wishes from a harvest moonlit night in Phoenix,
>>
>> Christine
>>
>> Christine Whitney Sanchez
>> CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy
>> 2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue
>> Phoenix, AZ 85048, USA
>> +1.480.759.0262
>> www.christinewhitneysanchez.com
>> www.innovationpartners.com
>> www.collaborativespark.com
>>
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