[OSList] For those who "train" others in OST

Fri Jul 8 11:42:26 PDT 2011

Very nice.  When I do convergence in public and open workshops, I invite
people to bring their real life design challenges to the space and post
sessions that will help them design those events using OST.  It gives really
motivated people a chance to dig in deeper with a project and it gives
others a chance to offer thoughts on the skills they have just learned.

Thanks for sharing these designs...

Chris

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Bhavesh Patel <bhavmail at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Friends,
>
> Below is a recent exchange between me and Diane that may have useful ideas
> for you.
>
>
> Smiles Bhav....
>
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> Hi Bhavesh,
>
>
>
> Thank you for giving us such good news about your OST Learning workshop.
> Good for you for creating such an inspiring learning opportunity for so many
> people! Thank you also for sharing your process.
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> Your timetable reflects a process that I have been moving towards more and
> more ie starting the OS experience even before lunch - gives more time after
> for participants to anchor and build their learning...which makes learning
> more meaningful. I do keep a short convergence phase for personal action the
> next morning. It allows participants to experience this focussing process as
> well as living evening News the day before (as oppose to only the closing)
> and Morning News. They can also feel the benefits of the overnight
> reflection and incubation ( a valuable experience to help clients understand
> the added value of more time) and the more relaxed transition to convergence
> when the logistics are dealt with overnight.
>
>
>
> The best to you in the new space and life you are moving into.
>
>
>
> Diane
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> Brilliant, that is the bit that I was missing.... I did some convergence
> and then closed..... but your idea makes more sense...... what if we even
> put the action planning phase as the final part of Day 3, and so they would
> reflect taking the learning from the whole workshop into action, and finish
> with a closing circle.
>
> So start with OST - then have a more workshop based approach - and then
> finish with OST.... YES, that might work!
>
> THANKS.............
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> Bhavesh,
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> About your idea of action planning at the end of the workshop, here are the
> distinctions I make between the two moments of action planning during the
> workshop:
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> - I do action planning at the end of the workshop in relations to their
> next steps for deepening their learning of OST - that is, an individual
> reflection and some sharing in duos or with the group if time permits. Doing
> action planning about the theme of the first day would not have relevance
> for them at this point and would likely feel disconnected.
>
>
>
> - At the end of convergence on the morning of day-2, the action planning is
> related to discussions they just had related to the theme of the live OS, as
> in any real OS event. This action planning is not about the OST method. The
> theme of the experiential OST can be about a variety of subjects..anything
> other than the Open Space method which is something they will have more to
> say about after the experiential OS.
>
>
>
> Hope this is useful,
>
> Diane
>
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>
> Thanks Diane. I played about with the ideas you mention below when I was
> designing the workshop. Let me share with you some of my thoughts:
>
>    - If I was running the OST workshop for a single organisation, then I
>    felt I could have an OST on a real issue and so there would be plenty of
>    possibilities for action planning
>    - However this workshop was public and attracted a diverse bunch and so
>    I assumed that the best goal would be meaningful conversation, a touch of
>    convergence in terms of noticing patterns of interest and energy, and then
>    stop there
>    - I also decided the theme for them, which worked quite well. In a past
>    workshop I have worked with participants on a theme, and then run the OST on
>    that theme and found that it lacked some energy
>
> However I think I will try your method next time. End Day 1 with some
> convergence and an evening circle, and then open Day 2 with action planning
> and a closing circle, have a cup of tea and then get into workshop format.
>
> What do you think? Smiles Bhav.............
>
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> Hi Bhavesh,
>
>
>
> What you described in your last email is familiar. For public workshops, I
> also send out the theme a couple of weeks in advance so they can prepare
> mentally as for any OS event. I keep the theme broad enough so that
> participants can explore it from a personal perspective or an organizational
> or societal perspective.
>
>
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> I plan to experiment with a shorter experiential OS all completed on day 1
> with convergence (OS on action) after lunch for a smooth transition (with
> enought time to finish reports and set up the new logisitc). This will give
> more time for exploring learning questions of interest.
>
>
>
> For organizations who have recently help an OS, I offer a 2-day training
> (the experiential part being already covered). This way they have addressed
> an issue they needed to address and they can add a less expensive learning
> workshop.
>
>
>
> Got to go - summer is calling. It's been nice exchanging notes.
>
>
>
> Diane
>
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