[OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 4, Issue 21
Irene Reed
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Tue Jun 28 01:49:55 PDT 2011
Moving and true. I shared tears with you Lisa and I'm thankful you took the time to write your family story here.
Irene
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1. Thank you, my mother, and Chile (Lisa Heft)
2. Re: Thank you, my mother, and Chile (Suzanne Daigle)
3. Boston Helper for an OS? (Kaliya *)
4. Re: Thank you, my mother, and Chile (JL Walker)
5. FW: Short Guide to OST in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
(Harrison Owen)
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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:02:25 -0700
From: Lisa Heft <lisaheft at openingspace.net>
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Subject: [OSList] Thank you, my mother, and Chile
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Hello, dear colleagues -
I appreciate all the love and support you have sent me both on and off
the list as you heard the news of my mother's passing.
As you may have read from previous messages - I was in Chile
facilitating several Open Space Learning Workshops as my mother was
moving through her transition from life into death.
My father and I have been taking care of her for 10 years as her
health has shifted. They live close to me in a wonderful elders
residence and I am there all the time as we are very close
emotionally. My life is a lovely balance of self care, parental care
and this wonderful work that we facilitator folks do. This time has
been a true and bittersweet gift. To be able to love them both up by
being there, caring for them, sharing thoughts and emotions, and
knowing that we love each other has been an amazing gift. I feel very
lucky to have this sort of relationship with my parents, and I know
that not everybody has this opportunity, and I treasure it.
The last few years have required more care as my mother has become
more delicate in health and our lives have been intertwined as my
parents and I have traveled together through these experiences.
At the end of April my mother became critically ill, and since that
time she had been making an amazingly graceful progression towards
death and release, surrounded by loving care and loved ones.
I had a strong feeling she would die while I was away teaching in
Chile - however my father (and my mother's voice was also very strong
inside my head) said 'Go! Go! Live! This is what it is all about -
sharing learning and community across the world!' about Open Space and
dialogue and the power of a diverse community. Sharing knowledge, love
and peace.
So I went.
My classes and the fabulous WOSonOS 2011 Host Team knew that I was sad
and concerned about my mother and father during my travels, and they
loved me up and held their arms open for whatever shape my concern and
worry would take - while at the same time they traveled with me
through rich learning and exploration about Open Space in these
workshops.
The first group of participants was about 65 graduate students and
faculty of the Masters program in Organizational Development and
Strategic People Management in the School of Economics and Business at
Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago de Chile - as well as members
of the 2011 Host Team. They welcomed my teaching in Spanish (including
my various words in 'Spanglish' that either worked or were hilarious
errors) as well as my sharing about my mother. The talking / listening
piece I use in my Open Spaces is a stone from the sea that my mother
gave to me when I was a small child - so they learned about my love
and concern when we went into Closing Circle in the Open Space meeting
that is a part of my workshop. The second group of participants was
about 50 facilitators, coaches and executive directors of NGO's / non-
profit organizations, in our workshop hosted by the School of
Psychology at the Universidad Aldolfo Iba?ez in Santiago de Chile.
One evening during the first workshop dates I suddenly had a feeling
that my mother was waiting for me to return home from my travels
before she could die. I have been at many deaths and have seen this
happen, where people wait for their loved ones before letting go. And
I told her not to do that for me - but to fly...to let go...with my
love. I woke up the next day to find an email message that she had
died at that exact moment. No surprise, our profound connection.
I came in to that next workshop day with the news that my mother had
died. And I said 'If you are okay with me crying, I am okay with
continuing on with you in this learning journey. It is what my mother
would want. She believes in our work together. And besides - if you
want to be facilitators - emotions happen. This is real. Shall we
continue?' And they did, with open arms. And with stories throughout
the day of mothers and love.
During the second workshop I was of course still quite emotional, and
I shared the story of my mother when we came again to that point with
the listening stone. Once again I was held in open arms and once again
we continued to explore rich learning together in and about Open
Space. At the end of that workshop, one of the participants gave me a
gift - a necklace that her mother made for me. Each night she had gone
home to tell her mother about the workshop, and her mother had felt a
deep connection with me even though we had not met. I treasure that
necklace, and that experience.
My father now wears both his own and my mother's wedding rings -
artful little pieces with lapis, agate, jade and other stones inset in
gold. On his desk calendar, on the day she died, he has drawn a
picture of little hearts, flying away up into the sky. And we look up
into that sky and see the stars and think that one of them - or all of
them - is my mother. But then I feel my mother and father in every
word and act and deed I do - I always have - in every moment of my
work with groups and my remembering to be the truest me that I can be.
My mother and father are everywhere in me and in everything I touch
and experience.
So I am a lucky girl - and most loved, by my parents, and by you...
Thank you all, and take good care of yourselves and the mothers and
fathers you have or for the mother-father love you have created for
yourself inside of you.
Perhaps I will see some of you at the WOSonOS in Chile this October...
Lisa
Lisa Heft
Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
Opening Space
lisaheft at openingspace.net
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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:49:05 -0400
From: Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com>
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
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Subject: Re: [OSList] Thank you, my mother, and Chile
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What a beautiful love story Lisa. thank you! You teach us love and are
loved!
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Lisa Heft <lisaheft at openingspace.net>wrote:
> Hello, dear colleagues -
>
> I appreciate all the love and support you have sent me both on and off the
> list as you heard the news of my mother's passing.
>
> As you may have read from previous messages - I was in Chile facilitating
> several Open Space Learning Workshops as my mother was moving through her
> transition from life into death.
> My father and I have been taking care of her for 10 years as her health has
> shifted. They live close to me in a wonderful elders residence and I am
> there all the time as we are very close emotionally. My life is a lovely
> balance of self care, parental care and this wonderful work that we
> facilitator folks do. This time has been a true and bittersweet gift. To be
> able to love them both up by being there, caring for them, sharing thoughts
> and emotions, and knowing that we love each other has been an amazing gift.
> I feel very lucky to have this sort of relationship with my parents, and I
> know that not everybody has this opportunity, and I treasure it.
>
> The last few years have required more care as my mother has become more
> delicate in health and our lives have been intertwined as my parents and I
> have traveled together through these experiences.
> At the end of April my mother became critically ill, and since that time
> she had been making an amazingly graceful progression towards death and
> release, surrounded by loving care and loved ones.
> I had a strong feeling she would die while I was away teaching in Chile -
> however my father (and my mother's voice was also very strong inside my
> head) said 'Go! Go! Live! This is what it is all about - sharing learning
> and community across the world!' about Open Space and dialogue and the power
> of a diverse community. Sharing knowledge, love and peace.
> So I went.
>
> My classes and the fabulous WOSonOS 2011 Host Team knew that I was sad and
> concerned about my mother and father during my travels, and they loved me up
> and held their arms open for whatever shape my concern and worry would take
> - while at the same time they traveled with me through rich learning and
> exploration about Open Space in these workshops.
>
> The first group of participants was about 65 graduate students and faculty
> of the Masters program in Organizational Development and Strategic People
> Management in the School of Economics and Business at Universidad Diego
> Portales in Santiago de Chile - as well as members of the 2011 Host
> Team. They welcomed my teaching in Spanish (including my various words in
> 'Spanglish' that either worked or were hilarious errors) as well as my
> sharing about my mother. The talking / listening piece I use in my Open
> Spaces is a stone from the sea that my mother gave to me when I was a small
> child - so they learned about my love and concern when we went into Closing
> Circle in the Open Space meeting that is a part of my workshop. The second
> group of participants was about 50 facilitators, coaches and executive
> directors of NGO's / non-profit organizations, in our workshop hosted by the
> School of Psychology at the Universidad Aldolfo Iba?ez in Santiago de Chile.
>
> One evening during the first workshop dates I suddenly had a feeling that
> my mother was waiting for me to return home from my travels before she could
> die. I have been at many deaths and have seen this happen, where people wait
> for their loved ones before letting go. And I told her not to do that for
> me - but to fly...to let go...with my love. I woke up the next day to find
> an email message that she had died at that exact moment. No surprise, our
> profound connection.
>
> I came in to that next workshop day with the news that my mother had died.
> And I said 'If you are okay with me crying, I am okay with continuing on
> with you in this learning journey. It is what my mother would want. She
> believes in our work together. And besides - if you want to be facilitators
> - emotions happen. This is real. Shall we continue?' And they did, with open
> arms. And with stories throughout the day of mothers and love.
>
> During the second workshop I was of course still quite emotional, and I
> shared the story of my mother when we came again to that point with the
> listening stone. Once again I was held in open arms and once again we
> continued to explore rich learning together in and about Open Space. At the
> end of that workshop, one of the participants gave me a gift - a necklace
> that her mother made for me. Each night she had gone home to tell her mother
> about the workshop, and her mother had felt a deep connection with me even
> though we had not met. I treasure that necklace, and that experience.
>
> My father now wears both his own and my mother's wedding rings - artful
> little pieces with lapis, agate, jade and other stones inset in gold. On his
> desk calendar, on the day she died, he has drawn a picture of little hearts,
> flying away up into the sky. And we look up into that sky and see the stars
> and think that one of them - or all of them - is my mother. But then I feel
> my mother and father in every word and act and deed I do - I always have -
> in every moment of my work with groups and my remembering to be the truest
> me that I can be. My mother and father are everywhere in me and in
> everything I touch and experience.
>
> So I am a lucky girl - and most loved, by my parents, and by you...
>
> Thank you all, and take good care of yourselves and the mothers and fathers
> you have or for the mother-father love you have created for yourself inside
> of you.
>
> Perhaps I will see some of you at the WOSonOS in Chile this October...
>
> Lisa
> *
>
> Lisa Heft
> *
> Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
> *Opening Space*
> lisaheft at openingspace.net
>
>
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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:42:58 -0700
From: "Kaliya *" <identitywoman at gmail.com>
To: oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
Subject: [OSList] Boston Helper for an OS?
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Hi,
I am working with a client on a one day "unconference" (open space + speed
geeking after lunch) focused on wearable and ubiquitous technology on August
30th.
I would like to find a local facilitator who would be keen to join me on
that gig primarily with help running the news room but also some co-space
holding of the overall event. I have a small budget too. I would like to
meet/interview people who are interested in this opportunity this week while
I am in Boston.
Please ping me off-list at Kaliya at mac.com - I am super busy until Wednesday
morning so I want to just communicate via e-mail or text message (510
472-9069) about this.
Thanks,
-Kaliya
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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:20:22 -0400
From: "JL Walker" <jlwalker at terra.cl>
To: "'World wide Open Space Technology email list'"
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Subject: Re: [OSList] Thank you, my mother, and Chile
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Lisa thank you very much for all the transforming action that you have had
with all us, not only for having practically quintuplicate in only two weeks
people in Chile that could now dare to facilitate this powerful method known
as Open Space, but above all for your extraordinary human quality that
certainly it would not be possible without your mom and dad.
You are now embedded in the heart of all us, bringing joy and hope,
Juan Luis
De: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
[mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] En nombre de Lisa Heft
Enviado el: viernes, 24 de junio de 2011 18:02
Para: OSLIST
Asunto: [OSList] Thank you, my mother, and Chile
Hello, dear colleagues -
I appreciate all the love and support you have sent me both on and off the
list as you heard the news of my mother's passing.
As you may have read from previous messages - I was in Chile facilitating
several Open Space Learning Workshops as my mother was moving through her
transition from life into death.
My father and I have been taking care of her for 10 years as her health has
shifted. They live close to me in a wonderful elders residence and I am
there all the time as we are very close emotionally. My life is a lovely
balance of self care, parental care and this wonderful work that we
facilitator folks do. This time has been a true and bittersweet gift. To be
able to love them both up by being there, caring for them, sharing thoughts
and emotions, and knowing that we love each other has been an amazing gift.
I feel very lucky to have this sort of relationship with my parents, and I
know that not everybody has this opportunity, and I treasure it.
The last few years have required more care as my mother has become more
delicate in health and our lives have been intertwined as my parents and I
have traveled together through these experiences.
At the end of April my mother became critically ill, and since that time she
had been making an amazingly graceful progression towards death and release,
surrounded by loving care and loved ones.
I had a strong feeling she would die while I was away teaching in Chile -
however my father (and my mother's voice was also very strong inside my
head) said 'Go! Go! Live! This is what it is all about - sharing learning
and community across the world!' about Open Space and dialogue and the power
of a diverse community. Sharing knowledge, love and peace.
So I went.
My classes and the fabulous WOSonOS 2011 Host Team knew that I was sad and
concerned about my mother and father during my travels, and they loved me up
and held their arms open for whatever shape my concern and worry would take
- while at the same time they traveled with me through rich learning and
exploration about Open Space in these workshops.
The first group of participants was about 65 graduate students and faculty
of the Masters program in Organizational Development and Strategic People
Management in the School of Economics and Business at Universidad Diego
Portales in Santiago de Chile - as well as members of the 2011 Host Team.
They welcomed my teaching in Spanish (including my various words in
'Spanglish' that either worked or were hilarious errors) as well as my
sharing about my mother. The talking / listening piece I use in my Open
Spaces is a stone from the sea that my mother gave to me when I was a small
child - so they learned about my love and concern when we went into Closing
Circle in the Open Space meeting that is a part of my workshop. The second
group of participants was about 50 facilitators, coaches and executive
directors of NGO's / non-profit organizations, in our workshop hosted by the
School of Psychology at the Universidad Aldolfo Iba?ez in Santiago de Chile.
One evening during the first workshop dates I suddenly had a feeling that my
mother was waiting for me to return home from my travels before she could
die. I have been at many deaths and have seen this happen, where people wait
for their loved ones before letting go. And I told her not to do that for
me - but to fly...to let go...with my love. I woke up the next day to find
an email message that she had died at that exact moment. No surprise, our
profound connection.
I came in to that next workshop day with the news that my mother had died.
And I said 'If you are okay with me crying, I am okay with continuing on
with you in this learning journey. It is what my mother would want. She
believes in our work together. And besides - if you want to be facilitators
- emotions happen. This is real. Shall we continue?' And they did, with open
arms. And with stories throughout the day of mothers and love.
During the second workshop I was of course still quite emotional, and I
shared the story of my mother when we came again to that point with the
listening stone. Once again I was held in open arms and once again we
continued to explore rich learning together in and about Open Space. At the
end of that workshop, one of the participants gave me a gift - a necklace
that her mother made for me. Each night she had gone home to tell her mother
about the workshop, and her mother had felt a deep connection with me even
though we had not met. I treasure that necklace, and that experience.
My father now wears both his own and my mother's wedding rings - artful
little pieces with lapis, agate, jade and other stones inset in gold. On his
desk calendar, on the day she died, he has drawn a picture of little hearts,
flying away up into the sky. And we look up into that sky and see the stars
and think that one of them - or all of them - is my mother. But then I feel
my mother and father in every word and act and deed I do - I always have -
in every moment of my work with groups and my remembering to be the truest
me that I can be. My mother and father are everywhere in me and in
everything I touch and experience.
So I am a lucky girl - and most loved, by my parents, and by you...
Thank you all, and take good care of yourselves and the mothers and fathers
you have or for the mother-father love you have created for yourself inside
of you.
Perhaps I will see some of you at the WOSonOS in Chile this October...
Lisa
Lisa Heft
Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
Opening Space
lisaheft at openingspace.net
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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:00:20 -0400
From: "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at verizon.net>
To: "'World wide Open Space Technology email list'"
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Subject: [OSList] FW: Short Guide to OST in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
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Got this note from folks in Serbia. Seems like the some space is opening in
that part of the world. Frank Little, who shows up here occasionally,
planted the seeds and apparently they are sprouting. Good Luck!
Harrison
Harrison Owen
7808 River Falls Dr.
Potomac, MD 20854
USA
189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)
Camden, Maine 20854
Phone 301-365-2093
(summer) 207-763-3261
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From: zelah at cidi.ba [mailto:zelah at cidi.ba]
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 8:44 AM
To: Frank Little; hhowen at verizon.net
Subject: Short Guide to OST in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Dear Frank and Harrison
Just to let you both know that we have finally posted the
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian translations of Harrison's Short Guide to OST on
our website at http://www.cidi.ba/bs/page.php?id=24 (see just above the
photos - first we have a link to the report from our April OST, facilitated
by Frank, then we have a link to the PDF version of the Short Guide and then
we have a link to the audio recording of the Short Guide for blind people).
I'm keen to participate in an OST facilitators' training in the Autumn
(after this project ends in mid October), as is my colleague, Vanja - so
please let me know of any training events in the offing (in Europe).
Best wishes for a good weekend! And to Harrison, a big thanks for thinking
up this methodology in the first place, and for spreading the word to
excellent facilitators like Frank.
Zelah
Zelah Senior - Team Leader
Cidi
Capacity building of civil society to take
part in policy dialogue, BiH (Contract number
2009/217 - 906)
Augusta Brauna 14/2, Sarajevo,
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
T: +387 33 260 356
F: +387 33 260 355
M: +387 63 450 586
This project is funded by the European Union.
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