[OSList] Re : OST and funding crisis

[Lori Palano]

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions!

And Raffi, it is very true what you say about swimming. But when I can I like to have a pertinent example up my sleeve in case that is the last thing needed to help the client decide to jump in. But thank you for the reminder to not get too caught up in that!

Lori



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> De : Raffi Aftandelian <raffi_1970 at yahoo.com>
>À : OSlist <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>; "lpalano at yahoo.com" <lpalano at yahoo.com> 
>Cc : Birgitt Williams <birgitt at dalarinternational.com> 
>Envoyé le : Samedi 26 Novembre 2011 10h28
>Objet : OST and funding crisis
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>Lori-
>I think Birgitt Williams's (nee Bolton) story of running a large social services nonprofit organization in Canada and regularly using Open Space Technology and Whole Person Process Facilitation within clear givens might be of interest to your client. The organization managed to thrive even in the face of budget cut. And the regular use of these approaches led to the creation/birth of a Conscious Open Space Organization (now called "the Genuine Contact Organization")
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>I don't have a link for the story. Birgitt, is there somewhere online where one can read the story now? I see that part of the story - with great context-setting- is available here:
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>http://lists.openspacetech.org/htdig.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org/2001-January/002800.html
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>Also, I think you might find other examples of interest in the "Open Space Examples" document at openspaceworld.org:
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>http://openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceExamples
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>Finally, I'll just repeat the off-repeated wisdom of others that you as a lurker may  have already heard:
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>You can cite examples of other OST applications to someone until the cows come home, at the end of the day until one has had an experience these stories may likely just sound like nice words. Kind of like walking endlessly around a swimming pool with someone who has never taken the plunge, explaining the benefits of swimming.
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>My two kopecks/rials.
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>appreciatively,
>Raffi
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