[OSList] Designing an OS way

[douglas germann]

Ah, Lisa, I knew you would be someone with lots of amazing ways to make
this happen!

Birds of a Feather--I am not seeing what you are doing with the signs.
Is it this? There is a blank sign at each table and a marker. First
(empassioned) person there writes her topic, and those who come to that
table know what they will engage each other about. Correct?

Your other questions about teaching OS--I agree with you. Not sure what
we will do. I am at the moment envisioning one of these tables being a
stammtisch on OST. If we get enough interest, we might do a training a
la Lisa Heft here in the Midwest. As LH would say, Lovely, yes? We are
going to do an OS retreat for a Friday evening Saturday all-day event in
early November, so there is the ability to follow around and see what I
am (not) doing.

Thanks, Lisa!

			:- Doug.




On Thu, 2011-09-15 at 17:45 -0700, Lisa Heft wrote:
> Hi, Doug - 
> Why don't you just do 'Birds of a Feather'?
> 
> 
> Circles of chairs (or round tables) all around the room, with the
> ability to make a topic sign for each area.
> The more chair circles / larger the room, the more possible topics.
> To begin, people interested in hosting a conversation for feedback /
> sounding board sessions make a sign - these signs get distributed in
> the circles. Folks move wherever they want to to talk, for as long as
> they want.
> It's not Open Space - but it has some sister self-organizational
> values, and works for short time zones (and if these are tables or
> people bring sack/box lunches, works for eating lunch at the same
> time).
> 
> 
> In 2 hours (you say some will leave early) how would you do and teach
> Open Space in a way that holds together as Open Space, so they really
> get what it is and what it is not?
> Is this the time to teach and do Open Space?
> Is this the time to teach and do something different than Open Space
> that has some similar flexibility and values?
> 
> 
> Seems to me I would teach them how to do Open Space also for times
> when they could do longer deeper richer work and that teaching - with
> time for their learning, offering feedback, exploring what is 'behind
> the scenes' of the facilitator role and the pre-work and such for this
> deceptively-simple process - might deserve its own different and much
> longer time, no?
> 
> 
> Lisa
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Open Space facilitators: I am going to WOSonOS in Chile this October.
> Will you be joining us?
> Facilitadores de Espacio Abierto: Voy a WOSonOS en Chile este mes de
> octubre. ¿Va a unirse a nosotros?
> http://www.wosonoschile.cl 
> 
> 
> Lisa Heft
> Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
> Opening Space
> lisaheft at openingspace.net
> 
> 
>  - The Open Space Learning Workshop / el Taller de Aprendizaje de
> Espacio Abierto
>        - October 17-18, 2011 - Santiago, Chile (en 
> español)
>        - December 14-16, 2011 - San Francisco, USA (en inglés)
>  
> 
> On Sep 15, 2011, at 5:18 PM, douglas germann wrote:
> 
> > Friends--
> > 
> > An opportunity has been dropped in my lap, and I need your help to
> > noodle it through, please:
> > 
> > A local college created a program for beginning entrepreneurs. They
> > now
> > have a dozen graduates of this continuing education program, and
> > they
> > are doing follow-on sessions: once a month, from 9 to 10 am, local
> > experts present and consult with them. For those who pay the fee for
> > this continuing portion, this session is mandatory.
> > 
> > Now they want to do something at these monthly meetings which will
> > encourage them to consult and conspire with one another on the
> > challenges they are facing as they start their businesses. This is
> > voluntary.
> > 
> > The sessions would run from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm. Many people may
> > have to
> > get back to work by 1:00 so may leave early.
> > 
> > They had a 3-hour OS session half way through their program before
> > they
> > graduated, so most of them have had some experience with OS.
> > 
> > My sense of what they need is to be sounding boards for each other,
> > to
> > engage one another in deep and meaningful conversation, to have some
> > bonding or cohesiveness time.
> > 
> > I would like to design some way that uses OS principles that becomes
> > their way of being together. They would like me to help some of them
> > learn how to do OST, and that might be part of it.
> > 
> > How would you design an OS way of life for these women for their
> > once a
> > month meeting?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > :- Doug.
> > 
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