[OSList] Ost Trainings

[Déborah Maarek]

Dear all,
I would like to add my experience in OST training as a participant and as a
trainer-).
When I first did my OST training with Diane Gibeault in Canada few years
ago, these 3 days really opened something for me... Not only becoming a Ost
facilitator but it really opened a space inside myself where another kind of
life and organization where possible.

At that time, I didn't have the chance to participat to any OST. After the 3
days workshop I was ready to facilitate my firts 240 participants OST...

After 3 years of collaboration with Diane, I am very happy to facilitate OST
training now. What I see during theses training is much more than giving to
people the tools to facilitate or organize or "sell" ost in there
organization or compagny... It is really people who "touch" the spirit of
OST and bring that with them.

For me OST or OST trainings give the opportunity to people to experiment
what we call "the new paradigm" or the "paradigm shift".

Most of the people that follow the training with Awareness will organize,
facilitate or sell an Ost within the year.

During the training we encourage the participants to read A User guide, we
also encourage them to help each other for their OST. I thing that contribut
to grow the ost community and the spirit of it.

I wish that we could have many very good quality ost training in Europe so
that we would have a strong community and lots of ressources to open space
in organisation and everybody life!

Thanks again for this discussion who alowed me to share my experience.
Thanks to the OST community, I feel really close to you all in this journey
even if I haven't met many people yet.

Best regards
Deborah Maarek


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>    4. Open Space on private Mediation in Portugal on 3. /4. Febr. -
>       coming soon!.... (Jutta Weimar)
>    5. Re: Open Space on private Mediation in Portugal on 3. /4.
>       Febr. - coming soon!.... (Michael M Pannwitz)
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>       Febr. - coming soon!.... (Birgitt Williams)
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> From: "Birgitt Williams" <birgitt at dalarinternational.com>
> To: "'Diane Gibeault'" <diane.gibeault at rogers.com>, "'World wide Open
> Space Technology email list'" <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
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> Dear Kerry and others following this thread,
> 
> Our contribution in the AI journal was a case study Rapid High Participation
> Strategic Planning?.published Nov 04. I think it is in same journal as Diane
> is referring to. I do have a copy of our article for sharing so write to me
> off list if you would like it. We use a blended approach of Whole Person
> Process Facilitation (WPPF), Appreciative Inquiry (AI), and Open Space
> Technology(OST). We followed up with this client for some years?a global
> health organization?the resultant strategic plan did its job in ways beyond
> even the high expectations that they had.
> 
>  
> 
> In early days of sorting out which participative methods to use, I would
> decide that part of the time together would be WPPF, part would be OST, part
> might be AI or World Caf?, part might be Circle Work as per the Christina
> Baldwin Circle work. This worked, and at the same time I was not satisfied
> as I experienced that our results during and after the meeting were not all
> that they could be. About 2002, in a week long facilitation, the design was
> to do a WPPF meeting on day one to share and process content, followed by a
> one day OST to make sense of it and develop actions, then followed by WPPF
> and again followed by OST with the final day devoted to convergence and
> action planning and the closing circle. We got results. I was unhappy
> though. My intuitive ?YES? did not show up but instead it was more like a L.
> We discussed the process and from that point onwards, we have adopted the
> following practice with all of our consulting assignments.
> 
>  
> 
> We use WPPF as an operating platform for the whole meeting that is focused
> on achieving a business goal or development goal. This meeting format when
> used as an operating platform, allows other participative methodologies like
> AI summit work or OST or World Cafe to take place in a way that is seamless
> for the participants. We have found the results to be exceptional, long
> lasting, impactful, and useful. Our clients say we work magic?.the good
> kind.
> 
>  
> 
> The article noted above published in the AI journal is a nice case example,
> bringing together not only different methods in our WPPF operating platform,
> and bringing in wonderful experts in their methods allowing each of us to do
> the pieces of facilitation that we loved the most.
> 
>  
> 
> Birgitt Williams
> 
> www.dalarinternational.com
> 
>  
> 
> From: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Diane Gibeault
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 10:34 AM
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
> Subject: Re: [OSList] using open space with other processes
> 
>  
> 
> HI Kerry,
> 
>  
> 
> Of the participative methods I know, to me AI is the one that is the closest
> to the OS spirit and principles. AI and OS can be quite complementary when
> both are needed but generally, I find that groups are ready to jump into OS
> without any prelude. Here is one story of how I used these two approaches
> together.
> 
>  
> 
> I used the first part of AI (pair interviews) a half day before an Open
> Space with a group of senior managers at the end of an 18th month leadership
> learning program. The AI interview was to help recap their learnings of that
> period before discussing in OS what was key to them, how, what was missing
> and a vision of where they were going from there, with a plan on how. It was
> very appreciated and very productive.
> 
>  
> 
> I described the experience in this article published by AI Practitioner of
> London. I posted it on my web site - here is the link
> http://www.dianegibeault.com/Article_DG_OS_AI_SchoolinCanada_0411.pdf
> 
>  
> 
> The online full edition (Nov 04) was entirely on examples of AI in
> combination with OS. Several OS facilitators from around the world, Harrison
> being one, contributed.
> 
>  
> 
> Diane
> 
> 
>   _____  
> 
> 
> From: Kerry Napuk <knapuk at gmail.com>
> To: oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 5:46:30 AM
> Subject: [OSList] using open space with other processes
> 
>  
> 
> Hi All
> 
> Lisa's thoughts on her workshops and co-learning made me think about using
> Open Space with other Large Group Processes or Interventions.
> 
> I would welcome any stories about facilitators' use of OST in combination
> with other processes.  For example, Open Futures used A.I. to front end a
> series of events with pupils.  We also looked at using OST to front end and
> back end a strategic planning exercise with a company in the following way:
> open spaced with employees and suppliers about the key issues facing the
> business, took that input to the top team to use in formulating a planning
> framework (vision, objectives, goals) and used the planning framework
> devised by the top team to open space the strategies, creation and
> implementation of action plans.
> 
> We also often take the priorities from an event, open the space the next
> morning by getting conveners to adopt a priority and form virtual teams to
> create an action plan.  The virtual teams can stay in touch through email
> and any participant can communicate with the team leader on suggestions and
> comments.  I guess you could call this virtual post event open spacing.
> 
> Any thoughts and experiences you want to share?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Kerry
> Edinburgh
> 
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> Dear colleagues,
> 
>> From my perspective, the main point of training has little to do with how to
> facilitate an OST meeting. The main point of training is in being respectful
> to the people inside an organization, including the courageous leaders who
> are opening space in their organizations and businesses for an OST meeting
> to take place. These leaders who value highly participatory meetings are
> extraordinary leaders in my opinion. Sometimes they get scared. They, after
> all, are the ones held accountable for the performance of their
> organizations and businesses. So, for me, the critical point of training of
> OST facilitators is to learn how to work with OST meetings within
> organizations/businesses in such a way that the benefits from the OST
> meeting are useful for moving the organization forward in accomplishing its
> purpose. The person who sees him/herself as an OST facilitator that wanders
> into an organization and then immediately after a 'feel-good' closing circle
> wanders out is one kind of facilitator. The person who sees him/herself as
> an OST facilitator that works with the organization to set the OST meeting
> up in such a way that it can have maximum benefit afterwards is another kind
> of facilitator. I am in the latter group. OST meetings inside of
> organizations are a point in time event in the history, structure, and
> processes in the organization. the results of the OST come straight up
> against all that already exists in the organization, on the day following
> the OST event. Occasionally, people even get fired for what they said in the
> OST event. So, my viewpoint is to do what I can and know to do to do good
> planning with the sponsor of the OST meeting so that the leadership and
> organization have their best chance to have extraordinary and long term
> results. I am an advocate of good planning and have been for twenty years.
> Within our Genuine Contact program www.genuinecontact.net, we teach the
> workshop Working with OST, with its emphasis on good planning, meeting
> facilitation, debrief and accountability. It is a four day workshop, which
> some of us have adapted to be taught on line. On this coming Thursday, and
> only for people who have taken some OST training with someone somewhere, we
> are offering a one day workshop on planning for the OST meeting and other
> participatory meetings http://www.dalarinternational.com/planning. This one
> day on line workshop is based on teachings from our Working with OST
> workshop
> http://www.dalarinternational.com/genuine-contact-program/advanced-workshops
> /open-space-technology.
> 
>  
> 
> Birgitt Williams
> 
> www.dalarinternational.com
> 
> From: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Harrison Owen
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 12:22 PM
> To: 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Training
> 
>  
> 
> Lisa - Back on "Training" - that marvelous thread you initiated, or majorly
> contributed to, way back yonder. You said," Well...I will adjust that - I
> have seen this process - or some things called Open Space - done terribly."
> I don't doubt that for a minute, but I would make a further "adjustment."
> Maybe it is just semantics - but I would have to say that I have never seen
> Open Space done well or terribly - for a very simple reason. I don't believe
> we "do" Open Space. More accurately, Open Space DOES us!
> 
>  
> 
> You will understand that I am back on my old soap box talking about
> self-organization but I believe the point is a critical one. If Open Space
> "works" simply and only because self-organization works, as it has for 13.7
> billion years - then all of our "doing" has little if any effect. We didn't
> create it, design it, least of all "do" it. The simple truth of the matter
> is that, left to its own devices, self-organization does quite well all by
> itself. It is a completely natural act, it is what we are and do at the most
> fundamental levels. Problems arise when we try to organize things, for
> reasons altruistic or nefarious. Organizing a self organizing system is
> never a good idea. If nothing else it is a waste of time and energy.
> 
>  
> 
> What we do do -- and it is not nothing - is to invite people to remember
> what they already know, to be what they already are. The invitation is
> short, sweet, and from the heart, but there is nothing to learn, no arcane
> expertise required on the part of the participants or the facilitator. It is
> absolutely true - Anybody with a good heart and good head can "do" it. No
> advanced training required!
> 
>  
> 
> The story, of course, does not end with the event. And indeed, there is a
> lot to learn from the experience, albeit much of that "learning" is really
> UN-learning. And we can be very helpful, which is nice if only because that
> means we are not out of a job. Lots to do, having nothing to do with "doing
> a process." 
> 
>  
> 
> At the core, it is all about weaning ourselves from our sever addiction to
> the illusion of control. Just think about all the strictures, procedures,
> and processes we have designed to maintain control! Call it the "Corporate
> Structure" for short - but I honestly feel that if we were to set ourselves
> the task of designing a perfect system for eliminating innovation and
> creativity, to say nothing of making people feel generally miserable - we
> simply couldn't have done any better. And when we hear participants say how
> good Open Space feels ("I've come home") that has nothing to do with the
> brilliance of the "process" or our incredible skills as a facilitator. It is
> simply that they have stopped beating their heads against the wall. It is
> amazing how good you feel if you just stop beating your head against the
> wall!
> 
>  
> 
> Harrison
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> Harrison Owen
> 
> 7808 River Falls Dr.
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> Phone 301-365-2093
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> From: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Heft
> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:18 PM
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Training
> 
>  
> 
> Naps do come first. Or something.
> 
>  
> 
> Naps!  Siestas!  Harrison in a dream state!
> 
>  
> 
> Harrison my friend - the amazing thing is that you have written "Open Space
> Technology: A User's Guide" in such a clear and thoughtful way and shared
> your knowledge and experience so generously that there is no requirement to
> take anybody's workshop - including mine - to be able to understand and do
> this amazing process.
> 
>  
> 
> Well...I will adjust that - I have seen this process - or some things called
> Open Space - done terribly. With the participants feeling unproductive or
> with only some participants feeling they can contribute.  But that is almost
> always because - from my observation - the facilitator does not explore what
> is behind the surface, does not do thorough pre-work, does not trust the
> process or the people, does not feel they are always learning, messes with
> the simple effective structure, inserts their ego, 'helps' people,
> interrupts the flow, uses this tool for the wrong reason or situation... As
> can happen for any process and any group work.
> 
>  
> 
> I will always remember when the incredible Pepe Nummi of Finland walked into
> an Open Space workshop I was giving at an international facilitator's
> conference. He said 'I hope you do not mind if I just visit for the Opening
> Circle to see how you do it. I read the book and I have already facilitated
> 54 Open Space events but I have never seen someone else do it.'  It is true
> - we so rarely get to each each other's work as only one facilitator is
> needed for any sized group - from 10 to 2500.
> 
>  
> 
> Lisa - what I love about what you do is NOT the detail - which frankly takes
> my breath away. Honestly, if I had to learn all "that" I am positive I never
> would have ventured into Open Space - Something about working much too hard!
> But you know me. 
> 
>  
> 
> I admit to being a detail queen. "My name is Lisa Heft and I am a detail
> queen!"
> 
> My workshops are for those new to Open Space and those richly experienced
> who wish to dig down deep into those unseen-to-the-participant elements.
> Not because everyone has to do things just like me - but simply to share
> stories and lessons learned, possibilities, opportunities.
> 
>  
> 
> Those of you who know and have worked with me know I am a combination of
> loving the details of good design, preparation, access and inclusion - and
> being very in the moment. In life and in facilitation.
> 
> My own approach to facilitation is to build a strong and thoughtful
> scaffolding - thoughtful thorough pre-work with careful attention to how
> food, site, context, culture, invitation, documentation design, follow-up
> and all the other details support whatever dialogue method I select for the
> job - including Open Space. And then - knowing I and the client planning
> team have done all that we can - I breathe...and trust the people and the
> process... and dance the dance wherever it takes us. With attachment to
> participant-centered usefulness and capturing participant-driven
> documentation to support sustainability - but without attachment to a
> particular outcome.
> 
>  
> 
> All that said, I simply love what you do - Giving Freely. It is all out
> there, and everybody is invited to partake and share. There is no license,
> no certification. Open Space belongs to everybody as a birthright.
> Marvelous! Open Space IS pure gift, but it comes with a cost
> (responsibility) - That we share freely all that we have learned." That, so
> far as I am concerned, is the essence of Open Space. It is the Spirit of our
> global community, of OSLIST, and it is the same Spirit you manifest so well.
> Thank you!
> 
>  
> 
> Harrison Harrison - you are the model. I heartily believe that knowledge is
> not to be 'owned' but to be shared freely. That whatever it takes to make an
> event or workshop or process accessible to whomever has the passion for
> learning is worth any effort.  And to me that is joyful effort.  I strongly
> agree with you - no license, no certification. For a process you can learn
> for yourself from a book - and because I hope we Open Space facilitators are
> all life-long learners and no one is a 'master' to anyone - nobody needs my
> blessing or approval to go ahead and jump in and do Open Space.  Although in
> some cultures and countries a certificate is very important - and in that
> case I will certificate that you -attended- a workshop but not that you are
> 'officially' now able to do Open Space. Our workshops and OSonOSs and
> WOSonOSs and this OSLIST are about mutual learning - this interesting
> combination of sharing stories and experiences -and- staying in the
> beginner's mind.  About welcoming each person's wisdom, no matter what their
> experience level. About saying 'this is what I have learned to do - but you
> may have a different experience...'
> 
>  
> 
> And what is *your* different experience, dear readers and fellow
> learners...?
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> 
> Lisa
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> From: Jutta Weimar <jutta.weimar at web.de>
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> Subject: [OSList] Open Space on private Mediation in Portugal on 3.
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> Dear Open Space friends,
> 
> Sitting at the kitchen table in our partners house in Estoril, near Lisbon /
> Portugal we just talked about the Open Space event that will happen here on
> friday and Saturday this week.
> We met in Berlin last October, when Katian and Jose (www.mediarcom.com) came
> to be part of a boscop team and experienced Open Space. And here is our
> concern:
> Sofar about 12 people have registered for the event and in a way it feels as
> this will be little. And to make a long story short: It will be very helpful,
> if you share stories of small-scale Open Space events with us (especially with
> groups unfamiliar with Open Space).
> 
> Love to hear from you
> thanx in advance
> 
> Junta Weimar
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Am 30.01.2012 um 18:22 schrieb <donna.read at managing4wellness.org>:
> 
>> There is a great chapter on charrettes in the Change Handbook (see Chapter
>> 32, p. 309 on Dynamic Planning and the Power of Charrettes).  Would love to
>> hear about what you are working on.  Intriguing. D.
>> 
>> <sigimg1>
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>> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [OSList] Charrette and Open Space ?
>> From: David Osborne <dosborne at change-fusion.com>
>> Date: Mon, January 30, 2012 7:58 am
>> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
>> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
>> 
>> I'm familiar with charettes from architectural clients I have and believe
>> this is an approach architecte's use. From what I understand they will
>> establish a set time frame - An afternoon for example - give the design
>> challenge and then have individuals or teams all working on designs. They
>> then collect everyone's designs and then share to look at the various
>> approaches to inform the eventual design. the term itself may be from the
>> architectural field.
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Eva P Svensson <eva at epshumaninvest.se>
>> wrote:
>> Hi all wise people!
>> Anyone having experience from a method called charrette? When I looked it up
>> on Wikipedia it says this:
>> "A charrette is a method of organizing thoughts from experts and the users
>> into a structured medium that is unrestricted and conducive to the creativity
>> and the development of myriad scenarios.
>> The word charrette may refer to any collaborative session in which a group of
>> designers drafts a solution to a design problem. While the structure of a
>> charrette varies, depending on the design problem and the individuals in the
>> group, charrettes often take place in multiple sessions in which the group
>> divides into sub-groups. Each sub-group then presents its work to the full
>> group as material for future dialogue. Such charrettes serve as a way of
>> quickly generating a design solution while integrating the aptitudes and
>> interests of a diverse group of people. Compare this term with workshop."
>> To me it sound very very much like an Open Space meeting! Do you know the
>> difference? Any experiences, thoughts?
>> Hugs from a winter-like Sweden
>> :o)
>> Eva
>> Skickat fr?n min iPhone
>> 
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> 3. /4. Febr. - coming soon!....
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> Dear Jutta,
> on April 22, 1999 ten ladies aged 57 to 82 engaged as volunteers in the
> work with groups of old people in protestant parishes in a district of
> Berlin met in open space for a full day to reflect on "Issues in my work
> with old people".
> They had never heard of open space before.
> Meeting in a venue that would have held an os for 60 people, this event
> was facilitated and ran itself as any other event I ever was part of.
> Participants managed their day, met in break out sessions (it was neat
> to have a large space with all breakout sessions possible in the corners
> of the large room) ... continuous buffet and news wall taking place in
> the adjoining hall way...and there was action planning...
> 
> on March 28, 2001 the eleven-member team for strategic planning of the
> German Railroad Corporation met for a day to improve their ability to
> find solutions to some pressing issues. They had never heard of open
> space before but were desperate since other stuff they had tried didn't
> work for them. They had a large number of issues and wanted to deal with
> all of them as a committee of the whole. After lunch, they restarted and
> decided to work in differently sized breakout groups, a big step for
> them in the direction of letting go of control and trusting each other more.
> A month later they met again to reflect on their progress and further
> plans, all in os.
> 
> On July 17 and 18, 2007 nine staff members of a small NGO with a focus
> on adult education in Magdeburg met for 2 days in os to think through
> their program and activities. Some of them had miserable memories of an
> os event they were part of  but most of them had never experienced os.
> Again, it worked similarly as in the os with the ten ladies eight years
> earlier.
> 
> Looking back at these 3 events and others of similar sizue, I find it
> worked  well not to make any adjustments to the procedure.
> At the same time, your "presence" in a group of around ten people is
> considerably larger than with 100 or even a couple of thousand folks.
> In other words, staying "invisible" is more work and not interfering
> with the forces of selforganisation is tougher to handle...and the
> tendency for the individuals in the group to reflect on the group
> process is larger (when a group becomes "large", which I think starts
> with 34, it is very complex and unpredictable so that the tendency to
> work at the level of trying to figure out the dynamics of the group
> diminishes and the focus on the issues increases).
> 
> Have a great time and lets hear how it went!
> 
> Cheers
> mmp
> 
> On 30.01.2012 20:47, Jutta Weimar wrote:
>> Dear Open Space friends,
>> 
>> Sitting at the kitchen table in our partners house in Estoril, near
>> Lisbon / Portugal we just talked about the Open Space event that will
>> happen here on friday and Saturday this week.
>> We met in Berlin last October, when Katian and Jose (www.mediarcom.com
>> <http://www.mediarcom.com>) came to be part of a boscop team and
>> experienced Open Space. And here is our concern:
>> Sofar about 12 people have registered for the event and in a way it
>> feels as this will be little. And to make a long story short: It will be
>> very helpful, if you share stories of small-scale Open Space events with
>> us (especially with groups unfamiliar with Open Space).
>> 
>> Love to hear from you
>> thanx in advance
>> 
>> Junta Weimar
>> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:35:01 -0500
> From: "Birgitt Williams" <birgitt at dalarinternational.com>
> To: "'World wide Open Space Technology email list'"
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Open Space on private Mediation in Portugal on
> 3. /4. Febr. - coming soon!....
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> 
> Dear Jutta,
> I will add two things to Michael's conclusions below.
> 1. when facilitating an OST meeting for a small group, be prepared that they
> might choose to look at all the topic titles in session one, find a creative
> way to merge them into one topic at the agenda wall, and then stay together.
> Should this happen, don't do anything. Just stay out of the way.
> 2. they might do the same thing for the second session of the day. What
> should you do about this? Again, nothing at all. Usually by the third
> session, this tendency of small groups straightens itself out if you do
> nothing. 
> 3. when facilitating small groups, because it is more challenging to be
> invisible, create the conditions for yourself as the facilitator where you
> are not in the same room as them ie: go off to a different room and do
> whatever you need to do to be a 'resonant energy field generator' for their
> joyful and successful process.
> 
> Birgitt Williams
> www.dalarinternational.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Michael M
> Pannwitz
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 3:48 PM
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Open Space on private Mediation in Portugal on 3. /4.
> Febr. - coming soon!....
> 
> Dear Jutta,
> on April 22, 1999 ten ladies aged 57 to 82 engaged as volunteers in the 
> work with groups of old people in protestant parishes in a district of 
> Berlin met in open space for a full day to reflect on "Issues in my work 
> with old people".
> They had never heard of open space before.
> Meeting in a venue that would have held an os for 60 people, this event 
> was facilitated and ran itself as any other event I ever was part of. 
> Participants managed their day, met in break out sessions (it was neat 
> to have a large space with all breakout sessions possible in the corners 
> of the large room) ... continuous buffet and news wall taking place in 
> the adjoining hall way...and there was action planning...
> 
> on March 28, 2001 the eleven-member team for strategic planning of the 
> German Railroad Corporation met for a day to improve their ability to 
> find solutions to some pressing issues. They had never heard of open 
> space before but were desperate since other stuff they had tried didn't 
> work for them. They had a large number of issues and wanted to deal with 
> all of them as a committee of the whole. After lunch, they restarted and 
> decided to work in differently sized breakout groups, a big step for 
> them in the direction of letting go of control and trusting each other more.
> A month later they met again to reflect on their progress and further 
> plans, all in os.
> 
> On July 17 and 18, 2007 nine staff members of a small NGO with a focus 
> on adult education in Magdeburg met for 2 days in os to think through 
> their program and activities. Some of them had miserable memories of an 
> os event they were part of  but most of them had never experienced os. 
> Again, it worked similarly as in the os with the ten ladies eight years 
> earlier.
> 
> Looking back at these 3 events and others of similar sizue, I find it 
> worked  well not to make any adjustments to the procedure.
> At the same time, your "presence" in a group of around ten people is 
> considerably larger than with 100 or even a couple of thousand folks.
> In other words, staying "invisible" is more work and not interfering 
> with the forces of selforganisation is tougher to handle...and the 
> tendency for the individuals in the group to reflect on the group 
> process is larger (when a group becomes "large", which I think starts 
> with 34, it is very complex and unpredictable so that the tendency to 
> work at the level of trying to figure out the dynamics of the group 
> diminishes and the focus on the issues increases).
> 
> Have a great time and lets hear how it went!
> 
> Cheers
> mmp
> 
> On 30.01.2012 20:47, Jutta Weimar wrote:
>> Dear Open Space friends,
>> 
>> Sitting at the kitchen table in our partners house in Estoril, near
>> Lisbon / Portugal we just talked about the Open Space event that will
>> happen here on friday and Saturday this week.
>> We met in Berlin last October, when Katian and Jose (www.mediarcom.com
>> <http://www.mediarcom.com>) came to be part of a boscop team and
>> experienced Open Space. And here is our concern:
>> Sofar about 12 people have registered for the event and in a way it
>> feels as this will be little. And to make a long story short: It will be
>> very helpful, if you share stories of small-scale Open Space events with
>> us (especially with groups unfamiliar with Open Space).
>> 
>> Love to hear from you
>> thanx in advance
>> 
>> Junta Weimar
>> 
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