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Sat Jan 28 00:56:54 PST 2012

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Eva

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Eva P Svensson

EPS Human Invest AB
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"Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt välmående företag och organisationer"

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28 jan 2012 kl. 01.48 skrev Jeff Aitken:

> Does anybody really wonder why there is The Official Lisa Heft Fanclub
> (on Facebook)? Drop in if you use Facebook!
> 
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/6963853651/
> 
> Jeff
> San Francisco
> 
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Lisa Heft <lisaheft at openingspace.net> wrote:
>> Hello, dear colleagues -
>> 
>> (I had some difficulty posting recently so thanks for your patience as I
>> jump into a few conversations after a bit of time has passed...)
>> 
>> I enjoyed reading about my colleagues' Open Space workshops about Open Space
>> - and thank you Kerry for inviting the question.
>> I smile when I think that if you attended each different colleague's
>> workshop you would learn different things - fabulous. It also shows that the
>> learning is diverse and the the learning is life-long.
>> 
>> Some of my lessons learned:
>> 
>> I find that the longer the workshop, the less diverse the participants.
>> Participant feedback tells me that the more diverse individuals do not have
>> so many days they can take off from their multiple jobs, step away from
>> their schooling or organize their child's care. So my workshops are almost
>> always 2, 2.5 or 3 days long.
>> 
>> In my analysis of what would be the most useful given the time available for
>> a workshop I look at all the things you can learn from reading, all the
>> things you can learn from practice on your own, and all the things you can
>> only learn best experientially with others.
>> 
>> I do not teach what can be learn from reading.
>> - I invite people to read Harrison's book, "Open Space Learning Workshop: A
>> User's Guide" before they come to the workshop - even if they have learned
>> Open Space or something like it from other sources, writings or
>> experiences.
>> 
>> I do not teach what you can learn from practice on your own.
>> - I invite participants to connect into the OSLIST and other online
>> communities and to their local communities of practice.
>> - I also host an OSonOS each year for anyone who has learned Open Space - my
>> workshop graduates and everyone else - to join together in-person to deepen
>> their learning.
>> - I connect participants to others who do Open Space in their region of the
>> world.
>> - I remind them that the learning did not start with this workshop nor does
>> it end at the end of the workshop - the learning and practice are life-long.
>> 
>> What is left are those things which I find are most useful to offer in an
>> experiential setting such as a workshop.
>> 
>> Some topics I cover in the workshop and its materials:
>> 
>> - A sense of what makes the full complete form of Open Space; when to call
>> it Open Space and when you are using just a page from Open Space and do not
>> need to call it that; what similar things are not Open Space
>> 
>> - Deliverables of different-length OS events
>> 
>> - Thoughts and questions for analysis with the client to decide what
>> dialogue tool is a fit for the job
>> 
>> - Thoughts about how short is too short for Open Space - why many
>> facilitators decide to select another tool if there is not enough time
>> 
>> - Talking with a client about finding more time for an OS event
>> 
>> - How morphing or hybridizing changes human dynamics and the flow of thought
>> and often reduces the productivity and deliverables of an Open Space-like
>> meeting
>> 
>> - Thoughts about how a facilitator's passion for a method can sometimes
>> their ability to truly listen to a client
>> 
>> - How food and beverage, invitation strategy, signage and other details can
>> support or lessen inclusivity, productivity, and idea-generation
>> 
>> - A look at all the many interconnected elements of pre-work that can
>> support and strengthen an Open Space event
>> 
>> - Thoughts about how the brain works and why or why not to include action
>> planning, pattern-seeking or next-steps identification in the same meeting
>> as the Open Space
>> 
>> - Lessons learned from clients about follow-up / sustaining the momentum and
>> ideas generated from an Open Space event
>> 
>> - Diverse forms of participant-generated documentation - and a look at many
>> different kinds of Books of Proceedings from different countries, projects
>> and cultures
>> 
>> - Lessons learned about using Open Space for non-readers, in world conflict
>> zones, in multi-language groups
>> 
>> - Thoughts about Open Space and conflict transformation, about the
>> facilitator's role; stories about trusting (or not trusting) the process and
>> the people and what can result
>> 
>> - Stories about power dynamics, conflict, smallest, largest and most
>> challenging Open Space events
>> 
>> - A look at diverse clients' themes and lessons learned about invitation
>> languaging and strategy
>> 
>> - Site design and preparation
>> 
>> - Thoughts about accessibility and inclusion regarding site, materials,
>> signage, invitation
>> 
>> - Experiencing an Open Space conference within the body of the workshop,
>> then reflecting on that experience
>> 
>> - Reflection and thought about the facilitator's role and about each
>> participant's learning edge
>> 
>> - Thoughts about where each participant might use Open Space in their
>> organization or community
>> 
>> After the workshop...
>> - Participants receive their Book of Proceedings from their in-workshop Open
>> Space conference
>> - They also receive follow-up notes from their workshops
>> - I offer lifetime feedback and support
>> - I share where to learn more about Open Space; remind the participants that
>> the international community of practice is there for them 24 hours a day;
>> and also remind them that different thinkers than myself may spark different
>> thoughts or ways of doing things
>> 
>> Some organizations or communities invite me to give this several-day
>> workshop as a first step.
>> The second step is for the community of participants to help each other do
>> one or more Open Space events. Time passes. Reflection happens.
>> The third step is the organization or community bringing me back for further
>> exploration of any specific areas identified by the participants.
>> 
>> Various participants show up at the OSonOS or the WOSonOS to re-connect with
>> the world community of practice.
>> 
>> - - -
>> 
>> These workshops are for those with experience in Open Space and those who
>> are new to OS. Those who consider themselves professional facilitators and
>> those who do not.
>> 
>> Perhaps some of you will join me for the Open Space Learning Workshop this
>> year.
>> 
>> - May 16-18, 2012 - San Francisco USA
>> - October 8-10, 2012 - London - before the 2012 WOSonOS
>> - December 12-14, 2012 - San Francisco
>> ...and other workshops to be announced in other parts of the world -
>> including this workshop in Spanish.
>> 
>> Perhaps some of you have already learned about Open Space in a workshop
>> setting and have studied it deeply and use it in the world.
>> 
>> Then perhaps you will want to join us for the
>> - Open Space on Open Space March 14-16, San Francisco USA
>> 
>> Let me know if you want more information regarding these workshops and
>> events.
>> 
>> - - -
>> 
>> I am curious to hear from those of you who give one-day workshops - what is
>> the content? what do you feel you need to teach, and what don't you feel you
>> need to teach? What do you wish you had more time to teach?
>> 
>> Thank you again, Kerry, for inviting us to share about our workshops.
>> And a warm hello to fellow learners from many countries who have come
>> through my workshops - you always teach me so very much, and I look forward
>> to seeing you again soon.
>> 
>> Take care,
>> Lisa
>> 
>> 
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