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Thank you HO GW MMP LH and all others in the fantastic voyage toward the
center: being the LOVE itself. -spark
2012. 1. 29. 오전 6:12에 "Lisa Heft" <lisaheft at openingspace.net>님이 작성:

> *
> Naps do come first. Or something.
> *
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>
> 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...?
>
> Lisa
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