[OSList] debut in NZ

Nici Richter nici.richter at gmail.com
Sun Jun 10 13:38:59 PDT 2012


Oh WOW!
How fantastic to read this!
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who participated!

Nici Richter
Johannesburg
South Africa


On 10 June 2012 09:40, Kerry Napuk <knapuk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Listers
>
> I would like to share the experience of a friend in Keri Keri, North Island,
> New Zealand on 7 June when he opened his first space.  Kim's sole
> preparation was attending one of my events in Edinburgh a zillion years ago,
> a cry for help when he volunteered to help his newly elected member to
> Parliament who wanted to host two economic summits, a copy of my manual THE
> LARGE GROUP FACILITATOR'S GUIDE (Gower, 2003) and an hour on Skype.
>
> I feel you will agree it was quite a debut!
>
> Here is Kim's email report after the event:
>
> Cheers
>
> Kerry
> Edinburgh
>
> Hi Kerry,
>>
>>
>
> Well yesterday I DID IT!!!  220 people including 2 Cabinet Ministers and 4
> other ministers.  Several Iwi tribal leaders and lots of Maori attending
> (insisting on changes to the Agenda 10 minutes before starting).  But it ran
> to plan, everyone embraced the process, we got interesting and good results
> (that I still have to condense and analyse), and I received nothing but
> compliments and gratitude from top down.  SO a BIG thanks to YOU for the
> manual and encouragement. The venue was crawling with secret service people
> too. The first 45 minutes really pushed my comfort zone right to the edge -
> I wanted to be anywhere but there. After everyone got busy in break-out
> groups, I went for a coffee in the bar and sat down to chew the fat with our
> Finance Minister and Energy & Resources Minister for about 15 minutes.  A
> surreal day.  That night the cabinet club of about thirty persons went to
> nearby Russell for drinks and dinner with the Ministers and had a fun, grand
> evening.  Yesterday was my day in the limelight, and I enjoyed it!
>
> On 10 July we do it all over again, complete with different ministers, this
> time looking for solutions and action plans.
>
> So buddy, I just wanted to share my Open Space news with you.  But I'm
> absolutely shattered and going to bed now!
>
> All the best,
> Kim
>
>
>
>
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