[OSList] TEDxBinnenhof 25th June 2012

Sun Jun 24 06:05:25 PDT 2012

Good talking with you tonight, Gijs.  It will be great.  Just speak your
truth and be you [?]

I'm looking forward to it!

Gail

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Gijs Mega <gijs at megainternational.com.hk>wrote:

> Dear Open Spacers,
>
> Last week I have been asked by the Dutch Consulate to do a 7 minute TEDx
> presentation.
> From Shanghai 3 talks will be merged with others from The Netherlands in a
> life-streaming session. My topic will be "Open Space helps innovation". My
> presentation hopes to make people curious to further discover open space.
> It will refer to some events organized by colleagues around the world as
> well as my own events in Shanghai.
>
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> Send from iPad
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> On Jun 15, 2012, at 1:14 PM, Peggy Holman <peggy at peggyholman.com> wrote:
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> Hi Marie,
>
> I am catching up on my listserv reading and just ran across your story.
>  Congratulations!  I'm so glad that you jumped in and ran an Open Space.
>  You'll find if you continue to do it from time to time that it will change
> the character of the community, increasing listening, laughter, resilience,
> creativity, and so much more.
>
> appreciatively,
> Peggy
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> *From: *Marie Ann Östlund < <marieann.ostlund at gmail.com>
> marieann.ostlund at gmail.com>
> *Subject: **Re: [OSList] My first OS*
> *Date: *April 9, 2012 12:49:46 PM PDT
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> Thank you all for your valuable comments and advice. You're all very kind.
>
> I hope you had a great Easter weekend!
>
> Marie Ann
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> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 3:15 AM, Stanley Park < <spark.osk at gmail.com>
> spark.osk at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Child is father of the man.
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> Both children and adults would learn about themselves if the theme is
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> inviting the both group.
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> Appreciatively,
>
>
> spark
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> 2012. 4. 6. 오후 8:58에 "Marie Ann Östlund" < <marieann.ostlund at gmail.com>
> marieann.ostlund at gmail.com>님이 작성:
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>
> Thanks for all your insights and advice! It makes sense to be flexible
>
> to the situation and adjust time slots to the needs of the group,
>
> sometimes mixing their length (if not too much to confuse them). And
>
> Eva: "why didn't they continue the session?" Exactly! I guess they
>
> wanted to go to the next one, but you're right - they could have
>
> continued....
>
>
> Harrison: Yes, children got it! The challenge, I guess, are the
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> parents - and now that they got this experience they might see how
>
> children can be part of it. This is great.
>
>
> But at what age have you included children in open space? These were 7-8-9
>
> yrs.
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>
> Marie Ann
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> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Diane Gibeault
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> < <diane.gibeault at rogers.com>diane.gibeault at rogers.com> wrote:
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> I agree with you Chris.
>
>
> If I have limitations, I will favor a longer 1st round (1h30 or
>
> minimally 75
>
> min) for flexibility in the opening, also giving time for participants
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> to
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> choose topics at the market place and get to their group (can take more
>
> time
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> since they are not yet familiar with the process and the physical
>
> space).
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>
> Diane
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>
> ________________________________
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> From: Chris Corrigan < <chris at chriscorrigan.com>chris at chriscorrigan.com>
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> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
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> < <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
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> Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2012 2:00:44 PM
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> Subject: Re: [OSList] My first OS
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> Echoing many things said here.  Congrats on your first one, and yes to
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> the
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> kids noticing passion and responsibility showing up.
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> I like to err on the side of more time in the sessions.  With 1.5 hour
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> sessions, we have a nice breath in the agenda and people can take as
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> much or
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> as little time as they need.  An hour for me is usually the minimum, but
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> I've even had 75 minute sessions instead of 60.
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>
> Of course all this depends on context and so on, and with very large
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> groups
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> anything less than 1.5 hours makes things very difficult logistically,
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> and
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> with groups working on well defined issues, 45 mins can work very well.
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> Chris.
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> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Harrison Owen < <hhowen at verizon.net>
> hhowen at verizon.net>
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> wrote:
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> Marie -- Many thanks for sharing! And I loved the part about the
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> children at
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> the end. My finding: Kids do get Open Space -- more better, quicker, and
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> deeper than their (sometimes) recalcitrant parents. Next time try just
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> treating them like people along with everybody else. We had some young
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> people at our recent OSONOS in Manila. They raised provocative issues
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> (not
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> just about "young people") and convened rich (mostly adult participants)
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> sessions. No problems and lots of good surprise!
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: <oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org>
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> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Marie Ann
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> Östlund
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> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 3:20 AM
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> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
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> Subject: [OSList] My first OS
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>
> Dear all,
>
>
> I sent this letter Saturday but it got stuck as I had added a photo to
>
> it,
>
> but here it is again:
>
>
> There is only one open space that will be the first, even if all of them
>
> certainly will be unique. Since I facilitated my first open space last
>
> weekend March 23-24, I thought to write something about it. I find this
>
> email list both generous and helpful, and I admire the way you're all
>
> supporting each other. In any case, here is my little peanut of a
>
> contribution to the OSList bowl.
>
>
> I held the open space at the Hare Krishna farm/village community in
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> Sweden
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> (Järna), which hosts around 35 adults and 30 kids (most of them below
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> 10!).
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> There are mostly independent families with kids living there. I had
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> suggested to them that they try OS. A few of them got it immediately,
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> but
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> there was some scepticism as they suffer from quite some meeting-fatigue
>
> .
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> Some desired we hold it around the spring equinox and an astrologer
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> pointed
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> out the weekend after as excellent, if we could start on the Friday.
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> Considering people's work commitments, that they are early risers, the
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> children, we decided to hold a short inauguration of the meetings in the
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> evening instead of starting the OS or doing some storytelling. They
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> arranged
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> for some recitation of mantras and chanting, and the children led a big
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> part
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> of it. They were so good! We also had some food, and the whole thing was
>
> really appreciated.
>
>
> The main challenge for the community in regards to the meeting was to
>
> engage
>
> the children so that the parents could attend. In the end they sorted
>
> something out by themselves (as is of course the best).
>
>
> By the end of the weekend (it was a 1 1/2 day event) they were surprised
>
> of
>
> how relaxed the meetings were while being very efficient.
>
> They experienced how OS got them into a collaborative instead of an
>
> adversarial mood, and had a really good time. They would like to
>
> continue
>
> the process. They also noticed who did not come and started to think
>
> more
>
> deeply about who feels included and who does not. It's nice to see how
>
> OS
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> creates the clarity needed for action.
>
>
> Some learnings/reflections:
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>
> We did one hour sessions, which was too short for some topics. Next we
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> time
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> we could use 1 1/2hrs per session. Anyone having experiences of mixing
>
> the
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> length of time, like using 1 1/2 hr sessions in the morning and 1hr
>
> sessions
>
> in the afternoon?
>
>
> I could do a better introduction. I didn't prepare enough, and what I
>
> had
>
> prepared was in English - and had to switch to Swedish on the spot. I
>
> think
>
> simplicity really is the key, and getting out of the way. :)
>
>
> One person took the opportunity to organise a meeting demanding parents
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> attendance. I let that go, as they were discussing an important topic
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> for
>
> them. He also organised another one like that, but this time people
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> voted
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> with their feet. I should have been more alert to this.
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>
> In the end, some kids sat by me drawing, and one started to come up with
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> his
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> own topics. I then gave them a part of the wall and asked what they
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> wanted
>
> and they came up with really good stuff. I think they were really
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> pleased to
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> be asked. They wanted e.g. a more quiet temple room and less running
>
> around
>
> in it, which surprised me as they usually are the cause to the
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> cacophony. It
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> was a great learning, both in terms of how kids can do OS quite
>
> effectively,
>
> and how it's so much better to create the ground rules together than
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> dictating them. And as someone told me afterwards, the 'cause' of a
>
> problem
>
> should be included in solving it as they are the experts in it.
>
>
> I hope you're well. We're getting some snow tomorrow in Stockholm, but
>
> are
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> still keeping our hopes for spring alive! Happy Easter!
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Marie Ann Östlund
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> PS. A few pictures of the weekend:
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