[OSList] International House NYC - 1 week ago

[Arno Baltin]

Thank you fro shareig, Susan!

It was interesting to read protocols of discussion containting more than
keywords or separate sentences.
I learned something today :)

Be well!

Arno





2014-01-27 Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com>

> Dear friends and colleagues,
>
> I am still brimming from last week in New York City attending the annual
> gathering hosted by Karen Davis and Harrison.  I feel we are living the
> exponential growth of Open Space where 6 degrees of separation feels more
> like 3 degrees of separation. Where Global becomes Local and Local becomes
> Global.
>
> Often we are asked what happens after an Open Space. Well in this case I
> can say there is very strong evidence of a lot that has and is happening.
> Coincidentally this past weekend, there was another Creative New Jersey
> Open Space, the 5th or the 6th such event after the first that Chuni Li and
> I worked on together in 2011. Chuni and I met at International House and it
> led us to work together a few months later. That collaboration led to a
> series of events self-directed and self-led in Open Space. Information on
> this here: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeNJ  and at Creative New
> Jersey. <http://www.creativenj.org/>
>
> Thinking about other familiar faces who were in New York at International
> House over the years, whose paths crossed and reflecting on  the areas that
> each represent and how much we have all been helping each other, I am in
> awe:  Technology (Agile/Scrum/Kanban); Science, Education, Social Justice,
> Business, Arts, etc. I was struck about how and when people met, how they
> stayed connected and how they have worked and supported each other on Open
> Space events that have happened over the past few years.
>
> It led me to create a rough mind map<https://drive.google.com/?usp=folder&authuser=0#folders/0B0hJ8JesQDPAOUxpYmNKNGozTFk>with the names of folks who were at International House this year to
> realize that by attending an Open Space event in Orlando Florida in 2010
> that Harrison was facilitating, it led to multiple collaborations, deep
> friendships and many Open Space events not the least of which our World
> Open Space in Florida last year.
>
> What is also amazing are the deep personal friendships that even extend to
> our families. For example, Chuni Li invited Ms. Song, Hulu and a few of us
> for supper at her home on the night after the International House Open
> Space.  We ended up staying overnight and some stayed most of the week due
> to the big winter storm. Impossible to describe the warm hospitality of the
> Li family.
>
> Check this link http://bit.ly/peacenewsroom:  if you want to peak at what
> happened in New York at International House (summary reports, graphics,
> photos, etc), with the before and after photos showing the important
> discussions and how much we have become part of each others' lives from
> clients and facilitators to friends, united by wanting to make a
> difference, all of us so grateful that Open Space came into our lives.  So
> thank you OS list, thank you Harrison, Karen and everyone for enriching my
> life with friends and purpose.
>
> And looking ahead it's pretty darn exciting to see the tribes of tribes
> (other groups like HRockstars) becoming connected with our Open Space
> community and vice versa.
>
> Warm greetings to all on this fine Monday morning, one week after being at
> International House on Martin Luther King day.
>
> Suzanne
>
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> --
> Suzanne Daigle
> Open Space Facilitator
> NuFocus Strategic Group
>
> FL 941-359-8877
> Cell: 203-722-2009
> www.nufocusgroup.com
> s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com
> twitter @suzannedaigle
>
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