[OSList] Wonderful video of two journalists running a short Open Space

[Rosa Zubizarreta]

Hi Jeff,

not specific to diversity conversations, but in Austria we had good success
offering Dynamic Facilitation as an optional resource for Open Space
sessions. We've done this at least twice now, at conferences hosted using
Art of Hosting, with the theme of the conference being DF itself (the first
one) and public participation in Europe (the second one).

 In both cases, there were plenty of DF practitioners there, so it was a
fairly easy thing to do. We did find that it made sense to offer longer
sessions for those who wanted to use DF to delve more deeply into a subject
(2 hr sessions instead of 1 hr ones.) And sort of by implication, people
tended to stay, though they certainly could have used the law of mobility
to leave.

Reason I'm bringing it up, is that DF is particularly helpful for engaging
in difficult conversations, so could be a useful adjunct to OS in this way.

with all best wishes,

Rosa

*Rosa Zubizarreta*

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On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great to see this! What courage for two OS newbies to jump in like that.
>
> I'm curious about other experiences of hosting conversations about
> diversity using Open Space.
>
> I co-facilitated a daylong OS for the faculty at a graduate school,
> sponsored by the Faculty Diversity Committee, and it was a very useful
> day of conversations and reflections.
>
> I have also seen trained diversity facilitators convene sessions in OS
> where important and powerful conversations are beautifully held, in
> part because of their training in doing so.
>
> There is a question whether OS is the right container when, for
> example, people can use the law of mobility to avoid conversations
> which might trouble their worldview. Or when, for example, the only
> people who convene conversations about sexism in the workplace are
> women. (Extend the example to racism, homophobia, etc.)
>
> What's your experience? Any ideas about theme or invitation or
> resources (like the posters) to help enhance the learning and
> transformation that's possible?
>
> Jeff
> San Francisco
>
>
>
> On 6/9/14, Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Love it Peggy...!  Great idea to have the short data posters spread out
> in
> > a few places.
> >
> > Thanks for sharing!
> >
> > Suzanne
> > On Jun 9, 2014 11:32 AM, "Peggy Holman" <peggy at peggyholman.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I believe I wrote a while back about some journalists I've been coaching
> >> long distance on opening space.  Check out this wonderful video of their
> >> latest effort.
> >>
> >> I'm grinning for them!
> >>
> >>
> http://www.wecreatehere.net/2014/06/03/video-empowering-communities-conversation-entrepreneurship-diversity-intersect/
> >>
> >>
> >> Peggy
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >> 425-746-6274
> >> www.peggyholman.com
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