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

[Jeff Aitken]

Thanks Rosa.

I note that the event was on diversity AND entrepreneurship - good way
to frame an open space of both important differences and passionate
shared interests.

I have a teacher who prefers to work out important differences by
working together on a project that serves larger and long-term
community.

Lots of juicy complexity here.

Jeff

On 6/9/14, Rosa Zubizarreta <rosa at diapraxis.com> wrote:
> 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*
>
> *Diapraxis: Facilitating Creative Collaborationhttp://www.diapraxis.com
> <http://www.diapraxis.com/>*
>
>
> 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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