[OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 43, Issue 9

[Bhavesh Patel]

Hi Michael,

I once ran an OST for a Dutch group.

My opening was in English with translation. My posters were in Dutch. All
the proposed topics were in Dutch. All the discussions were in Dutch. On
Day 3 I re-opened space for action steps, which all were in Dutch, and so
was the closing circle.

At the end the most skeptical person in the client group, a former navy
captain, thanked me for the most useful meeting he had been to and that the
results were more than they expected.

I don't speak Dutch and till today don't really know what happened!

I spent time literally collecting coffee cups, and when it was clear that I
was forgotten by all, I went for a walk in a beautiful forest, it was
Autumn, and then had a local specially brewed Autumnal beer.

It was a real experience of letting go and letting come, and experiencing
how OST 'happens.' I couldn't do anything more even if I wanted to because
I didn't understand what was happening... and actually I didn't need too!


Smiles Bhav...

On 16 September 2014 04:51, Michael Wood <michael.wood at uwa.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi Jo,
>
> Please tell us more about how to facilitate an Open Space when the group
> is operating in another language. Is it as 'simple' as having a
> 'translator'? Did you find the four principles and one law translated
> smoothly into Persian?
>
> Michael Wood
> Perth, Western Australia
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 23:22:16 +0200
> From: Thomas Herrmann <thomas at openspaceconsulting.com>
> To: "jotoepfer at boscop.org" <jotoepfer at boscop.org>,      World wide Open
>         Space Technology email list     <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Note from Kabul - it works
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> Wishing U all good luck and great outcome.
> Wohoo
> Thomas
>
> Skickat fr?n min iPhone
>
> > 13 sep 2014 kl. 11:01 skrev Jo Toepfer <jotoepfer at boscop.org>:
> >
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > this is a little note from day 3 of an OST event in Kabul, Afghanistan.
> 40 people from the Afghan National Association for Adult Education (ANAFAE)
> from 6 provinces gathered to work on     "Issues and Opportunities for the
> > Future of ANAFAE" and I have the privilege to facilitate this event. In
> total we have 8 break-out sessions spread over 3 days and day 4 for action
> planning. People posted 33 issues in the first morning. So far 12 reports
> were handed in. Yesterday during evening news people shared their surprise
> and a lot of excitement about the outcome of the event. As I write this
> there are 3 break-out sessions going on and I observe intense discussions
> and serious engagement in the groups. I guess this proofs again that it
> always works.
> >
> > Greetings
> > Jo
> >
> > P.S.
> > It is very easy for me to be detached from outcome since everything is
> > going on in Persian language ;-)
> >
> >
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