[OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 43, Issue 9

[Eva P Svensson]

Wonderful Bhav!
thank's with big smile on my face :D
"until today I don't know what happened"
:o)
Eva

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Eva P Svensson
 
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16 sep 2014 kl. 09.47 skrev 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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