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<div>My picture of such a process builds...</div>
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<div>power to the bees are most rewarding - emergence seems close when
no control or too much help is offered.....</div>
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<div> so much to discover</div>
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<div>- toke</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>At 01:34 PM 11/15/01 +0000, you
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>hi toke,<br>
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so many participants produce a lot of results - if they are careful
and<br>
write their reports, that could result in a lot of paper.<br>
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we had the chance to accompany several open space sessions and to
gather<br>
results with handdrawn pictures, which we edited as picture
protocolls<br>
later. in German we call that VISUELLE PROTOKOLLE, in English you can
name<br>
it graphic recording, group graphics, vision painting ...and if you
take<br>
some more responsibility, visual facilitation.<br>
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The use of visuals is great -- for it does add a whole new level to
the communication. But every time I have used (or seen used)
"facilitators" for the process, I have been less than
impressed. If you have 30 concurrent groups, you will need 30 trained
facilitators -- and good ones are very hard to come by. More to the
point, the addition of facilitators for any purpose takes the process
out of the hands of the participants -- and once again puts them in
the role of recipients -- having things done to or for them. So not
only does the addition of facilitators complicate the process (or at
least your headaches in "managing" the process) it also, in
my experience, impedes the process. What I have found to be
tremendously effect is to put up large sheets of paper and invite the
creation of a graffiti wall. or multiple Graffiti Walls. The
creativity can be overwhelming -- and most important -- the people did
it all by themselves. So by all means use Group Graphics -- but let
the Graphics be the creation of the group. I think. David Sibbet from
SFO started a lot of this, and he is an old friend. In a continuing
conversation I kept saying to David -- come on, Walk Your Talk. Let
the group do the artistry. Needless to say, he never listened to me,
and he and his colleagues/students do do great pictures. But there you
are.<br>
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Harrison<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Harrison Owen<br>
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