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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><SPAN
class=166471617-22092002></SPAN><FONT size=2>H<SPAN
class=166471617-22092002><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff>arrison
wrote: </FONT></SPAN><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>The use of graphics -- indeed all non-verbal forms -- is a wonderful way
to enrich and deepen the experience. <SPAN class=166471617-22092002><FONT
face=Verdana size=2>... </FONT></SPAN> at the First International
Symposium on Organization Transformation (Open Space was "born" at the third
symposium) where we had some 250 participants exploring an area that had
barely been named, we created a huge bulletin board that totally surrounded
the folks -- who of course were sitting in a circle. Around the room we had
baskets of magic markers and crayons -- and an invitation to draw what you
couldn't say, or draw what you could say, but make it clearer with a picture.
For about an hour folks did their thing. At the start it was largely
individual efforts, but soon small groups formed with group projects. When the
initial wave of creation was over, we had this wonderful walk about the hall.
Totally without instruction, folks naturally moved from their own work to
their neighbors -- and of course conversation followed, as did enhancements
and improvements to the drawings. At the end we had this marvelous mural
created by everybody. I would call THAT Group
Graphics.<BR><BR>Harrison<BR><SPAN class=166471617-22092002></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=166471617-22092002><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2>Yes Harrison, THAT is real Group Graphics.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=166471617-22092002>Some years ago I would have made some hesitant
remarks like: "people in Open Space are mainly concentrated on their themes
and discussions and are happy, if someone lends them his feltpen and provides
them with a picture record</SPAN>"<SPAN class=166471617-22092002><FONT
color=#000000>. But after several experiences with drawing folks (the
last one with 300 people at BMW drawing on posters we had prepared) I assume
that people are happy to draw under any condition. So my question is: since
people at Open Space like painted records much better than written ones, and
since I am convinced that they can carry at least the same message, what does
it need to make people really do it, to take markers and crayons and draw? Who
can spread the message? Is there some need of training the facilitators
visually? Or only encouraging them?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Verdana><FONT color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
class=166471617-22092002>In the meantime we are happy, if we are invited to
take part and draw at Open Space, and also to help people to draw themselves.
But of course we see that<FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=166471617-22092002> to acompany Open Space with Visual
Facilitators is expensive for the client and more often too expensive. Each
client should consider carefully, wether he gets an extra value for his
money.</SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Verdana><FONT color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
class=166471617-22092002>Of course we know David Sibbet and his beautiful
work, (and we will see him in october at the VISUALPRACTITIONERs
conference</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>)<SPAN
class=166471617-22092002>. And we love big fat beautiful murals. Only for
records to carry home they have a difficult format. So we decided to use small
cards instead, which we add to big picture walls. These cards can get
reproduced easily , as brochures, leporellos or also posters.
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=166471617-22092002>Reinhard</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=2><BR>VISUELLE PROTOKOLLE<BR>Kuchenmueller & Dr. Stifel<BR><BR>Munich
Germany<BR><BR>Tel: +49-89-202 447 48<BR><BR><A target=_blank
href="http://www.visuelle-protokolle.de/">http://www.visuelle-protokolle.de</A></FONT>
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