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<div>thanks Chris and to the 1 minute opener</div>
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<div>great learning - makes we once again say HO to simplicity and
being in the moment called NOW.</div>
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<div>love</div>
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<div>- toke</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Colleagues:<br>
<br>
Just back from a two day training session I gave in Winnipeg,
Manitoba,<br>
Canada to 10 First Nations youth and four government workers.
The bunch<br>
of them are in the midst of planning an Aboriginal youth conference
for<br>
the end of November in Winnipeg one day of which will be held in
Open<br>
Space, of which I will share more later, as they have a pretty
cool<br>
approach worked out.<br>
<br>
But I wanted to relay one story about how fast it is to actually
open<br>
space. During both days of this training we did a lot of work in
Open<br>
Space. I opened the first day and for the second day, I asked
for a<br>
volunteer, for anyone who wanted to practice opening the space.<br>
<br>
The shyest youth of them all ended up volunteering much to
everyone's<br>
surprise. I sat with her and covered the basics of the opening:
walking<br>
the circle, things to say, process, principles and law, etc. etc.
I<br>
referred her to a script that we had and she underlined the most<br>
important parts. I mostly told her not to worry, because what
ever<br>
happened it would work.<br>
<br>
When it came time for her to open I was confident. I played the
role of<br>
the sponsor, introduced the theme and introduced her as the
facilitator.<br>
<br>
Immediately I saw that it was not her way to do it the way I did
it.<br>
She simply sat in her seat and said: "Welcome to Open Space.
Our theme<br>
is where and when will we open space. You will put topics on the
paper<br>
in the middle and post them on the wall. There are four
principles, and<br>
one law. (she read them). When you're ready we can
start."<br>
<br>
And then she sat in her chair, looking at the centre of the circle
and<br>
waiting. Her opening had been about one minute long.<br>
<br>
People were a little taken aback but nevertheless, they started
posting<br>
topics. In ten minutes we had eight topics. She waited
very patiently<br>
until everyone was finished posting and then said "okay.
Time to<br>
start."<br>
<br>
The work got underway and it was fine, of course.<br>
<br>
Afterwards I remarked that that may have been the shortest opening
on<br>
record, and I thought of Harrison's constant mantra of finding one
more<br>
thing not to do. In the closing circle I pointed out that
although her<br>
opening was very non-standard and wou8ld need to be more substantial
for<br>
a group that did not know about open space, it was the perfect
opening<br>
for a group who has worked in OST before. There is no need to
put on<br>
airs about the process. Once you get it, all you need to do is
get down<br>
to work.<br>
<br>
That was my learning.<br>
<br>
Cheers:<br>
<br>
Chris<br>
<br>
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CHRIS CORRIGAN<br>
Consultation - Facilitation<br>
Open Space Technology<br>
<br>
Bowen Island, BC, Canada<br>
http://www.chriscorrigan.com<br>
chris@chriscorrigan.com<br>
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<div><font size="-1" color="#000000">My own practise is my own
learning edge, where both my student and my teacher comes
alive.</font></div>
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<div><font size="-1" color="#000000">Toke Paludan Møller,<b>
InterChange</b>,<b> Dialogue Architects - Learning Space hosts -</b>
by the river at<b> Days like this,</b> http://www.days.dk/
Gudenåvej 60, Voervadsbro, 8660 Skanderborg, Phone +45 702013
35 - Mobile +45 2616 6919 <u>
http://www.interchange.dk</u> Home office at the lake -
Stengaardsvej 5 A, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark<br>
<br>
<u>Some of the work we are currently involved
in:</u></font></div>
<div><font size="-1" color="#000000">* Open Space training,
Denmark <u>
http://www.concept-for-hire.dk/ostraining</u> <br>
* Knowledge mentorship training, Denmark - BDOScanRevison -<u>
http://www.bdo.dk</u><br>
* The Open Space Village, Castle Borl,, Slovenia<u>
http://village.borl.org<br>
</u>* The Kufunda Village - learning center, Zimbabwe,<u>
http://www.kufunda.org</u><br>
* Obraz - an emerging leadership education in Zagreb,
Croatia</font></div>
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