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<DIV><SPAN class=211254220-20072004><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2>storytelling can be a very interactive element in OS. Recently in
Oberursel I proposed a group session about story telling and fairy tale drawing.
It went like this: </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=211254220-20072004><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>I
opened the session proposing my idea, and when it was accepted, everybody sat
down to invent a short storyline. The storylines were put to the wall, and each
one was interpreted by its author. Then the group voted, which storyline it
wanted to follow. Then the group split into two subgroups, one to formulate the
choosen fairy tale and to write it down, and one to draw it simultaneously on a
frieze of about five meters. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=211254220-20072004><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>At
first there were several people taking the chance to produce nonsense, and many
laught abour it. But by it self the atmosphere got more serious and productive.
Of course there still was a lot of traffic between the two subgroups, and a lot
of fun and laughter. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=211254220-20072004><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Then
the group went into the plenum, and offered to show its fairy tale to the whole
group. While one person was reading the story, another one followed the
drawn story to make it visible to everybody. A good
experience!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<P align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000a0 size=2>Mit freundlichen
Gruessen<BR>Best regards</FONT><FONT color=#0000a0></P>
<P align=left><SPAN class=211254220-20072004></SPAN><FONT face=Verdana><FONT
size=2><FONT color=#0000ff>R<SPAN
class=211254220-20072004>einhard</SPAN></FONT><BR><BR>VISUELLE
PROTOKOLLE<BR>Kuchenmueller & Dr.Stifel<BR><BR>Munich Germany<BR><BR>Tel:
+49-89-202 447 48<BR><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.visuelle-protokolle.de/" target=_blank><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000a0 size=2>http://www.visuelle-protokolle.de</FONT></A><FONT
face=Verdana color=#004080 size=2> </FONT></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=de dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<BR><B>Von:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <B>Im Auftrag von </B>Zelle
Nelson<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Dienstag, 20. Juli 2004 20:11<BR><B>An:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Betreff:</B>
storytelling/training/learning sessions in OST<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Joelle,
Raffi,<BR><BR>My wife, Maureen and I facilitated an Open Space where we used
special post-its (tree and flower shaped) to indicate that certain sessions
would be in a story-telling or training format with one primary speaker. We
explained in the invitation and the opening circle that sometimes we learn
best from one-way communication as opposed to two way communication, or
multiple way communication that we focus on in OS. We invited people to take
what they learned from the storytelling sessions and then post new topics
based on the learning. The traditional OS sessions ran concurrently with the
storytelling sessions. <BR><BR>In this way each participant had the space to
tell a story or teach/explain an idea and each participant could choose to
attend those sessions they wished with a simple visual clue (those flower and
tree post-its) as to which ones were one-way communication. I noticed that
most of the one-way communication started with the story or explanation of a
new idea or way of seeing the world and then the session was opened up so
everyone could say what was sparked from the primary/opening speaker. I would
say about 1/4 to 1/3 were storytelling sessions.<BR><BR>It seemed to work very
well. The participants liked the format and the opportunity to do both styles
of OS sessions.<BR><BR>With Grace and Love, <BR><BR>Zelle <BR><BR>************
<BR>Zelle Nelson <BR>Engaging the Soul at Work/Know Place Like Home/State of
Grace Document <BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="http://www.maureenandzelle.com">www.maureenandzelle.com</A> <BR><A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="http://www.stateofgracedocument.com">www.stateofgracedocument.com</A>
<BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:zelle@maureenandzelle.com">zelle@maureenandzelle.com</A>
<BR>office - 828.693.0802 <BR>mobile - 847.951.7030 <BR><BR>Ravenswood - Isle
of Skye <BR>2021 Greenville Hwy <BR>Flat Rock, NC 28731 <BR><BR><BR>Joelle
Lyons Everett wrote:<BR>
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face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2
family="SANSSERIF">Raffi--<BR><BR>People do and will present lectures and
trainings in Open Space, and some of these sessions will be effective.
If this is the intention, might be good to say so. But I suspect that
the elaborate boundary-setting that you suggested might rub people against
the grain a bit, once they have been introduced to the principles of
OST.<BR><BR>I've been on both sides of this one as a participant. I've
offered a workshop that has been effective in other settings, and found it
did not work out as well in Open Space. I've convened sessions where I
asked an honest question and had magnificent conversations. I find I
like that better; other people are more interesting when they have space to
expand, explore, open to others, dance with ideas. I've been in
sessions convened by others which took me to places I could never have
arrived at on my own.<BR><BR>I don't think there is any one right answer for
all situations. I'm just discovering what it fun, and productive, for
me.<BR><BR>Joelle </FONT>* *
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