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<DIV><SPAN class=093442115-11112004><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#008080>Peggy, for the past couple of years, I've been working with an
international nonprofit to build capacity by bringing appreciative,
self-organized and distributive processes and practices into their
organization. Because of the fear that had unfortunately arisen from
a recent systemic change process, we have found that initially opening space
with smaller groups feels safer and has naturally led to an eagerness to try OS
with larger groups, with some especially strong advocates now among those who
were originally the most wary. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=093442115-11112004><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008080>A
lovely result of doing smaller to larger OS events is that those who are
already experienced in OS have often "talked it up" to their
colleagues, further mitigating the fear. The more experienced OS'ers also
often jump right in to post topics and model self-organization - this has been
especially helpful to me when English is NOT the primary
language.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=093442115-11112004><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#008080>This summer, I will be opening space at their international
conference, the largest group so far. I hope some of the folks from this
organization (who I know are lurking here :-) will jump into this
conversation and share their experiences and
perspectives! </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#008080><EM><STRONG>Christine</STRONG></EM></FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><FONT color=#008080><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">Christine Whitney Sanchez<BR><FONT color=#800080>Triune
Milagro, LTD</FONT><BR></FONT><STRONG><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">480.759.0262 <BR></FONT></STRONG></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" size=1>VISIT OUR WEBSITE: </FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.triunemilagro.com/"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=1>www.triunemilagro.com</FONT></A><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">
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<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800080 size=1><EM><STRONG>Invoking the
wisdom and capacity of the human spirit! </STRONG></EM></FONT></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Peggy S.
Holman<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 10, 2004 9:19 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Question on OS with a
subgroup first<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've always been a believer that OS is best done
by bringing all stakeholders together right away. The OS with the street
kids has given me a situation that for the first time makes me wonder if this
is always true. I'm referring to the teachers and wondering if we had
done an OS with just teachers first if it would have made a difference in both
their experience and the young people's experience.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm curious how others see this. Is there
ever a time when you have found it useful to do an OS with a subgroup before
bringing the whole system together?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peggy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>___________________________________<BR>Peggy
Holman<BR>The Open Circle Company<BR>15347 SE 49th Place<BR>Bellevue, WA
98006<BR>425-746-6274<BR><A
href="http://www.opencirclecompany.com">www.opencirclecompany.com</A> <BR><A
href="mailto:peggy@opencirclecompany.com">peggy@opencirclecompany.com</A>
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