It's funny Larry...I also have discomfort at using the word
"facilitator" sometimes, especially as I see the group struggles to
make sense of its newly rediscovered freedom.<br>
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And I have always had trouble saying that I can "train" people in Open Space. <br>
<br>
Jack's questions are sitting with me too, and the more I think about
this crazy process, the more I realize how much it helps us to loosen
our attachments to all of these things.<br>
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Chris<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/4/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Larry Peterson</b> <<a href="mailto:larry@spiritedorg.com">larry@spiritedorg.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;">Great questions!</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;">To me "facilitator"
is a word that is not accurate for the task of opening and holding space, but
it is language that many understand and a place to start the conversation with
a client.<span> </span>To the extent that "facilitate"
means making it easier for the client/group to get where they are going –
to open space, to expand awareness of now, to accomplish a task – then using
the "technology" of OST is a way to do that.<span> </span>Of course, "technology" is
not a good description <span>either because OST includes ritual,
choreography, some principles, a law and</span> some infrastructure (e.g.
post-its) that are all part of the effort to make it easier for the
group/client to experience opening of their space.</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;">Larry</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;">Larry Peterson</span></font><font color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;"></span>
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