<div>Yes, I am anxious to see myself what will happen with all this.
One of the funnier examples of how well Open Space works is reflected in
this little story. </div>
<div>A rather large group of attendees was about 2 hours late. They
missed the opening of the space and arrived just at the tail end of the
time when sessions were posted. After the event was over they
debriefed and agreed that the "facilitators" of the first series of
sessions were the worst - they definitely needed more training.
They said that during those first rounds of sessions people were
mostly complaining. But the last series was much better, because
the "facilitators" were so much better. They recommended to us to
please make sure that we would train "facilitators" better and spread
the good ones out over the different session spaces. </div>
<div>If they only knew:)</div>
<div>Claudia<BR><BR>Claudia Haack<BR>KAIROS Alliance Inc.<BR>606 Orchard
Dr.<BR>Madison, WI<BR>phone: 608.288.8315<BR>fax: 480.247.4824<BR><A
href="http://www.kairosalliance.com/">www.kairosalliance.com</A>
<BR><BR></div>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 8px; MARGIN-LEFT: 8px; BORDER-LEFT:
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Report available - Girl Scout Open Space for over 1,600
&<BR>Strategy Cafes for thousands more<BR>From: Joelle Lyons
Everett <JLEShelton@aol.com><BR>Date: Sat, February 04, 2006
11:23 pm<BR>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><BR><FONT
face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">wow, Christine and Claudia, what a beautiful piece
of work! I'm eager to reconnect with the local council (who had
their own Open Space a couple of years ago) and hear what they have to
say about the national event.<BR><BR>Thanks for your vision, your
courage, you willingness to hold space for Council and volunteers to
work out all the details. I'm very excited to see what comes out
of this initiative.<BR><BR>Joelle<BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Geneva
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Subject: Re: Report available - Girl Scout Open Space for over 1,600 &
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Claudia - I think that is precisely the sort of story that should be fed
back into the system. At the very least it should be part of whatever =
report
you all may be making to the sponsors. There is an enormous amount of
learning about what happens in Open Space (and I think all =
self-organizing
systems) over time. People start where they are, and if they are in a
complaining mood, that is what you will get. And it is very necessary. =
You
have to go through the past before you can deal with a future. And the =
point
is - they obviously got to a future which I would guess is what the
"critics" saw as being "better." And the fact that the level of training =
in
all sessions (as far as facilitations skills was concerned) was the same =
-
all Zero is noteworthy. The people did it all by themselves. We may know =
all
that - but this little, funny story could well take the sponsors and =
others
to a new level of understanding. How about an article in the "Scouting =
News"
- or whatever it may be called?
=20
Harrison =20
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Phone 301-365-2093
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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of =
Claudia
Haack
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 9:28 AM
To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: Report available - Girl Scout Open Space for over 1,600 &
Strategy Cafes for thousands more
=20
Yes, I am anxious to see myself what will happen with all this. One of =
the
funnier examples of how well Open Space works is reflected in this =
little
story. =20
A rather large group of attendees was about 2 hours late. They missed =
the
opening of the space and arrived just at the tail end of the time when
sessions were posted. After the event was over they debriefed and =
agreed
that the "facilitators" of the first series of sessions were the worst -
they definitely needed more training. They said that during those first
rounds of sessions people were mostly complaining. But the last series =
was
much better, because the "facilitators" were so much better. They
recommended to us to please make sure that we would train "facilitators"
better and spread the good ones out over the different session spaces.=20
If they only knew:)
Claudia
Claudia Haack
KAIROS Alliance Inc.
606 Orchard Dr.
Madison, WI
phone: 608.288.8315
fax: 480.247.4824
www.kairosalliance.com <http://www.kairosalliance.com/> =20
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Report available - Girl Scout Open Space for over 1,600 &
Strategy Cafes for thousands more
From: Joelle Lyons Everett <JLEShelton@aol.com>
Date: Sat, February 04, 2006 11:23 pm
To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
wow, Christine and Claudia, what a beautiful piece of work! I'm eager =
to
reconnect with the local council (who had their own Open Space a couple =
of
years ago) and hear what they have to say about the national event.
Thanks for your vision, your courage, you willingness to hold space for
Council and volunteers to work out all the details. I'm very excited to =
see
what comes out of this initiative.
Joelle
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style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Claudia – I think that is =
precisely
the sort of story that should be fed back into the system. At the very =
least it
should be part of whatever report you all may be making to the sponsors. =
There
is an enormous amount of learning about what happens in Open Space (and =
I think
all self-organizing systems) over time. People start where they are, and =
if they
are in a complaining mood, that is what you will get. And it is very =
necessary.
You have to go through the past before you can deal with a future. And =
the
point is – they obviously got to a future which I would guess is =
what the
“critics” saw as being “better.” And the fact =
that the
level of training in all sessions (as far as facilitations skills was =
concerned)
was the same – all Zero is noteworthy. The people did it all by
themselves. We may know all that – but this little, funny story =
could
well take the sponsors and others to a new level of understanding. How =
about an
article in the “Scouting News” – or whatever it may be
called?</span></font></p>
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face=3DArial><span
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Behalf Of </span></b>Claudia Haack<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, February =
05, 2006
9:28 AM<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> =
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<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Report =
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Girl Scout Open Space for over 1,600 & Strategy Cafes for thousands =
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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Yes, I am anxious to see myself what will =
happen with
all this. One of the funnier examples of how well Open Space works =
is
reflected in this little story. </span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>A rather large group of attendees was about 2 =
hours
late. They missed the opening of the space and arrived just at the =
tail
end of the time when sessions were posted. After the event was =
over they
debriefed and agreed that the "facilitators" of the first =
series of
sessions were the worst - they definitely needed more training. =
They said
that during those first rounds of sessions people were mostly
complaining. But the last series was much better, because the
"facilitators" were so much better. They recommended to us to =
please
make sure that we would train "facilitators" better and spread =
the
good ones out over the different session spaces. </span></font></p>
</div>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>If they only knew:)</span></font></p>
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.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Claudia<br>
<br>
Claudia Haack<br>
KAIROS Alliance Inc.<br>
606 Orchard Dr.<br>
Madison, WI<br>
phone: 608.288.8315<br>
fax: 480.247.4824<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.kairosalliance.com/">www.kairosalliance.com</a> =
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-------- Original Message --------<br>
Subject: Re: Report available - Girl Scout Open Space for over 1,600 =
&<br>
Strategy Cafes for thousands more<br>
From: Joelle Lyons Everett <JLEShelton@aol.com><br>
Date: Sat, February 04, 2006 11:23 pm<br>
To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<br>
</span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DGeneva =
FAMILY=3DSANSSERIF><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Geneva;color:black'>wow, Christine =
and
Claudia, what a beautiful piece of work! I'm eager to reconnect =
with the
local council (who had their own Open Space a couple of years ago) and =
hear
what they have to say about the national event.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your vision, your courage, you willingness to hold space for =
Council
and volunteers to work out all the details. I'm very excited to =
see what
comes out of this initiative.<br>
<br>
Joelle<br>
<br>
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