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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi <span class=SpellE>Filiz</span>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In order to be able to assist you in your
thinking, and you have said you wish practical help, there is more information
that I would like to have from you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>What was the role of the sponsor? The sponsor actually opens the
space for the facilitator to facilitate the OST meeting, so was there
something that could have been different in what the sponsor said in the
invitation, in the opening, in the ‘givens’ for the meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Did you have an outline (agenda) that people could see for the
meeting...either as handouts in their chairs, or up on a wall? This of
course does not have agenda items but has the outline indicating things
like session times, time for action planning and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Did you use two different report forms? One for capturing the discussion
from the OS sessions and one for the action planning?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Did Funda, in her opening, outline the process for the whole time
that gave validation to the action planning and why?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>How much time did you allow for the action planning part?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Did they have a book of proceedings to do the action planning from?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you would kindly answer the above, I am
willing to make some suggestions. In the corporate world particularly, having a
clear action plan coming out of investing in a meeting is seen as critical. And
yes, although we cannot nor would we want to affect the content, there are
simple things to do to increase the success of action planning.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Having said this, everything is as it
should be....so there is nothing that you did wrong. Whatever happens<span
class=GramE>...</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Blessings,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Birgitt<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Filiz Telek<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 06, 2006 2:47
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> whatever one says,people
do whatever they want to do anyway</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This is the newest principle for OS
that Funda and I are proposing…after our experience in OS yesterday </span></font><font
size=2 face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ok, just around the days when we
have been contemplating on “whatever happens is the only thing that could
have”, I will share with you a brief reflection on this open space we
experienced, a first for me, Funda and for all who attended…and perhaps
dwell a little bit on what could we have done different or what can we do
different in the future…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><st1:PersonName
ProductID="Funda Oral" st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Funda Oral</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, whom you
know from this list, facilitated this meeting and I tried to support her to my
capability. This was the first time we opened space together in </span></font><st1:country-region
st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Turkey</span></font></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, so it was
quite a historical day for all of us, considering the work Funda has done in
the last years to invite people to open space in </span></font><st1:place
st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Turkey</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Today we co-hosted a group of people
who are passionate about improving the public transport in </span></font><st1:place
st="on"><st1:City st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Istanbul</span></font></st1:City></st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. Their immediate
focus was saving the traditional ferryboats of </span></font><st1:City st="on"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Istanbul</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> which are
one of the important symbols of </span></font><st1:place st="on"><st1:City
st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Istanbul</span></font></st1:City></st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> that reflects the spirit of this
city. Saving because the municipality wanted to get rid of them to bring in new
and fast sea buses. So by taking a stand on the maintenance of these ferries,
this group actually is one of the real citizens’ movements in Turkey that
has some effect on local decision making…the theme of today’s
meeting was to come up with activities for 2006 to improve sea transport and
saving the ferries…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>All in all it went well with a
little more chaos than usual…groups were formed, exciting conversations
were held, actions were proposed…and Funda did a great job in opening the
space…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>However convergence was a little
disaster in my view, and good news is that I was hosting it </span></font><font
size=2 face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>there could be many reasons for this but
I tend to blame myself or the group for the outcome. When it was convergence
time, we re-opened space where I invited people to announce the actions they
want to take. By the time I could finish my sentence, some people had left the
room, some wondering around, some chatting to the person next to them, two
people shouting at each other…I invited the group about 3 times and
nothing changed. At the end, someone read some proposed actions from the
previous session, put them on the floor and people who were interested signed
up. By that time half of the group had left already. Unfortunately we
didn’t even have a closing, because we couldn’t maintain the energy
of the group anymore. The meeting finished an hour earlier than the proposed
time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Now, whatever happens is the only
thing that could have. But for my own sanity, I need some practical help here.
Because this seems to be the general group dynamics over here and I am having a
hard time as a facilitator to deal with it. Not only it makes me feel
incompetent, it makes me also lose hope at certain points about being able to
do any useful work over here…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>My main challenges are that people
don’t listen well, they don’t concentrate during a meeting, so they
miss and don’t follow the instructions and the groups are not able to
converge. In all of the meetings I attended so far, I found myself watching in
awe how people disappear before we are able to say, so this meeting is
finished. And naturally there is no conclusion. I then feel all the energy that
was built up during a meeting gets wasted before we could channel it into
something constructive…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have been told that being young
and female does not help in Turkish culture. I do not accept this as an
explanation. <br>
I would like to know whether any of you worked in a similar cultural setting
where it was difficult to shift the group energy beyond the individual to the
collective, where listening and focusing was a challenge…and people
proceeded the way they wanted to. To which degree do you or do you not
interfere? What do you do, when you propose a step and one (or more)
participant suggests something else before your next step? (this happens so
often here, drives me crazy, even if you say no, we cant really do that, people
go ahead anyway) What are the conditions for being able to converge a group
whose energy is all over the place?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I am really interested in improving
the flow under the conditions I described above and I am asking for practical
suggestions…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thank you! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><em><b><i style='mso-ansi-font-style:
normal'><font size=4 color=purple face="Rage Italic"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Rage Italic";mso-bidi-font-family:Vrinda;color:purple;
font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic;mso-no-proof:
yes'>f i l i z</span></font></i></b></em><em><b><i><font size=4 color=purple
face=Pristina><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Pristina;mso-bidi-font-family:
Vrinda;color:purple;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'> </span></font></i></b></em><b><i><font
size=4 color=purple face=Pristina><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Pristina;mso-bidi-font-family:Vrinda;color:purple;font-weight:bold;font-style:
italic;mso-no-proof:yes'><br>
</span></font></i></b><font size=2 face="MS Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"MS Serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>approach
love and cooking with reckless abundance!<br>
</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
yes'><a href="http://www.barakam.blogspot.com/"><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.barakam.blogspot.com</span></font></a><br>
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