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size=2>Jack, thanks for sharing your introduction experiments. I've tried
some similar things (although never to start an OST meeting) and
I enjoy the lively humming fertility of the energy when everyone settles back
into their seats. I've never tried "closing the triangle" but I like it a
lot & look forward to adding it next time.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=426210005-12062006><FONT face=Georgia color=#800000
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT face=Georgia color=#000080 size=2>Chris
Weaver<BR>Springbranch, Inc.<BR>Asheville, North Carolina USA<BR></FONT><A
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Jack
Ricchiuto<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 10, 2006 10:19 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Dealing with New
Entrants to OS sessions<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
face="Optima, Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR>My practice
parallels Michael’s – non-intrusive presence, which is different than absence.
Whenever there is any kind of awkwardness in the group, I just stay present to
it with faith in the self-organizing qualities of any living system that
emerge naturally unless someone tries to interrupt it. I also don’t ask people
to express expectations in the beginning and set a tone off fluidity where
people feel free to come and go, so anyone coming in later comes in a fairly
seamless way. <BR><BR>I’ve also experimented recently with a different
approach to introductions where I have people mill around and interview
someone they don’t know or don’t know well. This is done mainly in groups
sharing enough common languages to do this. Then I have them do what my social
network colleagues call “closing the triangle”. They then introduce their new
people to someone they already know. It’s always chaos in the best sense of
the word as people reconfigure into small groups where the energy is awesome.
Then we open the space where the field is richer for the
process.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT
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