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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Apologies for responding to such an old
thread but there is a university story that I can't resist sharing. It
isn't mine -- it is from Sara Halprin and Herb Long who taught a graduate course
in Open Space. This story appeared almost 10 years ago in a special Open
Space issue of At Work (a now defunct hard-copy journal). </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>From sunny Seattle,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Peggy</FONT></DIV>
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<P><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>We Passed the Flowerpot from
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>by Sara Halprin and Herb
Long<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>In Spring, 1996 we co-taught a
course called "Human Learning and Development," for the Master's of Arts in
Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) program at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Marylhurst</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. Given the vast subject matter and
limited time (three weekends) of the course, we decided to hold it in Open
Space, a methodology we had recently learned about from Harrison Owen and Anne
Stadler. Their continued support was invaluable.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><FONT size=3><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Marylhurst</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType>,
located in <st1:City w:st="on">Lake Oswego</st1:City>, near <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Portland</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>, offers four-year undergraduate
programs and several master's programs. Students at Marylhurst often comment
that the atmosphere is especially welcoming to them in all their diversity of
age, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and life
experience.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>The focus of this article is on
the ways we used Open Space in an academic setting; some of the problems we
encountered along the way, problems which were, at best, transformed into
learning opportunities; and ideas we plan to implement next spring, when we
offer this course again.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> We want to emphasize the
usefulness of Open Space for the particular subject matter we were exploring:
theories and practices of human learning and
development.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> Fourteen students registered
for the course. When each student registered, she received a letter from us with
the class syllabus including a pre-class reading list of four books. Our
intention in providing this list was to prepare students for the approach to
learning and development we have adopted. We handed out a more extensive reading
list on the first morning. This list offers a map of the vast territory of
theories of human learning and development from our particular perspective, one
that is multicultural and gender-specific.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> We met for three weekends,
during the period from March 15 through April 14.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> EXCERPTS FROM SARA HALPRIN'S
JOURNAL:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> First day
notes:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> * Setting the
atmosphere<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> We had fresh bagels and
cream cheese, coffee and tea, offered on a checkered tablecloth, a rug in the
center of a circle of chairs with potted flowers, crayons and paper, signs on
the walls and charts indicating rooms and times. We welcomed each person
individually. Several helped to set things up.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> Herb welcomed the group,
asking everyone to say their names and who they are when they're not at
Marylhurst. He spoke about his own ways of learning and developing and asked for
others'. A few people spoke about learning out of mistakes, by letting go of
expectations, etc. Then I introduced the open space format of the
course.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> * The
Stampede<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> I expected a long silence
when I opened the agenda. Just before I did so, one woman said she was feeling
anxious, and so was I! But there was a general rush for paper, markers and the
bulletin board. I had to stop people putting their topics on the board before
they announced the topic, and soon every space was covered and people were
starting to negotiate. So we went on to<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>* The Village
Marketplace.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> No problems. I did tell one
woman she couldn't take the room and time post-it off my sign to put on hers,
otherwise it was ripple-free. A couple of people asked permission to do this or
that, and I just beamed at them. They all got the idea. Realizing I'd forgotten
to announce morning and evening news times, I had to stand on a chair and yell
to get their attention for the announcement!<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> * The first
session.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> I was still feeling
skeptical. There was only one scheduled session, and Herb and I both went to it.
It started slowly, but built magnificently, into genuine open dialogue, very
stimulating. At one point I realized I was wide awake and really interested.
>From that point on the day just built on itself.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> * By the end of the
day a group on art learning had constructed several colorful collages out
of the brilliant-colored post-its we'd brought and these embellished the walls.
One was called "Life's a Rough Draft."<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> * Evening
news<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>everyone was excited, exhilarated,
and also much less tired than usual at the end of a Marylhurst weekend day.
People expressed real pleasure with the format and mentioned that they wished
all their classes could be like this one.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> * Late night
thoughts<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> Of course, I'm nervous as
hell--what if it goes downhill from here? I did mention the need to express any
possible grumpiness or whatever, which was well-received, but I do believe this
group will just go from good to better. Some conflict may and should emerge, and
hopefully, as one man suggested, we can disagree without being
disagreeable!<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>Second day
notes<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>* Morning
news<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>Everyone came in full of
excitement and bearing gifts--food, candles, hand cream (!), extra
computers...angel cards and hearthstones. But, when we rang the bell for morning
news, there was a big silence, which Herb broke by saying, here we are at
morning news, etc. There was a tendency to ask us for permission, turn to us as
teachers...<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>* Disagreement
happened.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>Against the good advice of
Harrison and Anne, I convened a session offering an overview of theories of
development, and it was difficult.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>I had some passion for the
discoveries of setting up the reading list, and I wanted to share that. But the
role of teacher came up right away, and in speaking about that and gathering
responses, evaluation seemed to be a ghost hovering over the group. I addressed
that ghost, and right away things got heavy. The discussion went on and
on.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>Eventually I tried to sum things
up and ended up with a woman feeling steam-rollered because I would not take
sole responsibility for evaluation. We worked on that issue, and the group
seemed relieved, but the discussion continued. In response to a student's
request, I announced that it was time to talk about my topic, and I did so,
whereupon a hot discussion followed on development, gender, and
culture. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>I got us to adjourn to lunch by
mentioning that I needed to pee and that I was
hungry.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> * Evening
news<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> People were tired. One woman
left early, saying she was getting a migraine and needed to get home to deal
with it. I suspect the group is poised on the edge of really taking
responsibility for their own learning. They need to be helped along by Herb and
me keeping space open for that.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> Am I sorry I didn't follow
Harrison's and Anne's advice about dropping my presentation? Yes and no, but
ultimately no. If it's a mistake, I certainly learned a lot from it, and several
people mentioned that the group had come to community in that session. I did
follow my heart, and my own enthusiasm for what I had learned and wanted to
share. It didn't feel right to me to cancel the session. Next time I just won't
schedule one so early in the proceedings.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> Third day
notes:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> Most people were ecstatic
about the weekend, and today was a time of deepening realization. The students
were really taking responsibility, even handling the big silence at the start of
each large circle. Once someone spoke, everyone spoke, of course. We decided to
use the flowers a woman brought as a talking piece--you could speak only if you
held the flowerpot. People spoke of how thrilled they are with this format,
happy to take a break and really looking forward to the next gathering, feeling
they've made real friends and learned a lot.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> * Academic
standards<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> Herb said his professorial
side feels nervous about how much actual learning is going on and a woman echoed
that and asked that Herb and I share more of our passion with the group next
session. I responded by saying the professor in me absolutely believes that the
only real learning that can happen is happening in this format, which, like
chaos theory, seeks the deep structure underlying chaos. While all is patterned,
each pattern is unique and unpredictable. Therefore I look forward to seeing how
much learning and development will take place as we all continue in open space
for the next couple of weeks. (See Herb's journal note on this
discussion.)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> There is, clearly, still a
strong tendency to look to us for learning as well as direction, understandable
in such an academic context. There is also interest in working on that tendency,
becoming more self-aware.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> At the End of the Second
weekend<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> Herb and I are both
exhausted, and so were several at least of the students. There was a repeated
request for Herb and me to convene more sessions. I gracefully or not declined,
and Herb pointed out that he had just convened one!<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> We moved from debate over
learning in this course into a discussion of learning and teaching, based on
bell hooks's book on radical pedagogy. The group is showing a tendency to want
to be together as a whole group and not split into separate
pieces.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> Third weekend
notes:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
size=3>Saturday:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>Today started with a strained
atmosphere and ended quite joyous and lively, with lots of energy for tomorrow.
How did we get there?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>* At morning
news,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>Mentioning the atmosphere of the
group led us into a discussion of what we have been doing so far. One woman
helped by framing the whole discussion in terms of reflections on group work.
Another woman brought in her concerns about encounter groups (she doesn't want
this class to become one). This led us to discuss the relationships between
thinking and feeling in group work and in learning and
development.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>* Good sessions
followed:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>one on adult development , then
one on safety in groups. A woman brought in two very strong paintings she had
done in the aftermath of an anti-gay initiative in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>. She spoke of her
feelings as a lesbian, then a <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Latina</st1:place></st1:City> woman spoke of her anger at feeling
repressed by others' requirements that we have a "safe" group. Great discussion
of safety, abuse, respect, and other group issues in relation to learning and
development.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>Sunday, last day of
class:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>* At morning
news<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>one woman needed a chance to
express herself, after having felt attacked by some of the students yesterday.
We supported her to speak, which she did at some length, and then she seemed to
feel better. This was an example of providing safety in groups through
increasing awareness.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> The atmosphere stayed good
all day. The group clearly had no intention of splitting up, and at the end of
the day several people said explicitly that it had taken time and trouble to
form a sense of group and they didn't want to split
up.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> Later Herb and I commented
to ourselves about how, from initially looking to us for approval and guidance
for just about everything, the group got to the place where they could
cheerfully ignore, reject, and discard our suggestions and do what was right for
them.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> * The end of the
day<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> seemed strained as we tried
to figure out how to do evaluation, then it got silly and fun as it evolved into
writing comments on our colorful post-its and attaching them to each other. We
took a class photo, taken by the campus cop, of all of us festooned with
post-its. The cop,.camera in hand, grinned at us all and barked, You're all
under arrest!<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> * Evaluating the class
experience<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> Some expressed interest in
having an ongoing group. Several said they were sad to leave. Most expressed
great appreciation for the whole experience. Harrison Owen's idea of turning
outward and thinking of going out into the world worked well, and we all joined
hands and sang row row row your boat, very anarchically. On the whole, an
excellent experience for all.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> But why were Herb and I so
exhausted at the end? How can we do this without being quite so drained? I
suspect that the more vigorously we keep the space open, for ourselves as well
as for everyone else, the more invigorated we will
feel.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
size=3> ``<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>The changes we are making in our
presentation to next year's class are based on feedback from this year's
students, which has been overwhelmingly positive. We are adding Owen's Open
Space Technology to our pre-reading list and changing one of the the other
titles. We are updating the general reading list, and we have rewritten the
syllabus, to be more explicit about the nature of Open Space. We are offering
both classes on a pass-fail basis only.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> We are also increasing the
spacing between weekends, adding a consultation day between the first and second
weekend. We hope that students will take advantage of the longer interval to
pursue in-depth research on the areas which most interest
them.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> In terms of the most
controversial issue that came up for us, the roles of "teacher" and "learner," I
think we are both aiming to feel free--free to be passionate as well as fluid,
free to be a teacher when that felt right, in the moment, and to be a learner
when that felt right. Modeling what we expected. Hopefully that will leave us
with more energy by the end of the course.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> HERB LONG'S <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">NOTE</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">ON</st1:State></st1:place> USING OPEN SPACE IN AN ACADEMIC
CONTEXT:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> It was a stretch for us to
use the open space format for a course on human learning and development. This
was especially the case for me--after all, with so much to cover and so little
time, how could I possibly expect that students would learn anything if I didn't
hold forth--summarizing, critiquing, offering gems of wisdom and insisting that
the students respond with formal research papers?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>My own ambivalence appeared when I
shared my "professorial" concern with the students, that maybe serious learning
wasn't happening. Coming from me as a facilitator, such a comment might have
sunk the whole effort. But it didn't, because a deeper learning was taking place
than any I had experienced before in academe.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> This deeper learning was the
result of offering an opportunity for students >to reach into their own
personal history, and to make connections between that history and the learning
process. They could connect their own development with what they were reading,
discussing, and thinking about.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> The context of Open Space
provided an atmosphere in which feeling and intellect could combine rather than
split off. In a remarkably short period of time, we became a learning
community.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> At the same time, my own
passion for teaching was re-awakened. That is, open space provided me with the
same supportive environment as it did the students. I too could begin making
connections between my own lived experience and what I was learning as a result
of my passionate involvement in the learning enterprise that engaged all of us.
The boundary separating student and teacher became more and more permeable. The
same passionate interest in learning transferred naturally into a heightened
desire to share what was learned. It's as if we were all being enriched in our
very beings. and when that richness reached a stage of overflowing, teaching
followed naturally as we shared with one another out of our own
being.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> To me, such sharing is the
essence of true teaching and it's then that being speaks to being or, as the
Psalmist puts it, "deep calls unto deep."<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> FROM THE INTRODUCTION TO OUR
CLASS DOCUMENT, WRITTEN BY TWO OF THE STUDENTS:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> The course was to be about
learning and development, so what did we learn and how do we learn? We learn by
exploring. We learn by listening. We learn through our families, our culture and
our experiences. We learn by taking risks and stretching our minds. It is a
lifelong process and a spiritual process. What we discover as we go along is
that much of what we think we need to know, we actually have inside ourselves
already. The trick is to accept ourselves and to look inside ourselves to find
the teacher within.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>***<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3> Sara Halprin, Ph.D and Herb
Long, Th.D are certified Process Work therapists, with diplomas from the Process
Work Center of Portland. They bring, in addition to their backgrounds in
education and counseling, the wide-spectrum skills of process work facilitation,
which have deepened their experience with Open Space. They live and work in
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Portland</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>. Sara is also the author of "LOOK AT MY
UGLY FACE!": Myths and Musings on Beauty and Other Perilous Obsessions with
Women's Appearance (Penguin, 1996).<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Hello, dear colleagues
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">I am talking with the
business school at a university about using OS for a large networking event,
to bring together students at all levels of the business program (from folks
very new to the program to those with advanced business degrees; from
executives who have graduated from the program to current students) and also
members of other schools at the university (engineering, energy, and other
diverse programs).</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">My potential client is
interested in hearing if any of you out there have done OS on university
campuses and / or with these different constituents.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">He’s great, because he
‘gets’ that OS can work with anyone. But / and he’s thrilled that I am
part of this rich global community of practitioners and would love to hear
other stories of how OS has been used in similar ways or similar settings –
what was the situation, who were the constituents, and what were the
accomplishments.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Thank you for sharing
your stories of OS in university settings,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Lisa</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Consultant,
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