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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=343121708-26082006>Simply
wonderful story Lisa - inspired me and made me laugh!!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN
class=343121708-26082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=343121708-26082006>(And what did
you love about Texas btw??)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN
class=343121708-26082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN
class=343121708-26082006>Jon</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN
class=343121708-26082006>Oxford</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Lisa
Heft<BR><B>Sent:</B> 26 August 2006 04:21<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Open Space for small
groups<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Hi, all –
as you may tell, I have been away for a bit traveling and facilitating, and I
am catching up with an ocean of emails, including delicious little fishes in
that ocean: many thoughtful messages on OSLIST.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">In response
to Justin’s questions about holding a very small Open Space…</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Fabuloso
Jaime wrote:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><I><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">I
remember a posting on the OSLIST about an OS meeting with as few as 2
people!</SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><I><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> I
am not sure if I could find this message for you, but no doubt that
someone else will. Just wait and see.</SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><I><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> Welcome
to the OS community!</SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Marvelous
Thomas wrote:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><I><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">I
don’t think that’s the record Jaime. I remember Lisa telling a story where
no-one showed up and she had an OS-meeting by herself!! Hard to
beat!</SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><I><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">And,
of course, it worked out marvellously - well, you are marvellous dear Lisa -
sure missed you in Moscow! </SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><I><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Warm
regards</SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><I><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Thomas</SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Thomas, you
and everyone at the Moscow conference were very much in my thoughts! I
did write about a very small Open Space – only one person…below I shall
reprint the posting I sent to OSLIST about it back in May
2002…</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Cheers,
Lisa</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">_______________________________
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">So there I
was last week at the International Association of Facilitators conference in
Fort Worth, Texas. It is a conference put on by all volunteers (fellow
facilitators) where facilitators present workshops to each other
...</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">I only had
a few people signed up in advance for my Open Space Technology workshop (hey -
whatever happens), and so when I got to Fort Worth I asked the conference
hosts if they might spread the word to and invite people from the community,
so that I could offer this service to people working in Fort
Worth.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Well, after
thinking so very hard on how to put together a message and how to get the word
out over the holiday weekend, I suddenly realized that I should let it all go
and see what(ever) would happen.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">So I set up
the room and waited for the adventure.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">I had
invited a volunteer who was helping with the conference to come to my
workshop, as he had been working so hard he had not attended
anything.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">And so it
turned out that Doug was the only participant in my Open Space. (!)
Nobody else showed up.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">So we went
on an adventure together.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">I asked him
if he was interested in testing out two questions about OS: one, with how few
people can you do OS, and two, can you teach one-way information (such as how
to do OST) in a completely OS setting. He was open to it and so was I,
so we just dived in together!</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- - - -
-</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Our Open
Space lasted from 8:30am until 3:00pm.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">My
preparation included handouts (checklists, planning, further reading,
samples), a collection of books of proceedings, and flyers about OSonOSinOZ
and other upcoming events. The room was set up like a normal OS, with
the inclusion of a wall full of little signs organized into Role and Task (the
idea is to choose a role from one column and a task from another and put them
on like nametags, so in a group of people you would have a whole range of
circumstances and settings for using OS and you could role play talking to
clients about these situations).</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Signage
around the room included areas A, B, C and D.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">I set up
about six chairs in a circle (even though Doug and I only filled two of them -
our imaginary colleagues filled up the rest), and I opened the space.
The theme was "What Can We Learn From One Another?"</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Doug
immediately lay down on the ground to write sign after sign with his topics; I
soon joined him to add some topics that I thought might play well off of his
topics along that same line. We generated 17 topics:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">His topics
were all about what he wanted to know about OST (bear in mind he had not read
the book and had no previous knowledge of OST):</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- 1st Time
OS Experience</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- Worst OS
Experience</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- Open
Space versus Other Methods</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- Use of
Computers to Track Minutes</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- Follow-up
after Meeting</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- Best Food
for Open Spaces</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- How Much
Space Needed</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- How Long
Is Too Long?</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- New
Techniques</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- Agenda
Planning</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- What's
Changed About OST In The Last 5 Years?</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">My topics -
I could probably have not written any topics at all. Of course I have
never written topics when I was the facilitator, and Doug was doing just
fine. But I thought it would help to play off of each other, because of
the issue of diversity. So here's what I added.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- On Being
an Independent</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- What Do
You Love About Texas?</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- Where Are
The Indians?</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">-
Spirituality and Work</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- What Do
You Want To Be Remembered For?</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- If You
Could Try Anything, What Would You Try?</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">So now we
had a wall full of items, complete with the time/space
stickies.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">So here's
what we did next:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">We took all
the 9:30-10:15am topics and posted them on the wall near area A. And we
brought three chairs over there (one for each of us and one for a virtual
colleague). Doug led the order of the session, picking out each item
from the wall as he felt drawn to it, and that is what led our
discussion. We covered all those issues, and then it was time to go 'to
our next session'. So we moved all the chairs over to area B, brought
all those topics over to post on that wall, and continued as such around the
room throughout the day.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">"My whole
group" decided to go to lunch together, and I was happy to take 'my whole
group' out to lunch. My whole group took ‘bio breaks’ together, as well,
whenever needed throughout the day. By the end of the day, every topic
had been discussed, *plus* Doug had a complete education in Open Space based
on his own learning needs - a custom-designed master class on Open
Space. Proof that you can give one-way information in Open Space and
still have it be learner-centered (a big surprise to me).</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">But wait -
something even more wonderful happened...People came to visit! Our workshop
was near the bathroom - maybe that helped, plus we kept both doors wide
open. (I was tempted to put up our "Session Full" sign on the
door....). Two other workshops were meeting that day.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">So first,
Rob Stroober (hi, Rob!) from the Netherlands came by and sat in our third
chair in the circle. He dropped in right when we were talking about the
Your First OS and also If You Could Try Anything...topics. He just fit
right in and we learned from him regarding those topics. Then he had to
leave to catch a plane. Bye, Rob!</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Later on
Sherwood ___ came into the room. He had experienced OS many years ago
with Harrison, and he walked right in on the topics of how OST has changed
over the years. So he was able to share some thoughts on that
overview. Then we left to rejoin his other workshop. Bye,
Sherwood!</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">David
Johnson, a facilitator from Texas, shared his scariest facilitator moment -
ironically, when he had to dump a very carefully planned agenda and suddenly
respond to the group's need and found himself booking rooms for self-organized
discussions a la Open Space. See you later, David!</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">And Laura
Hsu from Taiwan (hi, Laura!) dropped in to share how she teaches the method of
OST, and we had a wonderful exchange of ideas and materials. (Bye,
Laura!)</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">So we had
international cross-cultural input and surprises that happened when new folks
sat in our third chair!</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- - - -
-</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">To close, I
passed my favorite special rock around our circle, now reformed in the middle
of the room, of six chairs. Doug shared some thoughts, I sat in another
chair to share with him what sometimes people say in a closing circle, and
then I sat in my own chair to close. In the center of the circle were
fabric, the rock, my Tibetan bells, my compass, flowers and some food
offerings.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">It was a
wonderful, magical experience, and it taught me much that I would never have
known in any other way. Doug is off to lead his own Open Spaces, and I
thank him for his partnership in what was a delightful day full of learning,
laughter and exploration.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">And PS: We
still made enough noise for the two other workshop groups to hear us through
the walls! I guess joy is sometimes loud....</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Lisa</SPAN></FONT></P>
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