<br>Welcome Isa<br> <br> This is not a dumb question. There is no trademark attached to the Open Space. Thanks to Harrison Owen. You may start with reading Open Space Technology: a User's Guide written by Harrison Owen. Very very usefull. You will also find many usefull tips on http://openspaceworld.org and http://openspaceworld.com and to other sites from there.Then you might want to try it by participating in one in your neighbourhood and really get the feel. Check the world map on this site to see if there is someone near you who is actually faciliating OS, and have a coffee with her or him. There are training sessions around the world, you may want to register. Then the best way will be to try it out as a facilitator.<br> <br> If you read french, you might find what is the psychosociology behind OST on my blog http://leadershipcreateur.wordpress.com. Basically to me it is to trust that people get organized and create from chaos,
just as the rest of the universe. Our job as a facilitator is to open space enough so they can do it. Being as invisible as possible while totally present.<br> <br> Hope this is of some help to you and welcome on board<br> <br> Louise Brissette<br> +1.514.271.0318<br> leadershipcreateur.wordpress.com<br> Un leadership créateur pour une écologie du travail<br><b><i><br> C isa Kocher <cik@ttnet.net.tr></i></b> a écrit :<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Date : Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:02:48 +0300<br>De : C isa Kocher <cik@ttnet.net.tr><br>Objet: Re: opening space with very small groups<br>À : OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br><br> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:*
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class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <hr tabindex="-1" align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Tree Fitzpatrick<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:44 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: opening space with very small groups</span></font><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span></font></i></b><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;">“</span></font>I have opened space for a small board retreat<b><i><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span></font></i></b><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;">“</span></font><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></div> <div
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font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I am sure this is a really dumb question but I have been reading these posts here for several days and the literature on the web site.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I was referred to this by a discussion at Couch Surfing, one of whose founders wants to make open space an integral part of Couch Surfing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Is Open Space exclusively a proprietary software or is there a methodology one can study by old fashioned reading? What is the psychosociology or whatever or small group methods or whatever behind it?<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Thanks. Thank you for the ongoing discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I real do appreciate the idea of Open Space, but without having an actual opportunity to engage in it, it is all pretty abstract and a bit opaque for me. And the discussion does not seem to be making what is happening any more concrete for me. Like I said sorry for the naive inquiry.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font
color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Isa Kocher<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> </div> * * ========================================================== OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist </blockquote><br><p>
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