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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Pat Black
[mailto:patoitextiles@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Friday, </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>October 06,
2006</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>9:25 AM</span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>hhowen@verizon.net</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Showing up &
being present</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To piggy back on </span></font>Harrison's
presences I would like to add that all these presences that Harrison describes
put me on the path to being present for the emergence. Thge knowledge
that I will be surprised by the emergence is what helps me to stay present in
as many ways as possible.<br>
Pat Black</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On </span></font></span><span
class=gmailquote>10/6/06</span><span class=gmailquote>, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Harrison Owen</span></b> <<a
href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>> wrote:</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"Being totally present and absolutely invisible," is I admit
a rather<br>
strange suggestion, to say nothing of being (apparently) contradictory if<br>
not paradoxical. And when I wrote it years ago, it seemed just as strange -- <br>
but that had been my experience. So don't feel like the Lone Ranger (as we<br>
say here in the Colonies). It is an odd one.<br>
<br>
I think you will find that the whole thing is easier with large groups.<br>
After all, when you have 500 people there is not a lot you can "do"
that is <br>
likely to have all that much impact on the surrounding chaos. The only<br>
option is just to be there -- present.<br>
<br>
My learning over the years is that "presence" has depths and layers
of<br>
meaning, and you never quite get to the end. Physical presence is obviously <br>
the first level, but hardly the last. To this I would add, "Intellectual<br>
Presence" -- really paying attention to what is happening and seeking to<br>
understand how and why it is taking place. This is not so much about <br>
specific details of discussion, but rather the total flow of the affair.<br>
Then there is what I might call "emotional presence." I guess I mean
being<br>
open to and sensing the ambient feelings and moods -- good and bad. <br>
<br>
I am sure there are a couple of other levels, but at least with these two it<br>
is clear that you don't have to "do" anything to be present. But
there is<br>
also a problem with these two -- they tend to "hook you." And almost <br>
inevitably you can become attached to a particular out come. When the mood<br>
is sad you look for joy. And perhaps you will feel a sense of failure if the<br>
joy does not appear. But the truth of the matter is (I think) that the <br>
situation is what it is -- and more to the point it is not your situation in<br>
which to either "succeed" or "fail."<br>
<br>
There is yet another level which I might call "Silent Presence."
Somehow <br>
this goes beyond, beneath Intellect and/or emotions. The power of this level<br>
of presence in terms of grounding/supporting a group is profound, I have<br>
found. Don't ask me how it works, but it does.<br>
<br>
</span></font>Harrison <br>
<br>
Harrison Owen<br>
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From: OSLIST [mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>] On Behalf Of Martin<br>
Truelove<br>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 4:04 AM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
Subject: Re: Showing up & being present <br>
<br>
Hi Michael, Tree, everybody,<br>
I think I sometimes show up, but I'm not really 'present', & this thread<br>
has set me thinking about what the difference might be, especially if,<br>
in open space, I can't demonstrate that presence by appearing to do a <br>
great deal!<br>
I'm early on in my OS practice, & it's just this concoction of mind,<br>
intellect & soul that tantalises me so much.<br>
I've just led an OS in London with leaders in the creative sector here<br>
in the UK, & I really felt that my presence made a difference, but I'm<br>
not entirely sure how! So these conversations really help.<br>
All I can say about this list & all the contributors is that it sustains<br>
my faith in OS, keeping my sprits up, helping me to 'hold the <br>
intention'(thanks to you, Christine Whitney Sanchez for that durable<br>
phrase!)& to continue to develop my practice.<br>
With best wishes from the fells (hills!) of northern England.<br>
Martin Truelove<br>
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From: OSLIST [mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>]
On Behalf Of<br>
Michael M Pannwitz<br>
Sent: 28 September 2006 10:15<br>
To: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>
Subject: Re: Appreciative Inquiry Course - Teachers College, Columbia U,<br>
Nov. 9/10<br>
<br>
Dear Tree,<br>
as usual, your note started me thinking.<br>
Why do I show up on the list?<br>
Showing up is, as I have experienced, the very first prerequisite for<br>
anything to happen. When nobody shows up not much will happen. Now,<br>
showing up (which Loretta has certainly demonstrated)does not mean that<br>
much will happen either (although she has gotten you and me showing up <br>
and more). Being present is the next stage (more than just my body being<br>
<br>
in a particular place now my mind, intellect and perhaps even soul are<br>
there), interaction starts unfolding, truth might be told, followed by <br>
the spirit dimension, letting go.<br>
Ok, so why do I show up?<br>
To learn, to contribute, to .... and to market myself and my ideas. So<br>
its me, my passion and the stuff I'm interested in spreading. I wouldn't<br>
<br>
be surprised if some others do that in this manner or similarily, too.<br>
The way it is intermingled, embedded, part of a whole...it might be part<br>
<br>
of our way of being or perhaps even be part of the open space mentality. <br>
So, how are approaches, products, etc. (such as AI) perceived that show<br>
up on the list "naked" (my assumption is that many of us have no idea
of<br>
<br>
what AI is, I havent been close to it myself and would not see much of <br>
it other than that it shows up on this list every now and then and that<br>
some of those actively participating in the list are enthusiastic about<br>
it).<br>
So, if Loretta is trying to promote something on this list it might not <br>
be good marketing to do it by only showning up.<br>
Greetings from Berlin<br>
mmp<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Tree Fitzpatrick wrote:<br>
> Loretta, it is not the custom of the oslist for people to only show up<br>
<br>
> when they want to promote a workshop. If you and Bernard
participate <br>
in<br>
> this list as regulars, then I would be happy to learn of your workshop<br>
<br>
> but I resist seeing notices lilke this when it feels like you are just<br>
<br>
> using the list to market yoursel without meaningfully participating in <br>
<br>
> the community.<br>
><br>
> On 9/27/06, *Loretta Donovan* <<a
href="mailto:loretta.donovan@gmail.com">loretta.donovan@gmail.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:loretta.donovan@gmail.com">loretta.donovan@gmail.com
</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Innovations in Business through a Positive Lens:<br>
> Concepts and Practices in<br>
> Appreciative Inquiry<br>
><br>
> Taught by Renowned Instructors:<br>
><br>
> Loretta Donovan and Bernard Mohr<br>
><br>
><br>
>
November 9 & 10, 2006, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm<br>
><br>
> Available for 1.5 CEUs/ non-credit or 1 credit<br>
><br>
> Register by Phone at 1.800.209.1245 or Online for
Course Code<br>
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> 2010.001 at<br>
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> pageid=134&PK=771 <br>
><br>
><br>
> What if . . .<br>
><br>
> . . . the
quality and speed of organizational transformation<br>
is<br>
> determined by the very
questions that we ask? Instead of<br>
grinding<br>
> resistance to change?<br>
><br>
> . . . companies use
inspired action and innovation that<br>
combined<br>
> best practices employees
already knew along with their hopes<br>
and<br>
> ideas for the future? <br>
><br>
> Applying David Cooperrider?s framework of
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><br>
> AI builds a constructive union between
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> based on inquiry into past and present capacities:
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core<br>
> values, traditions, strategic competencies,
insights into the <br>
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> corporate spirit, and visions of valued and possible
futures. This<br>
> ?discovery? is then translated into descriptions
of a desired<br>
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> the organization and its stakeholders ? which in
turn serves as <br>
the<br>
> basis for the development of the innovations which
will most<br>
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attain.<br>
><br>
> This introductory course will focus on the five
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