I am so glad that this Silent Presence comes up. Thank you Harrison. This is my experience as OS facilitator. The OS Technology sets the table for it.<br> <br> This Silent Presence is kind of midwifing to me. Being the midwife of the group's dreams. Whatever they are and how conscious or unconscious they may be. And it leaves me in a state siimilar to meditation, for having been in this space where imagination can be invoked and conveyed to the group. So their dreams can manifest.<br> Louise<br><br><b><i>Harrison Owen <hhowen@verizon.net></i></b> a écrit :<br> <blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">"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>Harrison <br><br>Harrison Owen<br>7808 River Falls Drive<br>Potomac, Maryland 20854<br>Phone 301-365-2093<br>Skype hhowen<br>Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com <br>Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org<br>Personal website www.ho-image.com <br>OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the<br>archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Martin<br>Truelove<br>Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 4:04 AM<br>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<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><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of<br>Michael M Pannwitz<br>Sent: 28 September 2006 10:15<br>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<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* <loretta.donovan @gmail.com=""><br>> <mailto:loretta.donovan @gmail.com="">> 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>CEOI&ORL<br>> 2010.001 at<br>http://continuingeducation.tc.columbia.edu/default.aspx?<br>> 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 Appreciative Inquiry<br>(AI), an<br>> exciting and proven approach to transforming business from his<br>> intensive<br>> two-day seminar will explore generative approaches to increasing<br>> business capacity, fostering creativity and strategically<br>positioning<br>> the work of the corporation.<br>> <br>> AI builds a constructive union between stakeholders and the<br>> organization<br>> based on inquiry into past and present capacities: achievements,<br>assets,<br>> strengths, elevated
thoughts, opportunities, high point moments,<br>core<br>> values, traditions, strategic competencies, insights into the<br>deeper<br>> corporate spirit, and visions of valued and possible futures. This<br>> ?discovery? is then translated into descriptions of a desired<br>future for<br>> the organization and its stakeholders ? which in turn serves as<br>the<br>> basis for the development of the innovations which will most<br>rapidly<br>> move the organization in the direction it seeks to attain.<br>> <br>> This introductory course will focus on the five phases of the<br>> appreciative process: definition of the strategic need, discovery<br>of<br>> the<br>> organization?s positive core, dreaming of the environment in which<br>> excellence will be fostered in the future, design of the<br>structures,<br>> processes and procedures that embody the principles and strategic<br>> outcomes,
and delivery of the initiatives that will move the<br>business<br>> forward to its new vision. It will highlight examples from the<br>> manufacturing, services, consumer goods and healthcare industries.<br>> Attention will be given to factors essential for effective use of<br>AI and<br>> preparing for implementation.<br>> <br>> *<br>> *<br>> ==========================================================<br>> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br><mailto:OSLIST @listserv.boisestate.edu=""><br>> ------------------------------<br>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options,<br>> view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu<br>> <mailto:oslist @listserv.boisestate.edu="">:<br>> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html<br>> <http:><br>> <br>> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs:<br>> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist<br>>
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