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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Welcome Sheila to our lovely global community!</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Sheila wrote:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>< I
confess that I am having trouble understanding the consistency between
"leaving the room" only to return at the end of the session for evening
news, and the necessity to "hold time and space". Here, it appeared
that the facilitator was to remain around but not visible - doing all those
small tasks that keep the space safe and comfortable for those busy beavers
working away in the breakout sessions? Can you provide some further
enlightenment - and encourage as I find the notion of leaving a hard one!></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I am one of those who stays in the room. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>At the start, after I invite participants to post their topics in
Opening Circle and the Agenda co-creation time, I often sit back down in the
circle to hold space that way as they create their marvelous meeting topics.
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Although sometime(s) during the day I will usually take a walk around
the building as a way to have a sense of place and a sense of the day, fresh
air – to breathe and to notice the beautiful things just outside the
room, I feel I hold space best by being in the room for most of the meeting -
totally present and completely invisible as I clean up plates and coffee cups
from the floor, breathe, replenish materials in the discussion areas, breathe, help
the Newsroom Coordinator as needed, breathe ;o) and so on.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>You will find what fits for you, I know,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Lisa</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>PS: as you are new to this you (and any others of you my dear readers
who would like to explore) may wish to visit the resources at my website –
I put them there for sharing. Go to <a href="http://www.openingspace.net/">http://www.openingspace.net</a>
– and click on Open Space Technology / The Method to see the shared
thoughts of many colleagues on this list, to see ‘Resources for OST
Practitioners’ and if you click on the upper right-hand corner of the
pages, to see the “Gallery” for photos of various Open Space
events.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>___________________________</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>L i s a H e f t</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=ES-MX
style='font-size:10.0pt'>O p e n i n g S p a c e</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=ES-MX
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net">lisaheft@openingspace.net</a>
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=ES-MX
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.openingspace.net/">www.openingspace.net</a></span></font></p>
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