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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Zelle,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Like Doug, I would like to know more about the
3-hour OST you do. I am using OST in my organisation but for a minimum of one
and a half days. This sounds fascinating.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Herman Kasselman</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 26, 2006 5:50
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Proximity and Open Space after
presentations</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Doug,
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<DIV>Proximity: very elegant!</DIV>
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<DIV>Maureen and I have been offering and delivering Open Space after
keynote </DIV>
<DIV>speeches, after presentations in corporate meetings, after
political speeches - </DIV>
<DIV>anywhere we can open up space and allow everyone to be the expert or at
least </DIV>
<DIV>ask questions about what was a spark for them. It works incredibly
well.</DIV>
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<DIV>Generally, we hold a 3 hour Open Space after keynote speeches. In terms
of </DIV>
<DIV>presentations in corporate meetings, there will sometimes be
multiple </DIV>
<DIV>presentations in the mornings and then hold Open Space in the
afternoons. </DIV>
<DIV>We've had fantastic results!</DIV>
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<DIV>On Oct 26, 2006, at 10:35 AM, douglas germann wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Hi all--</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Chris's Tao of Holding Space stopped me in my
mental tracks last night</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">with one word: proximity.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">What we are about in opening space is bringing
people into proximity,</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">yes?</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Proximity: notice what can happen when we bring
people who care near</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">each other. Ideas bounce and blend and reproduce.
Passions infuse. Keep</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">us in tightly sealed containers and nothing new
happens. Juxtapose us</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">and there is possibility. For fire.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Which raises for me the question of why do people
try to keep others in</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">tightly sealed containers, such as "do me"
audiences who are not allowed</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">to talk back, let alone with each other? Is it lack
of experience with</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">any container where people can let their lights
shine on each other? Is</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">it fear of the fire? Something else?</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Ever notice that after a play or a good seminar,
when we go home we want</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">to talk about it? We want to assimilate it,
re-enjoy, extend it. What if</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">we could harness that energy at the event itself?
Get the people there</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">to assimilate, re-enjoy and especially extend it,
starting right there?</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">What if?</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Is this what OS is?</DIV>
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style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>:- Doug. Germann</DIV>
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