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<FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>What do you when you’re holding the space?<BR>
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Some things I have done while I was holding space...<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Called my office
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Called my wife, sister, kids, friends
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Called Harrison
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Surfed the web
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Went for a walk
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Wrote bad poetry
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Did self-critique of my opening
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Sorted papers from my briefcase
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Gone out to fill my car with gasoline
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Napped
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Gazed out a window
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Pretended I was not looking at a very attractive woman
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Sat around and did “nothing”
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Sipped tea or juice
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Stopped someone from ripping down other people’s posters (happened just one time)
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Felt the feeling of holding space (happens a lot)
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Fought off boredom
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Watched with fascination
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Thought a lot about why this works
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Sat in on one of the sessions (very, very rarely)
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Listened with surprise
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Made this list of things I do while I’m holding space
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Picked up coffee cups, water bottles, etc.
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Answered questions about open space
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Typed up the a list of posted sessions
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Answered participants’ questions, such as...<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Where is the so-and-so session?
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Have you seen (a specific person)?
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Do you do this all the time?
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>What do I do with these (flip chart pages)?
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>I’ve just arrived, what do I do?
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Have you ever worked with (names another large group technique)?
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>There are two sessions that have the same title, what should we do?
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Will it be alright if I leave early?
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>What’s going to happen next after all this?
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>How would you compare our group to other groups?
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>What have you been doing while we were meeting?<BR>
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And my favorite:<BR>
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• What exactly are we paying you to do?<BR>
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Ralph Copleman<BR>
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