And Michael...although I replied offlist to you, here is the link to the story of the conflicted Aboriginal community I worked with a few years ago:<br><br><a href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.OpenSpaceAndDeepConflict">
http://www.chriscorrigan.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.OpenSpaceAndDeepConflict</a><br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 30, 2007 1:32 PM, Allison & Jim Baensch <<a href="mailto:mbody@iinet.net.au">
mbody@iinet.net.au</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi Lisa,<br>I get a lot of delectable food for thought and feeling from your
<br>wonderfully wise and friendly emails.<br>Thank you.<br><br>Hi Michael, I have no experiences to offer you, but am pleased you<br>raised the question and wish you all the best.<br><br>Allison<br>(From a rather steamy-warm Healesville (S E Australia) Saturday, on
<br>my way to the local organic vege market.)<br><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br>On 01/12/2007, at 8:05 AM, Lisa Heft wrote:<br><br>> Michael - another thing to keep in mind - often when there is<br>> grief, loss,
<br>> rage, fear - it is important to have a 2 or 2.5 day Open Space.<br>><br>> Open Space or not - what people tend to do on Day 1 is name their<br>> story<br>> .... sometimes over, and over, and over again. They need to do
<br>> this until<br>> a point when they feel truly witnessed... Then, with a good dinner<br>> (will<br>> you design that the food for dinner is shared? Amazing to break<br>> bread with<br>> people to get a different sense for them), a good chat in the bar (or
<br>> whatever), a good sleep, and a nice warm shower...<br>><br>> ...people tend to not let go of their old story entirely, but can<br>> carry it<br>> with them, as it were, as they co-create a new story into the
<br>> future. On<br>> Day 2, it is not as if things are solved - it is just ... a little ...<br>> breathing room. Day 2 you will often feel a shift.<br>><br>> So my recommendation is to - if you can - ensure there will be 2 or
<br>> 2.5<br>> days. More room to name things, to feel things, to muddle through<br>> together.<br>><br>> I also think that your framing of the day will help - your co-<br>> creation of<br>> the theme / focusing question with your client, your way of opening
<br>> the<br>> circle. And: if you can, if there are different languages, it will<br>> help<br>> to include those languages on your posters / signs. Inclusivity,<br>> respect,<br>> presence.<br>><br>
> Open Space will do the rest.<br>><br>> From Kansas City, USA (where I am facilitating tomorrow an Open<br>> Space with<br>> immigrant and refugee farmers from Somalia, Cambodia, Mexico and<br>> Central
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