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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Hello, dear colleagues –</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I have a client who is interested in hearing
about the use of OS with and for:</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Elderly persons</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Mental health consumers</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>People with different
physical abilities and disabilities</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Intergenerational work</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>..in conferences or in
community, business or organizational meetings.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>We are planning something together and he
wishes a few stories in hand so he can explain this to people who don’t ‘get
it’ like he does. He TOTally gets it and is excited for what we are
about to do. A bit of support on how OS has been used in somewhat similar
circumstances to his will be a great help as he approaches his planning
committee.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Thanks to everyone for sending a few words
about OS events you have been part of with participants such as this –
feel free to send to me directly or post on the list.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><br>
Below are stories I have already collected. John, were you able to do
that OS you mention below? And Michael P, I looked on <a
href="http://www.openspaceworldscape.org/">http://www.openspaceworldscape.org</a>
– but the one listing I saw is an event you did, written up in
German. Alas, I do not speak German. If you can share a few words about
it that would be great. Perhaps some of you who have done similar work in
Canada can also share some of your stories, as Larry mentions below.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><br>
Thanks, everyone – here are more stories below...</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
font-style:italic'>Kerry Napuk, Scotland</span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>We facilitated an event
with 102 mental health users from all parts of Scotland. In two rounds of
issues and actions on finding a collective voice during day one, they convened
30 sessions with 90 actions. On day two on making their voice heard,
service users created 14 project teams, including plans to form a new national organisation.
The opening circle was pulsating with energy and set the scene for a very
memorable event. There were many stories of personal courage, participants who
came to Dundee having not left their houses in more than two years and not
having been away overnight or on a train alone for more years than they could
recall. Even though participants were all users of mental health services and
were coping with various medical illnesses, they stuck into the work with great
gusto and humour. It was a magnificent conference of individual learning
and sharing, as well as collective consciousness.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-style:italic'>Larry Peterson, Canada</span></font></i></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>A number of us in </span></font><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Canada</span></font><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>
have facilitated OS events with "consumer/survivors of the mental health
system" - the term they have chosen here. A variety of very
successful events over the past years sometimes with folks with some difficult
physical issues as well. It is delightful experience such events.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
font-style:italic'>John, USA and Haiti</span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I’m talking with
leadership at an elderly care community. The president really believes in the
power of dialogue. They have about 1,500 people in their community which
include several hundred staff and care-givers and nearly 1,000 elderly persons.
Some of the elderly own their homes which are part of the community and do not
need daily care. Others live in a special place where they have constant care. Leadership’s
challenge is to foster a cultural change in their community from one of medical
care to one of overall social care. They want to engage everyone in conversations
about this and are considering organizing one or a couple of day-long open
space events during this summer.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
font-style:italic'>Harrison Owen, USA</span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Never did anything with
elder care communities -- but something pretty close. About 8 years ago, the
Northwest Regional Advisor Council for the AARP (American Association of
Retired People) decided they needed to focus their mission, purpose, and
program. Open Space was the chosen vehicle. The council consisted of some 150
people with an average age of 70+ (actually more on the plus side.) Space
opened, and everything happened as usual, but I was a little worried about the
reports. We were using computers, and for many of the people involved, a
computer was a new and different thing. Most could type, but a computer....????
Anyhow the reports started to come in, and I passed by the Newsroom. There a
wonderful lady, obviously in her early 80s, confronted the machine, surrounded
by mounds of flip chart paper. Not only was this her first time out, but she
happened to have posted *THE* issue, and many people had lots to say. I
wondered, and passed on my way. Sometime later I came back just to check. She
was obviously making progress, but in a way that pained me. Using a large
magnifying glass to see the screen, she punched in her report, one finger at a
time.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I watched for a moment, and
then did what I never would do ordinarily. I came up to her and offered to
help. She didn't quite hear me at first, but when she did -- her response was
surprising. She turned on me like a mother guarding her children and said,
"No young man. I will type my own report!" I tipped my hat and went
on my way. ... </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>__________</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Thanks, all,</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Lisa</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>___________________________</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>L
i s a H e f t</span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'>Consultant,
Facilitator, Educator</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'>O p e n i n
g S p a c e</span></font></p>
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color=black><span style='color:black'>lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></font></a></span></font></p>
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color=black><span style='color:black'>www.openingspace.net</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
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