<div dir="ltr">And just to add...you have a fine teacher in Ted too. Thanks for this story Ana.<div><br></div><div>Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:51 PM, douglas germann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:76066.515@compuserve.com">76066.515@compuserve.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Ana--<br>
<br>
You have made a profound observation when you said "there's always a<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">soul that tells a beautiful deep and unexpected story about it."<br>
<br>
</div>The story that your participant told is beautiful, as well. Thank you<br>
for sharing it.<br>
<br>
And welcome to the list and the Work!<br>
<br>
:- Doug.<br>
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On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 15:59 -0700, ana castanheira wrote:<br>
> Dear list,<br>
><br>
> It's probably the first time writing to you.<br>
><br>
> During the last one year and a half I've been following your<br>
> conversations, your perspectives, your insights.<br>
><br>
> I believe I've been learning from all of you.<br>
><br>
> I've been practicing OST in Portugal, mostly in Portuguese language<br>
> but with a few limitations; after all I'm working alone with an<br>
> unknown method to most of people.<br>
><br>
> Portugal seemed to me at first sight a difficult country to implement<br>
> this method. Although the culture is very open, the business companies<br>
> and organizations in general still tend to use traditional methods for<br>
> meetings or for solving problems.<br>
><br>
> Nevertheless the few experiences I had, people did told me in the end,<br>
> that they really enjoyed having the freedom and the space open for<br>
> creativity.<br>
><br>
> The first steps are always the harder to take.<br>
><br>
> And that leads me to last 7 to 9 of September in Porto where I had<br>
> the pleasure of being invited by Ted Ernst to co-facilitate Wikisym –<br>
> the 4th international event around wikis you can see more in<br>
> <a href="http://www.wikisym.org/ws2008/index.php/OpenSpace" target="_blank">http://www.wikisym.org/ws2008/index.php/OpenSpace</a><br>
><br>
> This was certainly the event that made me realize how much I want to<br>
> continue to do Open Space. It was a such a fulfilling experience.<br>
><br>
> I noticed something very curious whatever is taken as a talking stick,<br>
> there's always a soul that tells a beautiful deep and unexpected story<br>
> about it.<br>
><br>
> On this event I happen to choose a natural stick coming from a<br>
> beautiful plant growing outside university gardens.<br>
><br>
> From something completely out of the technological world an amazing<br>
> story was told: a plant once seeded on a dry vast corner of the world<br>
> in spite of severe climate conditions, was so beautiful that would<br>
> always be able to grow and for that called the joy of the children's<br>
> flower.<br>
><br>
> I cannot thank Ted enough for all the amazing things I've learned<br>
> about me as a facilitator. After all I also can facilitate OST's in<br>
> Portugal don't matter the conditions.<br>
><br>
> Peace.<br>
><br>
> Ana<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> "If you want to go faster, go alone. If you want to go further, go<br>
> together."<br>
> African proverb<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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