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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My start was with Florian
Fischer as my facilitator, helping me facilitate my first big OS. I did the
work up front with the preparation group and got to ask him all my questions by
email or phone, which was wonderful and very inspiring. He meant to help
facilitate as it was a bilingual event, but had to withdraw two days prior to
the event for health reasons. (I then found out that co-facilitation only works
if you have known the other person well – otherwise, one facilitator and
one translator is better…) We evenly split the money earned for the preparation
of the event.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Next time, I had a coach
alongside who was paid by the sponsor. After that, I saw my coach once to
clarify my specific questions for the next OS event. In the meantime, I do well
by myself, of course always with the help of a preparation group from the
sponsor’s organisation and with the help of you all if I have a question.
This <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName> is really a wonderful
resource.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I offer my clients that
they can learn about the method in being an assistant and later on, me being
their assistant. In <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Switzerland</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
I find occasions for OS every day, simply by reading the newspaper. Of course,
then it takes phone calls and seeing clients about my ideas to find out whether
OS is adequate to solve the problem. AND I am very aware not to create too much
work for myself that way. Wherever I have an idealistic interest to offer an OS
event, danger of burnout lurks… But somehow, when I tell about OS, people
find it interesting and some do come back to me asking for a first discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have also learned that
a sponsor is essential. Offering an event by myself to the public can be
expensive if it then doesn’t happen because the need for it is not big
enough.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Offering OS events in
leisure time institutions for free has been a good way to sum up more
experience and to strengthen the communities involved, but so far, I haven’t
gotten a paid OS event out of these offerings. I keep on doing it anyway because
I love that community.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sometimes, I participate
in an OS co-created by other OS practitioners, to be a participant and learn
about facilitating from that side. The last time was in November in <st1:State
w:st="on">Berlin</st1:State> where <st1:place w:st="on">Harrison</st1:place>
couldn’t come. The learning was profound. Not only did I walk out with
the sentence “I invite myself to live the life of my dreams now”
(with which I keep wandering…), but also did I realize how unimportant
the facilitator is once the groups are on their way. It’s really THEIR
thing, not the facilitator’s. That has let me be much more relaxed as a
facilitator, finally really taking a nap in the sun during breakout sessions. </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;color:navy'>J</span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>With gratitude, C.</span></font><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'>Catherine
Pfaehler Senn<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'>lic.oec.HSG<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Von:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Lisa Heft
[mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st="on">lisaheft@openingspace.net</st1:PersonName>] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Gesendet:</span></b> Dienstag, 5. Mai 2009
16:59<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Betreff:</span></b> Re: Begining in OS</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>...and that's how we are all delightfully different.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Jack, I honor how you feel and see things.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>And yet I do see them differently.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I see abundance instead
of competition. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I see inviting others to
help me in events that I facilitate as an opportunity for wonderful help,
greater service to the client and a colleague who is rich with observations and
insights.<br>
Plus the extra added value of helping a colleague grow into the field and gain
more experience. And I see it as my 'pay it forward' for having received
such rich learning and opportunities from my diversely experienced colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0cm'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I see their putting these
jobs on their resumes (for example, 'Newsroom Coordinator' as an essential role
assisting an organization in utilizing their own documentation for their
continued growth and learning) as a real job with real responsibility required,
whether or not they were paid or pro bono consultants on that job.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I ask all clients if I
can bring someone along to assist and ask them if they have funding for this.
Often they do. If not, I try to find funding from my own resources. If I do not
have resources it is often seen as an unpaid collaboration for the benefit of
learning.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I find that offering learning opportunities for colleagues helps
strengthen our work and our field.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I invite some of you on this list to share with us your experiences of
being invited to help on Open Space events as you were / have been emerging
into this field and this practice.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I invite others of you to share your experiences of bringing a newly
emerging facilitator into a job of yours.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Tell us the (mutual) benefits and the learning - even your stories of
when it has not been a good idea for the client, participants, or for you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I think we have a learning opportunity here. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks to David and Jack for tickling these thoughts in my head and
opening up the learning opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I look forward to hearing others' thoughts on this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A warm hello from a gray Berkeley California morning,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=2 color=blue
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Lisa Heft</span></font></b></span><font size=1
color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Consultant,
Facilitator, Educator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=1 color=blue
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Opening Space</span></font></b></span><font
size=1 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><a
href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net">lisaheft@openingspace.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><a
href="http://www.openingspace.net">www.openingspace.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'></span></span> Jack Martin Leith
wrote:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>What the client is really paying for is the
consulting work and the design and organisation of the event. Facilitating
the event is the easy bit that happens at the end. So to
get maximum value from working with an experienced practitioner
you'd really need to be involved in the entire project.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>How do I explain your presence to the client?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>What would your role be on the day, aside from
helping get the space ready? Once the agenda is created and the sessions
are up and running, there's very little for the facilitator to do.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I'll probably get shot down in flames for saying
this, but what the hell: Here in the UK, OS consulting is a
crowded marketplace. Do I really want to help make it
even more crowded?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I mentioned that last point because I suspect that
the "training a new competitor" issue is often there, if
unconscious, when an OS consultant is asked "Can I be an
extra pair of hands?" and it's best that you're aware of it. Although the
Open Space community is very supportive, and I do whatever I can to share
knowledge and help others, the reality is that we're operating in a very
competitive environment. I've competed with friends and collaborators for OS
work on several occasions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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