<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Fabulous thoughts, all. <div><br></div><div>I have a million questions.</div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; "><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#811107" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Invitation: what wording, who invited, how invited - and were young people included in doing outreach and crafting invitation</span></font></font></span></i></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#811107" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Theme: what were the options, ideas, possibilities for theme</span></font></font></span></i></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#811107" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Environment: how was the food, hydration, noise level, youth-friendly physical space, signage, enough room for discussion circles</span></font></font></span></i></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#811107" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Host's/Sponsor's and facilitator's introduction and instructions: a reflection on how that might have been / was worded and presented? Was there any framing done at the open, in the cultural context of the group and situation</span></font></font></span></i></span></font></div><div><br></div><div>Teacher-Parent-Administration description of the event - part of invitation and outreach - no preparation is needed to be a participant in Open Space - but did folks know why they were gathering together?</div><div><br></div><div>Schedule - was enough time given for opening, multiple discussion sessions, closing; was this at a good time in the day or would participants have been tired, hungry or etc. because of placement in the day or week</div><div><br></div><div>Design - were the objectives (reasons for gathering together) and desired outcomes discussed at length in the analysis-to-select-tool phase, informing that yet, OS was the right tool for the time, reason, situation? If conflict and edginess was known in advance of the event, was the OS given enough time? (often we design 2-day events for higher conflict-possible situations as often Day 1 a number of folks name the situation or act it; Day 2 enough people often move into the 'therefore' stage</div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Safety - the one rule my colleagues have used in very high conflict situations is 'leave all guns outside the room' - no kidding - I heard it here on the list. That was specific to a specific and charged situation. Were there any more guidelines - in hindsight - that could have been mentioned before the event or at the start of the event? Not layers of rules for behavior or pushing into the self-organization, but a simple naming of taking care of each other or etc. appropriate to that group and situation, in the initial framing by the facilitator at the start? </span></span></font></div><div><br></div><div>By the way, as a side note - Harrison mentions the use of OS in prison - I have used a adaptation of OS in prison - and people *do* get to opt in...to the circle, to the event, to the conversation, to sharing, to listening versus talking...as Harrison says, the Law of Two Feet can be honored and choice is possible...</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from California and thank you so much for sharing and exploring,</div><div><br></div><div>Lisa</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#811107" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><br></span></font></span></font></i></span></font></div></span></b></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">Lisa Heft</font></b></span></font></div><div>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">Opening Space</font></b></span></font></div><div><a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net">lisaheft@openingspace.net</a></div><div><a href="http://www.openingspace.net">www.openingspace.net</a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><i><br></i></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Join me for the <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#007F00">Open Space Learning Workshop</font></span></font></font></i><div><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">December 9-11, San Francisco</span></font></font></i></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; 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"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><i><br></i></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><i>And the <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#007F00">Open Open Space on Open Space</font> </i></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><i>(for those who already use Open Space) </i></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><i>January 15-17, San Francisco</i></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><i><br></i></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><i><br></i></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><i><br></i></span></font></div></span></span></div></span></div></span></i></span></font></div></span></i></span></font></div></div></div></span></div></span></span></span></div></span></div></span></div><br><div><div> </div></div></div></body></html>*
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