<html><head><base href="x-msg://1071/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Barbara and Tonnie,<div><br></div><div>In response to your question of disasters or situations where we feel more could have happened, I'm re-sending a story I posted three years ago that completely changed my Open Space practice. </div><div><br></div><div>Ironically, this is the story that launched the shift from defending space to being co-creative in how I hold it that I discussed in my last post. </div><div><br></div><div>Peggy</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>On Nov 16, 2009, at 5:56 AM, Barbara Bunker wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">I think that this very interesting conversation is moving from disasters to<br>situations where we feel that more could have happened....sometimes because we<br>didn't do all that we might have done in the contracting or in the event itself<br>or...?????? B3<br><br>Barbara Bunker<br></blockquote><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Peggy Holman <<a href="mailto:peggy@OPENCIRCLECOMPANY.COM">peggy@OPENCIRCLECOMPANY.COM</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">August 23, 2006 9:01:49 PM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[OSLIST] Breaking Open (long)</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">OSLIST <<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; 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 bgcolor="#ffffff"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">During the last week of June, I hosted what turned out to be the most personally challenging work I’ve done in a very long time.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>In fact, I’d say it broke me open, in a difficult but valuable way.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>The primary gift was a move from a defensive stand around Open Space to a co-creative stand.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I’ll say more about what this means and how I got there by sharing the story of what it was like to hold space for Philanthropy, Love, and Evolution (also known as the Philanthropy Salon).<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>My intent is not so much to share the story of the conference, but rather, the story of facilitating the conference.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">To begin at the beginning…the signs that this would be different were there right from the start.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>You know that thing about every group saying, “we’re different?”, well, based on my experience, transformational philanthropy – philanthropy intended to make a substantive difference in how systems (e.g., health care, education, media, etc.) themselves work – really is different!<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>But, that shall unfold….</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">The idea for the gathering was born in May, 2005, when Michael Dowd, Tom Atlee, and I hosted the first Evolutionary Salon.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>At the end of the gathering, one of our agreements was to host some “strategic conversations”, bringing an evolutionary world view (I’ll share some background on this in another posting) to different high leverage fields.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>We decided to start with philanthropists.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>In September, 2005, we each reached out to people we knew in the field to ask their counsel on how best to reach this audience.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>On a conference call, we were met with enthusiastic support.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>People jumped in, saying…”we should do x, let’s try y”…in other words rather than telling us what WE needed to do, our counselors enlisted themselves in the work!<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Seemed like an auspicious beginning, as they agreed to become our planning group.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">Over the next few weeks, we drafted an invitation and identified the well-respected, well-networked leaders in the field of transformational philanthropy.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Our planning team thought it looked great…until they realized that the invitations would be coming from them.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Suddenly, it wasn’t quite right.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>We went back to the drawing board, getting clearer about the purpose of the gathering.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>We wrote another invitation and were met with another stepping back.<span> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">“Hmmm….I wondered, is there a pattern here?”<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>On our next call, I asked about this approach-avoid pattern.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I was clear to come from a place of curiosity and non-attachment.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>After some self-reflection, people acknowledged this as a cultural characteristic (understandable when, as one said, everyone has an opinion on the best way you should spend your money).<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Still, it was something of a turning point.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>The next version of the invitation “took” and inviting began in earnest.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>It was slow at the beginning, but as it became the place to be, we ultimately reached the capacity of our facility with just the sort of mix of folks we had envisioned coming together.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">As the date grew closer, I had my second cultural surprise: more participants contacted me with opinions and requests about how the gathering should be designed than I’ve ever experienced before.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>In retrospect, I can describe some of the other cultural characteristics that I believe were at play.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>First, most of these folks spend their professional lives in facilitated conversations.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>They are VERY sophisticated about process.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>And since transformational philanthropy has something of a spiritual aspect to it, most of them have done deep personal work.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Many were used to processes that took them into spaces of intimate, collective connection.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Some of the participants I talked with before the gathering were familiar with Open Space, and didn’t think much of it (more on this in another posting).<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Secondly, though sophisticated, I found some odd blind spots.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>My hunch is that this is a group of people, who are among the “powerful” that many have trouble speaking truth to (as in speaking truth to power).<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I suspect they may be sheltered from the uncomfortable or the difficult even if that isn’t their preference.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Finally, while the facilitator is ALWAYS in service to the group, most groups unconsciously cede their power to the facilitator.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>This is a group that fully understands that the facilitator serves at their pleasure.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Again, this didn’t truly come clear to me until the meeting itself.<span> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">From the half-dozen or so conversations I had with participants prior to the gathering, there were two issues that were most clearly expressed: the need to go “deep” and the need for agreements so that there was a sense of safety for marginalized voices. (Thanks to one of the planning group, we had a wonderful mix of people of color and youth present.)<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>As is often the case when working with people who want to fill the space with planned processes, I was highly protective of the space.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Tom described me as a mama bear.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">As I started to appreciate the demands of this group, I was glad to have some highly skilled partners for the hosting: Thomas Hurley, Juanita Brown and Tom Atlee.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>As we began discussing specifics, they made it clear that they would do their best to support me.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Though it was not the design that they would have used given a clean slate, they were there to make it work.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I made the choice that we would not begin in Open Space for several reasons:</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">Our experiences of the 2<sup>nd</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and 3<sup>rd</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>salons made it clear that we needed to set some context with the evolutionary story.<span> </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">There were enough participants that I knew were hostile to Open Space that I wanted to start with something more familiar to them (BTW, as I checked into it, several had experienced multiple day OS gatherings with OS practitioners that I respected, so it wasn’t a case of inexperienced support)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">My hosting partners had gifts to contribute to the mix</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">I had sufficient clues to know I was dealing with a culture that I didn’t understand.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Since I was working with people who were familiar with the culture,<span> </span>I knew I needed to trust their counsel.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>(The planning stretched us all as we made room for each other’s very different beliefs about facilitation.)</li></ul><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">We had the luxury of time - an evening, and 4.5 days.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>We agreed that before going into Open Space, we had two pre-requisites: go deep – creating a strong sense of intimacy and community, and ground people in the evolutionary story (a lesson from the second and third evolutionary salons) so that when we opened the space, we would go broad from depth.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I was actually quite excited by this, suspecting that with the diverse mix of people present, that deep connection would increase the likelihood for breakthrough.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>On the issue of agreements, I argued that this would work itself out in the Open Space, so we didn’t take it on directly.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">The first evening, people introduced themselves by taking a “courageous love name”.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>(This was inspired by two sources: the etymology of philanthropy – loving humanity (or more loosely, loving service); and something we’d done at Spirited Work one season.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>We’d chosen warrior names.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>In the spirit of a broader understanding of philanthropy, rather than warrior names, people took a courageous love name.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Mine, which I have used since taking it as my warrior name at Spirited Work, is Standing Still in the Fire.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Little did I know that I would have quite the opportunity to live into my name!<span> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">Following this step into intimacy, what was supposed to be a 60 minute presentation on evolution by a cosmologist, ran way over.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>While it contained beautiful animations of galaxies from the Hubble, there was enough technical information and it was late enough at night, that it turned out not to be the inspiring introduction to the story of evolution that we had expected.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>(Something that Juanita and Thomas had been VERY concerned about.)<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>When it was over, I said to Thomas, that while I knew he would find no satisfaction in it, he had been right about not doing the presentation in the evening.)</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">Following this mixed beginning, Juanita, Thomas, Tom, and I met and concluded that we should re-think our plans for the next day.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>The location of the gathering,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Gold</st1:placename><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:placetype w:st="on">Lake</st1:placetype></st1:place>, is very special land.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span>Traditionally a gathering place for Native American tribes to put aside their weapons and meet in peace, this land and its native populations were ravaged by settlers when gold was found nearby. Its current stewards are working to honor and restore its special energy to support efforts that heal and transform the world.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>We began the first full day by offering some reflective questions to people and sent them out to connect with the land and each other, using the questions as they wished.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span>When they returned, Juanita was to host a World Café intended to begin connecting philanthropy and evolution.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>As she introduced the question for the café, one of the young people, Evon, a man who had been chief of his Alaskan tribe, spoke.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>He was respectful and articulate and named his discomfort with evolution, a term which we’d incorporated into the question being used for the café.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>More than this discomfort, he was raising the question of safe space (remember that pre-conference warning that we needed to create agreements?<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I hadn’t counted on this being an issue before the space was opened!).<span> </span>Juanita handled the situation with grace, ultimately handing the leadership to Evon and a partner with whom he worked, angel to create safe space.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>We moved back into a council circle and they led a circle in which people could say whatever they felt they needed to say for the space to be open for their voices.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>While this was frustrating to those who wanted to get to the content (and they voiced this), it seemed to accomplish its purpose.<span> </span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">When Juanita, Thomas, Tom and I met after this circle, we agreed it was time to open the space.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>One other factor now entered the situation for me.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>We were at 8,500 feet of elevation.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I discovered that I couldn’t get more than 3 hours of sleep each night.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>And I’m an 8-hour-a-night kind of person.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I was well aware of being far less centered than I usually am when opening space.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">Tuesday morning, I opened the space.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Something occurred that has never happened to me in the 12 years of space holding.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>The group rebelled.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>They were quite adamant that they wanted to stay together until they had a common grounding in both the state of transformational philanthropy and an understanding of the evolutionary story.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I said that all they needed to do was post the sessions and it would be clear by how people negotiated at the agenda wall and how they used their two feet if they all wanted to stay together.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>They rejected this; I stepped back and watched as a debate ensued over whether to do a fish bowl, a world café, or some other form to handle their desire to stay together.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>As I witnessed this, I was mostly marveling over the passion of this group as it clearly took charge of its needs.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span> </span>After about 45 minutes, the group fragmented into lots of small conversations.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>At that point, I made the one choice that in retrospect, I see as my attachment to things.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>It was an impulse based in my Spirited Work culture – I got up, asked for silence, said I’d ring a bell and when they came out of silence, they would know what to do.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>When the sound of the bell just ended, one of the participants, who was sitting directly across from me, looked straight at me and said they were doing just fine, thank you and that my ringing of the bell was completely out of order.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I felt seared by his words.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I was standing still in the fire and I got cooked.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Shortly after that, another participant said that he thought they should do what I had suggested – post their sessions and see what people were interested in.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>And that’s what they did.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Vindication of sorts.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>They did stay as a group for the afternoon, with two powerful sessions, one on how the field of transformational philanthropy had evolved, followed by a session that finally provided some insight into what the evolutionary world view had to offer to philanthropy.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">That evening, one of the participants hosted an extraordinary storytelling session that took people into very intimate connection with each other.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>The design was simple:<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Tell a story of personal transformation.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>People had 3-4 minutes for their stories.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>A bell was sounded at 3 minutes and again at 4 minutes.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>There was a talking object, so whoever wished to speak could do so when they were ready to tell their story.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">It took 2 days before most folks talked to me.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I realized that in process work terms, I’d played an important role, making it completely clear who was in charge - them.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I was basically fine with what had taken place, still, it was definitely took some deep breathing to be at peace with it all.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I spent much of the time over the rest of the gathering making amends with the people who had called me before the gathering, letting them know that I realized that I needed to work with them in a co-creative way rather than simply defending the space.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>As an example of what I mean by this, on the last day of the OS, one of the participants approached me with a common request in multiple day Open Spaces – they wanted people to say more than a title for their sessions so that they had a better understanding of what the sessions were about.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>My traditional stance for this is to encourage them to talk to the convener to find out more.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>This time, when we began the morning postings, I named the request and the tension – the more time describing sessions, the less time to be in them.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I said they were adults and could make their choices knowing this was the tradeoff.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I felt this honored the request and the space.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>It seemed to work.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">This is how I am thinking about what it means to be co-creative: Identify what, if any, tensions exist between the request and keeping the space open and then work with the requester to create a response that respects both.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">By the end of the conference, a number of the participants talked about it as a landmark event.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>When Michael, Tom and I had discussed our desire for this gathering before it began, that had been our highest aspiration.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>No matter how personally challenging it was, the outcome was all that I could have wanted…and more.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">Unlike most Open Spaces, I actually wrote a report:</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><a href="http://www.co-intelligence.org/PhilanthropyES2006.html">http://www.co-intelligence.org/PhilanthropyES2006.html</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">Stay tuned for:</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span>The perceptions of Open Space by some of the folks I met</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span>The evolutionary world view (as offered in the context of its relationship to conversation)</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">BTW, one other cultural characteristic of philanthropists – they live their lives as butterflies, holding many, many private sessions.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p> <font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">________________________________<br>Peggy Holman<br>The Open Circle Company<br>15347 SE 49th Place<br>Bellevue, WA 98006<br>(425) 746-6274</font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><a href="http://www.opencirclecompany.com">www.opencirclecompany.com</a></font></o:p></div><o:p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><br>For pre-orders with a 20% discount on the new edition of The Change Handbook, go to:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><a href="http://www.bkconnection.com/ChangeHandbook">www.bkconnection.com/ChangeHandbook</a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; 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