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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Wow, Suzanne – thanks for sharing <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>A perfect story for me to read just before bedtime –
which passed long ago anyway – I would like to use your story as one
among other examples I bring to the trainings I facilitate. Around importance
of time!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>...and I think you are a great storyteller – just as
are others on this list!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Warm regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>För </span></b>Suzanne Daigle<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Skickat:</span></b> den 25 november 2009
21:17<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Till:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">OSLIST</st1:PersonName>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Ämne:</span></b> A Thanksgiving Story with a
link</span></font><span lang=SV><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I hesitated before sharing this story but as I have found it to be so
often the case, it is just a way for me to pay it forward sharing my questions,
vulnerabilities, fears and joys. I owe so much to this wonderful community. Its
generosity, depth of insight, truth telling, healing, passion, spiritedness,
etc. makes me just happy to be alive. <br>
<br>
Now to my story. A few months ago, I had the opportunity to participate in a
university/community leadership program over a six-week period with 6
seventy-five minute sessions featuring Margaret Wheatley's work with the <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">South Florida</st1:PlaceName>,
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">St. Petersburg</st1:place></st1:City>
on community. Sharon Joy Kleitsch who heads up The Connection Partners in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State> had asked if I
could help, indicating there might be an opportunity to do Open Space. The
program involved close to 50 students, 25+ community leaders and a dozen or
more faculty/staff members.<br>
<br>
The first week was a chance for the group to engage with Margaret Wheatley by
Skype, second week was World Cafe and the third to fifth week, we did Open
Space closing in the 6th week by spending 4 hours with Meg Wheatley on site in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State>.<br>
<br>
When I was in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Taiwan</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
I spoke to some experienced OS facilitators about the wisdom of facilitating an
Open Space in 75 minutes with this group. Gently they suggested it might not be
such a good idea because of the limited time; perhaps I could engage the
opening of conversations some other way. Well, I'd already
committed so I decided we'd go ahead with it anyway. Michele Young (a co-facilitator)
and I worked like crazy to imagine everything we could do to give the
participants maximum time during those 75 minutes. It meant hours and hours of
pre-work to have everything ready in order to maintain the invisibility and
intention of Open Space to self-organize and for people to find their passion.
Initially we didn't know we'd be doing 3 sessions of Open Space.<br>
<br>
In 10 minutes, each in our separate classrooms, Michele and I had introduced
attendees to the basics of Open Space. We called it a "Mini Taste of
Open Space". Next they were writing their topics (nearly <st1:metricconverter
ProductID="50 in" w:st="on">50 in</st1:metricconverter> total; <st1:metricconverter
ProductID="25 in" w:st="on">25 in</st1:metricconverter> each class); shopping
the marketplace and before we knew it, there they were intensely engaged in
conversations. In those 30 minutes or so, they shared and even managed to
summarize a few key points on flip chart sheets that were immediately posted on
the wall. We closed the circle and the comments were touching and validating.
We decided to repeat the experience the following week allowing them to deepen
their discussions.<br>
<br>
In the second week with the entire group in 1 room, we re-opened the
marketplace, more topics were added and two more rounds of conversations
happened. Because the participants had not connected as a larger group yet,
there were fewer topics but the discussions did not appear to be less spirited
or intense. <br>
<br>
In week 3, we did a convergence giving everyone 3 tickets asking them to
identify which topics/projects they had the most passion for and which might be
most feasible and have the most impact in creating a <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sustainable</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tampa</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> community which was
our theme. Ten top topics emerged and from this more discussions and some quick
action plans.<br>
<br>
In summary, three weeks of Open Space created opportunities for connecting with
others on community issues that people were passionate about, generating 60
topics, 25 summary reports and 10 action plans.<br>
<br>
The final week, Margaret Wheatley spent face-to-face time with the group
engaging them in personal leadership conversations and inspiring them with
examples of community leadership work around the world . <br>
<br>
How do I feel today looking back at this Open Space experience? Mixed.
Yes it was magical to have people get so engaged, so fast and to see them in
diverse groups sharing and talking. Yes the feedback from the participants
was heartwarming. But then, how hard it was to see them have so little time
even though I know they were moved and touched by the opportunity they had to
connect, no matter how short. <br>
<br>
Having just spent two and a half days as a participant in Open Space in Taiwan
before this work and then another two and a half days in Toronto afterwards, I
was able to compare how and what it felt like to have more time. Each of these
experiences, in their purest intention and utter simplicity, taught me so much.
I realized that to change a world, create real passion, drive action requires
time: time to connect, time to discover, time to think, to share and to
celebrate, to trust and to take personal responsibility. Our intentions
were good with the university project but now I feel I owe it to myself and
this wonderful Open Space community to shoot for the moon and try my best to
invite people to give themselves this precious gift of time -- helping them
choose to open space in their lives. It's not easy to do especially when we
know that we can never truly understand what Open Space is all about until you
live it therefore hard for leaders and others to commit time and money. Yes, I
will continue to settle for less sometimes but as sure as can be, I will try
harder to offer more. <br>
<br>
Hopefully by continuing to share our stories, capture the images and speaking
with courage what we believe to be true, more people will see the benefit of
opening space in their lives so we can enjoy life and not be so stressed by
life. Then it will truly be a joyful "dance" -- this dance of
chaos and order. <br>
<br>
Again sorry for being so long winded! Felt it was a "harvest" story
worth sharing on this Thanksgiving eve. <br>
<br>
<br>
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<br>
Suzanne<br>
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-- <br>
Suzanne Daigle<br>
NuFocus Strategic Group<br>
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FL 941-359-8877; CT 203-722-2009<br>
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<a href="mailto:s.daigle@nufocusgroup.com" target="_blank">s.daigle@nufocusgroup.com</a><br>
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