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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Dear Katie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>I think it’s important to keep in mind and hold
space for different intelligencies/learningstyles, and to be aware of that
people have preferred ways to take in information, understand, process info etc.
I don’t actually do much when facilitating an OS-meeting other than
making it as clear as possible for people to take care of their own needs –
and doing my best to stay aware of this. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Second thought, I do think I do/we can do some things
such as using signs, music, food/drinks, smells – the other day when I
facilitated an OS-meeting there was a big pile of cinnamon buns when people
came back after lunch – many commented on that...so I guess it had some
impact....maybe for those who learn better while eating a cinnamon bun;-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Even if I use Open Space Technology a lot, most meetings
I facilitate I don’t “open the space” as much/in the same way
as when using OST. Almost all of those meetings I use Whole Person Process
Facilitation (a meeting method developed by Birgitt Williams and part of The
Genuine Contact(TM) Program). Then I always make sure to plan the meeting to at
least give people of the most basic different learning styles the opportunity
to learn their preferred way, for at least a small part of the meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>I agree with what I understand Michael pointed out, we
cannot make a detailed plan and make sure every individuals’ unique
learning style is given equal attention – but for sure open space for
each individual to take on that responsibility themselves...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>I do like your question and wonder – what can we do
to give people maximum opportunity to use their potential in an OS-meeting?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Warm regards & Good Night<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Garamond'>Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Från:</span></font></b><font
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>För </span></b>Michael Herman<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Skickat:</span></b> den 29 november 2009
20:07<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> Re: re Honouring Each Other</span></font><span
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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'>wondering a little about
how you do this, kathie. how do you hold space for different
intelligences? <br>
<br>
when you go listen to music, maybe it's a violin recital, and a quartet chimes
in, do you listen differently? what if someone steps in to sing? or
is your noticing different still if someone has taken the time to paint a
backdrop, or designed a lighting program? how does that happen?
what do you do, or does it just happen? and what if it's the sort of
place that allows a bit of food or maybe a glass of wine while listening?
and in the midst of seeing and hearing and understanding and tasting, do you
still have room to notice if the chair is well-formed and comfortable? if
it rocked or swivelled, would that be too much? and what if you're lucky
enough to have someone special along with you, holding hands, so hearing,
seeing, and tasting together? the complexity just goes on and on, i
think.<br>
<br>
so, if we're working with a group of 75, how many intelligences are in the room?
how many ways of paying attention, of learning and contributing, might be
present in the room? if there are nineteen ways and all of us have a
little bit of all or most of them, seems there are uncountable ways of showing
up... so i don't understand, what is it that we could possibly do differently
to listen or see or feel or accommodate 7 or 19 or many more different
ways? what if three or four new people walk in halfway through the
opening? <br>
<br>
or maybe i'm just not understanding this challenge properly?<br>
<br>
m<br>
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Michael Herman<br>
Michael Herman Associates<br>
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312-280-7838 (mobile)<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Kathie Wallace <<a
href="mailto:kathieace@lycos.com">kathieace@lycos.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi Michael,<br>
In a book,"Open Mind/Whole Mind", Bob Samples lists 19
"senses" that I would<br>
call 19 intelligences. One of my challenges is how to hold space for all of<br>
them! :-)<br>
Kathie<br>
<br>
Dear Michael M,<br>
<br>
The "forbidding" aspect of a space with this many listeners for me
had<br>
nothing to do with the "size" of people taking up the space as it did<br>
the pure size of the group and the number of listeners who felt like<br>
strangers. True, the power and value of the content and the contributors<br>
raised a high bar, but it's certainly not because it seemed to me like<br>
anyone was "hogging" the space. If anything, this is an amazingly<br>
welcoming group for its size and I'm certain it's because of the Open<br>
Space principles. I could also see that questions were always warmly<br>
received and answered, but I still felt after I joined that I'd better<br>
have a really good question to post before I dared to do so.<br>
<br>
It makes it a lot easier for me to post now that I've been in actual<br>
Open Space events with a number of the active contributors. In some<br>
ways, the <a href="http://OpenSpaceWorld.ning.com" target="_blank">OpenSpaceWorld.ning.com</a>
site also makes it easier to post -<br>
because over there I can see a lot of your faces and it's easier to feel<br>
the humanity of many of those posting - as well as being in smaller<br>
circle conversations. Like they say in writing and speaking classes,<br>
know your audience. It just takes more time with a group with 600+<br>
listeners.<br>
<br>
Harold<br>
<br>
Michael M Pannwitz wrote:<br>
> Dear Michael Dobbie,<br>
> hope you have a great time in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region> and run into many of the<br>
> os-workers there! Are you facilitating os-events there or do<br>
> os-related stuff? I remember<br>
> Since I have always just simply participated in the oslist, the aspect<br>
> of being invited never came to my mind. Maybe that contributes to what<br>
> Harold (and many, as he states) perceives as "forbidding", fat
guys<br>
> like me taking up the space.<br>
> The "roll call" in process did reveal to me that there are many
on the<br>
> list who are mostly in the "learning" mode (as in the Law:
"I honor a<br>
> group with my absence if I neither learn nor contribute. If I learn, I<br>
> stay, If I contribute, I stay. But if neither nor, I leave.")<br>
> By the way, I noticed that the email you used in your post varies from<br>
> the one in your info box in the Open Space World Map...let me know if<br>
> you would like to have it adjusted).<br>
> Greetings from <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Berlin</st1:place></st1:State><br>
> mmp<br>
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