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Dan, <div><br></div><div>I remember the phrase around 1990-1992 in the context of small group facilitation (not necessarily Open Space facilitation, though we were using Open Space in our graduate program in organization development and transformation.)</div><div><br></div><div>Harrison's Users Guide may be the first published reference, but I'm also looking through some old Quaker activist facilitation manuals (does anyone else remember the "vibes watcher" role in consensus meetings?)</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff Aitken</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:58:41 -0700<br>From: raffi_1970@yahoo.com<br>To: oslist@lists.openspacetech.org<br>Subject: [OSList] Looking for earliest reference to term [Holding the Space]<br><br>
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</style><div style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">dan, <br><br>good luck in your search!<br><br>i've found that the phrase is used in a variety of contexts--<br>in dance, psychotherapy, in spiritual and New Age places....<br><br>if you found the earliest reference to the phrase, i'd be impressed!<br><br>appreciatively,<br>raffi<br></div><br>_______________________________________________
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