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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Von:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Lisa Heft
[mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Gesendet:</span></b> Samstag, 3. März
2012 05:08<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>An:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">World
wide Open Space Technology email list</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Betreff:</span></b> Re: [OSList] Bi-lingual
open space</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi, Chuni - <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I have done a lot of multi-lingual (and also bi-lingual) Open Space
events. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I am guessing that others who have done this have other 'lessons
learned' to add to your thinking - this is what I have learned.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Get some tea everybody - it is a long message.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>To me: It starts from the design of registration and invitation
materials, the information you ask in registration to assess your language
needs / resources / capacities, and also assess your documentation capacity,
language-wise.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>It continues with ongoing relationship-building for invitation and
invitation strategy - in the language, settings and cultural ways
different-language cultures communicate. Multiple ways and messages for
different kinds of participants, if you can. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>It continues with a thorough analysis of what the sound, visuals,
signage and dynamics specific to Open Space are like - and then designing
language access specifically to that:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Opening Circle / Agenda Co-Creation: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- everybody in a circle, all listening quietly - if only 2 languages
are your main languages you have options to give the second-language speakers
headsets and a simultaneous translator for this section<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- if you do decide to use headsets - make sure they all come from the
same provider. Mixing kinds often does not work.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- or someone who is out there in front of the group with the
facilitator can translate after the facilitator speaks each line slowly - and
expressively - pausing in between - into the second language used<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Participants coming to the center, making signs, announcing topics:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- you have the option to have each participant come instead to one or
more sign-making tables at which there sit two helpers - each helper is fully
bilingual - one native speaker for each language used. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- if the participant can write, they write their own topic sign in
their own language on the top have of (for example) an 11"x17" piece
of paper (you could fold all papers in 1/2 to show top and bottom).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- the helper who speaks the *other* language writes the translation of
that topic *in another color marker". This creates a bilingual sign
quickly that people can see their preferred language on fairly easily.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- If the participant cannot write, they simply tell their topic to the
helper at the sign-making table who writes it for them in both languages / 2
colors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Then the participant walks up to the microphone in the center. There
can be two fully bilingual helpers sitting by the microphone, there in the
center (or outside ring or wherever people are announcing from).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- Participant says their topic in their home language. Helper who
speaks the other of the 2 languages takes the mic and says the translation. And
off the participant goes to post their topic sign on the wall.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Principles, Law, Notes-Taker Forms, Participant Sign-in Sheets for discussion
areas, everything: In the 2 languages.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Then everyone is talking at once all around the room for the sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- In your registration, you have asked participants to indicate their
first and second language, fluency, etc. So you know your language needs from
that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- Their badges come pre-marked with a color dot - for example: green
for Spanish speakers, Red for English speakers, a green and a red dot for
bilingual speakers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- Even with roving translators this dot system usually helps people
help each other with 'whisper translation'.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- If you have capacity you can also have roving translators - identify
them with the same color scheme, clearly visible (like a piece of fabric around
their neck / arm-band / etc.) - Green and Red<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The participants may use them, or they may wave them away, doing fine
for themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Then there is notes-taking.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- In your registration materials you can also ask who has a laptop to
bring for mutual use, who can help by taking notes when they can, and so on. In
the text that says this you explain that bilingual notes-takers will be a
welcome support to increase knowledge-sharing across culture and language.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>You don't formally give people these roles - you are just 'seeding' the
field and inviting this capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>At the Newsroom you can ask everyone who can to transcribe their final
notes in (let us say) English. For your English version of the Book of
Proceedings. Even if not everyone can do that, you will have less to translate
post-event because some of them will be able to do this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>You will want to pre-think whether the client has the capacity to
translate the full Book of Proceedings into Spanish. And if not - how the
Spanish-speakers who do not read English can receive the information
post-event.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On your registration materials you can include questions for them to
mark such as 'can you receive a pdf file' or some other language to see who has
access to an electronic version, and who needs hard-copy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I have had clients make sure (all of this - all of the above - is discussed
and worked out in the pre-work phase) - that there are pre-set times and
locations where some of their participants who cannot read or speak the main
languages can come together again in small groups - with a representative who
is bilingual who can read and talk through the Book of Proceedings with them in
a talking circle, over several meetings, for group discussion. Or match them
with an advocate in their region who can sit with them to read together as a
duo. Again: assessing capacity and providing for universal access.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Closing Circle: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- Again this is everyone sitting quietly so you can do what you did in
Opening Circle: either headsets, or a bilingual translator. It will take double
the time if you have to repeat everything everyone says all around the circle
in 2 languages. But by this time often people are sitting with each other and
can do 'whisper translation' for each other - and you can ask them to sit in
the Closing Circle this way if you need to. To scribe these closing comments -
to add this reflection to the Book of Proceedings - you will also need a fully
bilingual helper or two.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>There are also cultural elements of food, music, welcoming, access to
transport, child care, use of universal / non-academic language, and many other
things which can further equalize access to information and inclusion in a
mixed-language setting. If you have people on your core planning team who are
of these mixed cultures, classes and languages, you will have some passionate
people who can help think through and strategize this as you explain to them
the Open Space dynamics, actions and needs they are not yet familiar with.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A deep bow to Heifer International's National Immigrant Refugee Farmers
Initiative - who worked tirelessly with me through the challenging design and
pre-work for a many-language, most-amazing immigrant and refugee farming
conference that I facilitated in Open Space. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>PS I will be showing some photos of this conference plus their Book of
Proceedings at my upcoming Open Space Learning Workshop - May 16-18 in San
Francisco. Maybe you can join us... !<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Consultant,
Facilitator, Educator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
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large Spanish speaking population. To host an inclusive event, we very much
want to include these people who don't speak English.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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