<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Amen to all this and especially the last part.<div><br></div><div>My friend Tim Merry uses the expression "high potential youth." And that is the term I use now too.</div><div><br></div><div>C<br><div><div>On 2012-09-24, at 6:24 PM, Lisa Heft wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>In my experience with at-risk youth, at-risk adults, and others, Patrick - the form of Open Space stays the same. No matter who you are working with, no matter what the group is working on.</div><div>No need to add anything just because it is scientists or young people or parents or activists.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; 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; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; 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; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; 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; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">My recommendation for any Open Space is do not squish the time. If you do, then only the quickest responders get to have voice in topic creation and in small-group discussions.</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">And, as for any Open Space - design the documentation process in a way that is realistic and useful capture for the group you work with and the context of how that documentation can be most useful post-event. Because there is so much more knowledge to share and learn from than whatever were the small groups one got to attend. </div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">As for motivation, same as for any Open Space event - do not just do OS because it is cool and groovy - do it for a real reason, that means something to them, and with their voice informing what might be useful for them - as you do your pre-work and imagine what it might be about.</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">And since the whole world is a classroom - *everything* is classroom-related, as I can tell you may feel from the way you write this message. </div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">So that allows you to create with some core planning-team young people a theme that matters, for conversations that matter.</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">By the way - some of my work has been in prison and at one prison health and education conference there was a panel of young people whose parents are incarcerated.</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">This amazing vibrant young leader-person said, 'When you call us youth at risk, you are creating the picture of the negative. I would prefer that you call me a Youth of Promise!'.</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Lots of rich learning there about how we name others and how vocabulary creates barriers or opportunities....</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Enjoy working with these youth of promise, Patrick, as I know you are...</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Lisa</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br><div><div>On Sep 24, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Patrick Maxwell wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Hey friends,<div><br></div><div>I have a situation, that I'd love some input on. I recently started working in a school for at-risk youth, and so far, I've noticed that the single largest obstacle that the students face is a lack of motivation -- most students aren't any less intelligent than "normal" high schoolers, but for whatever reason (and actually, I blame conventional education for this, at least partially) most are pretty unenthusiastic about anything classroom-related. </div> <div><br></div><div>I've used OST in the past to facilitate adult gatherings, and I'm thinking about using it with the students as well, as a way to allow them to study something that they're passionate about. With that in mind, I have a couple questions: does anyone here have experience using Open Space principles with at-risk youth? Is there anything I should be aware of, or changes I should make, based on the context? </div> <div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance!</div><div><br></div><div>Peace,</div><div>Patrick Maxwell </div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>OSList mailing list<br>To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>