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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=SV link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the questions and great responses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Just want to share one experience. Some years ago I facilitated an OST with young people and adults at schools – about stop bullying. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In the pre-meeting we had a good mixture of people from age of 12 and adults. In the transfer in exercise I always start such meetings everyone was invited to chose an object, reflect on it, talk in pairs and share in the circle. One of the youngest participants had picked a little stick and he shared: One little stick is easy to break but when you hold many sticks together you cannot break them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You can imagine the tears in the eyes of the teachers in the room. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This statement was on the invitation to the OST meeting which went very well except that some of the teachers had a little difficult to stay out of the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Good luck with your important work!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>All the best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thomas Herrmann<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Från:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b>För </b>Chris Corrigan<br><b>Skickat:</b> den 25 september 2012 20:01<br><b>Till:</b> World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Ämne:</b> Re: [OSList] Opening space in the classroom<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Amen to all this and especially the last part.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>My friend Tim Merry uses the expression "high potential youth." And that is the term I use now too.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>C<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 2012-09-24, at 6:24 PM, Lisa Heft wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>No need to add anything just because it is scientists or young people or parents or activists.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>So that allows you to create with some core planning-team young people a theme that matters, for conversations that matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>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!'.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Lots of rich learning there about how we name others and how vocabulary creates barriers or opportunities....<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Enjoy working with these youth of promise, Patrick, as I know you are...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sep 24, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Patrick Maxwell wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hey friends,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Peace,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Patrick Maxwell <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<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><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>