<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I would give a nice juicy and dense lecture about self-organization, action, management and leadership for 15 minutes and then give everyone a post it note and have them, if they choose, write on their post it note the topic of something they want to discuss further instead of asking question of the lecturer. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Have people stand up and read out their topic and then invite people to listen carefully and choose one of the topics to join. Let the small groups go for about 20 minutes and then bring them back and lecture some more on what just happened, why twenty minutes isn’t long enough for juicy conversations (let alone strategy and action) and why it’s important to make a record of these discussions in some kind of collected book of proceedings so the learning can be shared.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Then invite them to the Open Space. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">That should take an hour.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Chris<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 21, 2016, at 4:03 PM, Koos de Heer via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" class="">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class=""></div><div class="">Hi Raffi,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Problem is that I find it very hard to convey the nature of Open Space through a lecture.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Do you think you could talk with your friend about her own worries and fears about just doing Open Space? So far, the past 30 years have shown that Open Space works with all kinds of people and in many different settings. What makes her think it might not work here? What are her underlying assumptions and is there a way to test if they are true?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If it is about being comfortable with you as a person, you might offer to do a lecture for them about a topic that you know much about - not Open Space but something else. Maybe it could be about the benefits and drawbacks of risk avoidance - just kidding. :-)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Koos</div><div class=""><br class="">Op 20 jan. 2016 om 16:27 heeft Raffi Aftandelian via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" class="">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> het volgende geschreven:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', 'без засечек'; font-size: 16px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8408" class="">spacenik friends-</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8409" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8410" class="">So, a friend would like to invite me to do an OST for her cultural organization. She senses, though, that before really offering to do an OST for them that they'd really feel more comfortable with me if I were to give a lecture on OST, presumably with Q&A.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8410" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8410" class="">This organization invites people to give lectures, so this is what they are used to.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8410" class="">My friend's thinking is that after they see me give a lecture then they'll feel enough trust and receptivity to having an OST.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8410" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8410" class="">Would you be willing to give a lecture??</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8410" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8410" class="">Your thoughts?</div><div class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8458" class="">Part of me has me thinking that it is important to meet people where they are-- and if indeed that is what they are most comfortable with, perhaps indeed start with a lecture?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8459" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8460" class="">merci!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8461" class="">Raffi </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453331971442_8462"><span id="cursor" class="">**************</span><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(76, 118, 162);" class="">There is a societal ill that Pindostani civilization is loathe to acknowledge. It is far more dangerous than hubris. We call it<span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;" class=""> false immodesty</span></span><span style="color:rgb(101, 33, 145);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;" class="">. </span></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(101, 33, 145);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(101, 33, 145);" class="">From <span style="font-style:italic;" class="">The Pindostani Primer: Celebrating Being Amerikan as a Generative Pejorative.</span> By Imam Aftandollah the Overimpressive</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><span class="">_______________________________________________</span><br class=""><span class="">OSList mailing list</span><br class=""><span class="">To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org" class="">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a></span><br class=""><span class="">To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org" class="">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a></span><br class=""><span class="">To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:</span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" class="">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a></span><br class=""><span class="">Past archives can be viewed here: <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" class="">http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a></span></div></blockquote></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">OSList mailing list<br class="">To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org" class="">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br class="">To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org" class="">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br class="">To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br class=""><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" class="">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a><br class="">Past archives can be viewed here: http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>