<p dir="ltr">Sorry for resending, got word that this post to the os list was being held as too many were copied. I had cc a few folks at the Climate Assembly. Not sure if it posted because of this so here goes again.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 31, 2016 9:22 AM, "Suzanne Daigle" <<a href="mailto:sdaigle4@gmail.com">sdaigle4@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">To recap the Question: What is Open Space?</p>
<p dir="ltr">When I first experienced Open Space, there were no words to describe it though Lord knows I tried.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Having been involved in two palpably life enriching events this past month: one at International House in New York and the other with a first time Open Space facilitator, Amy Chen from China who facilitated about 100 people at an important climate change Open Space national gathering in Florida, the same is as true for me now as it was in 2009.</p>
<p dir="ltr">How to describe the space that Amy opened, the hearts and minds she touched, the words and actions that got ignited in folks, all much older than she.</p>
<p dir="ltr">How to describe the light in her eyes and the shine in her smile having boldly ventured forth to facilitate this first event where those used to being national speakers, presenters to thousands as experts or advisors were now sitting in a circle with those who were used to sitting in an audience listening to them.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The topic sea rising and climate change...</p>
<p dir="ltr">Suddenly because of 23 year old Amy and those who supported her, including a young woman from Paris working at the newsroom, a conference became something that was just as hard to describe as Open Space Technology is.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The shift from traditional conference to something indescribable happened in less than 30 minutes, groups self-organized, totally engrossed in their topics ageless and equal.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And the words shared at closing circle hours later about this experience, a first for most in the room, were as varied as the waves in an ocean were we riding a wave. All I can say is that the urgency, poignancy and depth of connection that happened there leaves no doubt of the urgency that will follow in action and in words, face to face and virtually with QiQoChat because these serious issues demanded no less of them and suddenly had room and space to emerge.<br>
Indeed there are no words or definitions that can capture this experience of Open Space.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And if in our every day life, we are asked about this thing called Open Space Technology, what a great invitation to open space to discover each other, to go straight to the issues and to the stuff of life that matters to them and to us, to the big talk. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Or we can always tell the story of the coffee break as Amy did yesterday to describe the difference between a traditional conference where most are listening with just a few doing most of the talking. Much more engaging, she said, to be in a Open Space where all can contribute in the talking and creating. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Hugely appreciative and looking forward to a day of well deserved rest in nature with a young woman from China and another from Paris. <br>
Suzanne<br>
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<div style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi!<div><br></div><div>OST is way of re-opening the space. The space is always open, before people arrive to the scene. When they arrive, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_8EBn2PLHA" target="_blank">they build the fences</a>. Then the need to re-open the space emerges as people feel bad behind the fences. Then the OST is invented to fulfil this task.</div><div><br></div><div>Be well!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#0000ff"> </font><font color="#0b5394"> <b>Arno</b></font></div><div> <div><font color="#000099"><b> <img src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17559693/allkiri5.jpg" width="90" height="96"></b></font></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-01-28 19:55 GMT+02:00 Daniel Mezick via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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