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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-CH link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300'>Dear Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300'>It sounds so similar to everywhere… What comes to my mind is a peer spirit circle-meeting instead of these information meetings, with concentric circles like in Open Space - as for an Open Space meeting, the time given for the first meeting seems too short. Open Space could set in in a later stage and help integrate. We’ll look at this idea more deeply with two colleagues here. Have you come across peer spirit circles? Ann Linnea and Christina Baldwin have published widely, see <a href="http://www.peerspirit.com">www.peerspirit.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>A wonderful opportunity indeed! Thank you…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Best, Catherine Pfaehler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Catherine Pfaehler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>lic.oec.HSG<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Open Space Begleitung<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Burckhardtstrasse 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>CH - 3008 Bern<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Telefon +41-(0)31 - 536 05 31<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Mobile +41-(0)76 - 488 15 46<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>c.pfaehler@open-space-begleitung.ch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><a href="http://www.open-space-begleitung.ch"><span style='color:blue'>www.open-space-begleitung.ch</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Le Livre Blanc sur le Forum Ouvert est le fruit de la collaboration de 10 facilitateurs du monde entier. Téléchargement gratuit sur <a href="http://www.forum-ouvert.fr"><span style='color:blue'>www.forum-ouvert.fr</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300'><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 lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> Thomas Herrmann via OSList [mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org] <br><b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2016 11:34<br><b>An:</b> 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'; 'GC list'<br><b>Betreff:</b> [OSList] How to shift a destructive "information-meeting" to a constructive dialogue meeting?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Dear friends in Open Space/GC-list<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I have decided to focus my time and energy, as much as possible, to contributing in a critical area here in Sweden. Last year we received 160 000 asylum seekers. Of course this means some challenges but also lots of fantastic opportunities. Many many people are engaging as volunteers, villages who have “been sleeping” for decades wake up etc etc <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>One of the challenges is that neighbours often become afraid when new asylum camps are opened near where they live. Or homes for lonely refugee children (35 000 came last year). There are so many rumours going on, and shit is spread on social media – so many “normal” people are very much afraid from stories they heard – often false ones but also that single events create pictures in people’s heads.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>In my hometown one school which was being rebuilt to house lonely refugee children was burnt down </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings'>L</span><span lang=EN-GB> and we had many fires like that all over the country </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings'>L</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>What the authorities usually do when a new housing is to open is to invite the public to a “information-meeting” where they put some politicians, the CEO of the company running the camp, some officials from the municipality in front of a crowd of people who are worried and some are even outright hostile with racist ideas. You can imagine what usually happens… I was in one of those meetings a couple of weeks ago, it was horrible. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I think the usual impact is: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-GB>Increased fear and hostility towards people coming to our country from war zones. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-GB>Increased mistrust to the politicians and municipality. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-GB>People at the front get more or less badly hurt. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Not a very good result. In fact it’s outright dangerous to arrange these kind of meetings. But mostly they don’t know better. Which is quite surprising to me as there are thousands of trained facilitators in our country.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Since some time I have been working with colleagues in our Open Space and Genuine Contact communities to create alternative ways to have such meetings. We have some good ideas but would also like to hear what comes up for you? Normally these meetings are conducted in the evening, length of 2-3 hours. Normally they are not well planned and not facilitated other than trying to control them. They are called “information meetings” which says a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>So I’d love to hear your experiences, ideas, suggestions…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:SV'>Thomas Herrmann<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:SV'>Open Space Consulting AB<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV style='mso-fareast-language:SV'><a href="http://www.openspaceconsulting.com/"><span lang=EN-GB>www.openspaceconsulting.com</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:SV'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:SV'>Ni når </span><span lang=NO-BOK style='mso-fareast-language:SV'>oss per telefon: +46 (0)709 98 97 81 eller Epost: </span><span lang=SV style='mso-fareast-language:SV'><a href="mailto:thomas@openspaceconsulting.com"><span lang=NO-BOK>thomas@openspaceconsulting.com</span></a> </span><span lang=NO-BOK style='mso-fareast-language:SV'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NO-BOK style='mso-fareast-language:SV'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV style='mso-fareast-language:SV'>Open Space Consulting AB är ett företag med STORA ambitioner att guida ledare, organisationer men även lokalsamhällen att nå sin fulla kraft för att infria sina drömmar. Vi bidrar med kunskaper och praktiska verktyg för att stödja er att finna er bästa väg. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV style='mso-fareast-language:SV'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=SV style='mso-fareast-language:SV'>Mer information<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV style='mso-fareast-language:SV'>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasherrmannopenspaceconsult">https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasherrmannopenspaceconsult</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV style='mso-fareast-language:SV'>Facebook Företagssida: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OpenSpaceConsulting">https://www.facebook.com/OpenSpaceConsulting</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>
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