<div dir="rtl"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ed19b7a2-7fff-331f-a4f6-220753e0eab1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi everyone, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I’m Sagit,  another one of Tova’s students :)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I'm interested in learning more about three </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">different </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">topics so thank you so much for sharing your experience and opinions in one or all! </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sponsors -</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> how vital are they for opening a space? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For example, in the case of an association that is dealing with a significant conflict. Since there is no external body that runs the association, the question arises as to whether open space can be held without sponsors? Can a community have an open space without a sponsor? </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Some questions about </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">empathy and open space -</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The first one will be - Is empathy important for a successful open space?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">And if empathy is important - </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How can empathic space be created and maintained for all its partners and voices that want to be heard? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What techniques and tools do you use to bring empathy to the open space and how do you invite other participants to hold empathy together? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Do you have any signs or metrics for measuring the levels of empathy in an open space?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Did you come across occasions where it was difficult or impossible to create an empathic space?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Creating an open space that allows all participants a safe and comfortable space for expressing themselves </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In Open Space participants are invited to stand up and offer their topics for conversation in the marktplace . I’m wondering whether people who are not accustomed to make their voices heard or such who are at some disadvantage (social, age, gender, origin etc.) Feel safe and comfortable initiating conversations in such a space? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What are the ways you know for making the space truly safe and inviting for all its participants? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How much does advance preparation contribute to their participation and what should it include, in your opinion?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks again for sharing,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best wishes,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Assistant,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sagit</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>