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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This may be a cop out on the questions… but one of the most amazing things in the 30+ years I have been privileged to explore Open Space is that common people, dealing with a common issue … while sitting in a circle, creating a bulletin board and opening a market place – and then going to work … always seem to get something useful done. And NEVER (in my experience) has blood been shed. It can get terribly exciting, and I suspect the facilitator is the most nervous. I have also heard of innumerable suggestion for good things to do before, during, and after … but none … to the best of my knowledge have made any difference. This does not mean that people can’t and don’t kill each other, and of course we seem to be on the edge of doing that (killing) more extensively at the moment BUT I have never seen that take place in Open Space. It doesn’t even take place when the participants are sworn and professional killers of each other. Now there’s a mystery.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Harrison <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>???? ???? ????? via OSList<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 5, 2020 5:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org<br><b>Cc:</b> שגית רוסו יצחקי<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSList] Quite a few questions about Sponsors, empathy and a safe open space for all it’s participants<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>Hi everyone, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>I’m Sagit, another one of Tova’s students :)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>I'm interested in learning more about three </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>different </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>topics so thank you so much for sharing your experience and opinions in one or all! </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=LTR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>Sponsors -</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'> how vital are they for opening a space? </span><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=LTR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>Some questions about <b>empathy and open space -</b></span><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>The first one will be - Is empathy important for a successful open space?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>And if empathy is important - </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>How can empathic space be created and maintained for all its partners and voices that want to be heard? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>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><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>Do you have any signs or metrics for measuring the levels of empathy in an open space?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'> Did you come across occasions where it was difficult or impossible to create an empathic space?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=LTR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>Creating an open space that allows all participants a safe and comfortable space for expressing themselves </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'> <b>- </b></span><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>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><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>What are the ways you know for making the space truly safe and inviting for all its participants? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>How much does advance preparation contribute to their participation and what should it include, in your opinion?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>Thanks again for sharing,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>Best wishes,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>Sagit</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=LTR><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>