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isaac a

Sat, Jan 11, 2025 1:32 PM

Hi,
Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples of opening space in the opening circle?
Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh.
It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for rehearsing.
Many thanks!
Isaac 🙏🏿❤️

Hi, Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples of opening space in the opening circle? Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh. It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for rehearsing. Many thanks! Isaac 🙏🏿❤️

JA

Jeff Aitken

Sat, Jan 11, 2025 2:32 PM

Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org. 3
openings to enjoy!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/

Best to you!

Jeff
Gulf Coast Florida

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList everyone@oslist.org
wrote:

Hi,
Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples
of opening space in the opening circle?
Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh.
It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for
rehearsing.
Many thanks!
Isaac 🙏🏿❤️
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Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org. 3 openings to enjoy! https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/ Best to you! Jeff Gulf Coast Florida On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote: > Hi, > Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples > of opening space in the opening circle? > Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh. > It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for > rehearsing. > Many thanks! > Isaac 🙏🏿❤️ > OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org > To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org

JA

Jeff Aitken

Sat, Jan 11, 2025 2:38 PM

Oh! These are mp3 audio and not video. My bad!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/hho/

Try the links on this page for resources, such as this one from Chris C,
who posted video of an opening on his site:

https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/open-space-resources/

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 9:32 AM Jeff Aitken r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org. 3
openings to enjoy!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/

Best to you!

Jeff
Gulf Coast Florida

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList everyone@oslist.org
wrote:

Hi,
Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples
of opening space in the opening circle?
Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh.
It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for
rehearsing.
Many thanks!
Isaac 🙏🏿❤️
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Oh! These are mp3 audio and not video. My bad! https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/hho/ Try the links on this page for resources, such as this one from Chris C, who posted video of an opening on his site: https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/open-space-resources/ On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 9:32 AM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org. 3 > openings to enjoy! > > https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/ > > Best to you! > > Jeff > Gulf Coast Florida > > On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples >> of opening space in the opening circle? >> Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh. >> It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for >> rehearsing. >> Many thanks! >> Isaac 🙏🏿❤️ >> OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org >> See the archives here: >> https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org > >

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Peggy Holman

Sat, Jan 11, 2025 5:22 PM

Hi Isaac,

Harold Shinsato shot a video of me opening space http://www.vimeo.com/4876381 in 2009. What I say has changed a little but this is still the heart of it.

I also have a written outline for the opening https://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/OST-Outline-V4.pdf I typically do on an Open Space resources page https://peggyholman.com/openspace/ on my website.

Peggy

Peggy Holman
Co-chair, Berrett-Koehler Foundation https://www.bkfoundation.org/
peggy@peggyholman.com

Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.com

Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/

"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become
the fire".
-- Drew Dellinger

On Jan 11, 2025, at 6:38 AM, Jeff Aitken via OSList everyone@oslist.org wrote:

Oh! These are mp3 audio and not video. My bad!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/hho/

Try the links on this page for resources, such as this one from Chris C, who posted video of an opening on his site:

https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/open-space-resources/

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 9:32 AM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org http://openspaceworld.org/. 3 openings to enjoy!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/

Best to you!

Jeff
Gulf Coast Florida

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org> wrote:

Hi,
Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples of opening space in the opening circle?
Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh.
It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for rehearsing.
Many thanks!
Isaac 🙏🏿❤️
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Hi Isaac, Harold Shinsato shot a video of me opening space <http://www.vimeo.com/4876381> in 2009. What I say has changed a little but this is still the heart of it. I also have a written outline for the opening <https://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/OST-Outline-V4.pdf> I typically do on an Open Space resources page <https://peggyholman.com/openspace/> on my website. Peggy _________________________________ Peggy Holman Co-chair, Berrett-Koehler Foundation <https://www.bkfoundation.org/> peggy@peggyholman.com Bellevue, WA 98006 206-948-0432 www.peggyholman.com Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity <https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/> "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become the fire". -- Drew Dellinger > On Jan 11, 2025, at 6:38 AM, Jeff Aitken via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote: > > Oh! These are mp3 audio and not video. My bad! > > https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/hho/ > > Try the links on this page for resources, such as this one from Chris C, who posted video of an opening on his site: > > https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/open-space-resources/ > > > On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 9:32 AM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com <mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com>> wrote: >> Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org <http://openspaceworld.org/>. 3 openings to enjoy! >> >> https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/ >> >> Best to you! >> >> Jeff >> Gulf Coast Florida >> >> On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples of opening space in the opening circle? >>> Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh. >>> It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for rehearsing. >>> Many thanks! >>> Isaac 🙏🏿❤️ >>> OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org> >>> To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org <mailto:everyone-leave@oslist.org> >>> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org > OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org > To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org

MH

Michael Herman

Sat, Jan 11, 2025 5:48 PM

Isaac, this guide...
https://michaelherman.com/publications/inviting_leadership_guide.pdf
...includes the opening script I've used, like Peggy's, with small changes
and adaptations along the way, with some annotations to explain why it's
built the way it is. The first version of this script came from me going
through the user's guide page-by-page the day before my first time
facilitating open space, in 1996.

While not strictly a video of the opening, Devoted and Disgruntled has an
OS overview that gives a good look at an opening circle. The video is part
way down on this page.
https://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/about-open-space-technology ...and
conveys much of the spirit that a script or opening recording might miss.

m

--

Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
312-280-7838 (mobile)

MichaelHerman.com
OpenSpaceWorld.org

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM Peggy Holman via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> wrote:

Hi Isaac,

Harold Shinsato shot a video of me opening space
http://www.vimeo.com/4876381 in 2009. What I say has changed a little
but this is still the heart of it.

I also have a written outline for the opening
https://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/OST-Outline-V4.pdf I
typically do on an Open Space resources page
https://peggyholman.com/openspace/ on my website.

Peggy

Peggy Holman
Co-chair, Berrett-Koehler Foundation https://www.bkfoundation.org
peggy@peggyholman.com

Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.com

Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval
into Opportunity https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/

"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get
burnt, is to become
the fire".
-- Drew Dellinger

On Jan 11, 2025, at 6:38 AM, Jeff Aitken via OSList everyone@oslist.org
wrote:

Oh! These are mp3 audio and not video. My bad!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/hho/

Try the links on this page for resources, such as this one from Chris C,
who posted video of an opening on his site:

https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/open-space-resources/

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 9:32 AM Jeff Aitken r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org. 3
openings to enjoy!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/

Best to you!

Jeff
Gulf Coast Florida

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList everyone@oslist.org
wrote:

Hi,
Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good
examples of opening space in the opening circle?
Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh.
It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for
rehearsing.
Many thanks!
Isaac 🙏🏿❤️
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Isaac, this guide... https://michaelherman.com/publications/inviting_leadership_guide.pdf ...includes the opening script I've used, like Peggy's, with small changes and adaptations along the way, with some annotations to explain why it's built the way it is. The first version of this script came from me going through the user's guide page-by-page the day before my first time facilitating open space, in 1996. While not strictly a video of the opening, Devoted and Disgruntled has an OS overview that gives a good look at an opening circle. The video is part way down on this page. https://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/about-open-space-technology ...and conveys much of the spirit that a script or opening recording might miss. m -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 312-280-7838 (mobile) MichaelHerman.com OpenSpaceWorld.org On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM Peggy Holman via OSList < everyone@oslist.org> wrote: > Hi Isaac, > > Harold Shinsato shot a video of me opening space > <http://www.vimeo.com/4876381> in 2009. What I say has changed a little > but this is still the heart of it. > > I also have a written outline for the opening > <https://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/OST-Outline-V4.pdf> I > typically do on an Open Space resources page > <https://peggyholman.com/openspace/> on my website. > > Peggy > > > > _________________________________ > Peggy Holman > Co-chair, Berrett-Koehler Foundation <https://www.bkfoundation.org> > peggy@peggyholman.com > > Bellevue, WA 98006 > 206-948-0432 > www.peggyholman.com > > Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval > into Opportunity <https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/> > > "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get > burnt, is to become > the fire". > -- Drew Dellinger > > > > On Jan 11, 2025, at 6:38 AM, Jeff Aitken via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> > wrote: > > Oh! These are mp3 audio and not video. My bad! > > https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/hho/ > > Try the links on this page for resources, such as this one from Chris C, > who posted video of an opening on his site: > > https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/open-space-resources/ > > On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 9:32 AM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org. 3 >> openings to enjoy! >> >> https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/ >> >> Best to you! >> >> Jeff >> Gulf Coast Florida >> >> On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good >>> examples of opening space in the opening circle? >>> Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh. >>> It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for >>> rehearsing. >>> Many thanks! >>> Isaac 🙏🏿❤️ >>> OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org >>> See the archives here: >>> https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org >> >> OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org > To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org > > > OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org > To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org

PH

Peggy Holman

Sat, Jan 11, 2025 6:10 PM

Michael,

Thanks for the link to the Devoted and Disgruntled OS overview. I hadn’t seen it before. I’ve added it to the list of videos about OST on my website!

Peggy

On Jan 11, 2025, at 9:48 AM, Michael Herman michael@michaelherman.com wrote:

Isaac, this guide... https://michaelherman.com/publications/inviting_leadership_guide.pdf ...includes the opening script I've used, like Peggy's, with small changes and adaptations along the way, with some annotations to explain why it's built the way it is. The first version of this script came from me going through the user's guide page-by-page the day before my first time facilitating open space, in 1996.

While not strictly a video of the opening, Devoted and Disgruntled has an OS overview that gives a good look at an opening circle. The video is part way down on this page. https://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/about-open-space-technology ...and conveys much of the spirit that a script or opening recording might miss.

m

--

Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
312-280-7838 (mobile)

MichaelHerman.com http://michaelherman.com/
OpenSpaceWorld.org http://openspaceworld.org/

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM Peggy Holman via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org> wrote:

Hi Isaac,

Harold Shinsato shot a video of me opening space http://www.vimeo.com/4876381 in 2009. What I say has changed a little but this is still the heart of it.

I also have a written outline for the opening https://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/OST-Outline-V4.pdf I typically do on an Open Space resources page https://peggyholman.com/openspace/ on my website.

Peggy

Peggy Holman
Co-chair, Berrett-Koehler Foundation https://www.bkfoundation.org/
peggy@peggyholman.com mailto:peggy@peggyholman.com

Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.com http://www.peggyholman.com/

Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/

"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become
the fire".
-- Drew Dellinger

On Jan 11, 2025, at 6:38 AM, Jeff Aitken via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org> wrote:

Oh! These are mp3 audio and not video. My bad!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/hho/

Try the links on this page for resources, such as this one from Chris C, who posted video of an opening on his site:

https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/open-space-resources/

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 9:32 AM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org http://openspaceworld.org/. 3 openings to enjoy!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/

Best to you!

Jeff
Gulf Coast Florida

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org> wrote:

Hi,
Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples of opening space in the opening circle?
Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh.
It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for rehearsing.
Many thanks!
Isaac 🙏🏿❤️
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Michael, Thanks for the link to the Devoted and Disgruntled OS overview. I hadn’t seen it before. I’ve added it to the list of videos about OST on my website! Peggy > On Jan 11, 2025, at 9:48 AM, Michael Herman <michael@michaelherman.com> wrote: > > Isaac, this guide... https://michaelherman.com/publications/inviting_leadership_guide.pdf ...includes the opening script I've used, like Peggy's, with small changes and adaptations along the way, with some annotations to explain why it's built the way it is. The first version of this script came from me going through the user's guide page-by-page the day before my first time facilitating open space, in 1996. > > While not strictly a video of the opening, Devoted and Disgruntled has an OS overview that gives a good look at an opening circle. The video is part way down on this page. https://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/about-open-space-technology ...and conveys much of the spirit that a script or opening recording might miss. > > m > > -- > > Michael Herman > Michael Herman Associates > 312-280-7838 (mobile) > > MichaelHerman.com <http://michaelherman.com/> > OpenSpaceWorld.org <http://openspaceworld.org/> > > > > > On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM Peggy Holman via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> wrote: >> Hi Isaac, >> >> Harold Shinsato shot a video of me opening space <http://www.vimeo.com/4876381> in 2009. What I say has changed a little but this is still the heart of it. >> >> I also have a written outline for the opening <https://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/OST-Outline-V4.pdf> I typically do on an Open Space resources page <https://peggyholman.com/openspace/> on my website. >> >> Peggy >> >> >> >> _________________________________ >> Peggy Holman >> Co-chair, Berrett-Koehler Foundation <https://www.bkfoundation.org/> >> peggy@peggyholman.com <mailto:peggy@peggyholman.com> >> >> Bellevue, WA 98006 >> 206-948-0432 >> www.peggyholman.com <http://www.peggyholman.com/> >> >> Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity <https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/> >> >> "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become >> the fire". >> -- Drew Dellinger >> >> >> >>> On Jan 11, 2025, at 6:38 AM, Jeff Aitken via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> wrote: >>> >>> Oh! These are mp3 audio and not video. My bad! >>> >>> https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/hho/ >>> >>> Try the links on this page for resources, such as this one from Chris C, who posted video of an opening on his site: >>> >>> https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/open-space-resources/ >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 9:32 AM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com <mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org <http://openspaceworld.org/>. 3 openings to enjoy! >>>> >>>> https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/ >>>> >>>> Best to you! >>>> >>>> Jeff >>>> Gulf Coast Florida >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples of opening space in the opening circle? >>>>> Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh. >>>>> It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for rehearsing. >>>>> Many thanks! >>>>> Isaac 🙏🏿❤️ >>>>> OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org> >>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org <mailto:everyone-leave@oslist.org> >>>>> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org >>> OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org> >>> To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org <mailto:everyone-leave@oslist.org> >>> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org >> >> OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org> >> To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org <mailto:everyone-leave@oslist.org> >> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org

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isaac a

Sat, Jan 11, 2025 6:13 PM

Ooh!
Most wonderful!
A "one minute opening"?! Crikey!
Anything's possible, I guess.
Thank you

From: Jeff Aitken r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com
Sent: 11 January 2025 14:32
To: isaac a isaac48@hotmail.com
Cc: Open Space Listserv everyone@oslist.org
Subject: Re: [OSList] Any videos of opening space?

Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.orghttp://openspaceworld.org. 3 openings to enjoy!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/

Best to you!

Jeff
Gulf Coast Florida

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples of opening space in the opening circle?
Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh.
It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for rehearsing.
Many thanks!
Isaac 🙏🏿❤️
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Ooh! Most wonderful! A "one minute opening"?! Crikey! Anything's possible, I guess. Thank you ________________________________ From: Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com> Sent: 11 January 2025 14:32 To: isaac a <isaac48@hotmail.com> Cc: Open Space Listserv <everyone@oslist.org> Subject: Re: [OSList] Any videos of opening space? Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org<http://openspaceworld.org>. 3 openings to enjoy! https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/ Best to you! Jeff Gulf Coast Florida On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org<mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> wrote: Hi, Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples of opening space in the opening circle? Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh. It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for rehearsing. Many thanks! Isaac 🙏🏿❤️ OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org<mailto:everyone@oslist.org> To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org<mailto:everyone-leave@oslist.org> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org

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isaac a

Sat, Jan 11, 2025 6:25 PM

Audio is absolutely fine.
Sorry, I should have said that at first.
Also, I guess i'm looking for the pacing and timing.
How will I manage an hour from arrivals to start of the first session? Including people refreshing on arrival, the sponsors' introduction speeches, opening the circle, explaining/modelling the process and people calling sessions. I don't know yet how many will come. I thought about chunking those elements in the opening circle, to structure and help me remember and manage what's said and when. Most important information first...etc.
Isaac

From: Jeff Aitken r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com
Sent: 11 January 2025 14:38
To: isaac a isaac48@hotmail.com
Cc: Open Space Listserv everyone@oslist.org
Subject: Re: [OSList] Any videos of opening space?

Oh! These are mp3 audio and not video. My bad!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/hho/

Try the links on this page for resources, such as this one from Chris C, who posted video of an opening on his site:

https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/open-space-resources/

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 9:32 AM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.orghttp://openspaceworld.org. 3 openings to enjoy!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/

Best to you!

Jeff
Gulf Coast Florida

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples of opening space in the opening circle?
Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh.
It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for rehearsing.
Many thanks!
Isaac 🙏🏿❤️
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Audio is absolutely fine. Sorry, I should have said that at first. Also, I guess i'm looking for the pacing and timing. How will I manage an hour from arrivals to start of the first session? Including people refreshing on arrival, the sponsors' introduction speeches, opening the circle, explaining/modelling the process and people calling sessions. I don't know yet how many will come. I thought about chunking those elements in the opening circle, to structure and help me remember and manage what's said and when. Most important information first...etc. Isaac ________________________________ From: Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com> Sent: 11 January 2025 14:38 To: isaac a <isaac48@hotmail.com> Cc: Open Space Listserv <everyone@oslist.org> Subject: Re: [OSList] Any videos of opening space? Oh! These are mp3 audio and not video. My bad! https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/hho/ Try the links on this page for resources, such as this one from Chris C, who posted video of an opening on his site: https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/open-space-resources/ On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 9:32 AM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com<mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org<http://openspaceworld.org>. 3 openings to enjoy! https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/ Best to you! Jeff Gulf Coast Florida On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org<mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> wrote: Hi, Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples of opening space in the opening circle? Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh. It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for rehearsing. Many thanks! Isaac 🙏🏿❤️ OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org<mailto:everyone@oslist.org> To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org<mailto:everyone-leave@oslist.org> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org

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isaac a

Sat, Jan 11, 2025 6:26 PM

Thank you! 🙏🏿

From: Michael Herman via OSList everyone@oslist.org
Sent: 11 January 2025 17:48
To: Peggy Holman peggy@peggyholman.com
Cc: Open Space Listserv everyone@oslist.org
Subject: [OSList] Re: Any videos of opening space?

Isaac, this guide... https://michaelherman.com/publications/inviting_leadership_guide.pdf ...includes the opening script I've used, like Peggy's, with small changes and adaptations along the way, with some annotations to explain why it's built the way it is. The first version of this script came from me going through the user's guide page-by-page the day before my first time facilitating open space, in 1996.

While not strictly a video of the opening, Devoted and Disgruntled has an OS overview that gives a good look at an opening circle. The video is part way down on this page. https://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/about-open-space-technology ...and conveys much of the spirit that a script or opening recording might miss.

m

--

Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
312-280-7838 (mobile)

MichaelHerman.comhttp://MichaelHerman.com
OpenSpaceWorld.orghttp://OpenSpaceWorld.org

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM Peggy Holman via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Hi Isaac,

Harold Shinsato shot a video of me opening spacehttp://www.vimeo.com/4876381 in 2009. What I say has changed a little but this is still the heart of it.

I also have a written outline for the openinghttps://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/OST-Outline-V4.pdf I typically do on an Open Space resources pagehttps://peggyholman.com/openspace/ on my website.

Peggy

Peggy Holman
Co-chair, Berrett-Koehler Foundationhttps://www.bkfoundation.org
peggy@peggyholman.com mailto:peggy@peggyholman.com

Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.com http://www.peggyholman.com

Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunityhttps://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/

"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become
the fire".
-- Drew Dellinger

On Jan 11, 2025, at 6:38 AM, Jeff Aitken via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org> wrote:

Oh! These are mp3 audio and not video. My bad!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/hho/

Try the links on this page for resources, such as this one from Chris C, who posted video of an opening on his site:

https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/open-space-resources/

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 9:32 AM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.orghttp://openspaceworld.org/. 3 openings to enjoy!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/

Best to you!

Jeff
Gulf Coast Florida

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples of opening space in the opening circle?
Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh.
It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for rehearsing.
Many thanks!
Isaac 🙏🏿❤️
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Thank you! 🙏🏿 ________________________________ From: Michael Herman via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> Sent: 11 January 2025 17:48 To: Peggy Holman <peggy@peggyholman.com> Cc: Open Space Listserv <everyone@oslist.org> Subject: [OSList] Re: Any videos of opening space? Isaac, this guide... https://michaelherman.com/publications/inviting_leadership_guide.pdf ...includes the opening script I've used, like Peggy's, with small changes and adaptations along the way, with some annotations to explain why it's built the way it is. The first version of this script came from me going through the user's guide page-by-page the day before my first time facilitating open space, in 1996. While not strictly a video of the opening, Devoted and Disgruntled has an OS overview that gives a good look at an opening circle. The video is part way down on this page. https://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/about-open-space-technology ...and conveys much of the spirit that a script or opening recording might miss. m -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 312-280-7838 (mobile) MichaelHerman.com<http://MichaelHerman.com> OpenSpaceWorld.org<http://OpenSpaceWorld.org> On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM Peggy Holman via OSList <everyone@oslist.org<mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> wrote: Hi Isaac, Harold Shinsato shot a video of me opening space<http://www.vimeo.com/4876381> in 2009. What I say has changed a little but this is still the heart of it. I also have a written outline for the opening<https://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/OST-Outline-V4.pdf> I typically do on an Open Space resources page<https://peggyholman.com/openspace/> on my website. Peggy _________________________________ Peggy Holman Co-chair, Berrett-Koehler Foundation<https://www.bkfoundation.org> peggy@peggyholman.com<mailto:peggy@peggyholman.com> Bellevue, WA 98006 206-948-0432 www.peggyholman.com<http://www.peggyholman.com> Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity<https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/> "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become the fire". -- Drew Dellinger On Jan 11, 2025, at 6:38 AM, Jeff Aitken via OSList <everyone@oslist.org<mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> wrote: Oh! These are mp3 audio and not video. My bad! https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/hho/ Try the links on this page for resources, such as this one from Chris C, who posted video of an opening on his site: https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/open-space-resources/ On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 9:32 AM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com<mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org<http://openspaceworld.org/>. 3 openings to enjoy! https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/ Best to you! Jeff Gulf Coast Florida On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org<mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> wrote: Hi, Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples of opening space in the opening circle? Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh. It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for rehearsing. Many thanks! Isaac 🙏🏿❤️ OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org<mailto:everyone@oslist.org> To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org<mailto:everyone-leave@oslist.org> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org<mailto:everyone@oslist.org> To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org<mailto:everyone-leave@oslist.org> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org<mailto:everyone@oslist.org> To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org<mailto:everyone-leave@oslist.org> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org

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Peggy Holman

Sat, Jan 11, 2025 6:49 PM

Isaac,

How big is your group? An hour is ample for all but groups over a couple hundred for the sponsor to say a few words, you to open the space (including modeling), and people calling sessions. Unless there’s a specific reason for more, I coach sponsors to take no more than 5-10 minutes to speak (from my outline: Brief introduction by host/sponsor – what inspired the meeting, its purpose, who’s in the room, the host's aspirations for the time together).

It takes me about 15 minutes to open the space. It used to be longer but I’ve gotten crisper over time.

For groups under 50, sessions can be posted in 15 minutes or so. Larger groups can do it in 30 minutes. Very large groups - 500+ - allow 40 minutes or so. Part of the art is in setting an expectation that all the person announcing the session says is their name and what they have written as their topic. With small groups, I’m more lax about that. But with large groups, brevity is key. Most folks get that. If someone goes on, and time is short, I may step in and say something that doesn’t make the person who just spoke wrong, but resets the expectation to keep it brief.

Check out the chunking in my opening outline https://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/OST-Outline-V4.pdf. In brief:
Welcome; create space
State the theme
How does this work?
Principles & law
Let’s do it!

My bias is to cover mechanics before the principles and the law. I do that because I figure people who are in Open Space for the first time are wondering how the *#?! is this going to work? Once they’ve gotten the idea, I suspect they have better listening for the principles and law.

Peggy

On Jan 11, 2025, at 10:25 AM, isaac a via OSList everyone@oslist.org wrote:

Audio is absolutely fine.
Sorry, I should have said that at first.
Also, I guess i'm looking for the pacing and timing.
How will I manage an hour from arrivals to start of the first session? Including people refreshing on arrival, the sponsors' introduction speeches, opening the circle, explaining/modelling the process and people calling sessions. I don't know yet how many will come. I thought about chunking those elements in the opening circle, to structure and help me remember and manage what's said and when. Most important information first...etc.
Isaac

From: Jeff Aitken r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com
Sent: 11 January 2025 14:38
To: isaac a isaac48@hotmail.com
Cc: Open Space Listserv everyone@oslist.org
Subject: Re: [OSList] Any videos of opening space?

Oh! These are mp3 audio and not video. My bad!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/hho/

Try the links on this page for resources, such as this one from Chris C, who posted video of an opening on his site:

https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/open-space-resources/

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 9:32 AM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org http://openspaceworld.org/. 3 openings to enjoy!

https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/

Best to you!

Jeff
Gulf Coast Florida

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org mailto:everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples of opening space in the opening circle?
Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh.
It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for rehearsing.
Many thanks!
Isaac 🙏🏿❤️
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Isaac, How big is your group? An hour is ample for all but groups over a couple hundred for the sponsor to say a few words, you to open the space (including modeling), and people calling sessions. Unless there’s a specific reason for more, I coach sponsors to take no more than 5-10 minutes to speak (from my outline: Brief introduction by host/sponsor – what inspired the meeting, its purpose, who’s in the room, the host's aspirations for the time together). It takes me about 15 minutes to open the space. It used to be longer but I’ve gotten crisper over time. For groups under 50, sessions can be posted in 15 minutes or so. Larger groups can do it in 30 minutes. Very large groups - 500+ - allow 40 minutes or so. Part of the art is in setting an expectation that all the person announcing the session says is their name and what they have written as their topic. With small groups, I’m more lax about that. But with large groups, brevity is key. Most folks get that. If someone goes on, and time is short, I may step in and say something that doesn’t make the person who just spoke wrong, but resets the expectation to keep it brief. Check out the chunking in my opening outline <https://peggyholman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/OST-Outline-V4.pdf>. In brief: Welcome; create space State the theme How does this work? Principles & law Let’s do it! My bias is to cover mechanics before the principles and the law. I do that because I figure people who are in Open Space for the first time are wondering how the *#?! is this going to work? Once they’ve gotten the idea, I suspect they have better listening for the principles and law. Peggy > On Jan 11, 2025, at 10:25 AM, isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote: > > Audio is absolutely fine. > Sorry, I should have said that at first. > Also, I guess i'm looking for the pacing and timing. > How will I manage an hour from arrivals to start of the first session? Including people refreshing on arrival, the sponsors' introduction speeches, opening the circle, explaining/modelling the process and people calling sessions. I don't know yet how many will come. I thought about chunking those elements in the opening circle, to structure and help me remember and manage what's said and when. Most important information first...etc. > Isaac > > From: Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com> > Sent: 11 January 2025 14:38 > To: isaac a <isaac48@hotmail.com> > Cc: Open Space Listserv <everyone@oslist.org> > Subject: Re: [OSList] Any videos of opening space? > > Oh! These are mp3 audio and not video. My bad! > > https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/hho/ > > Try the links on this page for resources, such as this one from Chris C, who posted video of an opening on his site: > > https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/open-space-resources/ > > > On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 9:32 AM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com <mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi Isaac. I just found this resource among many at openspaceworld.org <http://openspaceworld.org/>. 3 openings to enjoy! > > https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/explore/three-openings/ > > Best to you! > > Jeff > Gulf Coast Florida > > On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 8:33 AM isaac a via OSList <everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org>> wrote: > Hi, > Can anyone please recommend any videos available online, of good examples of opening space in the opening circle? > Bhavesh recently shared a good one with me. Thanks Bhavesh. > It would be great to see how others approach it. I'm researching for rehearsing. > Many thanks! > Isaac 🙏🏿❤️ > OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org <mailto:everyone@oslist.org> > To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org <mailto:everyone-leave@oslist.org> > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org > OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org > To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org