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What are the ingredients of a good process/program for training OST facilitators?

Convenor: Brendan McKeague?

Participants: Kerry, Justus, Lisa, Michael H

Discussion:

Began with discussion around the experiences we’ve had of training and being trained, the language we use to describe our exeriences

Lisa calls her training: Learning Workshops where the emphasis is on mutual learning – these are 2.5 days and participants are invited/recommended to read books (Users Guide and Expanding Our Now) beforehand

Lisa alos now offering ‘The Practice of Peace’ Open Space – experiencing this in the process of OS.

Lisa has offered to send anyone who wishes copies of her training outlines/lesson plans – get in touch if you wish.

Ingredients of training

Trainer’s preparation – careful planning and designing the process what does the training need to provide?

Participants need to ‘experience’ open space within the training process

What can be obtained in other ways – from reading, hand-outs, OS List serve, website, other conversations?

What does not need to happen in the training?

Setting up the space beforehand – according to what they need to know – sometimes they can be involved in this themselves

We’re all different with our own styles/approaches – so we will have variations in how we deliver training

There will be variations in how we appear to engage/disengage, how we are fully present and how we hold the space

We need to keep the space open – through meditation and/or other processes, before/during/after...

We can provide opportunities to particpants to co-facilitate, join with us in other facilitator trainings, OS events after their training to get further experiences and stay connected – in a local ‘practice group’ or network – OS is about communities as opposed to individuals..

Participants’ preparation

What do participants need to know/have access to before the training?

How we shape and communicate the invitation to people is very significant – offer to dialogue according to needs

During the process, provide participants with a ‘container’ in which to store their issues while they are experiencing the process on the first day – perhaps even draw a storage jar on a flip chart and invite them to ‘post’ their questions as they think of them and check them off as they get answered.

Thanks folks Brendan