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Context & Finding The Best Response
Our
Twelve-Year Experiment
Key
Concepts
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Reports
Haitian
Organizations Using Open Space and Reflection Circles
What
American Know-How Has To Learn
and other stories
Open
Space Approach
Reflection
Circles
(Touchstones)
Learn
about "Circles of Change: a quiet revolution in Haiti"
a
mini documentary
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D. Morel
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Key
Concepts
Peace and Self-Determination: These concepts
are broadly conceived—from the inner peace of an individual,
for example, to world peace; similarly, self-determination
may describe an individual, a group, or a nation.
Servant Leadership: The leader exists to
serve the needs of the group, which may include helping them
to identify their goals.
Open Space: A method for meeting and organizing
that opens up space for new ideas, concerns, and questions
to emerge, giving participants both individual and group responsibility.
The participant group can be of any size, from seven to a
thousand or more and a typical gathering is held during 1-3
days. (click
here to download a 2-page description of Open Space)
Reflection Circles: A strategy for promoting
discussion-based education in classrooms and for building
trust in organizations.
Community of Learning and Practice: A group
of people committed to improvement who are engaged in an ongoing
process of reflection and action. They are intentional about
cultivating and sharing their individual and combined talents,
skills, wisdom, and passions.
Entrepreneurial: Taking initiative and assuming
personal responsibility for realizing one’s dreams.
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"We
use Open Space to begin to break down this barrier that exists
between people who do not know how to read and write and those
who do, and to help people discover self-confidence."
Pierre
Richard Pierre, Productive Cooperatives of Haiti, Port au
Prince, Haiti |
