Congratulations to you Raffi on your first OS facilitator training. It is fun to watch you flower.
>From: Raffi Aftandelian <ra...@pochtamt.ru> >Reply-To: OSLIST <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> >To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >Subject: a first time >Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 00:42:30 +0400 > >Dear listers, >I just wanted to share that I had another "first" today. Conducted my first OS >facilitator "training" (that is if you can "train" others in OS)! So exciting >to see others excited about doing OS. Did the world change radically? I don't >know. But, I think people's notion of the now indeed became a NOW. > >I conducted it for about 15 people for the Soldiers Mothers of St. Petersburg, >Alternatives to Violence Project, and for the Women's Crisis Center. > >There are lots of little things that I would've done differently about the >training, but ultimately I think participants got the idea of the challenge of >just holding space, not doing. And what's important is that there are a few >OS'ers in Petersburg, folks to consult with should they need support. > >I brought in elements of different OS colleagues' work in the training. Pieces >that I got from Birgitt's training: getting participants to articulate for >themselves their understanding of OS, OS's key ingredients, its essence. >Drawing on Michael and Jo's training- I had participants draw straws, and one >participant facilitated an OSonOS within the training and received feedback. I >translated Peggy Holman's OS preparation checklist into Russian (available on >request; apparently its a bearable translation). > >I know I have a long way to go before I use OS as a tool confidently and well, >but from my work already with organizations I see that it brings about natural >and needed change. Indeed the necessary emergent structure come out of OS, >maybe not immediately. But, it's exciting to witness a few months down the >line with the organizations I've worked with subtle but powerful change as a >consequence of OS... > >From a the Zebra Internet cafe at the Moskovski train station in Petersburg, >Raffi > >* >* >========================================================== >osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >------------------------------ >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, >view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: >http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > >To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: >http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist