Moscow mentoring circle > We'd like to share our impressions from our first OST mentoring circle > held in Moscow September 3rd.
> It was facilitated by a new OST facilitator, Nikolai Silaev. In true > OST spirit after opening the space he disappeared and only reappeared > at the end. > More than 20 people attended, most of whom had never been to an OST > event. We'd announced this event in a variety of electronic forums > including some trainer/consultant electronic discussions lists. A > number of personal coaches came who were intrigued by the idea of > mentoring and had never heard of OST. > Unexpectedly, we spent the first part of what turned out to be a 6 > hour gathering explaining what OST is in open space. One of the > participants had posted a topic essentially asking the questions "What > is OST?" Participants had received an invitation explaining the intent > of the event. The invitation included a weblink to a description of OST. > We continue to be a little baffled by what to do when first time attenders to > an OST > mentoring circle event come to us ("experienced" OST facilitators) to > "explain" OST. It is very easy to slip into an expert position and > begin "explaining" OST. By the end most people seemed to have > "gotten" OST. > Among the topics: > Who are the people who buy the OS idea? > Tools for working with large groups > How can we use OST in trainings > Friendship and money: how can we keep relationships at work > Managing your emotions > How and where can we use OST > What is OST? > We also set up a "reading room" during the mentoring circle about > which we got positive feedback. One coach who found himself > bumblebeeing admitted later that he found it rather helpful to be able > to participate in three conversations at once and also to be leafing > Harrison's User's Guide even though his English is not top-notch. > The "creative space" with children's books, paints, coloring pencils, > play dough, balls, and soap bubble solution remained underused. > And we found that running a global village silent auction in parallel > was a bit much, too. Nevertheless some participants purchased some > books on virtualistics (Mikhail Pronin's area of specialty) > The Moscow mentoring circle was conceived of as a bi-monthly event. > November 10-12, however, instead of the mentoring circle we will be > running the OSonOSonOS (as previously announced), a meeting devoted to > attracting interest and assistance and ideas in organizing the August > 4-6 14th International OSonOS. In this web - information about 10-12 mentoring circle. http://www.b-seminar.ru/calendar/show/seminar3811/5331.htm > Should you have any Russian-speaking colleagues who might like to know > about this event, do let us know. We can send the announcement. best from Michail and Raffi, Galina Tsarkova, Moscow, gala_tsar_k...@mail.ru * * ========================================================== 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