Dear Raffi, dear Michail Congratulations to this break-through! Great to hear 20 participants showed up. Impressed by the invisibility of the facilitator - a true master of the art! Thanks for sharing, I wish I was there! See you in August! Keep the energy high! Thomas Herrmann, Sweden (in the midst of facilitating an OST-training together with Eiwor)
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fran: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]For Галина Царькова > Skickat: den 25 oktober 2005 21:09 > Till: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Amne: Moscow mentoring circle > > > 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 > * * ========================================================== 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