a first time

[Therese Fitzpatrick]

Congratulations to you Raffi on your first OS facilitator training.  It is
fun to watch you flower.


>From: Raffi Aftandelian <raffi at pochtamt.ru>
>Reply-To: OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
>To: OSLIST at 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
>
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