Moscow mentoring circle

[Галина Царькова]

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_kova at mail.ru

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